Position 1800 UTC - 18th June 2020
- 08 degrees, 51 minutes South
- 136 degrees, 51 minutes West
Sailing wing on wing with wind
Sea State: 2m swell long period - counter current :-(
Wind: 15 knots from the East North East
Speed over the ground: 5.7 knots
Course over the ground: 258 degrees
Distance sailed towards north Marquesas in 24 hours 138 - has Askari ever gone so slow??
So near but still so far, yesterday we entered a counter current - so frustrating and then a big band of squally weather. Over night we had wind from 2 knots to 24, torrential rain and wind direction East through north. As we monitored the distance we could feel our friday landfall slipping away. Around midnight Andrew got fed up with flogging our sails and put the engine on low revs to keep Friday an option for us - I was so tired I slept right through that. This morning the squalls gave way to a stunning day and the wind returned gently. We still have nearly a knot of current against us but have been making between 5 and 6 nautical miles each hour. That could mean a sunset arrival on Friday is still on the cards.
Today we are trying hard to catch a fish, but at these slow speeds it's probably pretty unlikely. I heard Linde on Zouterik made a lemon cake, so mum message me a recipe and we are about to have that for afternoon tea.
Is it too soon to put the champagne in the fridge??? It's now 2.30pm local as I write this and we have 160 to go - normally we should cover that comfortably in 24 hours and we have 27.5 hours until sunset tomorrow, so we need to average 5.8knots - its going to be close!
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How exciting to know you’re soon to make landfall but excruciating that the mile munching has subsided and your’re just creeping along. How far out do you think before you’ll smell the land and see signs of birds or different clouds? Hard to believe you’ve been at sea for over 2 weeks already. You’ve definitely earned your rum ration.
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