Bay of Biscay, 389NM S of St. Helen's Pool
The light sailing conditions continued much further than anticipated. Just after the sunset, a couple of whales came to check us out. Big ones, seemingly bigger than the boat. In the dusk it was hard to tell the species as they blew water.
We kept ghosting along through the night, and reached the high pressure zone at sunrise. Sails went down, and we motored through the windless patch. Windless, but sadly not free of swell, making it quite a rolly few hours.
Once we reached the other side, we were able to start sailing with a poled out genoa. As yesterday had been spent sailing slowly instead of motoring, like weather routing suggested, it became apparent we wouldn’t reach A Coruña before sunset. As we don’t want another Peel Experience, we decided to slow the boat down in order to arrive at sunrise.
All good and well, but nearing the coastline the sea state started getting nastier, and so another change of plans was in order: hoist the staysail back on, and head for a protected anchorage just outside A Coruña, from where we can then enter the port in the morning.
- Distance today: 90NM
- Total distance: 2922.8NM
- Dinner: spaghetti aglio olio
- Engine hours: 6.9
| Time |
Position |
Course |
Speed |
Log |
Weather |
Remarks |
| 09.08. 0:00 Z |
45°2'18"N
7°28'30"W
|
170°
|
2.7kt
|
6093.4NM
|
wind
7.1kt
234°
baro 1021 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 09.08. 1:00 Z |
44°59'0"N
7°28'20"W
|
183°
|
3.5kt
|
6096.8NM
|
wind
7.2kt
243°
baro 1021 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 09.08. 1:18 Z |
44°58'2"N
7°28'24"W
|
175°
|
2.4kt
|
6097.8NM
|
wind
6.9kt
240°
baro 1021 hPa
|
🐬🐬🐬
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| 09.08. 1:56 Z |
44°55'54"N
7°29'24"W
|
200°
|
3.4kt
|
6100NM
|
wind
7.2kt
268°
clouds 1/8
visibility 8/10
baro 1021 hPa
|
New moon has its perks. The stars are well visible, especially now as we are getting closer to the peak of Perseid meteor cloud. Nearly every time you look up, you see a shooting star or two.
|
| 09.08. 2:00 Z |
44°55'43"N
7°29'31"W
|
213°
|
3.2kt
|
6100.2NM
|
wind
6.1kt
256°
baro 1021 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 09.08. 2:41 Z |
44°53'47"N
7°30'28"W
|
176°
|
3.9kt
|
6102.3NM
|
wind
4.1kt
250°
baro 1021 hPa
|
ISS flew over.
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| 09.08. 2:54 Z |
44°53'8"N
7°30'36"W
|
204°
|
3kt
|
6103NM
|
wind
5.1kt
258°
baro 1021 hPa
|
Need to check hydro attachment. It can klönk a bit.
|
| 09.08. 3:00 Z |
44°52'51"N
7°30'37"W
|
184°
|
3.3kt
|
6103.3NM
|
wind
5.8kt
257°
baro 1021 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 09.08. 4:00 Z |
44°49'41"N
7°31'11"W
|
185°
|
2.5kt
|
6106.5NM
|
wind
5kt
252°
baro 1021 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 09.08. 4:55 Z |
44°46'47"N
7°32'11"W
|
163°
|
2kt
|
6109.5NM
|
wind
3.4kt
252°
baro 1021 hPa
|
Sails down, motoring
|
| 09.08. 5:00 Z |
44°46'27"N
7°32'25"W
|
196°
|
5.2kt
|
6109.8NM
|
wind
3.7kt
243°
baro 1021 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 09.08. 6:00 Z |
44°42'20"N
7°36'8"W
|
210°
|
5.1kt
|
6114.7NM
|
wind
1.9kt
193°
sea state 4/10
clouds 1/8
visibility 8/10
baro 1021 hPa
|
Bergie on watch
|
| 09.08. 6:45 Z |
44°39'12"N
7°38'49"W
|
208°
|
5.9kt
|
6118.4NM
|
wind
4kt
197°
baro 1021 hPa
|
A lone Croc floated by. Didn't manage to catch
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| 09.08. 7:00 Z |
44°38'6"N
7°39'39"W
|
219°
|
4.7kt
|
6119.7NM
|
wind
2.8kt
208°
baro 1022 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 09.08. 7:06 Z |
44°37'40"N
7°39'58"W
|
211°
|
4.5kt
|
6120.1NM
|
wind
1.7kt
205°
baro 1022 hPa
|
DSC Mayday relay. Sailing vessel Tamara with 6 persons at Cape Finisterre in distress, vessels in vicinity requested to assist. That's 130NM SW of us.
