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Friday, July 26, 2024

Howth - Arklow

After fixing the shredded wire from our starboard nav light, we were ready to leave. We expected wind to go from S to SW to W before turning back to S in the morning. So we ventured in to the evening. For our dinner entertainment, a pod of dolphins came to say hello and played in the bow wave for a bit before continuing on their way. We were pinching towards south in a comfortable current with us.

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As the current turned against us, started the game of sail changes. We needed to have absolutely perfect sail balance at all times as the current was at times over 3 knots against us. Getting the last drop of speed over water was crucial not to start sailing backwards.

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As the current turned once again favorable for us the wind did the same, but beating in to the wind with favorable current is sweet. As sun was rising we had reached our destination and could tie to the visitor pontoon as the first beams of sunlight hit our deck.



From the logbook

Time Position Course Speed Log Weather Remarks
25.07. 14:06 Z 53°23'22"N 6°3'57"W 72° 0kt 5547.4NM wind 2kt 236° baro 1007 hPa Rewired starboard light from doom locker, red wire had corroded through
25.07. 14:34 Z 53°23'22"N 6°3'57"W 18° 0kt 5547.4NM wind 7.5kt 215° baro 1007 hPa Started main engine
25.07. 14:42 Z 53°23'25"N 6°4'3"W 2.9kt 5547.4NM wind 7.6kt 232° baro 1007 hPa Motoring
25.07. 15:00 Z 53°22'58"N 6°2'9"W 130° 5.9kt 5549.1NM wind 7.5kt 164° baro 1006 hPa Hourly position log
25.07. 15:06 Z 53°22'26"N 6°1'49"W 148° 3.6kt 5549.7NM wind 5.9kt 196° baro 1006 hPa Motor stopped, sailing with Main, Genoa 1
25.07. 15:09 Z 53°22'16"N 6°1'40"W 152° 3.5kt 5549.9NM wind 7.4kt 178° baro 1006 hPa Autopilot activated
25.07. 15:40 Z 53°20'30"N 6°0'3"W 151° 3.2kt 5551.9NM wind 6.6kt 184° sea state 2/10 clouds 2/8 visibility 8/10 baro 1006 hPa Dolphins in the bow wave!
25.07. 16:00 Z 53°19'45"N 5°58'32"W 113° 4.2kt 5553.1NM wind 9.3kt 130° baro 1006 hPa Hourly position log
25.07. 16:52 Z 53°16'56"N 5°52'34"W 142° 6.4kt 5557.7NM wind 13.9kt 169° baro 1006 hPa Sails set: Main, Staysail
25.07. 17:00 Z 53°16'15"N 5°51'58"W 168° 6.8kt 5558.5NM wind 18.8kt 219° baro 1006 hPa Hourly position log
25.07. 17:10 Z 53°15'9"N 5°51'36"W 173° 5.6kt 5559.6NM wind 12kt 215° baro 1006 hPa Autopilot deactivated, windvane steering
25.07. 17:21 Z 53°14'35"N 5°51'15"W 159° 5.2kt 5560.2NM wind 9.4kt 216° baro 1006 hPa Sails set: Main, Genoa 1
25.07. 17:38 Z 53°13'31"N 5°50'29"W 158° 3.6kt 5561.4NM wind 7.9kt 195° baro 1006 hPa Pogo pins for chartplotter tablet charging are stuck down. Sprayed with Kontakt, hopefully helps. For the moment, we need to charge with USB
25.07. 18:00 Z 53°11'53"N 5°48'48"W 159° 4.5kt 5563.3NM wind 11.6kt 206° baro 1006 hPa Hourly position log
25.07. 19:00 Z 53°8'41"N 5°44'52"W 228° 3.7kt 5567.8NM wind 12.7kt 202° baro 1007 hPa Hourly position log
25.07. 19:12 Z 53°8'16"N 5°45'49"W 243° 3.9kt 5568.5NM wind 15.7kt 203° baro 1007 hPa Sails set: Main, Staysail
