Already last night, when the wind came back, it hit us at 60 deg on PRT. Later at 30 deg.<\/p>\n
During dawn, when there was enough light, I set with my OBM the sails because we had enough leeway after we completely had passed the inshore traffic area, east of the traffic separation scheme at the western corner of Cuba.<\/p>\n
The wind came at that point from SSE, the direction we need to go to pass the western point of Honduras in a safe distance. We set main with reef 1 and the genoa fully. With reef 1 we have enough room for increasing winds. In a few steps we tuned sails and course.<\/p>\n
As the wind is forecasted to turn E, we have MaRe steering in the wind vane mode set to 52 deg PRT. Close to 10 deg higher would be possible but then the ride becomes even more bumpy.<\/p>\n
Steering in wind vane mode means MaRe follows every windshift to E bringing us more S. However, the same it’s valid for other windshifts. We just believe that wind will shift to E because it’s the main direction of the wind here and the forecast also predicts a shift to E.<\/p>\n
Swell slowly built up, rolling on to MaRe from 180 deg T (True direction) where she runs currently a COG of 210 deg. At the beginning the sea was just choppy with low and multidirectional swells mixing up with each other. For most of the day the swell was 1 – 2 m with a wavelength still much shorter than 100 m. A longer swell makes sailing more comfortable.<\/p>\n
As we sail on port tack, the wind generator does not produce so much electricity. But the hydro generator and the solar panels filled the batteries perfectly fine also we are running 2 refrigerator. With the batteries week filled I lifted the hydro generator out of water again.<\/p>\n
Nik is knocked out today. Seasick. She knows she gets seasick but she loves sailing so much that she stays through a few days of seasickness. And I like to her on board, I like her company, our conversations, and her desire to learn sailing. Additionally she is the youngest and I’m the oldest of the Br clan from Fau. Maybe the two most crazy ones.<\/p>\n
After quite some work to be done until the early afternoon, OBM and I sat in the cockpit, reading, writing and talking. The screen of the Axiom chart plotter to see if there is something in front of us.<\/p>\n
Today we experienced quite some traffic crossing our course. Two cargo vessels I called because their course would have given a full hit onto us. An escape with an emergency maneuver by us would have been an action of last resort. I called both vessels on CH 16 and both changed their course immediately to stay clear of us. Thanks to AIS the course change is quickly to be seen in our AIS layer in the chart plotter.<\/p>\n
Saragossum gras – a lot drifts by. Too much to get the lure out for catching a fish. Yesterday I first had a barracuda on the hook but let it go again. No risk for poisoning ourselves. Later, when the sun was almost down a tuna took the lure. But there were more hungry fishes around so OUR tuna was eaten by half by another predator. Such is life!<\/p>\n
My problem is now to get a good measurable criteria for tacking. I know I need to tac But I don’t know yet what’s the best time. The chance that the wind turn a bit N of E can be regarded as zero; can’t get on this. Thus, when to tack? Tomorrow?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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