|
| 09.08. 7:30 Z |
44°35'57"N
7°41'13"W
|
221°
|
5kt
|
6122.1NM
|
wind
2.2kt
179°
sea state 4/10
clouds 2/8
visibility 8/10
baro 1022 hPa
|
Think bank of clouds is rolling in from the west. I wonder how that will affect the high pressure ridge we're in
|
| 09.08. 7:36 Z |
44°35'29"N
7°41'35"W
|
206°
|
5.1kt
|
6122.6NM
|
wind
1.4kt
201°
baro 1022 hPa
|
Finisterre radio: silence fini on the Tamara mayday
|
| 09.08. 8:00 Z |
44°33'37"N
7°42'53"W
|
201°
|
5.5kt
|
6124.7NM
|
wind
1.5kt
202°
baro 1022 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 09.08. 9:00 Z |
44°29'8"N
7°46'28"W
|
217°
|
5.1kt
|
6129.9NM
|
wind
2.2kt
242°
baro 1022 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 09.08. 9:30 Z |
44°27'1"N
7°48'32"W
|
218°
|
5.1kt
|
6132.5NM
|
wind
4.2kt
271°
sea state 4/10
clouds 1/8
visibility 8/10
baro 1022 hPa
|
This side of the high, the seas are a confused mess. This means we'll need a bit more wind than usual before we can sail again
|
| 09.08. 10:00 Z |
44°25'0"N
7°50'39"W
|
216°
|
5.9kt
|
6135NM
|
wind
4.9kt
277°
baro 1022 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 09.08. 10:22 Z |
44°23'24"N
7°52'2"W
|
210°
|
5.5kt
|
6136.9NM
|
wind
6kt
312°
baro 1022 hPa
|
Securité from Coruña traffic (garbled bad signal): vessels in harbour area requested to reduce speed and keep sharp lookout
|
| 09.08. 11:00 Z |
44°20'40"N
7°54'0"W
|
202°
|
4.3kt
|
6140NM
|
wind
4.8kt
106°
baro 1023 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 09.08. 11:47 Z |
44°17'57"N
7°55'26"W
|
178°
|
1.9kt
|
6142.9NM
|
wind
8.7kt
46°
baro 1023 hPa
|
Motor stopped, sailing with Main (1st reef), Genoa 1. Let's see if the schmetti can be flown
|
| 09.08. 11:48 Z |
44°17'53"N
7°55'27"W
|
219°
|
1.9kt
|
6142.9NM
|
wind
6.8kt
47°
baro 1023 hPa
|
Started watermaker, was giving 375ppm still after first 30min
|
| 09.08. 12:00 Z |
44°17'29"N
7°55'34"W
|
196°
|
1kt
|
6143.4NM
|
wind
5.6kt
51°
baro 1023 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 09.08. 12:32 Z |
44°16'15"N
7°56'12"W
|
209°
|
1.6kt
|
6144.7NM
|
wind
5.8kt
64°
baro 1023 hPa
|
Stopped watermaker and cleaned the filter. The intake hose has some knicks and should be exchanged
|
| 09.08. 12:49 Z |
44°15'23"N
7°56'28"W
|
190°
|
3.3kt
|
6145.6NM
|
wind
9.7kt
58°
baro 1022 hPa
|
Started watermaker, was 266ppm after 40min
|
| 09.08. 13:00 Z |
44°14'48"N
7°56'42"W
|
188°
|
3.3kt
|
6146.2NM
|
wind
10.4kt
60°
baro 1023 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 09.08. 13:01 Z |
44°14'45"N
7°56'43"W
|
184°
|
3kt
|
6146.2NM
|
wind
8.9kt
50°
baro 1023 hPa
|
Sails set: Main (1st reef), Genoa 1 (10% furled). We need to start slowing down progressively
|
| 09.08. 14:00 Z |
44°11'33"N
7°58'15"W
|
203°
|
3.9kt
|
6149.6NM
|
wind
9.8kt
50°
baro 1022 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 09.08. 14:07 Z |
44°11'11"N
7°58'29"W
|
202°
|
3.4kt
|
6150NM
|
wind
10.8kt
61°
sea state 3/10
clouds 1/8
visibility 8/10
baro 1022 hPa
|
Watch change after some watermaker tlc.
