Pao Pao - Hiumoo
It was quite the workout to raise the anchor from 20 meters deep. But with both of us pulling we managed without our rope to the winch backup plan. Inside the bay we hoisted the mainsail and motored out. Just as we were in deeper water, a pod of humpback whales greeted us. What a majestic sight!
As the darkness fell, we changed to staysail and few hours later put in a reef to the main. The night was rainy and fast. The waves were tossing us around and neither of us got much sleep. In the dawn between the rainclouds the green peaks of Huahine became visible. That is also when the rain stole all of the wind and we turned on the engine. A while later, we motored through the pass and dropped anchor in a refreshing 5 meter depth!
- Distance today: 92.4NM
- Lunch: Coconut Lentil Curry
- Engine hours: 3.3
| Time |
Position |
Course |
Speed |
Log |
Weather |
Remarks |
| 04.08. 10:04 Z |
17°30'6"S
149°49'15"W
|
297°
|
0.6kt
|
388.9NM
|
wind
9.3kt
308°
baro 1013 hPa
|
Alarm: Water in the bilge (electrical.venus-input.1.stateNumber)
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| 04.08. 10:07 Z |
17°30'7"S
149°49'16"W
|
19°
|
0kt
|
388.9NM
|
wind
15.5kt
340°
baro 1012 hPa
|
Cleared after 3 min: Water in the bilge, 2 transitions
|
| 04.08. 20:23 Z |
17°30'7"S
149°49'16"W
|
107°
|
0kt
|
369.2NM
|
wind
3.2kt
360°
baro 1015 hPa
|
Started watermaker
|
| 04.08. 20:35 Z |
17°30'7"S
149°49'16"W
|
351°
|
0kt
|
369.2NM
|
wind
8.3kt
22°
baro 1014 hPa
|
Watermaker 266ppm
|
| 04.08. 22:20 Z |
17°30'7"S
149°49'16"W
|
359°
|
0kt
|
369.2NM
|
wind
6.2kt
329°
baro 1013 hPa
|
Watermaker 199ppm
|
| 05.08. 0:03 Z |
17°30'7"S
149°49'16"W
|
68°
|
0kt
|
369.2NM
|
wind
6.6kt
322°
baro 1012 hPa
|
Watermaker 184ppm
|
| 05.08. 1:44 Z |
17°30'7"S
149°49'16"W
|
354°
|
0kt
|
369.2NM
|
wind
5.6kt
328°
baro 1012 hPa
|
Stopped watermaker, 186ppm
|
| 06.08. 22:35 Z |
17°30'7"S
149°49'16"W
|
198°
|
0kt
|
369.2NM
|
wind
3.9kt
12°
baro 1013 hPa
|
Autopilot has not been working reliably, so we changed the wiring from control head to tiller arm (except last 10cm). It worked for a moment, and then not. So suspecting problem with the wiring at the last bit. For now, we have no electric autopilot
|
| 06.08. 23:21 Z |
17°30'6"S
149°49'16"W
|
4°
|
0kt
|
369.2NM
|
wind
2.6kt
167°
baro 1012 hPa
|
Reassembled the autopilot one more time and now it seems to run
|
| 06.08. 23:30 Z |
17°30'5"S
149°49'16"W
|
71°
|
0kt
|
369.2NM
|
wind
4.5kt
178°
baro 1012 hPa
|
Started main engine
|
| 06.08. 23:56 Z |
17°30'4"S
149°49'16"W
|
37°
|
0kt
|
369.2NM
|
wind
4kt
180°
baro 1011 hPa
|
Anchor up, motoring
|
| 06.08. 23:59 Z |
17°30'3"S
149°49'17"W
|
330°
|
0.6kt
|
369.2NM
|
wind
4.7kt
173°
baro 1011 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 07.08. 0:36 Z |
17°28'12"S
149°49'31"W
|
358°
|
2.2kt
|
371.1NM
|
wind
8.4kt
273°
baro 1011 hPa
|
Motor stopped, sailing with Main, Genoa 1
|
| 07.08. 0:36 Z |
17°28'12"S
149°49'31"W
|
349°
|
2.2kt
|
371.1NM
|
wind
8.6kt
273°
baro 1011 hPa
|
Whales!
|
| 07.08. 0:38 Z |
17°28'8"S
149°49'31"W
|
353°
|
1.7kt
|
371.2NM
|
wind
7.5kt
275°
baro 1011 hPa
|
Autopilot activated
|
| 07.08. 0:42 Z |
17°28'2"S
149°49'32"W
|
0°
|
1.9kt
|
371.3NM
|
wind
9.2kt
264°
baro 1011 hPa
|
Autopilot deactivated
|
| 07.08. 0:50 Z |
17°27'37"S
149°49'41"W
|
325°
|
3.8kt
|
371.8NM
|
wind
9.5kt
261°
baro 1011 hPa
|
Windvane steering
|
| 07.08. 0:59 Z |
17°27'8"S
149°50'7"W
|
311°
|
4.5kt
|
372.4NM
|
wind
13.6kt
248°
baro 1011 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 07.08. 1:38 Z |
17°25'29"S
149°53'7"W
|
290°
|
5.8kt
|
375.7NM
|
wind
14.3kt
202°
baro 1011 hPa
|
Suski on watch
|
| 07.08. 1:59 Z |
17°24'13"S
149°54'32"W
|
305°
|
5.6kt
|
377.6NM
|
wind
12.2kt
202°
baro 1011 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 07.08. 2:59 Z |
17°21'20"S
149°59'25"W
|
324°
|
4.9kt
|
383.1NM
|
wind
13.2kt
182°
baro 1012 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 07.08. 3:14 Z |
17°20'35"S
150°0'19"W
|
315°
|
4.4kt
|
384.3NM
|
wind
12.8kt
187°
sea state 4/10
clouds 6/8
visibility 7/10
baro 1012 hPa
|
Sails set: Main, Staysail
Light rain had a gust over 17.
