This morning the seas where still pretty rough and rolly but
the wind was still good and we where making good time. As the day progressed the wind dropped to
5-10 knots out of the NE and then shifted to E and dropped to about 5
knots. So we where sailing on a broad
reach with almost no wind doing a sad 3 knots with a good bit of roll due to a
beam sea and finally decided to fire up the engine and start getting some
miles. Motor sailing, we’ve been getting
somewhere in the 6+ knot range, we can easily do a bit more but are motoring at
1700 RPM, which allows our little 50 hp Yanmar to sip diesel so we’ll have it
for later. The seas actually calmed down
too, so we decided to take advantage of the conditions cook some turkey burgers
for dinner. Nothing fancy, but a nice hot meal was appreciated. We actually had a nice hot breakfast too,
oatmeal is a great option on a boat.
Overall, it’s been a good but slower day than we’d
like. The models are showing the wind
picking up tonight and tomorrow. We’re
hoping it won’t be too much when it finally gets here, but being able to
sail and get our speed up a bit would be great.
We really need to look into some good downwind/lightwind sails and a whisker pole
for BABO I’m still surprised the previous owner didn’t
have a whisker pole?
Anyway, it’s about an hour after dinner and my first night
watch 8-10 starts in about an hour. I’ll
be back to add anything relevant tomorrow.
See you soon – Erin
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| Motoring through relatively calm seas |
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