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Monday, December 23, 2024

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!

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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.

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From the logbook

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