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Tuesday, May 19, 2026 14°26'S 142°10'W

Pacific Ocean, 377NM S of Anaho

The light and easy conditions continued as we sailed past the Isles of Disappointment, aptly named for their lack of anchorages.

As the atolls draw nearer, the boats that chose this weather window from the various Marqusan islands are starting to converge. At the time of writing we have three visible on AIS, one - Norwegian Alissa - which actually shows above the horizon.



From the logbook

Time Position Course Speed Log Weather Remarks
19.05. 4:00 Z 12°54'49"S 141°43'15"W 235° 4.3kt 17547NM wind 6.7kt 128° baro 1011 hPa Suski on watch
19.05. 5:00 Z 12°58'14"S 141°45'17"W 195° 4.5kt 17551NM wind 7.9kt 110° baro 1011 hPa Hourly position log
19.05. 6:00 Z 13°1'57"S 141°46'49"W 193° 3.2kt 17555.1NM wind 7.1kt 122° baro 1012 hPa Hourly position log
19.05. 7:00 Z 13°5'48"S 141°48'12"W 202° 4.3kt 17559.2NM wind 8.8kt 95° baro 1012 hPa Hourly position log
19.05. 8:00 Z 13°9'25"S 141°49'28"W 204° 3.5kt 17563NM wind 8kt 103° baro 1012 hPa Hourly position log
19.05. 9:00 Z 13°12'47"S 141°50'41"W 209° 3.5kt 17566.6NM wind 6.2kt 101° baro 1012 hPa Hourly position log
19.05. 10:00 Z 13°16'6"S 141°51'57"W 209° 3.7kt 17570.2NM wind 6.9kt 112° sea state 3/10 clouds 0/8 visibility 7/10 baro 1012 hPa Bergie on watch
19.05. 11:00 Z 13°19'31"S 141°53'6"W 198° 4.1kt 17573.8NM wind 6.6kt 97° baro 1011 hPa Hourly position log
19.05. 12:00 Z 13°23'23"S 141°54'6"W 206° 3.5kt 17577.9NM wind 9.7kt 82° baro 1011 hPa Hourly position log
19.05. 13:00 Z 13°27'9"S 141°55'24"W 207° 4.1kt 17581.9NM wind 9.5kt 77° baro 1011 hPa Hourly position log
19.05. 14:00 Z 13°30'50"S 141°56'22"W 187° 4.1kt 17585.7NM wind 11.3kt 65° baro 1011 hPa Hourly position log
19.05. 15:00 Z 13°34'53"S 141°56'38"W 187° 4kt 17589.8NM wind 9.1kt 59° baro 1011 hPa Hourly position log
19.05. 16:00 Z 13°38'42"S 141°57'31"W 187° 2.7kt 17593.7NM wind 8.4kt 55° baro 1012 hPa Hourly position log
19.05. 17:00 Z 13°42'54"S 141°58'25"W 184° 5kt 17598NM wind 12.3kt 60° baro 1013 hPa Hourly position log
19.05. 18:00 Z 13°47'7"S 141°59'51"W 202° 4.6kt 17602.5NM wind 10.7kt 68° baro 1013 hPa Hourly position log
19.05. 19:00 Z 13°51'24"S 142°1'32"W 195° 5.1kt 17607.1NM wind 14.6kt 60° baro 1014 hPa Hourly position log
19.05. 20:00 Z 13°55'28"S 142°3'12"W 205° 3.5kt 17611.5NM wind 11.8kt 60° baro 1013 hPa Hourly position log
19.05. 21:00 Z 13°59'49"S 142°4'12"W 193° 4.2kt 17616NM wind 10.4kt 66° baro 1012 hPa Hourly position log
19.05. 21:23 Z 14°1'24"S 142°4'34"W 201° 4.3kt 17617.6NM wind 9.2kt 65° baro 1012 hPa Started watermaker
19.05. 21:35 Z 14°2'16"S 142°4'44"W 179° 4.9kt 17618.5NM wind 11.7kt 56° baro 1012 hPa Watermaker 346ppm
19.05. 22:00 Z 14°4'2"S 142°5'4"W 196° 3.7kt 17620.3NM wind 9.5kt 73° sea state 3/10 clouds 3/8 visibility 7/10 baro 1012 hPa Bergie on watch
19.05. 23:00 Z 14°7'54"S 142°6'12"W 195° 4.1kt 17624.4NM wind 8kt 72° baro 1011 hPa Hourly position log
19.05. 23:22 Z 14°9'18"S 142°6'33"W 181° 4kt 17625.8NM wind 9kt 65° baro 1011 hPa Watermaker 270ppm
20.05. 0:00 Z 14°11'54"S 142°6'55"W 203° 4.2kt 17628.5NM wind 7.7kt 72° baro 1010 hPa Hourly position log
20.05. 0:58 Z 14°16'10"S 142°7'21"W 186° 3.7kt 17632.8NM wind 9.7kt 47° baro 1010 hPa Stopped watermaker, 230ppm
20.05. 1:00 Z 14°16'19"S 142°7'20"W 176° 4.9kt 17632.9NM wind 10.6kt 44° baro 1010 hPa Hourly position log
20.05. 1:27 Z 14°18'20"S 142°7'38"W 198° 5.2kt 17635NM wind 9.9kt 65° baro 1010 hPa Sailing vessel Alissa is now visible in the horizon, 8NM away
20.05. 2:00 Z 14°20'50"S 142°8'27"W 196° 4.9kt 17637.6NM wind 10.3kt 65° baro 1010 hPa Hourly position log
20.05. 3:00 Z 14°25'5"S 142°9'58"W 204° 4.3kt 17642.2NM wind 10.9kt 86° baro 1010 hPa Hourly position log