Atlantic Ocean, 31.1NM W of Las Palmas
Finally we had the parcel from Germany and a suitable weather window for leaving! Next time we need something delivered to Canaries, its faster, cheaper and more reliable to go and get it your self and bring it as checked in luggage. Live and learn.
In the morning we ran through our checklists and prepared the boat. Our boat neighbour was kind enough to offer his help so we gave him one of our bow lines to keep us from crashing into the pier while we waited for the slime line to sink before we engaged the transmission. Nothings spoils a day like a line fouled in the propeller. But we had none of that and reversed out of our slip like pros. Just outside of the wave break we were greeted by the waves coming all the way from the coast of Africa, we motored through and hoisted the sails outside the commercial harbours entrance as you are not allowed to sail inside the harbour. The old style wave break created a messy sea state as it was bouncing back the waves. As soon as we were past it, we could more enjoy the fact that we were on our way once again!
As we were rounding our turn towards south, we also found the windstill at the lee of the island, we motored a bit until we were also protected from the waves and proceeded to bob with only the mainsail up in the gentle swell waiting for the wind to fill itself back up from the north.
As I’m writing this we are pointing south again with a bit of a breeze to be able to call this sailing. Ahead of us some 850NM and the sea.
- Distance today: 31.1NM
- Lunch: pea soup
- Engine hours: 2.5
| Time |
Position |
Course |
Speed |
Log |
Weather |
Remarks |
| 22.11. 10:01 Z |
28°7'42"N
15°25'30"W
|
265°
|
0kt
|
7641.3NM
|
wind
5.4kt
123°
baro 1017 hPa
|
Running a freshwater rinse of the watermaker
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| 22.11. 10:39 Z |
28°7'42"N
15°25'30"W
|
196°
|
0kt
|
7641.3NM
|
wind
7kt
138°
baro 1018 hPa
|
Running acid wash 1/2 for the watermaker
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| 22.11. 12:18 Z |
28°7'42"N
15°25'30"W
|
321°
|
0kt
|
7641.3NM
|
wind
9.6kt
140°
baro 1016 hPa
|
Added a second external USB port to the Signal K Raspberry Pi for the logbook printer
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| 22.11. 14:35 Z |
28°7'42"N
15°25'30"W
|
58°
|
0kt
|
7641.3NM
|
wind
14.3kt
147°
baro 1014 hPa
|
Logbook printer plugged in to the Signal K Raspberry Pi
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| 23.11. 11:20 Z |
28°7'42"N
15°25'30"W
|
204°
|
0kt
|
7641.3NM
|
wind
2.9kt
143°
baro 1014 hPa
|
Running acid wash 2/2 for the watermaker
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| 23.11. 11:37 Z |
28°7'42"N
15°25'30"W
|
104°
|
0kt
|
7641.3NM
|
wind
3.8kt
122°
baro 1013 hPa
|
Pickled watermaker
|
| 23.11. 12:01 Z |
28°7'42"N
15°25'30"W
|
68°
|
0kt
|
7641.3NM
|
wind
2.8kt
130°
baro 1013 hPa
|
Entered custom shapes for freshwater and diesel tanks in Cerbo, so now the % should be actuals of the volume. Calcs show that we have a 110l diesel tank
|
| 25.11. 16:10 Z |
28°7'42"N
15°25'30"W
|
24°
|
0kt
|
7641.3NM
|
wind
3.6kt
110°
baro 1019 hPa
|
Test installation of the logbook printer via Bluetooth instead of USB
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| 26.11. 8:23 Z |
28°7'42"N
15°25'30"W
|
29°
|
0kt
|
7641.3NM
|
wind
0.5kt
178°
baro 1021 hPa
|
Updated firmware for mast Shelly devices and set them to eco mode
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| 28.11. 21:39 Z |
28°7'42"N
15°25'30"W
|
211°
|
0kt
|
7641.3NM
|
wind
6.6kt
152°
baro 1021 hPa
|
Suski made new mattresses for the v-berth by customizing Ikea Ågotsnäs (140x200) and Nästaberg (180x200)
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| 30.11. 13:37 Z |
28°7'42"N
15°25'30"W
|
7°
|
0kt
|
7641.3NM
|
wind
6.9kt
163°
baro 1021 hPa
|
Replaced toilet sink freshwater hose. 15mm inner⌀.
