Pacific Ocean, 3889NM WSW of Catalinia
Slightly after watch change, it was time to roll in the genoa and go wing on wing with the staysail. The night came with variable windspeeds littered with occasional squalls and rain. As the sun rose, the skies cleared but the wind stayed. We were moving fast, with the whole barnacle farm. Even the windvane servo rudder is rocking its first few small individuals.
The boat starts showing the length of the passage. The sun cover strip of our genoa needs some re-stiching, we moved the windvane steering line by 20cm to move the slightly chafed bit away from the blocks, and our staysail had a little hole in the bottom that we fixed with some sail tape. The pole-out sheet we use with both sails got turned around as there was some significant chafe developing in it where it goes through the eye of the pole. The genoa sheets look like they want to be turned around so that the good end of the line replaces the parts where wear and tear are starting to take their toll. And the sides of the boat - brown with algae growth. Lille Ø will need some TLC after this one.
- Distance today: 108NM
- Lunch: chanterelle risotto
- Engine hours: 0
| Time |
Position |
Course |
Speed |
Log |
Weather |
Remarks |
| 08.04. 0:00 Z |
9°43'14"S
132°25'19"W
|
317°
|
3.6kt
|
16638.6NM
|
wind
11kt
110°
baro 1008 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 08.04. 0:11 Z |
9°42'53"S
132°25'55"W
|
310°
|
3.7kt
|
16639.4NM
|
wind
11.4kt
107°
baro 1008 hPa
|
Sails down, motoring
|
| 08.04. 0:33 Z |
9°42'2"S
132°27'9"W
|
294°
|
4.2kt
|
16640.8NM
|
wind
10.3kt
116°
baro 1008 hPa
|
Motor stopped, sailing with Main (1st reef), Staysail, Genoa 1 (10% furled). Windvane steering
|
| 08.04. 1:00 Z |
9°41'7"S
132°28'26"W
|
318°
|
2.8kt
|
16642.4NM
|
wind
10.5kt
108°
baro 1008 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 08.04. 1:11 Z |
9°40'52"S
132°28'52"W
|
269°
|
3kt
|
16643NM
|
wind
11.1kt
117°
baro 1008 hPa
|
Gybed
|
| 08.04. 1:24 Z |
9°40'48"S
132°29'45"W
|
250°
|
4.1kt
|
16643.8NM
|
wind
15.8kt
113°
baro 1008 hPa
|
Moved the port side Starbuck steering line by 20cm to get the slightly worn part off the roll.
|
| 08.04. 2:00 Z |
9°40'47"S
132°32'16"W
|
272°
|
3.6kt
|
16646.3NM
|
wind
13.3kt
118°
baro 1008 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 08.04. 3:00 Z |
9°40'40"S
132°36'45"W
|
286°
|
4.2kt
|
16650.8NM
|
wind
10.8kt
111°
sea state 3/10
clouds 3/8
visibility 7/10
baro 1009 hPa
|
Suski on watch
|
| 08.04. 3:10 Z |
9°40'37"S
132°37'35"W
|
270°
|
5.4kt
|
16651.6NM
|
wind
17.7kt
109°
baro 1009 hPa
|
Sails set: Main (1st reef), Staysail, Genoa 1 (20% furled)
|
| 08.04. 3:25 Z |
9°40'33"S
132°38'37"W
|
272°
|
4.1kt
|
16652.6NM
|
wind
15.5kt
125°
baro 1009 hPa
|
Sails set: Main (1st reef), Staysail, Genoa 1 (10% furled)
|
| 08.04. 3:35 Z |
9°40'30"S
132°39'20"W
|
262°
|
3.7kt
|
16653.4NM
|
wind
16.5kt
109°
baro 1009 hPa
|
Sails set: Main (1st reef), Staysail, Genoa 1 (30% furled)
|
| 08.04. 3:37 Z |
9°40'30"S
132°39'30"W
|
275°
|
4.3kt
|
16653.5NM
|
wind
17kt
116°
baro 1009 hPa
|
Sails set: Main (1st reef), Staysail, Genoa 1 (20% furled)
|
| 08.04. 4:00 Z |
9°40'29"S
132°41'8"W
|
273°
|
4.5kt
|
16655.2NM
|
wind
16.2kt
107°
baro 1009 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 08.04. 4:16 Z |
9°40'34"S
132°42'22"W
|
254°
|
4.4kt
|
16656.4NM
|
wind
15.1kt
102°
baro 1010 hPa
|
Sails set: Main (1st reef), Staysail, Genoa 1 (30% furled)
|
| 08.04. 4:55 Z |
9°40'56"S
132°45'26"W
|
248°
|
5.1kt
|
16659.4NM
|
wind
17.9kt
103°
baro 1010 hPa
|
Sails set: Main (1st reef), Staysail, Genoa 1 (50% furled)
|
| 08.04. 5:00 Z |
9°41'1"S
132°45'48"W
|
265°
|
4.7kt
|
16659.8NM
|
wind
15.6kt
111°
baro 1010 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 08.04. 5:19 Z |
9°41'20"S
132°47'15"W
|
247°
|
3.9kt
|
16661.3NM
|
wind
14.7kt
108°
baro 1010 hPa
|
Sails set: Main (1st reef), Staysail wing on wing with staysail. Gusting over 20kn
|
