Pacific Ocean, 178NM SW of Minerva Reef
The night watches and morning hours went easily with the boat sailing itself. The only thing the on-watch had to do was an occasional look around.
Just before noon I tried taking a sun sight, and got the celestial running fix to just 7NM from the boat position. In general, our dead reckoning system has performed really well on this passage, despite the paddle wheel having been stuck the first day (polars were used instead).
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In the afternoon we entered the forecasted windier stretch of the trip, with gusts up to 32kn. We took a little bit lower course to keep the boat comfortable. Now we wait for the waves to build up over tomorrow. We have opened the last box of licorice allsorts.
- Distance today: 127NM
- Lunch: chanterelle risotto
- Engine hours: 0
| Time |
Position |
Course |
Speed |
Log |
Weather |
Remarks |
| 31.10. 4:59 Z |
24°6'5"S
179°42'6"W
|
214°
|
5.1kt
|
19841NM
|
wind
20.1kt
135°
baro 1018 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 31.10. 5:00 Z |
24°6'11"S
179°42'12"W
|
227°
|
5.1kt
|
19841.1NM
|
wind
23.2kt
126°
baro 1018 hPa
|
bergie on watch
|
| 31.10. 5:59 Z |
24°9'32"S
179°46'25"W
|
237°
|
5.6kt
|
19846.5NM
|
wind
20.2kt
126°
baro 1019 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 31.10. 6:58 Z |
24°12'23"S
179°50'30"W
|
241°
|
5.2kt
|
19851.4NM
|
wind
18.6kt
128°
baro 1020 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 31.10. 7:55 Z |
24°15'4"S
179°54'26"W
|
237°
|
5.0kt
|
19856.1NM
|
wind
20.2kt
111°
sea state 4/10
clouds 8/8
baro 1021 hPa
|
Light rain
|
| 31.10. 7:59 Z |
24°15'18"S
179°54'43"W
|
251°
|
6kt
|
19856.4NM
|
wind
20kt
117°
baro 1021 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 31.10. 8:59 Z |
24°18'22"S
179°59'26"W
|
254°
|
6.8kt
|
19861.8NM
|
wind
20kt
127°
baro 1022 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 31.10. 9:08 Z |
24°18'52"S
179°59'49"E
|
226°
|
6.3kt
|
19862.6NM
|
wind
21.4kt
136°
baro 1022 hPa
|
We have sailed so far west that we're in the east now
|
| 31.10. 9:59 Z |
24°21'32"S
179°55'41"E
|
247°
|
7.2kt
|
19867.5NM
|
wind
22.6kt
130°
baro 1022 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 31.10. 10:59 Z |
24°25'34"S
179°51'41"E
|
227°
|
6.2kt
|
19873NM
|
wind
19kt
109°
baro 1022 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 31.10. 11:00 Z |
24°25'41"S
179°51'36"E
|
231°
|
6kt
|
19873.1NM
|
wind
18.5kt
122°
baro 1022 hPa
|
Suski on watch
|
| 31.10. 11:59 Z |
24°30'4"S
179°47'51"E
|
211°
|
4.4kt
|
19878.9NM
|
wind
20.2kt
116°
baro 1021 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 31.10. 12:59 Z |
24°34'25"S
179°43'47"E
|
241°
|
6.2kt
|
19884.7NM
|
wind
21.8kt
119°
baro 1021 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 31.10. 13:59 Z |
24°38'11"S
179°39'35"E
|
240°
|
5.3kt
|
19890.2NM
|
wind
17kt
116°
baro 1021 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 31.10. 14:59 Z |
