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Monday, September 9, 2024

Illa de Arousa - Illa das Ratas

Team lazy needed to move to the other side of the Ría for tomorrow’s NE wind. But as right at the moment we have no wind at all, we left FLINsails up and didn’t bother to pack the dinghy properly. Anchor chain was also left on the deck ready to the anchoring on the other side.

Before we left, we could visually check that the bay we had planned for us had no boats anchoring in it, so we turned on the motor and weaved our way through the mussel farms. When we arrived, we drove our loop checking the bay out and dropped the anchor at 5 meters depth. From here it is a short row to what seems to be our private beach.

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The postal service is trying to locate our missing parcel, hopefully they are successful.



From the logbook

Time Position Course Speed Log Weather Remarks
08.09. 13:44 Z 42°34'8"N 8°53'18"W 187° 0kt 6343.4NM wind 9.5kt 233° baro 1018 hPa Started watermaker
08.09. 14:00 Z 42°34'9"N 8°53'19"W 82° 0kt 6343.4NM wind 9.3kt 227° baro 1018 hPa Stop water maker 502 ppm.
08.09. 14:53 Z 42°34'9"N 8°53'18"W 303° 0kt 6343.4NM wind 10.4kt 226° baro 1018 hPa Lubricated watermaker pump and did a 15min test run. 592ppm
09.09. 10:10 Z 42°34'7"N 8°53'20"W 156° 0kt 6343.4NM wind 3.8kt 12° baro 1023 hPa Started main engine
09.09. 10:11 Z 42°34'7"N 8°53'20"W 159° 0kt 6343.4NM wind 3.8kt 11° baro 1023 hPa Anchor up, motoring
09.09. 10:56 Z 42°34'57"N 8°56'12"W 53° 0.3kt 6346NM wind 1.2kt 232° baro 1024 hPa Anchored
09.09. 11:00 Z 42°34'57"N 8°56'12"W 60° 0kt 6346NM wind 1.3kt 205° baro 1023 hPa Stopped main engine
09.09. 13:34 Z 42°34'58"N 8°56'12"W 345° 0kt 6346NM wind 0.6kt 194° baro 1023 hPa Re-sealed the leaky port-side saloon window with Sika 295 UV