| 08.04. 6:00 Z |
9°41'54"S
132°50'10"W
|
255°
|
4.9kt
|
16664.2NM
|
wind
20.4kt
111°
baro 1010 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 08.04. 7:00 Z |
9°42'34"S
132°54'31"W
|
258°
|
3.6kt
|
16668.6NM
|
wind
16.8kt
110°
baro 1011 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 08.04. 8:00 Z |
9°42'29"S
132°58'46"W
|
276°
|
4.3kt
|
16672.8NM
|
wind
17.9kt
121°
baro 1011 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 08.04. 9:00 Z |
9°41'38"S
133°2'41"W
|
271°
|
4.4kt
|
16676.8NM
|
wind
14.8kt
118°
sea state 3/10
clouds 5/8
visibility 7/10
baro 1010 hPa
|
Bergie on watch
|
| 08.04. 9:09 Z |
9°41'33"S
133°3'18"W
|
281°
|
4.5kt
|
16677.4NM
|
wind
18.9kt
123°
baro 1010 hPa
|
Light rain
|
| 08.04. 10:00 Z |
9°41'0"S
133°6'51"W
|
272°
|
4.6kt
|
16681NM
|
wind
17.2kt
123°
baro 1010 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 08.04. 10:47 Z |
9°40'33"S
133°10'7"W
|
280°
|
5.2kt
|
16684.3NM
|
wind
17.5kt
100°
baro 1009 hPa
|
Rain
|
| 08.04. 10:53 Z |
9°40'37"S
133°10'35"W
|
282°
|
6.2kt
|
16684.7NM
|
wind
23.2kt
111°
baro 1009 hPa
|
Gusting to 25kn. The dodger backdrop is pure magic
|
| 08.04. 11:00 Z |
9°40'34"S
133°11'8"W
|
261°
|
4.6kt
|
16685.3NM
|
wind
18.1kt
108°
baro 1009 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 08.04. 11:38 Z |
9°40'18"S
133°13'57"W
|
266°
|
5.5kt
|
16688.1NM
|
wind
22.3kt
115°
baro 1009 hPa
|
Again rain
|
| 08.04. 12:00 Z |
9°39'56"S
133°15'26"W
|
293°
|
3.8kt
|
16689.6NM
|
wind
16.2kt
142°
baro 1009 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 08.04. 13:00 Z |
9°39'30"S
133°19'1"W
|
237°
|
5.2kt
|
16693.4NM
|
wind
21.4kt
101°
baro 1009 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 08.04. 14:00 Z |
9°40'6"S
133°23'59"W
|
258°
|
5kt
|
16698.4NM
|
wind
21.5kt
107°
baro 1010 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 08.04. 14:15 Z |
9°40'18"S
133°25'17"W
|
237°
|
5kt
|
16699.7NM
|
wind
20.1kt
108°
baro 1010 hPa
|
Light rain
|
| 08.04. 15:00 Z |
9°41'2"S
133°29'12"W
|
269°
|
5kt
|
16703.7NM
|
wind
17.7kt
108°
sea state 4/10
clouds 5/8
visibility 7/10
baro 1010 hPa
|
Suski on watch
|
| 08.04. 16:00 Z |
9°41'59"S
133°33'55"W
|
261°
|
5.5kt
|
16708.4NM
|
wind
21.3kt
99°
baro 1011 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 08.04. 16:59 Z |
9°42'57"S
133°38'20"W
|
275°
|
5.8kt
|
16712.9NM
|
wind
18.6kt
100°
baro 1012 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 08.04. 18:00 Z |
9°43'39"S
133°42'30"W
|
267°
|
4.2kt
|
16717.1NM
|
wind
15.1kt
95°
baro 1012 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 08.04. 19:00 Z |
9°44'25"S
133°46'46"W
|
266°
|
4.2kt
|
16721.4NM
|
wind
18.7kt
95°
baro 1012 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 08.04. 20:00 Z |
9°45'17"S
133°51'12"W
|
238°
|
3.1kt
|
16725.9NM
|
wind
14kt
91°
baro 1011 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 08.04. 20:18 Z |
9°45'30"S
133°52'33"W
|
267°
|
5.1kt
|
16727.2NM
|
wind
16.8kt
87°
baro 1011 hPa
|
Started watermaker
|
| 08.04. 20:31 Z |
9°45'37"S
133°53'30"W
|
276°
|
3.9kt
|
16728.2NM
|
wind
15.1kt
82°
baro 1011 hPa
|
Watermaker 291ppm
|
| 08.04. 20:45 Z |
9°45'42"S
133°54'30"W
|
252°
|
3.7kt
|
16729.2NM
|
wind
15.9kt
104°
baro 1011 hPa
|
Added dacron sail patch to the hole in staysail
|
| 08.04. 21:00 Z |
9°45'54"S
133°55'33"W
|
259°
|
3.7kt
|
16730.2NM
|
wind
13.1kt
93°
sea state 4/10
clouds 2/8
visibility 7/10
baro 1010 hPa
|
Bergie on watch
|
| 08.04. 22:00 Z |
9°46'19"S
133°59'58"W
|
270°
|
3.2kt
|
16734.6NM
|
wind
11.1kt
92°
baro 1010 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 08.04. 22:20 Z |
9°46'28"S
134°1'27"W
|
250°
|
3.8kt
|
16736.1NM
|
wind
12.2kt
91°
baro 1009 hPa
|
Watermaker 249ppm
|
| 08.04. 23:00 Z |
9°47'4"S
134°4'28"W
|
262°
|
4.3kt
|
16739.2NM
|
wind
18.1kt
101°
baro 1009 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 08.04. 23:56 Z |
9°48'3"S
134°8'38"W
|
255°
|
4.8kt
|
16743.4NM
|
wind
12.5kt
86°
baro 1008 hPa
|
Watermaker 223ppm
|