Atlantic Ocean, 556NM SW of Las Palmas
At sunset, a pod of dolphins came for a visit. In the night, we continued sailing in variable conditions, wind ranging from 10 to 30 knots. That required a sharp lookout from the person on watch.
As the dawn broke, the winds became lighter, so we kept rolling out more genoa out. At noon, we rewarded ourselves with a fresh water shower. What a difference in mood to be clean!
Eventually the winds in combination with the swell meant that the main sail started banging loudly, so we took it down and tried a old downwind sailing trick, genoa poled out and the staysail was kept on the other side with the mainsail boom. Worked only semi well, and with the double headsail wing on wing, we were rolling side to side uncomfortably much. So, after a couple of hours of that, we dug up the Parasailor and are now smoothly riding towards Mindelo.
- Distance today: 130.1NM
- Lunch: sandwiches
- Engine hours: 0
| Time |
Position |
Course |
Speed |
Log |
Weather |
Remarks |
| 23.12. 0:00 Z |
22°11'30"N
19°44'11"W
|
188°
|
7.2kt
|
8101.6NM
|
wind
26.4kt
32°
baro 1022 hPa
|
Bergie on watch
|
| 23.12. 1:00 Z |
22°6'7"N
19°45'58"W
|
216°
|
7.4kt
|
8107.2NM
|
wind
23.4kt
48°
baro 1021 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 23.12. 1:11 Z |
22°5'11"N
19°46'16"W
|
197°
|
5.9kt
|
8108.2NM
|
wind
21.6kt
42°
sea state 4/10
clouds 1/8
baro 1021 hPa
|
Halfway point! 444NM to Mindelo
|
| 23.12. 1:28 Z |
22°3'41"N
19°46'52"W
|
212°
|
6.9kt
|
8109.8NM
|
wind
21.6kt
49°
baro 1021 hPa
|
Moon is up
|
| 23.12. 1:51 Z |
22°1'47"N
19°47'49"W
|
214°
|
8.7kt
|
8111.9NM
|
wind
22.2kt
40°
baro 1020 hPa
|
Bioluminiscent plankton in the wake. Pretty!
|
| 23.12. 2:00 Z |
22°1'0"N
19°48'11"W
|
223°
|
5.9kt
|
8112.8NM
|
wind
21.5kt
55°
baro 1020 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 23.12. 3:00 Z |
21°55'53"N
19°50'48"W
|
201°
|
7.2kt
|
8118.5NM
|
wind
21.6kt
46°
baro 1020 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 23.12. 3:15 Z |
21°54'46"N
19°51'40"W
|
193°
|
5.7kt
|
8119.9NM
|
wind
21.4kt
66°
sea state 4/10
clouds 2/8
visibility 7/10
baro 1020 hPa
|
Sails set: Main (1st reef), Genoa 1 (40% furled), Staysail
|
| 23.12. 4:00 Z |
21°50'36"N
19°53'30"W
|
193°
|
5.1kt
|
8124.5NM
|
wind
15.1kt
59°
baro 1019 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 23.12. 4:33 Z |
21°47'12"N
19°54'27"W
|
197°
|
5.5kt
|
8128NM
|
wind
21.5kt
39°
baro 1019 hPa
|
Sails set: Main (1st reef), Genoa 1 (50% furled), Staysail. Gusting up to 26kt
|
| 23.12. 5:00 Z |
21°44'54"N
19°55'22"W
|
207°
|
4.2kt
|
8130.5NM
|
wind
19kt
33°
baro 1019 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 23.12. 6:00 Z |
21°40'9"N
19°57'46"W
|
214°
|
6.3kt
|
8135.8NM
|
wind
19.6kt
61°
baro 1019 hPa
|
Suski on watch
|
| 23.12. 7:00 Z |
21°35'57"N
20°0'40"W
|
209°
|
7.1kt
|
8140.8NM
|
wind
22.4kt
56°
baro 1019 hPa
|
Sun is here again!