|
| 07.08. 4:00 Z |
17°18'28"S
150°3'46"W
|
316°
|
5.7kt
|
388.2NM
|
wind
13.9kt
191°
baro 1012 hPa
|
bergie on watch
|
| 07.08. 4:59 Z |
17°15'48"S
150°8'7"W
|
313°
|
4.9kt
|
393.2NM
|
wind
12.8kt
170°
sea state 4/10
clouds 2/8
visibility 7/10
baro 1012 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 07.08. 5:59 Z |
17°13'16"S
150°12'26"W
|
299°
|
4.6kt
|
398NM
|
wind
15.1kt
173°
baro 1013 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 07.08. 6:49 Z |
17°10'54"S
150°16'29"W
|
304°
|
5.9kt
|
402.6NM
|
wind
17.8kt
168°
baro 1013 hPa
|
Sails set: Main (1st reef), Staysail. Gusting to 24kn
|
| 07.08. 6:59 Z |
17°10'20"S
150°17'29"W
|
316°
|
6.3kt
|
403.7NM
|
wind
24.7kt
164°
baro 1013 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 07.08. 7:25 Z |
17°8'42"S
150°19'52"W
|
297°
|
6kt
|
406.5NM
|
wind
17.4kt
165°
baro 1013 hPa
|
Waves are getting a bit sharper
|
| 07.08. 7:56 Z |
17°6'54"S
150°22'23"W
|
302°
|
6.6kt
|
409.5NM
|
wind
20.5kt
172°
baro 1013 hPa
|
Suski on watch
|
| 07.08. 7:59 Z |
17°6'45"S
150°22'39"W
|
298°
|
5.6kt
|
409.8NM
|
wind
19.1kt
170°
baro 1013 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 07.08. 8:13 Z |
17°6'9"S
150°23'54"W
|
320°
|
6.3kt
|
411.2NM
|
wind
17.7kt
171°
clouds 6/8
baro 1013 hPa
|
Busy night traffic wise. Us and 2 other sailboats going same direction, a cargo vessel and now a sailboat coming the other direction.
|
| 07.08. 8:59 Z |
17°4'38"S
150°28'16"W
|
287°
|
6kt
|
415.7NM
|
wind
19.9kt
156°
baro 1013 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 07.08. 9:59 Z |
17°2'16"S
150°33'37"W
|
287°
|
4kt
|
421.4NM
|
wind
18.1kt
163°
baro 1014 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 07.08. 10:59 Z |
17°0'34"S
150°38'35"W
|
284°
|
5.9kt
|
426.5NM
|
wind
17.3kt
154°
baro 1013 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 07.08. 11:59 Z |
16°59'2"S
150°43'28"W
|
272°
|
4.7kt
|
4.9NM
|
wind
19.3kt
149°
baro 1013 hPa
|
Bergie on watch
|
| 07.08. 12:58 Z |
16°57'13"S
150°48'1"W
|
291°
|
3.7kt
|
10.1NM
|
wind
17kt
170°
baro 1013 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 07.08. 13:59 Z |
16°55'43"S
150°52'30"W
|
305°
|
4.8kt
|
15NM
|
wind
13.9kt
143°
baro 1013 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 07.08. 14:33 Z |
16°54'54"S
150°55'10"W
|
290°
|
5.2kt
|
17.8NM
|
wind
17.1kt
166°
baro 1013 hPa
|
Rain
|
| 07.08. 14:44 Z |
16°54'27"S
150°56'6"W
|
301°
|
5.9kt
|
18.9NM
|
wind
19kt
175°
baro 1013 hPa
|
Alarm: Water in the bilge (electrical.venus-input.1.stateNumber)
|
| 07.08. 14:45 Z |
16°54'6"S
150°56'31"W
|
310°
|
6.3kt
|
19.4NM
|
wind
16.9kt
173°
baro 1013 hPa
|
Cleared after 1 min: Water in the bilge, 2 transitions
|
| 07.08. 14:59 Z |
16°53'42"S
150°57'3"W
|
283°
|
4.6kt
|
20.1NM
|
wind
15.3kt
160°
baro 1013 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 07.08. 15:49 Z |
16°52'47"S
151°0'45"W
|
298°
|
4.2kt
|
23.9NM
|
wind
12.6kt
144°
sea state 4/10
clouds 8/8
visibility 7/10
baro 1014 hPa
|
Suski on watch
|
| 07.08. 15:59 Z |
16°52'23"S
151°1'27"W
|
304°
|
5.5kt
|
24.7NM
|
wind
16.1kt
168°
baro 1014 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 07.08. 16:25 Z |
16°51'45"S
151°2'53"W
|
302°
|
1.7kt
|
26.2NM
|
wind
7kt
172°
baro 1014 hPa
|
Sails down, motoring
|
| 07.08. 16:59 Z |
16°49'6"S
151°3'38"W
|
338°
|
5.2kt
|
29NM
|
wind
8.4kt
163°
baro 1015 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 07.08. 17:59 Z |
16°44'29"S
151°3'55"W
|
32°
|
3.4kt
|
34.2NM
|
wind
13.4kt
139°
baro 1015 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 07.08. 18:54 Z |
16°44'6"S
151°2'53"W
|
66°
|
0.4kt
|
37.2NM
|
wind
9.4kt
136°
baro 1015 hPa
|
Anchored
|
| 07.08. 19:02 Z |
16°44'6"S
151°2'53"W
|
104°
|
0kt
|
37.2NM
|
wind
5.1kt
145°
baro 1015 hPa
|
Stopped main engine
|