Wednesday, July 31, 2024

St. Helen's Pool, 174NM S of Roadstone Bay

The night was littered with lights. Cargo ships, fishing boats and even couple sailboats. As the moon was only a sliver, we could see the milky way across the sky. Even some shooting stars kept us entertained.

As the dawn broke, we were past the biggest congestion of boats and had the sea more or less to ourselves. With the ever decreasing wind we tried out different configurations to keep the banging of the sails at minimum. As the wind decreased to a mere 6kn, it was time to accept defeat, and we dropped the sails and motored the rest of the way.

The summer is finally here and after dropping the hook we both went for a refreshing swim! Now we shall move to island time and use the high tides to explore the Isles of Scilly.

Distance today: 110.6NM
Total distance: 2533.8NM
Lunch: shaksuka
Engine hours: 4.9

Position: 49°58'4"N 6°19'29"W

From the logbook

Time	Position	Course	Speed	Log	Weather	Remarks
31.07. 0:00 Z	51°17'15"N 6°9'58"W	167°	5.1kt	5693NM	wind 13.7kt 31° baro 1018 hPa	Hourly position log
31.07. 1:00 Z	51°12'2"N 6°8'6"W	151°	5.2kt	5698.4NM	wind 15.8kt 18° baro 1018 hPa	Bergie on watch, Suski to bed. Shooting stars above
31.07. 2:00 Z	51°6'56"N 6°6'42"W	168°	5.3kt	5703.6NM	wind 16.4kt 17° baro 1017 hPa	Hourly position log
31.07. 3:00 Z	51°1'45"N 6°6'43"W	179°	4.2kt	5708.8NM	wind 12.4kt 19° baro 1016 hPa	Hourly position log
31.07. 4:00 Z	50°56'46"N 6°7'1"W	176°	5.9kt	5713.9NM	wind 14.9kt 30° baro 1016 hPa	Hourly position log
31.07. 5:00 Z	50°51'40"N 6°7'14"W	188°	3.6kt	5719NM	wind 8.2kt 328° baro 1016 hPa	Seems sunrise took the wind away
31.07. 5:52 Z	50°47'47"N 6°7'16"W	176°	4.5kt	5723.1NM	wind 11.8kt 9° sea state 3/10 clouds 6/8 visibility 7/10 baro 1016 hPa	Wind is back, but so is some rain
31.07. 6:00 Z	50°47'9"N 6°7'19"W	179°	5kt	5723.7NM	wind 11.6kt 344° baro 1016 hPa	Hourly position log
31.07. 6:07 Z	50°46'37"N 6°7'24"W	183°	4.2kt	5724.3NM	wind 11.6kt 17° baro 1016 hPa	Couple of dolphins in the bow wave!
31.07. 7:00 Z	50°42'29"N 6°7'30"W	180°	5kt	5728.4NM	wind 10.1kt 7° baro 1016 hPa	Hourly position log
31.07. 7:10 Z	50°41'42"N 6°7'34"W	182°	4.5kt	5729.2NM	wind 13.1kt 21° sea state 3/10 clouds 4/8 visibility 8/10 baro 1016 hPa	Suski to watch, Bergie to bed.
31.07. 8:00 Z	50°37'27"N 6°6'50"W	171°	5.2kt	5733.6NM	wind 16.2kt 24° baro 1015 hPa	Hourly position log
31.07. 9:00 Z	50°32'36"N 6°6'15"W	170°	5.1kt	5738.5NM	wind 9.1kt 3° baro 1015 hPa	Hourly position log
31.07. 9:32 Z	50°30'30"N 6°6'33"W	194°	5.2kt	5740.6NM	wind 11.7kt 356° baro 1015 hPa	Sails set: Main (2nd reef), Genoa 1, Staysail. Being adventurous with the sail configuration. Anything but the whole main banging around.
