It’s again in my first watch duty.

I saw that the wind changed to around 110 deg TWD (true wind direction). With the old wind vane angle of 50 deg, the ride was bumpy and we went too much E. Thus, I set the wind vane angle to 67 deg and adjusted the sail trim a bit. MaRe sails now with a COG around the BTW, increased speed, and the ride is less bumpy.

My thoughts are around MaRe, back in Penrhyn, and forward in Kiritimati. What will be experience there? How is the pass? How is the anchorage? How will the inbound clearance procedure be? How will be the people there?

The island is just above the equator at 1deg 52.682 min N 157 deg 35.501 min W.
It’s the only islands in the group of Line Islands, which is a port of entry. If I’m not wrong, only 3 islands of the Line Islands are inhabitated.

The Kiribati group of islands consists of 3 sub groups: the Gilbert Islands in the NW, the Phoenix Islands in the middle, and the Line Islands in the SE. From the most NW island to the most SE island the distance it 2400 NM. This is 400 NM more then the straight line from Lebanon to Gibraltar. I assume there is an Wikipedia article about the Kiribati islands available. As I have no normal internet I can’t check.

In respect to our sailing direction this night, it seems to be a permanent adjustment of the wind vane angle to sail in average just a bit E of the BTW. I can’t rely on the forecasted TWD of SE when we come closer to our destination. The current TWD is not forecasted. I’m aware that weather forecast is pretty complex mathematical model which can hit reality exactly or it can be totally off.

I’m getting tired. Until my next watch in about 4 h 30 min. Now I need something sweet, which goes well, which will keep me awake.