Pacific Ocean, 739NM SSW of Catalinia
The night was windless. At first we were slowly sailing. By the midnight watch change, the wind died completely. As we both were awake, we decided that it was time for some motor maintenance aka motoring time. We have decided to run the motor for an hour or so every week to keep it happy on the long passage.
After the 1.5 hours of motoring Lille Ø slowly drifted towards NW. At dawn the wind picked up to 4kn, which ment that we could again choose the direction we were going, not the current. As the night draws closer, we are enjoying 6kn of wind, which at this point feels like a lot!
The bird of the day was a brown booby sitting at the aft solar panel.
- Distance today: 45NM
- Lunch: cous cous salad
- Engine hours: 1.5
- Position:
1°11'25"S
85°4'41"W
| Time |
Position |
Course |
Speed |
Log |
Weather |
Remarks |
| 08.03. 0:00 Z |
1°11'0"S
85°9'4"W
|
292°
|
1.7kt
|
13609.5NM
|
wind
3.9kt
203°
baro 1007 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 08.03. 1:00 Z |
0°52'27"S
84°32'59"W
|
214°
|
1.1kt
|
13564.4NM
|
wind
3.8kt
40°
baro 1008 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 08.03. 2:00 Z |
0°53'10"S
84°33'45"W
|
260°
|
0.8kt
|
13565.5NM
|
wind
3.2kt
36°
baro 1008 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 08.03. 3:00 Z |
0°53'57"S
84°34'26"W
|
243°
|
1.2kt
|
13566.6NM
|
wind
2.9kt
67°
baro 1009 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 08.03. 3:14 Z |
0°54'8"S
84°34'37"W
|
220°
|
1.5kt
|
13566.8NM
|
wind
2.8kt
59°
baro 1009 hPa
|
PacSeaNet
|
| 08.03. 4:00 Z |
0°54'32"S
84°35'5"W
|
222°
|
1.3kt
|
13567.5NM
|
wind
1.8kt
72°
baro 1010 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 08.03. 4:12 Z |
0°54'36"S
84°35'12"W
|
288°
|
0.5kt
|
13567.6NM
|
wind
0.4kt
231°
baro 1010 hPa
|
Autopilot deactivated
|
| 08.03. 4:15 Z |
0°54'36"S
84°35'14"W
|
235°
|
0.4kt
|
13567.7NM
|
wind
0.7kt
124°
baro 1010 hPa
|
Sails set: Main Absolutely no wind. Genoa out so it doesn't wrap around anything, main centered in case wind does a comeback.
|
| 08.03. 4:32 Z |
0°54'34"S
84°35'25"W
|
303°
|
1.4kt
|
13567.9NM
|
wind
1.6kt
86°
baro 1010 hPa
|
Main started banging. Waiting for Bergie to wake up to take it down.
|
| 08.03. 4:48 Z |
0°54'23"S
84°35'37"W
|
313°
|
0.9kt
|
13568.1NM
|
wind
0.4kt
283°
baro 1010 hPa
|
Sails down, motoring
|
| 08.03. 4:51 Z |
0°54'20"S
84°35'39"W
|
225°
|
3.6kt
|
13568.2NM
|
wind
1.3kt
29°
baro 1010 hPa
|
Autopilot activated
|
| 08.03. 5:00 Z |
0°54'46"S
84°36'7"W
|
218°
|
4.8kt
|
13568.9NM
|
wind
1kt
65°
sea state 2/10
clouds 2/8
visibility 7/10
baro 1010 hPa
|
Bergie on watch
|
| 08.03. 6:00 Z |
0°58'31"S
84°38'53"W
|
216°
|
5kt
|
13573.6NM
|
wind
1.8kt
57°
baro 1009 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 08.03. 6:19 Z |
0°59'44"S
84°39'46"W
