Raroia E - Garumaoa
Anchor got up slightly after planned departure time, but it came up easily. The pearl floats make hoisting anchor by hand lighter. Then we started motoring to the other side of the atoll.
We needed to keep a extremely vigilant lookout, as the Raroia East anchorage has a lot of unused pearl farm ropes and floats partially submerged around it. On many occasions we needed to turn the engine on neutral and hope we glide over the ropes without getting tangled. In this kind of a place a full keel is a good keel form as the likelyhood of getting caught by the derelict ropes is smaller.
We anchored in close proximity to the pier, but the supply ship for this month already did its visit last week. We are going for dinner on land with one of the local families.
- Distance today: 7NM
- Lunch: wraps with hummus
- Engine hours: 1.9
| Time |
Position |
Course |
Speed |
Log |
Weather |
Remarks |
| 01.06. 18:56 Z |
16°6'16"S
142°22'41"W
|
245°
|
0kt
|
17762.4NM
|
wind
6.1kt
72°
baro 1014 hPa
|
Started watermaker
|
| 01.06. 19:08 Z |
16°6'15"S
142°22'42"W
|
219°
|
0kt
|
17762.4NM
|
wind
8.3kt
47°
baro 1014 hPa
|
Watermaker 295ppm
|
| 01.06. 21:22 Z |
16°6'16"S
142°22'41"W
|
326°
|
0kt
|
17762.4NM
|
wind
10.8kt
36°
baro 1012 hPa
|
Stopped watermaker, 200ppm
|
| 01.06. 21:36 Z |
16°6'15"S
142°22'41"W
|
29°
|
0kt
|
17762.4NM
|
wind
9.7kt
40°
baro 1012 hPa
|
Started main engine
|
| 01.06. 21:42 Z |
16°6'15"S
142°22'41"W
|
32°
|
0.2kt
|
17762.4NM
|
wind
8.3kt
58°
baro 1012 hPa
|
Anchor up, motoring
|
| 01.06. 22:00 Z |
16°5'39"S
142°23'32"W
|
304°
|
4.8kt
|
17763.4NM
|
wind
13.3kt
65°
baro 1012 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 01.06. 23:00 Z |
16°2'52"S
142°27'17"W
|
291°
|
4.5kt
|
17768NM
|
wind
13.7kt
63°
baro 1011 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 01.06. 23:19 Z |
16°2'26"S
142°28'16"W
|
317°
|
0.5kt
|
17769.4NM
|
wind
11.2kt
57°
baro 1011 hPa
|
Anchored
|
| 01.06. 23:27 Z |
16°2'27"S
142°28'18"W
|
315°
|
0kt
|
17769.4NM
|
wind
12.7kt
51°
baro 1011 hPa
|
Stopped main engine
|