The night of the 30. Sep – 01. Oct was really quiet. I could do a lot of readings on next destinations and a bit PC work. The wind was not strong and constant in direction.<\/p>\n
In the morning hours it turned a bit more SE and we could set the main sail. As winds of 20+ KN were forecasted I only used reef 2.<\/p>\n
What did not happen, was the wind increase and after a few hours the wind turned again towards E and we needed to take the main down again. It blanked the genoa too much at 130 deg AWA. Thus, we sailed very comfortably with the genoa.<\/p>\n
Tobias experimented with the lure, trying passionately to catch a fish. Looking at the excellent meals he prepared so far, I’m curious about a fish he prepares in the kitchen. It’s very obvious that he loves cooking. It’s the second Austrian cook I have on board. (Thanks Guenther, for all your delicious meals in during the Atlantic crossing.)<\/p>\n
I then started to look for information about entrance permissions and inbound clearance for the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia. For hours I had to work on my PC. This morning I could sent the application mail to Micronesia.<\/p>\n
Last night was quite again. The wind varied between 13 – 18 KN but kept direction.<\/p>\n
Towards 0100 a group of 7 Chinese fishing boat required first mine, and then Tobias’ attention. Fortunately no real problem occurred also they were pretty close.<\/p>\n
Now it’s 0715 on 2. Oct. , while I’m writing these lines a group of 5 Chinese fishing boats are heading in a about 45 deg about angle towards our course. They crossed our course on safe distance
\nOnly the last one boat was a bit close with approximately half an NM.<\/p>\n
However, these were not all. Several Chinese fishing boats operate in this area.<\/p>\n
The wind is currently at around 16 – 19 KN TWS and about 150 deg AWA, which gives us a SOG of 5 – 6 KN. This is a nice sailing with wind and swell from about 150 deg PRT.<\/p>\n
Will the wind still increase? If not, we will enjoy sailing as it is since it’s very comfortable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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