Wind veered to NE at 12-15 knots. NE swell less than 1 meter, 8 octas stratus obscuring full moon. Full headsail and 2 reefs in main. Sheets eased.
Position 13° 29.758′ N 60° 04.703′ E
COG 284T
SOG 6.4kt
Log 8,797 nm
Engine 145.0 h
Daily Archives: 7 February 2020
Update from HF Sked at 1500UTC
Joana and Amenoz have anchored at Djibouti. Arbutus and Libert‚ are now in the IRTC heading ESE toward Djibouti with only 5-10 knots behind them. Bird O’Passage has 30 miles to run to Socotra and has NNE wind at 15 knots.
Position 13° 25.068′ N 60° 32.510′ E
COG 279T
SOG 6.9kt
Wind abated now to 16-20 knots
Conditions easing and might roll out a little more headsail if it stays like this for at least 30 minutes. Sea state also easing so looking like a comfortable night watch.
Position 13° 25.068′ N 60° 32.510′ E
COG 279T
SOG 6.9kt
As the sun goes down, the wind strengthens
Seems to be a cycle as the sun heats the African land mass east of here it reinforces the monsoon in the late afternoon. Sort of a huge sea breeze 500 miles offshore. Saw gusts of 30 knots around sunset but it has stabilised at around 20 knots now. Sea is a bit bigger than earlier but not huge. Feeling quite chipper after sleeping 3 h this afternoon.
Position 13° 24.028′ N 60° 39.801′ E
COG 278T
SOG 7.2kt