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Friday, January 10, 2025

Atlantic Ocean, 1007NM WSW of Mindelo

The lighter conditions have us running with Parasailor for now. The first reversed watches took a bit of getting used to, but it is only fair that Bergie gets to enjoy the sunrises too.

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Today’s excitement came with a passing catamaran Beachcomber as we passed only with 0.2 nm distance. We radioed to each other well in advance to make sure we have seen each other. We decided to take this opportunity to get some photos of each others. Havel vibes indeed!



From the logbook

Time Position Course Speed Log Weather Remarks
10.01. 0:00 Z 12°57'36"N 39°17'13"W 276° 6kt 9458.7NM wind 15.8kt 42° baro 1014 hPa Hourly position log
10.01. 1:00 Z 12°57'5"N 39°22'45"W 284° 5.6kt 9464.2NM wind 14.8kt 50° clouds 4/8 baro 1014 hPa Hourly position log
10.01. 2:00 Z 12°56'50"N 39°28'8"W 274° 4.7kt 9469.4NM wind 12.4kt 67° baro 1014 hPa Suski on watch
10.01. 3:00 Z 12°57'23"N 39°33'31"W 283° 6.6kt 9474.8NM wind 12.5kt 56° baro 1014 hPa Hourly position log
10.01. 4:00 Z 12°57'57"N 39°38'40"W 286° 7kt 9479.9NM wind 14.7kt 60° baro 1014 hPa Hourly position log
10.01. 4:02 Z 12°57'58"N 39°38'50"W 263° 5.2kt 9480NM wind 10kt 55° baro 1014 hPa Readjusted hydro line. It has a small chafe mark.
10.01. 5:00 Z 12°57'57"N 39°43'50"W 289° 5.4kt 9484.9NM wind 13.6kt 56° baro 1013 hPa Hourly position log
10.01. 6:00 Z 12°58'34"N 39°49'12"W 269° 4.8kt 9490.2NM wind 9.7kt 66° baro 1013 hPa Hourly position log
10.01. 7:00 Z 12°58'52"N 39°54'39"W 276° 4.5kt 9495.6NM wind 11.9kt 69° baro 1013 hPa Hourly position log
10.01. 8:00 Z 12°59'30"N 39°59'50"W 249° 4.5kt 9500.7NM wind 11.5kt 51° sea state 4/10 clouds 2/8 visibility 7/10 baro 1013 hPa Bergie on watch
10.01. 9:00 Z 13°0'6"N 40°4'37"W 284° 6.1kt 9505.5NM wind 15.1kt 60° baro 1014 hPa Hourly position log
10.01. 9:07 Z 13°0'11"N 40°5'14"W 279° 6kt 9506.1NM wind 13.8kt 59° baro 1014 hPa Sun is peeking from above the clouds in the horizon
10.01. 10:00 Z 13°1'12"N 40°10'4"W 286° 6.5kt 9510.9NM wind 16.3kt 58° baro 1014 hPa Hourly position log
10.01. 11:00 Z 13°1'58"N 40°15'23"W 291° 4.8kt 9516.2NM wind 13kt 55° baro 1015 hPa Hourly position log
10.01. 11:33 Z 13°2'28"N 40°18'10"W 289° 5.1kt 9519NM wind 12.6kt 71° baro 1015 hPa Started watermaker
10.01. 11:44 Z 13°2'38"N 40°19'7"W 270° 6.3kt 9519.9NM wind 14.2kt 93° baro 1015 hPa Watermaker 242ppm
10.01. 12:00 Z 13°2'53"N 40°20'31"W 259° 5.4kt 9521.3NM wind 13.5kt 79° baro 1015 hPa Hourly position log
10.01. 13:00 Z 13°4'4"N 40°25'35"W 296° 4.9kt 9526.4NM wind 12.7kt 71° clouds 5/8 baro 1015 hPa Hourly position log
10.01. 13:26 Z 13°4'48"N 40°27'56"W 299° 6.3kt 9528.8NM wind 14kt 85° baro 1015 hPa Stopped watermaker, 224ppm
10.01. 14:00 Z 13°5'50"N 40°31'2"W 276° 6kt 9532.1NM wind 12.3kt 94° baro 1015 hPa Suski on watch
10.01. 15:00 Z 13°7'42"N 40°36'18"W 303° 6.5kt 9537.6NM wind 14.6kt 81° baro 1014 hPa Hourly position log
10.01. 15:16 Z 13°8'2"N 40°37'44"W 298° 5.9kt 9539NM wind 12kt 84° baro 1014 hPa Vessel 6! Catamaran Beachcomber (232058485) passing us ahead in an hour. Will be close. 2 nm or so.
10.01. 15:35 Z 13°8'34"N 40°39'19"W 279° 6kt 9540.7NM wind 14.2kt 93° baro 1013 hPa Lot of sargasso weeds.
10.01. 16:00 Z 13°9'14"N 40°41'23"W 297° 6kt 9542.8NM wind 15.3kt 66° baro 1013 hPa Hourly position log
10.01. 16:10 Z 13°9'29"N 40°42'16"W 280° 3.1kt 9543.7NM wind 11.1kt 76° baro 1013 hPa VHF call with Beachcomber. They're headed to BVI. We'll try to get photos of each other
10.01. 16:42 Z 13°10'4"N 40°45'0"W 300° 5.1kt 9546.4NM wind 12.4kt 62° baro 1013 hPa Beachcomber radioed again to confirm that they will manouver to cross us from behind
10.01. 16:54 Z 13°10'13"N 40°46'2"W 286° 4.5kt 9547.5NM wind 12.1kt 67° baro 1012 hPa We crossed 0.2NM. Them behind us. Its like Havel out here!
10.01. 16:56 Z 13°10'14"N 40°46'13"W 285° 4.7kt 9547.6NM wind 10.4kt 79° baro 1012 hPa Radioed and thanked them on a smooth close encounter. And told to wait for photos around 20 utc.
10.01. 17:00 Z 13°10'18"N 40°46'32"W 274° 5kt 9548NM wind 11.7kt 96° baro 1012 hPa Hourly position log
10.01. 17:51 Z 13°11'5"N 40°50'54"W 283° 6kt 9552.3NM wind 13.2kt 60° baro 1012 hPa 1000nm done!
10.01. 18:00 Z 13°11'12"N 40°51'39"W 290° 3.8kt 9553.1NM wind 9.5kt 78° baro 1012 hPa Hourly position log
10.01. 18:30 Z 13°11'19"N 40°53'58"W 250° 6.2kt 9555.4NM wind 11.5kt 81° baro 1012 hPa Jibed to starboard
10.01. 19:00 Z 13°10'19"N 40°56'3"W 268° 5.6kt 9557.7NM wind 11.8kt 87° baro 1012 hPa Hourly position log
10.01. 20:00 Z 13°8'24"N 41°0'6"W 256° 4.2kt 9562.1NM wind 11.1kt 94° baro 1013 hPa Bergie on watch
10.01. 21:00 Z 13°6'18"N 41°3'51"W 265° 4.3kt 9566.4NM wind 11kt 89° sea state 4/10 clouds 2/8 visibility 7/10 baro 1013 hPa Hourly position log
10.01. 22:00 Z 13°4'48"N 41°7'58"W 260° 3.1kt 9570.7NM wind 9.4kt 74° baro 1014 hPa Hourly position log
10.01. 23:00 Z 13°3'0"N 41°11'58"W 268° 4.1kt 9575NM wind 11.7kt 82° baro 1015 hPa Hourly position log