{"id":1448,"date":"2025-04-19T20:05:40","date_gmt":"2025-04-19T20:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aegir-ran.com\/?p=1448"},"modified":"2025-04-19T20:10:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-19T20:10:06","slug":"captains-log-check-in-april-19-2025-2004-utc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aegir-ran.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/19\/captains-log-check-in-april-19-2025-2004-utc\/","title":{"rendered":"Captain\u2019s Log] Check-in April 19 2025; 20:04 UTC"},"content":{"rendered":"
Current Position: 9 13.463\u2019S 138 07.952\u2019W (Hiva Oa) Local Timezone: UTC-9 1\/2; HDG: N\/A; COG: N\/A; SOG: N\/A; TWS: ?; TWD: ?; TWA: ?; Distance to Waypoint (Hiva Oa): at anchor; Total Miles Sailed: 3342 nm;
\nComments: I arrived at waypoint #27 at 23:30 (UTC – 9 1\/2). Up to then, I had been setting alarms in my iPhone every hour as I got closer to the waypoint. However, my iPhone did not wake me up. The alarm on the navigation system went off announcing I had arrived. This was a surprise to me as I expected it to be another half hour. The reason is the iPhone had picked up cellular service and changed its clock to UTC – 9 1\/2, so the phone thought it was 23:30. There is a difference between an \u201calarm\u201d on the iPhone (which is set to a particular time) and a \u201ctimer\u201d (which simply counts down the minutes). I will be staying awake until I drop anchor. The skies are clear. The moon is over my left shoulder. I entered the channel on a heading of 234 and a speed of 4.6 kt, still with half the Yankee and a double reef \u201cin the main. According to the forecast, I may loose some of my wind in the channel. The plan is to sail diagonally past Cap Metafenua and do a single jib to the anchorage. At 0:15 i spotted land. I turned the radar on to confirm the accuracy of the chart plotter. At 0:30, I am about 14 nm from waypoint #28, the point at which I expect to jib.!I should arrive there about 3:00, depending on the wind. I\u2019m happy the weather is tame \u2026 maybe 8-10 kt wind and relatively calm seas. I arrived at the waypoint to jib at 3:15, but decided to wait until I had a 90 degree jib angle. As I approached the point to jib, I could see the lights of Atuona, the anchorage, about 10 nm away. At 3:40 I jibed with a new heading of 313 and a distance of 9.5 nm. The ETA was for about an hour after sunrise, which was the plan made two days ago. Sunrise was at 5:49. I am 2.8 nm from the anchorage. There showers around the anchorage. I will lower the sails about 1 nm out and motor in the rest of the way. Of course, there had to be some last-minute drama. The first time I went into the anchorage, my engine throttle failed. It was stuck in the forward position because a bolt algae jiggled loose. I went out to sea and fixed it. The second time I came in, I tried to drop the anchor and the windlass did not work. I went to sea and fixed it (I must have accidentally switched off a circuit breaker in the chain locker while organizing the chain). The third time was the charm and I anchored just outside the breakwater, because there did not appear to be room on the other side of the breakwater. An hour or two later, two boats left, and I took one of their places inside the breakwater. That\u2019s important because I need to go up the mast, and I don\u2019t want to try that again if the boat is pitching.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Current Position: 9 13.463\u2019S 138 07.952\u2019W (Hiva Oa) Local Timezone: UTC-9 1\/2; HDG: N\/A; COG: N\/A; SOG: N\/A; TWS: ?; TWD: ?; TWA: ?; Distance to Waypoint (Hiva Oa): at anchor; Total Miles Sailed: 3342 nm; Comments: I arrived at waypoint #27 at 23:30 (UTC – 9 1\/2). Up to then, I had been setting … <\/p>\n

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