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Sunday, April 6, 2025

Lower Bay - Salt Whistle Bay

This morning it was finally time to pack the dinghy and head south. Forecast promised a bit lighter conditions for the next couple of days.

Leaving Bequia, we still got some 28kn gusts at the acceleration zone. But otherwise the sail was quite nice broad reach. We made some water, and enjoyed looking at the islands on the way.

In the afternoon we arrived at Mayreau. Salt Whistle Bay is quite packed with charter catamarans, but we managed to find a place to anchor. It is quite rolly, so depending if we get a better spot tomorrow morning, we might move to the other end of the island. Here the distances are short.

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It should be noted that we left our home port of S.C. Gothia in Berlin exactly a year ago. The European part of this adventure, from Norwegian fjords to the Scottish islands and the Spanish Rías feels quite far away.



From the logbook

Time Position Course Speed Log Weather Remarks
06.04. 13:25 Z 13°0'2"N 61°14'44"W 145° 0.6kt 11406.3NM wind 17.7kt 47° baro 1016 hPa Started main engine
06.04. 13:28 Z 13°0'2"N 61°14'44"W 138° 0.1kt 11406.3NM wind 13.1kt 48° baro 1016 hPa Anchor up, motoring
06.04. 13:34 Z 13°0'7"N 61°14'46"W 293° 3.8kt 11406.5NM wind 21.7kt 68° baro 1016 hPa Motor stopped, sailing with Main (1st reef), Genoa 1 (40% furled)
06.04. 13:54 Z 13°0'10"N 61°16'23"W 308° 3.6kt 11408NM wind 19.5kt 57° baro 1016 hPa Watermaker 290ppm.
06.04. 14:00 Z 13°0'8"N 61°16'50"W 266° 4.3kt 11408.5NM wind 19.4kt 46° baro 1016 hPa Hourly position log
06.04. 15:00 Z 12°55'19"N 61°18'36"W 193° 4.2kt 11413.9NM wind 18.1kt 66° baro 1016 hPa Hourly position log
06.04. 15:39 Z 12°52'21"N 61°19'35"W 205° 4.1kt 11417.1NM wind 20.7kt 68° baro 1016 hPa Watermaker 239ppm. Jug full
06.04. 15:58 Z 12°51'3"N 61°20'7"W 198° 4.1kt 11418.5NM wind 19.5kt 63° baro 1016 hPa Autopilot activated
06.04. 15:59 Z 12°51'1"N 61°20'7"W 161° 3.3kt 11418.6NM wind 20.1kt 68° baro 1016 hPa Autopilot deactivated. Went badly off course
06.04. 15:59 Z 12°50'58"N 61°20'7"W 176° 4kt 11418.6NM wind 18.4kt 75° baro 1016 hPa Autopilot activated
06.04. 16:00 Z 12°50'53"N 61°20'8"W 191° 4.5kt 11418.7NM wind 21.6kt 71° baro 1016 hPa Hourly position log
06.04. 16:32 Z 12°48'37"N 61°20'39"W 195° 4.1kt 11421NM wind 18.5kt 61° baro 1015 hPa Sails set: Main (1st reef), Genoa 1 (20% furled)
06.04. 16:53 Z 12°47'8"N 61°21'11"W 223° 4.4kt 11422.6NM wind 17.9kt 79° baro 1015 hPa Sails set: Main (1st reef), Genoa 1 (40% furled)
06.04. 17:00 Z 12°46'37"N 61°21'23"W 223° 6.1kt 11423.1NM wind 18.7kt 76° baro 1015 hPa Hourly position log
06.04. 17:07 Z 12°46'5"N 61°21'35"W 193° 6.6kt 11423.7NM wind 21.1kt 68° baro 1015 hPa Watermaker 242ppm. Jug full
06.04. 18:00 Z 12°41'44"N 61°22'33"W 200° 5.2kt 11428.2NM wind 17.5kt 70° baro 1014 hPa Hourly position log
06.04. 18:19 Z 12°40'17"N 61°23'5"W 198° 4.4kt 11429.7NM wind 17.4kt 72° baro 1014 hPa Watermaker 238ppm. Stopped.
06.04. 18:21 Z 12°40'11"N 61°23'7"W 189° 4.9kt 11429.9NM wind 15.9kt 81° baro 1014 hPa Autopilot deactivated
06.04. 18:33 Z 12°39'16"N 61°23'27"W 173° 3.8kt 11430.8NM wind 20.5kt 75° baro 1014 hPa Sails down, motoring
06.04. 18:44 Z 12°38'52"N 61°23'30"W 45° 0.4kt 11431.4NM wind 12.8kt 71° baro 1013 hPa Anchored
06.04. 18:50 Z 12°38'51"N 61°23'30"W 329° 0kt 11431.4NM wind 12.8kt 78° baro 1013 hPa Stopped main engine