|
| 09.08. 14:08 Z |
44°11'8"N
7°58'31"W
|
203°
|
3.7kt
|
6150.1NM
|
wind
10.1kt
61°
baro 1022 hPa
|
Sails set: Main (1st reef), Genoa 1 (30% furled). Trying to keep estimated arrival at 7am.
|
| 09.08. 14:17 Z |
44°10'37"N
7°58'50"W
|
203°
|
3.6kt
|
6150.6NM
|
wind
11.9kt
64°
baro 1022 hPa
|
Sails set: Main (1st reef), Genoa 1 (60% furled)
|
| 09.08. 14:30 Z |
44°10'1"N
7°59'20"W
|
216°
|
3.7kt
|
6151.3NM
|
wind
8.6kt
54°
baro 1022 hPa
|
Land in sight!
|
| 09.08. 14:54 Z |
44°8'53"N
8°0'24"W
|
226°
|
3kt
|
6152.7NM
|
wind
10.6kt
73°
baro 1022 hPa
|
Sails set: Main (1st reef)
|
| 09.08. 15:55 Z |
44°5'50"N
8°2'45"W
|
201°
|
3.5kt
|
6156.2NM
|
wind
14.3kt
58°
baro 1022 hPa
|
Sails set: Main (1st reef)
|
| 09.08. 16:00 Z |
44°5'33"N
8°2'53"W
|
193°
|
3.9kt
|
6156.5NM
|
wind
16.1kt
60°
baro 1022 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 09.08. 16:42 Z |
44°3'4"N
8°4'9"W
|
212°
|
3.5kt
|
6159.2NM
|
wind
16.4kt
63°
baro 1021 hPa
|
Sails set: Main (2nd reef)
|
| 09.08. 17:00 Z |
44°2'6"N
8°4'47"W
|
179°
|
4kt
|
6160.2NM
|
wind
13.9kt
65°
baro 1021 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 09.08. 17:19 Z |
44°1'0"N
8°5'35"W
|
189°
|
4.3kt
|
6161.5NM
|
wind
16.1kt
51°
sea state 4/10
clouds 0/8
visibility 8/10
baro 1021 hPa
|
Lots of fishing boats around
|
| 09.08. 17:43 Z |
43°59'39"N
8°6'42"W
|
205°
|
5.8kt
|
6163.1NM
|
wind
19kt
63°
baro 1021 hPa
|
Sails set: Main (2nd reef), Staysail
|
| 09.08. 18:00 Z |
43°58'18"N
8°7'33"W
|
191°
|
4.8kt
|
6164.5NM
|
wind
15kt
49°
baro 1021 hPa
|
Bergie on watch
|
| 09.08. 19:00 Z |
43°53'32"N
8°10'38"W
|
183°
|
5.2kt
|
6169.8NM
|
wind
21kt
68°
baro 1021 hPa
|
Entered Spanish waters
|
| 09.08. 20:00 Z |
43°48'6"N
8°13'53"W
|
203°
|
7.1kt
|
6175.7NM
|
wind
22.5kt
62°
sea state 4/10
clouds 1/8
visibility 7/10
baro 1020 hPa
|
Around 2kt current going along the coast westwards
|
| 09.08. 20:13 Z |
43°46'50"N
8°14'35"W
|
192°
|
6.1kt
|
6177.1NM
|
wind
22.3kt
47°
baro 1021 hPa
|
Depth sounder found the bottom! 154m
|
| 09.08. 21:00 Z |
43°42'7"N
8°17'1"W
|
199°
|
7.7kt
|
6182.1NM
|
wind
20.8kt
51°
baro 1020 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 09.08. 22:00 Z |
43°36'53"N
8°19'54"W
|
211°
|
4.3kt
|
6187.8NM
|
wind
16.6kt
39°
baro 1020 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 09.08. 23:00 Z |
43°32'43"N
8°21'46"W
|
198°
|
4.1kt
|
6192.2NM
|
wind
15.3kt
50°
baro 1020 hPa
|
Sails set: Main, Staysail
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