25.07. 19:21 Z 53°7'52"N 5°45'32"W 146° 2.9kt 5569.1NM wind 13.6kt 189° sea state 3/10 clouds 4/8 visibility 7/10 baro 1006 hPa Seas get up a bit here on Codling Bank. Tide about to turn against us, too
25.07. 20:00 Z 53°6'36"N 5°44'2"W 112° 1.2kt 5570.9NM wind 11.4kt 226° baro 1007 hPa Hourly position log
25.07. 20:08 Z 53°6'36"N 5°43'44"W 201° 2.4kt 5571.1NM wind 13.5kt 236° baro 1007 hPa Sails set: Main, Genoa 1
25.07. 20:15 Z 53°6'24"N 5°43'51"W 217° 1.9kt 5571.3NM wind 14.1kt 251° sea state 3/10 clouds 6/8 visibility 7/10 baro 1007 hPa Finally the westerly wind we have been waiting for! About 1.5kt countercurrent. Current is smoothening the swell a bit
25.07. 21:00 Z 53°5'7"N 5°46'3"W 239° 3.2kt 5573.2NM wind 13.5kt 272° baro 1008 hPa Hourly position log
25.07. 21:11 Z 53°4'51"N 5°46'42"W 227° 3.5kt 5573.8NM wind 17.5kt 274° baro 1008 hPa Sails set: Main, Staysail
25.07. 22:00 Z 53°3'35"N 5°48'16"W 224° 2.1kt 5575.4NM wind 10.5kt 257° baro 1008 hPa Hourly position log
25.07. 22:01 Z 53°3'33"N 5°48'17"W 207° 2.5kt 5575.4NM wind 10.7kt 247° baro 1008 hPa Sails set: Main, Genoa 1
25.07. 22:02 Z 53°3'31"N 5°48'19"W 200° 2.2kt 5575.5NM wind 10.1kt 248° sea state 3/10 clouds 3/8 visibility 8/10 baro 1008 hPa Very slow progress with the current against us. Constant sail changes to keep us going but not overpowered.
25.07. 23:00 Z 53°1'52"N 5°50'13"W 210° 2.2kt 5577.7NM wind 12kt 265° baro 1008 hPa Hourly position log
26.07. 0:00 Z 52°59'58"N 5°51'47"W 218° 3.2kt 5579.9NM wind 13.3kt 247° baro 1009 hPa Hourly position log
26.07. 1:00 Z 52°57'27"N 5°54'14"W 176° 3.2kt 5582.9NM wind 6.3kt 226° baro 1009 hPa Hourly position log
26.07. 1:07 Z 52°57'12"N 5°54'10"W 146° 1.7kt 5583.2NM wind 6.4kt 224° baro 1009 hPa Autopilot activated
26.07. 1:24 Z 52°56'45"N 5°54'23"W 192° 1.5kt 5583.7NM wind 5.2kt 264° baro 1009 hPa Autopilot deactivated
26.07. 1:24 Z 52°56'45"N 5°54'23"W 165° 1.3kt 5583.7NM wind 5.4kt 256° baro 1009 hPa Autopilot activated
26.07. 1:43 Z 52°56'11"N 5°54'39"W 199° 3.4kt 5584.3NM wind 4.4kt 280° baro 1009 hPa Tide is starting to turn favourable, but where did the wind go?
26.07. 1:45 Z 52°56'7"N 5°54'39"W 181° 2.1kt 5584.4NM wind 6.7kt 275° baro 1009 hPa Autopilot deactivated, windvane steering
26.07. 2:00 Z 52°55'29"N 5°54'53"W 58° 1.3kt 5585.1NM wind 7.6kt 252° baro 1009 hPa Hourly position log
26.07. 2:28 Z 52°55'19"N 5°57'18"W 248° 6.1kt 5586.7NM wind 15.9kt 221° baro 1009 hPa Sails set: Main, Staysail
26.07. 3:00 Z 52°52'36"N 5°58'22"W 189° 6.9kt 5589.8NM wind 11.8kt 233° baro 1009 hPa Hourly position log
26.07. 4:00 Z 52°48'24"N 6°0'59"W 258° 6.5kt 5594.7NM wind 12.8kt 222° baro 1010 hPa Hourly position log
26.07. 4:37 Z 52°47'50"N 6°5'33"W 268° 3.2kt 5598NM wind 14.1kt 241° baro 1010 hPa Autopilot activated
26.07. 4:43 Z 52°47'45"N 6°6'13"W 226° 3.3kt 5598.4NM wind 10.2kt 235° baro 1010 hPa Sails down, motoring
26.07. 4:53 Z 52°47'37"N 6°7'7"W 270° 3.7kt 5599NM wind 11.4kt 240° baro 1010 hPa Autopilot deactivated
26.07. 5:00 Z 52°47'38"N 6°7'46"W 272° 3.5kt 5599.4NM wind 9.1kt 244° baro 1010 hPa Hourly position log
26.07. 5:15 Z 52°47'44"N 6°8'46"W 259° 0kt 5600NM wind 2.2kt 256° baro 1010 hPa Stopped