24°41'44"S
179°35'22"E
|
231°
|
6kt
|
19895.5NM
|
wind
20.3kt
118°
baro 1021 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 31.10. 15:34 Z |
24°44'9"S
179°32'56"E
|
205°
|
5.9kt
|
19898.8NM
|
wind
17kt
106°
baro 1021 hPa
|
Alarm: Water in the bilge (electrical.venus-input.1.stateNumber)
|
| 31.10. 15:34 Z |
24°44'33"S
179°32'36"E
|
232°
|
6.6kt
|
19899.3NM
|
wind
18.4kt
110°
baro 1021 hPa
|
Cleared after 1 s: Water in the bilge
|
| 31.10. 15:59 Z |
24°46'0"S
179°31'20"E
|
187°
|
4.9kt
|
19901.4NM
|
wind
17.7kt
103°
baro 1022 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 31.10. 17:00 Z |
24°50'27"S
179°27'3"E
|
240°
|
5.8kt
|
19907.3NM
|
wind
18.1kt
124°
sea state 4/10
clouds 1/8
visibility 7/10
baro 1022 hPa
|
bergie on watch
|
| 31.10. 17:59 Z |
24°54'34"S
179°23'6"E
|
197°
|
5.2kt
|
19912.8NM
|
wind
16.7kt
109°
baro 1023 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 31.10. 18:59 Z |
24°59'24"S
179°19'26"E
|
209°
|
4.7kt
|
19918.7NM
|
wind
18.8kt
125°
baro 1023 hPa
|
Almost out of Fiji "Islands" Met Area, next up NZ "Subtropics"
|
| 31.10. 19:59 Z |
25°4'8"S
179°15'59"E
|
200°
|
5kt
|
19924.6NM
|
wind
18.1kt
85°
baro 1023 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 31.10. 20:21 Z |
25°5'45"S
179°14'47"E
|
227°
|
5.5kt
|
19926.6NM
|
wind
17.5kt
107°
baro 1024 hPa
|
One screw was gone from solar arch brackets, put a new one on
|
| 31.10. 20:59 Z |
25°8'33"S
179°12'40"E
|
219°
|
4.2kt
|
19930.2NM
|
wind
16kt
103°
baro 1024 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 31.10. 21:59 Z |
25°14'0"S
179°10'8"E
|
205°
|
5.8kt
|
19936.3NM
|
wind
20.5kt
102°
baro 1023 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 31.10. 22:03 Z |
25°13'21"S
179°12'42"E
|
209°
|
5.8kt
|
19936.6NM
|
wind
19.2kt
101°
baro 1023 hPa
|
Sun sight, Zn 70.7°, intercept 3.28 NM toward
|
| 31.10. 22:04 Z |
25°8'52"S
179°14'48"E
|
184°
|
6.2kt
|
0NM
|
wind
21.9kt
100°
baro 1023 hPa
|
Manual fix from Sun sight (running fix, advanced from fix #27), residual 0.4 NM, 4.9 NM at 023°T from DR
|
| 31.10. 23:00 Z |
25°19'32"S
179°7'52"E
|
197°
|
5.2kt
|
19942.5NM
|
wind
19.5kt
79°
sea state 4/10
clouds 0/8
visibility 7/10
baro 1023 hPa
|
Suski on watch
|
| 31.10. 23:59 Z |
25°24'52"S
179°5'47"E
|
212°
|
5.4kt
|
19948.4NM
|
wind
19.2kt
73°
baro 1023 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 01.11. 0:59 Z |
25°30'27"S
179°3'14"E
|
193°
|
7.2kt
|
19954.7NM
|
wind
21.7kt
74°
baro 1023 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 01.11. 1:59 Z |
25°36'4"S
178°59'40"E
|
215°
|
6.9kt
|
19961.5NM
|
wind
25kt
85°
baro 1022 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 01.11. 2:59 Z |
25°41'4"S
178°55'39"E
|
233°
|
6.5kt
|
19967.9NM
|
wind
26.9kt
97°
baro 1022 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 01.11. 3:59 Z |
25°45'24"S
178°50'44"E
|
243°
|
5.3kt
|
19974.4NM
|
wind
17.4kt
77°
baro 1022 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|