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| 03.12. 14:07 Z |
28°7'42"N
15°25'30"W
|
210°
|
0kt
|
7641.3NM
|
wind
9.1kt
61°
baro 1024 hPa
|
Washed the sprayhood and cockpit enclosure
|
| 06.12. 16:33 Z |
28°7'42"N
15°25'30"W
|
180°
|
0kt
|
7641.3NM
|
wind
5.9kt
52°
baro 1025 hPa
|
Mast steps installed up to spreader level
|
| 07.12. 14:03 Z |
28°7'42"N
15°25'30"W
|
90°
|
0kt
|
7641.3NM
|
wind
1.8kt
129°
baro 1025 hPa
|
De rusted solar panel holder, bow sprit and half of wind vane mount with Spanish Ferronet Desoxidante
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| 09.12. 14:42 Z |
28°7'42"N
15°25'30"W
|
54°
|
0kt
|
7641.3NM
|
wind
8.8kt
0°
baro 1020 hPa
|
Updated Venus OS to 3.52 and Orca Core to 0.33.0. Set up the contextual info display software on the dashboard
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| 14.12. 12:50 Z |
28°7'42"N
15°25'30"W
|
196°
|
0kt
|
7641.3NM
|
wind
16.1kt
143°
baro 1020 hPa
|
Installed pressurised salt water pump for the galley tap. Seaflo SFDP1-027-017-41
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| 15.12. 16:25 Z |
28°7'42"N
15°25'30"W
|
75°
|
0kt
|
7641.3NM
|
wind
13kt
161°
baro 1022 hPa
|
Moved the former heating Ruuvi tag to paddle wheel well and configured as water temperature sensor
|
| 19.12. 8:26 Z |
28°7'42"N
15°25'30"W
|
96°
|
0kt
|
7641.3NM
|
wind
13kt
149°
baro 1030 hPa
|
Started main engine
|
| 19.12. 8:32 Z |
28°7'36"N
15°25'21"W
|
148°
|
4kt
|
7641.3NM
|
wind
11.3kt
149°
baro 1030 hPa
|
Motoring
|
| 19.12. 9:00 Z |
28°6'49"N
15°24'5"W
|
26°
|
5.7kt
|
7642.9NM
|
wind
12.1kt
140°
baro 1031 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 19.12. 9:05 Z |
28°7'9"N
15°23'45"W
|
31°
|
2.9kt
|
7643.3NM
|
wind
16.3kt
151°
baro 1031 hPa
|
Motor stopped, sailing with Main (1st reef), Staysail
|
| 19.12. 10:00 Z |
28°11'35"N
15°22'59"W
|
326°
|
4kt
|
7648.1NM
|
wind
18.2kt
129°
baro 1031 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 19.12. 10:02 Z |
28°11'37"N
15°23'10"W
|
282°
|
6.2kt
|
7648.3NM
|
wind
20.9kt
139°
sea state 4/10
clouds 1/8
visibility 7/10
baro 1031 hPa
|
Gybed to north end of Gran Canaria
|
| 19.12. 10:13 Z |
28°11'48"N
15°24'16"W
|
278°
|
4.9kt
|
7649.3NM
|
wind
19.6kt
154°
baro 1031 hPa
|
Autopilot activated
|
| 19.12. 10:34 Z |
28°12'3"N
15°26'14"W
|
301°
|
3.9kt
|
7651NM
|
wind
17.7kt
128°
baro 1031 hPa
|
Somebody calling Las Palmas Rescue with engine trouble. Really poor connection. Callsign W2... name Pixie Dust. Under sail but needing assistance to enter Las Palmas. MRCC will send a SAR boat
|
| 19.12. 11:00 Z |
28°12'22"N
15°28'37"W
|
275°
|
5.8kt
|
7653.2NM
|
wind
22.4kt
142°
baro 1031 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 19.12. 12:00 Z |
28°12'34"N
15°34'53"W
|
264°
|
5.8kt
|
7658.8NM
|
wind
24.8kt
115°
sea state 3/10
clouds 0/8
visibility 6/10
baro 1030 hPa
|
Bergie on watch. Quite a lot of Sahara sand in the air
|
| 19.12. 12:42 Z |
28°11'57"N
15°38'49"W
|
290°
|
1.7kt
|
7662.3NM
|
wind
5.6kt
232°
baro 1029 hPa
|
Quite a wind shift
|
| 19.12. 12:52 Z |
28°11'59"N
15°39'7"W
|
290°
|
1.4kt
|
7662.6NM
|
wind
5.3kt
241°
baro 1029 hPa
|
Started watermaker
|
| 19.12. 13:00 Z |
28°12'2"N
15°39'20"W
|
284°
|
1.5kt
|
7662.8NM
|
wind
3.3kt
255°
baro 1029 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 19.12. 13:02 Z |
28°12'3"N
15°39'24"W
|
293°
|
1.7kt
|
7662.8NM
|
wind
5.6kt
245°
baro 1029 hPa
|
Securite Las Palmas: semi-submerged migrant boat spotted 28°06'18"N
|
| 19.12. 13:35 Z |
28°12'41"N
15°40'3"W
|
341°
|
1kt
|
7663.7NM
|
wind
2.1kt
307°
baro 1029 hPa
|
Stopped watermaker, 1590ppm. It was using around 80W, so almost double it should.