|
| 23.12. 8:00 Z |
21°32'7"N
20°3'57"W
|
205°
|
4.1kt
|
8145.8NM
|
wind
17.2kt
77°
baro 1019 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 23.12. 8:22 Z |
21°30'49"N
20°5'9"W
|
215°
|
4.6kt
|
8147.5NM
|
wind
17.4kt
54°
baro 1019 hPa
|
1 plastic sail car is broken just above 3rd reef.
|
| 23.12. 9:17 Z |
21°27'44"N
20°8'20"W
|
248°
|
4.9kt
|
8151.8NM
|
wind
11.9kt
54°
baro 1020 hPa
|
Sails set: Main (1st reef), Genoa 1 (20% furled), Staysail
|
| 23.12. 11:00 Z |
21°20'59"N
20°15'18"W
|
233°
|
4.2kt
|
8161.3NM
|
wind
12.5kt
73°
baro 1020 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 23.12. 12:00 Z |
21°16'6"N
20°18'58"W
|
227°
|
5.6kt
|
8167.3NM
|
wind
14.6kt
66°
sea state 4/10
clouds 2/8
visibility 7/10
baro 1019 hPa
|
Bergie on watch
|
| 23.12. 13:00 Z |
21°11'30"N
20°22'27"W
|
207°
|
5.8kt
|
8173NM
|
wind
15.7kt
70°
baro 1018 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 23.12. 14:00 Z |
21°7'2"N
20°25'49"W
|
234°
|
6.2kt
|
8178.5NM
|
wind
13.2kt
46°
baro 1017 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 23.12. 15:00 Z |
21°2'49"N
20°29'18"W
|
197°
|
5.5kt
|
8183.8NM
|
wind
12.5kt
52°
baro 1016 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 23.12. 15:16 Z |
21°1'44"N
20°30'6"W
|
236°
|
5.1kt
|
8185.1NM
|
wind
14kt
68°
baro 1016 hPa
|
Sails set: Genoa 1, Staysail. Trying two poled out headsails
|
| 23.12. 16:00 Z |
20°59'0"N
20°32'41"W
|
219°
|
5.2kt
|
8188.8NM
|
wind
9.9kt
25°
baro 1016 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 23.12. 17:00 Z |
20°55'38"N
20°36'27"W
|
237°
|
5.4kt
|
8193.7NM
|
wind
11.4kt
58°
baro 1016 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 23.12. 17:42 Z |
20°54'6"N
20°38'52"W
|
253°
|
5.3kt
|
8196.5NM
|
wind
12.5kt
10°
baro 1016 hPa
|
Sails set: Parasailor
|
| 23.12. 18:00 Z |
20°53'23"N
20°40'24"W
|
240°
|
5.4kt
|
8198.1NM
|
wind
13.8kt
29°
baro 1016 hPa
|
Suski on watch
|
| 23.12. 18:01 Z |
20°53'22"N
20°40'27"W
|
264°
|
4.8kt
|
8198.2NM
|
wind
9.7kt
28°
baro 1016 hPa
|
Autopilot set to wind mode
|
| 23.12. 18:59 Z |
20°51'11"N
20°45'15"W
|
244°
|
4.6kt
|
8203.2NM
|
wind
11.2kt
52°
sea state 4/10
clouds 1/8
visibility 7/10
baro 1016 hPa
|
Sun has set
|
| 23.12. 19:00 Z |
20°51'10"N
20°45'19"W
|
239°
|
5.3kt
|
8203.3NM
|
wind
11.4kt
34°
baro 1016 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 23.12. 20:00 Z |
20°48'50"N
20°49'34"W
|
258°
|
5kt
|
8207.9NM
|
wind
11.3kt
38°
baro 1017 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 23.12. 21:00 Z |
20°46'12"N
20°53'48"W
|
246°
|
4.1kt
|
8212.7NM
|
wind
11.4kt
26°
baro 1017 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 23.12. 22:00 Z |
20°43'48"N
20°58'18"W
|
239°
|
5.2kt
|
8217.6NM
|
wind
11.6kt
10°
baro 1017 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 23.12. 23:00 Z |
20°41'20"N
21°2'36"W
|
249°
|
5kt
|
8222.4NM
|
wind
12.5kt
16°
baro 1017 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|