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Monday, May 18, 2026 12°53'S 141°42'W

Pacific Ocean, 279NM S of Anaho

After the night, it was time to hoist the main fully up. It has been a while since we have had the full main and genoa out. The conditions at sea are absolute bliss! The waves are small, the swell calm and the wind on the beam keeps the boat steady. We are edging closer to the calm patch but it should fill in over the night giving us nice steady conditions for the whole way.



From the logbook

Time Position Course Speed Log Weather Remarks
18.05. 0:00 Z 10°45'48"S 140°49'12"W 211° 5.9kt 17406NM wind 15.4kt 99° baro 1009 hPa Hourly position log
18.05. 0:53 Z 10°50'36"S 140°51'2"W 190° 6kt 17411.2NM wind 14.5kt 95° baro 1008 hPa Watermaker 211ppm
18.05. 1:00 Z 10°51'14"S 140°51'19"W 205° 5.8kt 17411.8NM wind 15.5kt 104° baro 1008 hPa Hourly position log
18.05. 2:00 Z 10°56'46"S 140°53'34"W 198° 5.7kt 17417.8NM wind 14.2kt 89° baro 1009 hPa Hourly position log
18.05. 2:27 Z 10°59'14"S 140°54'25"W 195° 6.4kt 17420.5NM wind 15.1kt 85° baro 1009 hPa Watermaker stopped 199ppm.
18.05. 3:00 Z 11°2'17"S 140°55'19"W 192° 6.5kt 17423.6NM wind 15.2kt 80° baro 1009 hPa Hourly position log
18.05. 4:00 Z 11°7'44"S 140°57'13"W 204° 6kt 17429.4NM wind 14.4kt 86° baro 1010 hPa Hourly position log
18.05. 4:27 Z 11°10'11"S 140°57'56"W 205° 5.4kt 17432NM wind 13.8kt 78° baro 1010 hPa Sails set: Main (1st reef), Genoa 1 (20% furled)
18.05. 5:00 Z 11°13'9"S 140°58'55"W 206° 5.8kt 17435.1NM wind 16.1kt 96° baro 1010 hPa Hourly position log
18.05. 6:00 Z 11°18'26"S 141°0'32"W 192° 5.5kt 17440.6NM wind 14.3kt 89° baro 1011 hPa Hourly position log
18.05. 7:00 Z 11°23'16"S 141°2'30"W 200° 4.9kt 17445.9NM wind 11.5kt 97° baro 1012 hPa Hourly position log
18.05. 8:00 Z 11°27'43"S 141°4'8"W 215° 5.1kt 17450.6NM wind 10.6kt 97° baro 1012 hPa Sails set: Main (1st reef), Genoa 1
18.05. 8:00 Z 11°27'44"S 141°4'9"W 191° 5.1kt 17450.7NM wind 13kt 95° baro 1012 hPa Hourly position log
18.05. 9:00 Z 11°32'34"S 141°5'35"W 188° 4.9kt 17455.7NM wind 10.1kt 94° baro 1012 hPa Hourly position log
18.05. 10:01 Z 11°37'43"S 141°7'6"W 186° 4.2kt 17461NM wind 11.5kt 86° sea state 3/10 clouds 3/8 visibility 7/10 baro 1012 hPa Bergie on watch
18.05. 11:00 Z 11°42'39"S 141°8'38"W 204° 4.1kt 17466.3NM wind 10.6kt 98° baro 1011 hPa Hourly position log
18.05. 12:00 Z 11°47'8"S 141°9'57"W 207° 5.1kt 17470.9NM wind 9.8kt 92° baro 1011 hPa Hourly position log
18.05. 13:00 Z 11°51'32"S 141°11'40"W 201° 5.7kt 17475.7NM wind 13.1kt 83° baro 1011 hPa Hourly position log
18.05. 13:21 Z 11°53'5"S 141°12'28"W 207° 4.1kt 17477.4NM wind 12kt 84° baro 1011 hPa Airplane passed overhead. So rare to see here that it warrants a log entry
18.05. 14:00 Z 11°55'39"S 141°14'0"W 213° 4.6kt 17480.5NM wind 10.1kt 87° baro 1011 hPa Hourly position log
18.05. 15:00 Z 11°59'52"S 141°15'45"W 194° 5.4kt 17485NM wind 12.9kt 77° baro 1011 hPa Hourly position log
18.05. 15:47 Z 12°3'9"S 141°17'33"W 222° 4.5kt 17488.8NM wind 11.2kt 90° baro 1011 hPa Sails set: Main, Genoa 1
18.05. 16:00 Z 12°4'4"S 141°18'3"W 203° 4.8kt 17489.8NM wind 12.8kt 81° sea state 3/10 clouds 1/8 visibility 7/10 baro 1011 hPa Suski on watch
18.05. 16:07 Z 12°4'35"S 141°18'18"W 220° 3.9kt 17490.4NM wind 11.4kt 94° baro 1011 hPa Started watermaker
18.05. 16:19 Z 12°5'25"S 141°18'48"W 213° 4.8kt 17491.4NM wind 12kt 78° baro 1011 hPa Watermaker 297ppm.
18.05. 17:00 Z 12°8'32"S 141°19'58"W 189° 5.8kt 17494.7NM wind 14kt 70° baro 1012 hPa Hourly position log
18.05. 18:00 Z 12°13'32"S 141°21'17"W 202° 5.2kt 17499.9NM wind 14.5kt 83° baro 1012 hPa Hourly position log
18.05. 18:00 Z 12°13'32"S 141°21'17"W 202° 5.2kt 17499.9NM wind 14.5kt 83° baro 1012 hPa Watermaker 226ppm.
18.05. 19:00 Z 12°18'30"S 141°22'57"W 202° 3.9kt 17505.2NM wind 14.3kt 89° baro 1012 hPa Hourly position log
18.05. 19:47 Z 12°21'58"S 141°24'44"W 199° 5.1kt 17509.1NM wind 13.7kt 87° baro 1012 hPa Watermaker 252ppm
18.05. 20:00 Z 12°22'52"S 141°25'17"W 211° 5.6kt 17510.1NM wind 13.9kt 83° baro 1012 hPa Hourly position log
18.05. 21:00 Z 12°27'27"S 141°27'12"W 204° 4.7kt 17515.1NM wind 11.6kt 86° baro 1011 hPa Hourly position log
18.05. 21:29 Z 12°29'47"S 141°28'1"W 211° 5kt 17517.6NM wind 12.7kt 83° baro 1011 hPa Stopped watermaker, 258ppm
18.05. 22:00 Z 12°32'10"S 141°29'10"W 223° 5.1kt 17520.2NM wind 12kt 94° sea state 3/10 clouds 2/8 visibility 7/10 baro 1011 hPa Bergie on watch
18.05. 23:00 Z 12°36'38"S 141°31'44"W 212° 5.6kt 17525.4NM wind 12.3kt 82° baro 1010 hPa Hourly position log