|
| 19.12. 13:36 Z |
28°12'43"N
15°40'4"W
|
36°
|
2.9kt
|
7663.7NM
|
wind
1.6kt
315°
baro 1029 hPa
|
Sails down, motoring
|
| 19.12. 14:00 Z |
28°12'13"N
15°41'33"W
|
234°
|
5.1kt
|
7665.3NM
|
wind
1.1kt
258°
baro 1028 hPa
|
I can see a hazy outline of Tenerife in the horizon, but there's a lot of sand in the air
|
| 19.12. 14:42 Z |
28°10'41"N
15°43'57"W
|
250°
|
3.9kt
|
7667.9NM
|
wind
5.6kt
225°
baro 1028 hPa
|
Pickled watermaker
|
| 19.12. 15:00 Z |
28°9'58"N
15°44'49"W
|
213°
|
3.7kt
|
7669NM
|
wind
3kt
221°
baro 1028 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 19.12. 15:27 Z |
28°9'15"N
15°46'31"W
|
280°
|
1.6kt
|
7670.7NM
|
wind
4.3kt
251°
baro 1027 hPa
|
Motor stopped, sailing with Main (1st reef)
|
| 19.12. 15:29 Z |
28°9'17"N
15°46'32"W
|
325°
|
1.1kt
|
7670.7NM
|
wind
4.1kt
230°
baro 1027 hPa
|
Sails set: Main (1st reef), Genoa 1
|
| 19.12. 15:31 Z |
28°9'19"N
15°46'32"W
|
335°
|
1.6kt
|
7670.8NM
|
wind
4.5kt
253°
baro 1027 hPa
|
Autopilot deactivated
|
| 19.12. 15:41 Z |
28°9'27"N
15°46'35"W
|
76°
|
0.8kt
|
7671NM
|
wind
3.8kt
291°
baro 1027 hPa
|
Sails set: Main (1st reef). Just floating around for a bit
|
| 19.12. 16:00 Z |
28°9'30"N
15°46'20"W
|
67°
|
0.9kt
|
7671.2NM
|
wind
1.2kt
224°
baro 1028 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 19.12. 17:26 Z |
28°9'33"N
15°45'53"W
|
197°
|
1kt
|
7671.7NM
|
wind
3.5kt
49°
baro 1028 hPa
|
Sails set: Main (1st reef), Staysail
|
| 19.12. 17:31 Z |
28°9'33"N
15°45'57"W
|
266°
|
1.3kt
|
7671.7NM
|
wind
3.8kt
59°
baro 1028 hPa
|
Autopilot activated
|
| 19.12. 18:00 Z |
28°9'28"N
15°46'45"W
|
249°
|
3.2kt
|
7672.4NM
|
wind
9.3kt
51°
baro 1028 hPa
|
Watch change. Suski getting the first patch of darkness.
|
| 19.12. 19:00 Z |
28°7'19"N
15°48'57"W
|
211°
|
2.3kt
|
7675.4NM
|
wind
10.3kt
65°
baro 1028 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 19.12. 20:00 Z |
28°3'45"N
15°51'0"W
|
196°
|
5.1kt
|
7679.4NM
|
wind
19.8kt
44°
baro 1029 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 19.12. 21:00 Z |
28°0'14"N
15°52'14"W
|
189°
|
2.8kt
|
7683.1NM
|
wind
8.9kt
40°
baro 1029 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 19.12. 21:41 Z |
27°59'9"N
15°52'37"W
|
321°
|
2.7kt
|
7684.2NM
|
wind
6.9kt
48°
baro 1029 hPa
|
Sails down, motoring. Found the lee again. Motoring back out to find wind.
|
| 19.12. 22:00 Z |
27°58'3"N
15°53'42"W
|
225°
|
5kt
|
7685.7NM
|
wind
4.6kt
15°
baro 1029 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 19.12. 22:52 Z |
27°54'42"N
15°56'38"W
|
214°
|
5.6kt
|
7690NM
|
wind
2.9kt
192°
baro 1029 hPa
|
Moon rising behind Gran Canaria
|
| 19.12. 23:00 Z |
27°54'12"N
15°57'7"W
|
212°
|
5.1kt
|
7690.6NM
|
wind
1.8kt
200°
baro 1029 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|