|
217°
|
2.8kt
|
13575.1NM
|
wind
1.3kt
59°
baro 1009 hPa
|
Motor stopped, sailing with Main
|
| 08.03. 7:00 Z |
0°59'50"S
84°40'16"W
|
289°
|
0.6kt
|
13575.6NM
|
wind
0.6kt
1°
baro 1009 hPa
|
Flashes of lightning, far away southeast
|
| 08.03. 7:14 Z |
0°59'50"S
84°40'28"W
|
347°
|
0.4kt
|
13575.8NM
|
wind
2kt
8°
baro 1008 hPa
|
Sails set: Genoa 1 (40% furled). Main was slatting too much
|
| 08.03. 7:19 Z |
0°59'48"S
84°40'31"W
|
330°
|
1.2kt
|
13575.9NM
|
wind
1.9kt
352°
baro 1008 hPa
|
Autopilot deactivated, drifting to NW. 170 days to FP
|
| 08.03. 7:32 Z |
0°59'44"S
84°40'37"W
|
320°
|
1kt
|
13576NM
|
wind
1.8kt
340°
baro 1008 hPa
|
There's a blinking light in the horizon at about 140°
|
| 08.03. 8:00 Z |
0°59'36"S
84°40'53"W
|
306°
|
0.8kt
|
13576.3NM
|
wind
1.9kt
31°
baro 1008 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 08.03. 9:00 Z |
0°59'16"S
84°41'34"W
|
267°
|
1.2kt
|
13577.1NM
|
wind
1.2kt
44°
sea state 2/10
clouds 8/8
visibility 7/10
baro 1008 hPa
|
The bright light to our west has also stayed visible despite the clouds, so likely a fishing vessel and not a planet. Nothing on AIS
|
| 08.03. 10:00 Z |
0°58'54"S
84°42'6"W
|
282°
|
0.9kt
|
13577.8NM
|
wind
1.4kt
35°
baro 1008 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 08.03. 10:15 Z |
0°58'50"S
84°42'18"W
|
288°
|
1kt
|
13578NM
|
wind
2.5kt
155°
sea state 2/10
clouds 2/8
visibility 7/10
baro 1008 hPa
|
Ok, it is definitely a vessel, the one bright light changed to two rocking ones. I guess they turned off their worklight. Yup, can see a red nav light. Vessel no. 2
|
| 08.03. 10:27 Z |
0°58'42"S
84°42'30"W
|
314°
|
1.2kt
|
13578.2NM
|
wind
2.2kt
133°
baro 1008 hPa
|
Sails set: Genoa 1 (20% furled)
|
| 08.03. 11:00 Z |
0°58'39"S
84°43'0"W
|
298°
|
1.2kt
|
13578.7NM
|
wind
1.8kt
85°
sea state 1/10
clouds 1/8
visibility 7/10
baro 1008 hPa
|
Suski on watch
|
| 08.03. 11:14 Z |
0°58'41"S
84°43'17"W
|
257°
|
1.1kt
|
13579NM
|
wind
3.2kt
136°
baro 1008 hPa
|
Autopilot activated
|
| 08.03. 11:17 Z |
0°58'43"S
84°43'20"W
|
226°
|
1.7kt
|
13579.1NM
|
wind
3.8kt
117°
baro 1008 hPa
|
Sails set: Genoa 1
|
| 08.03. 12:57 Z |
0°59'42"S
84°45'45"W
|
281°
|
0.9kt
|
13581.8NM
|
wind
2.3kt
92°
baro 1009 hPa
|
Brown booby at aft solar panel
|
| 08.03. 13:00 Z |
0°59'42"S
84°45'48"W
|
246°
|
0.9kt
|
13581.9NM
|
wind
1.7kt
36°
baro 1009 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 08.03. 14:00 Z |
1°0'45"S
84°47'22"W
|
259°
|
1.7kt
|
13583.8NM
|
wind
4.2kt
107°
baro 1010 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 08.03. 15:00 Z |
1°2'17"S
84°49'1"W
|
244°
|
2.1kt
|
13586NM
|
wind
3.8kt
141°
baro 1010 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 08.03. 15:22 Z |
1°2'52"S
84°49'39"W
|
227°
|
2.8kt
|
13586.9NM
|
wind
5.7kt
132°
baro 1010 hPa
|
