Pacific Ocean, 1064NM SW of Catalinia
The wind has kept constant for the past 24 hours. Only small puffly clouds spot the sky, so the batteries are full at 2pm. We run the watermaker every day and we keep the tank full. Excess water is then used for fresh water showers or like today, for laundry. We aim to be somewhat civilized so that other boats first see us, not smell us.
As the calms are now hopefully behind us, the birds have stopped visiting. They still try to land on the aft panel, but at this speed, the runway is too short and the landings are unsuccesful. At night the swallow tailed gulls hunt around the boat making their gurgling sounds and the white fluttering shapes keep disappearing and reappering from the darkness.
- Distance today: 82NM
- Lunch: pea soup
- Engine hours: 0
- Position:
4°35'0"S
88°50'41"W
| Time |
Position |
Course |
Speed |
Log |
Weather |
Remarks |
| 12.03. 0:00 Z |
3°45'51"S
87°48'15"W
|
264°
|
2.9kt
|
13850.3NM
|
wind
6.4kt
115°
sea state 2/10
clouds 4/8
visibility 7/10
baro 1010 hPa
|
Suski on watch
|
| 12.03. 0:10 Z |
3°46'8"S
87°48'40"W
|
222°
|
3kt
|
13850.8NM
|
wind
9.4kt
113°
baro 1010 hPa
|
Sails set: Main (1st reef), Genoa 1 (40% furled) a squall ahead
|
| 12.03. 1:00 Z |
3°47'28"S
87°50'30"W
|
237°
|
2.7kt
|
13853.1NM
|
wind
9kt
121°
baro 1010 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 12.03. 1:21 Z |
3°47'58"S
87°51'19"W
|
251°
|
3.4kt
|
13854NM
|
wind
9.1kt
129°
baro 1010 hPa
|
Sails set: Main (1st reef), Genoa 1 only starry sky ahead
|
| 12.03. 2:00 Z |
3°49'11"S
87°53'13"W
|
231°
|
3.8kt
|
13856.3NM
|
wind
10.5kt
119°
baro 1011 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 12.03. 2:04 Z |
3°49'21"S
87°53'23"W
|
227°
|
3.2kt
|
13856.6NM
|
wind
9.4kt
110°
baro 1011 hPa
|
Sails set: Main (1st reef), Genoa 1 (40% furled) stars gone, paranoid of the possibility of a squall
|
| 12.03. 2:24 Z |
3°49'57"S
87°54'7"W
|
227°
|
4kt
|
13857.5NM
|
wind
9.5kt
110°
baro 1011 hPa
|
Sails set: Main (1st reef), Genoa 1 stars are back
|
| 12.03. 3:00 Z |
3°51'10"S
87°55'53"W
|
245°
|
3.5kt
|
13859.7NM
|
wind
8.8kt
121°
baro 1012 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 12.03. 4:00 Z |
3°52'52"S
87°58'56"W
|
249°
|
3.5kt
|
13863.2NM
|
wind
9.4kt
112°
baro 1012 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 12.03. 5:00 Z |
3°54'28"S
88°2'19"W
|
235°
|
3.4kt
|
13866.9NM
|
wind
10.6kt
134°
baro 1012 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 12.03. 5:49 Z |
3°55'29"S
88°5'9"W
|
254°
|
3.1kt
|
13870NM
|
wind
7.6kt
125°
baro 1012 hPa
|
Suski adjusted the course a bit higher due to a wind shift
|
| 12.03. 6:00 Z |
3°55'45"S
88°5'40"W
|
231°
|
3.5kt
|
13870.6NM
|
wind
9.3kt
132°
sea state 3/10
clouds 0/8
visibility 7/10
baro 1012 hPa
|
Bergie on watch
|
| 12.03. 7:00 Z |
3°57'58"S
88°8'14"W
|
238°
|
3.2kt
|
13874NM
|
wind
10.2kt
113°
baro 1011 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 12.03. 8:00 Z |
