Pointe-a-Pitre - Sainte-Anne
Breakfast of croissants and pain au chocolate on the aft deck and groceries and stowing everything away later we reversed out of spot in the harbour. A tight manouver that with a bit of setting up went flawlessly. It’s nice to know that we can still make the tight turns with Lille Ø although we havent needed those skills since last year!
The sailing started with beating into the wind and big confused seas of the bay. After the conservative start with staysail and main in 1st reef we first went to full main and then swapped the staysail to the full genoa. Tacking with the genoa in this kind of a sea state with the inner forestay in place meant that we were doing a Q-wende every time. After we got out of the bay and shallow water the going got definitely better.
With an hour of sunlight to spare, we reached our destination. Our first option for anchoring was full, so with very careful manouvering we went in closer to the shore. Now we are anchored in 2m of water with our anchor dug securely into the sandy bottom.
- Distance today: 17.8NM
- Lunch: feta salad
- Engine hours: 1.2
| Time |
Position |
Course |
Speed |
Log |
Weather |
Remarks |
| 06.03. 3:09 Z |
16°13'17"N
61°31'43"W
|
32°
|
0kt
|
11159.3NM
|
wind
6.4kt
132°
baro 1014 hPa
|
bernhard joined the crew
|
| 06.03. 16:05 Z |
16°13'17"N
61°31'43"W
|
137°
|
0kt
|
11159.3NM
|
wind
8.7kt
129°
baro 1015 hPa
|
Started main engine
|
| 06.03. 16:19 Z |
16°13'20"N
61°31'46"W
|
275°
|
3.3kt
|
11159.3NM
|
wind
14kt
142°
baro 1015 hPa
|
Motoring
|
| 06.03. 16:42 Z |
16°12'35"N
61°31'46"W
|
172°
|
3.6kt
|
11160.6NM
|
wind
15.5kt
122°
baro 1015 hPa
|
Motor stopped, sailing with Main (1st reef), Staysail
|
| 06.03. 17:00 Z |
16°11'43"N
61°31'49"W
|
161°
|
2.4kt
|
11161.5NM
|
wind
13.8kt
115°
baro 1015 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 06.03. 17:09 Z |
16°11'21"N
61°31'51"W
|
179°
|
1.6kt
|
11161.9NM
|
wind
14kt
119°
baro 1015 hPa
|
Sails set: Main, Staysail
|
| 06.03. 17:38 Z |
16°9'48"N
61°31'39"W
|
55°
|
2.5kt
|
11163.6NM
|
wind
11.1kt
98°
baro 1014 hPa
|
Started watermaker
|
| 06.03. 17:50 Z |
16°10'10"N
61°31'10"W
|
51°
|
3.5kt
|
11164.2NM
|
wind
12kt
120°
baro 1014 hPa
|
Watermaker 280ppm
|
| 06.03. 18:00 Z |
16°10'28"N
61°30'44"W
|
81°
|
3.7kt
|
11164.7NM
|
wind
14.7kt
110°
baro 1014 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 06.03. 18:08 Z |
16°10'41"N
61°30'27"W
|
71°
|
3.8kt
|
11165.1NM
|
wind
11.3kt
103°
baro 1014 hPa
|
Sails set: Main, Genoa 1
|
| 06.03. 19:00 Z |
16°9'16"N
61°29'15"W
|
165°
|
3.5kt
|
11168NM
|
wind
11.9kt
107°
baro 1014 hPa
|
Stopped watermaker, 276ppm
|
| 06.03. 20:00 Z |
16°10'13"N
61°26'45"W
|
37°
|
3.1kt
|
11171.7NM
|
wind
13.4kt
94°
baro 1013 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 06.03. 20:53 Z |
16°12'29"N
61°23'34"W
|
32°
|
1.8kt
|
11175.6NM
|
wind
9.1kt
109°
baro 1014 hPa
|
Sails down, motoring
|
| 06.03. 21:00 Z |
16°12'47"N
61°23'12"W
|
47°
|
4.6kt
|
11176.1NM
|
wind
10.2kt
93°
baro 1014 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 06.03. 21:19 Z |
16°13'13"N
61°23'31"W
|
342°
|
0.5kt
|
11177.1NM
|
wind
8.7kt
123°
baro 1014 hPa
|
Anchored
|
| 06.03. 21:27 Z |
16°13'14"N
61°23'31"W
|
282°
|
0.2kt
|
11177.1NM
|
wind
8.5kt
107°
baro 1014 hPa
|
Stopped main engine
|