31.07. 9:33 Z	50°30'28"N 6°6'34"W	189°	3.6kt	5740.7NM	wind 7.8kt 1° baro 1015 hPa	Autopilot activated
31.07. 10:00 Z	50°28'41"N 6°6'42"W	185°	3.7kt	5742.5NM	wind 8.9kt 2° baro 1016 hPa	Hourly position log
31.07. 11:00 Z	50°25'2"N 6°7'12"W	189°	4.1kt	5746.1NM	wind 10.9kt 360° baro 1015 hPa	Hourly position log
31.07. 11:27 Z	50°23'31"N 6°7'19"W	180°	2.6kt	5747.7NM	wind 6.3kt 29° baro 1016 hPa	Autopilot deactivated
31.07. 11:30 Z	50°23'23"N 6°7'20"W	177°	2.6kt	5747.8NM	wind 7.2kt 6° baro 1016 hPa	Autopilot activated
31.07. 11:40 Z	50°22'55"N 6°7'20"W	208°	2kt	5748.3NM	wind 7.4kt 10° baro 1015 hPa	Sails down, motoring
31.07. 12:00 Z	50°21'18"N 6°7'54"W	204°	5.9kt	5749.9NM	wind 7.7kt 320° baro 1015 hPa	Hourly position log
31.07. 12:30 Z	50°19'1"N 6°9'3"W	206°	4.4kt	5752.3NM	wind 7.8kt 327° sea state 3/10 clouds 5/8 visibility 7/10 baro 1015 hPa	Bergie on watch, Suski to bed
31.07. 13:00 Z	50°17'1"N 6°10'6"W	199°	2.5kt		wind 5.9kt 330° baro 1015 hPa	Motor stopped, sailing with Genoa 1, Staysail. Trying the classic twin headsail poled out trade wind setup
31.07. 13:41 Z	50°15'17"N 6°10'20"W	213°	2.5kt	5756.2NM	wind 7.6kt 346° baro 1015 hPa	Sails down, motoring. Not quite enough wind to keep that setup stable in the swell
31.07. 14:00 Z	50°13'44"N 6°10'52"W	190°	5.2kt	5757.8NM	wind 7.9kt 322° baro 1015 hPa	Hourly position log
31.07. 14:36 Z	50°10'52"N 6°12'11"W	210°	4.4kt	5760.8NM	wind 7.6kt 304° baro 1015 hPa	PAN PAN from Roslare CG: small vessel taking on water at vicinity of beach. Lifeboat under way
31.07. 14:42 Z	50°10'23"N 6°12'28"W	206°	4.6kt	5761.3NM	wind 7.8kt 316° baro 1015 hPa	Entered UK waters
31.07. 15:00 Z	50°8'57"N 6°13'19"W	209°	5.3kt	5762.8NM	wind 9.6kt 313° baro 1015 hPa	Hourly position log
31.07. 15:07 Z	50°8'23"N 6°13'42"W	203°	5.3kt	5763.5NM	wind 9.6kt 309° baro 1015 hPa	PAN PAN Roslare CG: person rescued, PAN PAN canceled
31.07. 16:00 Z	50°3'58"N 6°16'42"W	200°	5.3kt	5768.3NM	wind 7kt 309° baro 1015 hPa	Hourly position log
31.07. 16:01 Z	50°3'53"N 6°16'45"W	201°	5.2kt	5768.4NM	wind 7.7kt 297° baro 1015 hPa	PAN PAN Roslare CG, kayaker overdue Kelgare beach
31.07. 16:17 Z	50°2'31"N 6°17'29"W	192°	5.7kt	5769.8NM	wind 8.4kt 290° baro 1015 hPa	PAN PAN Roslare CG: missing kayaker has been located safe and well, cancel PAN
31.07. 16:50 Z	49°59'38"N 6°18'47"W	190°	5.2kt	5772.8NM	wind 8.3kt 299° baro 1015 hPa	Autopilot deactivated
31.07. 17:00 Z	49°58'53"N 6°19'4"W	196°	5kt	5773.6NM	wind 9.3kt 295° baro 1015 hPa	Hourly position log
31.07. 17:31 Z	49°58'4"N 6°19'29"W	252°	0kt	5775NM	wind 8.6kt 327° baro 1015 hPa	Anchored
31.07. 17:37 Z	49°58'4"N 6°19'28"W	327°	0.4kt	5775NM	wind 7.4kt 331° baro 1015 hPa	Stopped main engine