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Wednesday, July 15, 2026 16°16'S 146°49'W

Pacific Ocean, 48NM SW of Anse Amyot

After a couple of days waiting, the wind finally backed to southeast. Not quite as far as we’d like, but as there was nothing better in the horizon, we decided to take this window to get to the Society Islands.

Departure from a mooring ball is always easy. Anchor was already packed away, and we could prepare the staysail before letting go of the mooring pendant. Departure from this little blind pass was also easy, with no slack timing to observe.

We were greeted with quite big and bouncy seas and a mostly overcast sky. We started the day with a full main and the staysail, as the wind is just forward of the beam. For the evening and the slightly rising wind we tucked in a first reef. 170NM to Point Venus.



From the logbook

Time Position Course Speed Log Weather Remarks
13.07. 0:03 Z 15°48'12"S 146°9'8"W 78° 0kt 422.5NM wind 4.2kt 203° baro 1009 hPa Picked up mooring
13.07. 0:03 Z 15°48'12"S 146°9'8"W 78° 0kt 422.5NM wind 4.2kt 203° baro 1009 hPa Watch schedule stopped
13.07. 0:04 Z 15°48'12"S 146°9'8"W 203° 0kt 422.5NM wind 5.1kt 205° baro 1009 hPa Stopped main engine
13.07. 0:20 Z 15°48'11"S 146°9'8"W 43° 0kt 422.5NM wind 8kt 184° baro 1009 hPa Stopped Watermaker, 201ppm
13.07. 23:19 Z 15°48'11"S 146°9'8"W 245° 0kt 422.5NM wind 9.3kt 187° baro 1010 hPa Started watermaker
13.07. 23:32 Z 15°48'11"S 146°9'8"W 270° 0kt 422.5NM wind 7.3kt 191° baro 1010 hPa Watermaker 374ppm
14.07. 1:14 Z 15°48'11"S 146°9'9"W 233° 0kt 422.5NM wind 8kt 171° baro 1009 hPa Stopped watermaker, 222ppm
15.07. 16:36 Z 15°48'11"S 146°9'9"W 50° 0kt 422.5NM wind 14kt 163° baro 1012 hPa Suski on watch
15.07. 16:38 Z 15°48'11"S 146°9'9"W 264° 0kt 422.5NM wind 15kt 153° baro 1012 hPa Started main engine
15.07. 16:46 Z 15°48'11"S 146°9'9"W 108° 0kt 422.5NM wind 12kt 153° baro 1013 hPa Dropped mooring, motoring
15.07. 16:56 Z 15°48'6"S 146°9'46"W 248° 3.6kt 423.2NM wind 12.6kt 163° baro 1013 hPa Motor stopped, sailing with Main, Staysail
15.07. 16:59 Z 15°48'12"S 146°9'57"W 240° 4.8kt 423.4NM wind 14.5kt 162° baro 1013 hPa Hourly position log
15.07. 17:04 Z 15°48'26"S 146°10'20"W 232° 4.5kt 423.8NM wind 12kt 152° sea state 4/10 clouds 7/8 visibility 7/10 baro 1013 hPa Windvane steering
15.07. 17:55 Z 15°51'17"S 146°13'59"W 228° 6.5kt 428.4NM wind 13.5kt 156° sea state 4/10 clouds 7/8 visibility 7/10 baro 1014 hPa Out of the lee of Toau
15.07. 17:59 Z 15°51'32"S 146°14'14"W 235° 4kt 428.7NM wind 12.8kt 155° baro 1014 hPa Hourly position log
15.07. 18:59 Z 15°54'50"S 146°17'47"W 240° 4.3kt 433.5NM wind 11.7kt 141° baro 1014 hPa Hourly position log
15.07. 19:59 Z 15°57'38"S 146°21'13"W 233° 4.3kt 437.9NM wind 12.5kt 154° baro 1014 hPa Hourly position log
15.07. 20:24 Z 15°58'43"S 146°22'39"W 236° 4.2kt 439.6NM wind 12.5kt 151° baro 1014 hPa Started watermaker
15.07. 20:37 Z 15°59'22"S 146°23'29"W 226° 4.3kt 440.7NM wind 13.8kt 152° baro 1014 hPa Watermaker 443ppm
15.07. 20:59 Z 16°0'24"S 146°24'44"W 224° 4.5kt 442.3NM wind 15.2kt 145° baro 1013 hPa Hourly position log
15.07. 22:00 Z 16°2'49"S 146°28'46"W 222° 5.5kt 446.9NM wind 13.3kt 152° sea state 4/10 clouds 6/8 visibility 7/10 baro 1013 hPa bergie on watch
15.07. 22:01 Z 16°2'52"S 146°28'50"W 258° 3.4kt 446.9NM wind 14.1kt 158° baro 1013 hPa Alarm: Water in the bilge (electrical.venus-input.1.stateNumber)
15.07. 22:01 Z 16°3'4"S 146°29'10"W 262° 3.4kt 447.3NM wind 12.7kt 159° baro 1013 hPa Pumped the bilge. Cleared after 14 s: Water in the bilge, 4 transitions
15.07. 22:23 Z 16°3'47"S 146°30'9"W 227° 5kt 448.5NM wind 14.3kt 141° baro 1012 hPa Watermaker 315ppm
15.07. 22:59 Z 16°5'19"S 146°32'16"W 255° 4.6kt 451.1NM wind 15.7kt 151° baro 1012 hPa Hourly position log
15.07. 23:53 Z 16°7'20"S 146°36'9"W 248° 5.3kt 455.4NM wind 14.9kt 158° baro 1011 hPa Out of Tuamotus waters. Point Venus 185NM 243°
15.07. 23:59 Z 16°7'37"S 146°36'31"W 231° 4.9kt 455.8NM wind 13.1kt 144° baro 1011 hPa Hourly position log