3°59'53"S
88°10'41"W
|
243°
|
3.5kt
|
13877.1NM
|
wind
8.8kt
130°
baro 1010 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 12.03. 9:00 Z |
4°2'14"S
88°13'24"W
|
234°
|
3.8kt
|
13880.7NM
|
wind
9kt
119°
baro 1010 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 12.03. 10:00 Z |
4°4'36"S
88°16'16"W
|
224°
|
4kt
|
13884.5NM
|
wind
10kt
128°
baro 1010 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 12.03. 11:00 Z |
4°7'14"S
88°18'48"W
|
214°
|
3.2kt
|
13888.2NM
|
wind
11.4kt
107°
baro 1010 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 12.03. 12:00 Z |
4°9'34"S
88°21'12"W
|
221°
|
3.4kt
|
13891.6NM
|
wind
10kt
117°
sea state 3/10
clouds 3/8
visibility 7/10
baro 1011 hPa
|
Suski on watch
|
| 12.03. 13:00 Z |
4°12'7"S
88°24'4"W
|
227°
|
3.7kt
|
13895.5NM
|
wind
12.7kt
110°
baro 1011 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 12.03. 14:00 Z |
4°15'6"S
88°26'55"W
|
223°
|
4.4kt
|
13899.6NM
|
wind
9.2kt
117°
baro 1012 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 12.03. 14:04 Z |
4°15'18"S
88°27'6"W
|
241°
|
4.5kt
|
13899.9NM
|
wind
10.1kt
109°
baro 1012 hPa
|
Dolphins!
|
| 12.03. 15:00 Z |
4°18'7"S
88°29'55"W
|
234°
|
4.4kt
|
13903.9NM
|
wind
11.3kt
114°
baro 1012 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 12.03. 16:00 Z |
4°21'3"S
88°33'1"W
|
232°
|
4.8kt
|
13908.2NM
|
wind
13.7kt
109°
baro 1012 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 12.03. 17:00 Z |
4°23'30"S
88°36'10"W
|
242°
|
4kt
|
13912.2NM
|
wind
10.5kt
118°
baro 1012 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 12.03. 17:45 Z |
4°25'14"S
88°38'29"W
|
238°
|
3.6kt
|
13915.2NM
|
wind
9.9kt
107°
baro 1012 hPa
|
Started watermaker
|
| 12.03. 17:56 Z |
4°25'37"S
88°39'1"W
|
246°
|
3.5kt
|
13915.8NM
|
wind
6.3kt
104°
baro 1012 hPa
|
Watermaker 260ppm
|
| 12.03. 18:00 Z |
4°25'43"S
88°39'13"W
|
242°
|
3.4kt
|
13916NM
|
wind
8.7kt
99°
sea state 3/10
clouds 2/8
visibility 7/10
baro 1012 hPa
|
Bergie on watch
|
| 12.03. 19:00 Z |
4°27'52"S
88°41'56"W
|
231°
|
3.2kt
|
13919.5NM
|
wind
9.4kt
115°
baro 1011 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 12.03. 19:40 Z |
4°28'57"S
88°43'55"W
|
245°
|
3.4kt
|
13921.8NM
|
wind
10.2kt
121°
baro 1010 hPa
|
Watermaker 239ppm
|
| 12.03. 20:00 Z |
4°29'30"S
88°44'48"W
|
229°
|
4.1kt
|
13922.8NM
|
wind
8.5kt
127°
baro 1010 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 12.03. 21:00 Z |
4°31'43"S
88°47'13"W
|
231°
|
2.6kt
|
13926.2NM
|
wind
7.8kt
122°
baro 1009 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 12.03. 21:21 Z |
4°32'34"S
88°48'12"W
|
222°
|
3.7kt
|
13927.4NM
|
wind
10.4kt
113°
baro 1009 hPa
|
Watermaker 240ppm
|
| 12.03. 22:00 Z |
4°34'9"S
88°49'49"W
|
230°
|
3.3kt
|
13929.7NM
|
wind
8kt
126°
baro 1009 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 12.03. 22:24 Z |
4°35'9"S
88°50'50"W
|
248°
|
4.3kt
|
13931.2NM
|
wind
10.3kt
117°
baro 1009 hPa
|
Stopped watermaker, 237ppm
|