Sails set: Main, Genoa 1
|
| 08.03. 16:00 Z |
1°4'13"S
84°50'57"W
|
226°
|
2kt
|
13588.8NM
|
wind
3kt
113°
baro 1010 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 08.03. 16:50 Z |
1°5'27"S
84°52'28"W
|
258°
|
1.7kt
|
13590.7NM
|
wind
2.7kt
133°
baro 1010 hPa
|
Started watermaker
|
| 08.03. 17:00 Z |
1°5'40"S
84°52'42"W
|
223°
|
1.6kt
|
13591.1NM
|
wind
3.1kt
101°
sea state 2/10
clouds 3/8
visibility 7/10
baro 1010 hPa
|
Bergie on watch
|
| 08.03. 17:03 Z |
1°5'45"S
84°52'46"W
|
228°
|
1.9kt
|
13591.2NM
|
wind
4.4kt
114°
baro 1009 hPa
|
Watermaker 254ppm
|
| 08.03. 18:00 Z |
1°7'15"S
84°54'51"W
|
253°
|
3.3kt
|
13593.8NM
|
wind
4.9kt
157°
baro 1008 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 08.03. 18:39 Z |
1°7'46"S
84°56'16"W
|
345°
|
1.1kt
|
13595.4NM
|
wind
3.8kt
222°
baro 1008 hPa
|
Autopilot deactivated
|
| 08.03. 18:46 Z |
1°7'44"S
84°56'17"W
|
263°
|
2.1kt
|
13595.5NM
|
wind
5.2kt
174°
baro 1008 hPa
|
Autopilot activated
|
| 08.03. 18:50 Z |
1°7'44"S
84°56'26"W
|
275°
|
1.9kt
|
13595.6NM
|
wind
3.5kt
183°
baro 1008 hPa
|
Watermaker 239ppm
|
| 08.03. 19:00 Z |
1°7'44"S
84°56'47"W
|
249°
|
2.4kt
|
13596NM
|
wind
4.5kt
169°
baro 1007 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 08.03. 19:18 Z |
1°7'55"S
84°57'30"W
|
236°
|
2.4kt
|
13596.7NM
|
wind
4.9kt
147°
baro 1007 hPa
|
Autopilot set to wind mode
|
| 08.03. 20:00 Z |
1°9'2"S
84°58'55"W
|
237°
|
2.5kt
|
13598.6NM
|
wind
5.1kt
161°
baro 1007 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 08.03. 20:26 Z |
1°9'24"S
84°59'55"W
|
248°
|
2.4kt
|
13599.7NM
|
wind
3.5kt
161°
baro 1006 hPa
|
Watermaker 250ppm
|
| 08.03. 20:28 Z |
1°9'26"S
85°0'0"W
|
221°
|
2.9kt
|
13599.7NM
|
wind
4.2kt
140°
sea state 2/10
clouds 4/8
visibility 7/10
baro 1006 hPa
|
First squall of the trip to the south of us. So far looks like it'll miss
|
| 08.03. 20:44 Z |
1°9'41"S
85°0'23"W
|
179°
|
0.6kt
|
13600.2NM
|
wind
4.7kt
156°
baro 1006 hPa
|
Sails set: Main (1st reef), Staysail. Squall is here, though seemingly without major winds
|
| 08.03. 20:58 Z |
1°9'50"S
85°0'37"W
|
297°
|
1.6kt
|
13600.6NM
|
wind
1.9kt
171°
baro 1006 hPa
|
Sails set: Main, Genoa 1
|
| 08.03. 21:00 Z |
1°9'51"S
85°0'41"W
|
211°
|
0.9kt
|
13600.6NM
|
wind
3.8kt
150°
baro 1006 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 08.03. 21:05 Z |
1°9'56"S
85°0'49"W
|
226°
|
3.6kt
|
13600.8NM
|
wind
8kt
150°
baro 1006 hPa
|
Autopilot deactivated, windvane steering
|
| 08.03. 22:19 Z |
1°11'25"S
85°4'38"W
|
261°
|
3.6kt
|
13605NM
|
wind
6.9kt
175°
baro 1005 hPa
|
Stopped watermaker, 239ppm
|
| 08.03. 23:00 Z |
1°11'28"S
85°6'52"W
|
275°
|
2.6kt
|
13607.2NM
|
wind
5.3kt
198°
baro 1006 hPa
|
Suski on watch
|
| 08.03. 23:15 Z |
1°11'21"S
85°7'39"W
|
284°
|
2.8kt
|
13608NM
|
wind
3.9kt
178°
baro 1006 hPa
|
Autopilot activated
|