Hi everyone,
At noon today we were at 05 03N 081 07W steering 240M, sailing under double-reefed main and single-furled yankee at 5.5 knots. The wind was 14G18 from the NNE. Our noon to noon distance by the log was 126nm.
At noon today we were at 05 03N 081 07W steering 240M, sailing under double-reefed main and single-furled yankee at 5.5 knots. The wind was 14G18 from the NNE. Our noon to noon distance by the log was 126nm.
Sunset Yesterday
Yesterday afternoon we gybed S at 1400 since the wind had gradually veered from N to NE. And the GRIBs indicated we would be running out of wind if we stood on. We left Onyx and Xora who continued running SW. Eventually we lost them on AIS. On our starboard beam was Sea Change, a Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 41, visible under spinnaker about 6nm away and also heading S. We actually pulled away from them for a while until, perhaps, they got into the better wind we had.
We have sailed S through several area with CAPE over 3000. PredictWind highlights high CAPE areas as having thunderstorm risk. Happily we saw no sign of any. Plenty of high-level cloud but nothing at lower levels. No doubt we'll encounter thunderstorms eventually.
During the evening the high cloud dispersed leaving us with a lovely full moon with only bright stars visible. The Southern Cross was bright and clear dead ahead - nice! At 0345 we gybed back to the W since the wind had backed to NNE. Since then we've been steering WSW. Kazi the WindPilot vane gear has been steering us throughout the passage, except only for two short periods with less than 6 knots apparent when Kami the autopilot takes over.
Last night we had a hitchhiker. A booby took up residence on our goalpost. What a mess he made! Eventually I scrubbed off the guano and threw the dirty water over him. He didn't like that and hasn't returned. If another turns up they'll get a dose from our toy Super Soaker water gun much sooner than the last!
Super Soaker loaded
This morning we've continued WSW. We may need to gybe south again if we run into adverse current but we're currently on the leading gybe, with the closest course to our target of SW. Skies are clear apart from scattered small cumulus. Seas are 1.5-2.0m with a low NNW swell.
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