{"id":1746,"date":"2025-05-10T02:38:57","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T02:38:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aegir-ran.com\/?p=1746"},"modified":"2025-05-10T02:41:19","modified_gmt":"2025-05-10T02:41:19","slug":"check-in-may-9-2025-225-am-utc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aegir-ran.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/10\/check-in-may-9-2025-225-am-utc\/","title":{"rendered":"Check-in May 9, 2025; 2:25 am UTC"},"content":{"rendered":"
Current Position: 16 13.037\u2019S 142 42.401W; Local Timezone: UTC-10; HDG: 210; COG: 225; SOG: 6.5 kt; Distance to Waypoint (Tahiti): 378 nm; Total Miles Sailed: 3917 nm;
\nComments: I hauled the anchor at 11:30. Two catamarans, Trinity and Breeze, were about 1.5 nm ahead of me. At 4.5 kt motoring, I was gaining on them, so I backed off to 4 kt to avoid a traffic jam at the passage. I crossed the passage at 13:00 (high tide was supposed to be a 12:45) against a 1 kt current and essentially no standing waves. I started out with most of the Yankee and two reefs in the main to determine how the wind vane was performing. The boat was making 5 kt on a beam reach. I had set a half dozen waypoint to avoid the atolls. The first (T1) is 34 nm away. It is 13:30, so I will not make that waypoint by dark. The wind vane seems to work, although perhaps not as well as it used to. It is gusty and there is evidence of squalls, so I am leaving both reefs in for now. It is 392 nm to Tahiti as the crow flies, but I will be weaving through the atolls the next few days, and this will slow me down significantly. It looks like the right call to leave the reefs in. The wind picked up as I left the leeward side of Raroia. The boat is happy at 5.5-6 kt heeled 8 degrees or so. It is interesting that I feel chilly. It\u2019s been a long time since I didn\u2019t feel hot all the time. Trinity is on the same course south as I am (205), whereas Breeze headed east (308). Trinity slowed down and I passed her at 15:45. The wind and waves really increased once I was out of the shadow of Raroia. While the waves are not a surprise, it is surprising how much the wind picked up. I am really glad now I have two reefs in the main. The boat is doing over 7 kt and is heeled over 15 degrees. After I make T1, around 19:30, I will turn more easterly, and move from a beam reach to a broad reaching, reducing the heel and the speed of the boat. The distance between T1 and T2 is about 50 nm, which means it will be close to dawn before T2. Although the wind vane seems to be working well, I will use the TillerPilot for the broad reach because there is no room for error between the atolls. By the end of the day tomorrow, I should be out of danger.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Current Position: 16 13.037\u2019S 142 42.401W; Local Timezone: UTC-10; HDG: 210; COG: 225; SOG: 6.5 kt; Distance to Waypoint (Tahiti): 378 nm; Total Miles Sailed: 3917 nm; Comments: I hauled the anchor at 11:30. Two catamarans, Trinity and Breeze, were about 1.5 nm ahead of me. At 4.5 kt motoring, I was gaining on them, … <\/p>\n

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