Marqueses Inbound Day 16

Hi everyone,
At noon today we were at 06 59S 126 06W steering 250M, sailing under double-reefed main and staysail (storm jib) at 6 knots.  The wind was 21G28 from the E.  We had just gybed onto port.  Our noon to noon distances were 117nm by the log and 116nm over the ground.  Overall we've logged 3141nm and 3460nm respectively.  Our distance to go is 785nm.

Under staysail & deep reefed main this morning

What a difference a night makes!  Yesterday afternoon we were sailing in light airs down to 5 knots.  I even had time to dig out our spare 38mm sanitation hose and refit the serviced head pump.  Happily it works, and so much better than it had been.  Peculiar how one barely notices slow changes.

Light airs sailing yesterday afternoon

Then in the evening the anticipated weather change came through,   Winds increased to 20G25 with 25G30 in squalls.  Lots of rain in the squalls.  One of the squalls was interesting with our barometer decreasing before my eyes - very unusual.  Here are two plots from our SignalK/Grafana system.  The dip on the barometric pressure is obvious.  The two plots are aligned in time.

Here's the usual screenshot.  We're the blue trace in the middle.  We'll be gybing downwind in this E breeze which will make it harder to stay ahead of the big boats coming up behind.  It looks like Xora and Onyx are no longer buddies!

PredictWind GPS Tracking

Trust all's well where you are!