{"id":1747,"date":"2025-05-11T02:09:23","date_gmt":"2025-05-11T02:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aegir-ran.com\/?p=1747"},"modified":"2025-05-11T02:32:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-11T02:32:06","slug":"check-in-may-10-2025-225-utc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aegir-ran.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/11\/check-in-may-10-2025-225-utc\/","title":{"rendered":"Check-in May 10, 2025; 2:25 UTC"},"content":{"rendered":"
Current Position: 16 13.037\u2019S 142 42.401W; Local Timezone: UTC-10; HDG: 250; COG: 252; SOG: 5.1 kt; Distance to Waypoint (Tahiti): 380 nm; Total Miles Sailed: 4036 nm;
\nComments: About 20:00, I passed T1 and passed between the atolls Taenga and Nihiru. T2 was about 50 nm away. At 21:30 there was a rain shower, but no increase in wind. At 23:30, as I approached the southern tip of Makemo, I altered course to T3 because it gave me a wider berth of Makemo and the northern islands of Marutea, and it gave me a better wind angle and a bit more speed. T3 was 95 nm. The boat speed was only 5 kt, but it was comfortable. It is nearly a full moon. The sky is now partly cloudy, so the water is illuminated. The sea state is more calm than it was yesterday afternoon. By 3:30, the boat had slowed down. I had cleared the northern tip of Marutea, and turned south to gain a little boat speed (5 kt) on a broad reach. I am not sure if I am perhaps in a shadow or maybe the wind has just died down. The wind picked up a little at sunrise. The boat was doing 5-5.5 kt with two-thirds of the Yankee and a double reef in the main. The sea state was relatively calm. The skies were overcasts and there was the potential for squalls, so I left the reefs is for now. The heading was about 200 on a broad reach. It seemed like a reasonable compromise. I could have headed further south for speed, but that would not have improved my progress on to Tahiti. I could have gotten another kt by shaking out the reef, but at the cost of a less comfortable ride. Also, there were occasional gusts to deal with. There was really only one more atoll to deal with, Haraiki, about 30 nm off my port bow, so I switched to the wind vane. I\u2019ve only averaged 4 kt on to Tahiti since leaving Raroia, but that\u2019s because I\u2019ve been sailing 40-60 degrees off the waypoint. The wind finally picked up about 8:00, driving the boat 6 kt. It was good I was patient. In the meantime, I got an hour-long nap down below. Some of the clouds to the SE look threatening. I am under a lightning warning, but have not heard any thunder. The waves seem to pick up about 9:00, perhaps driven by the weather on the horizon. I passed Haraiki about 9:00, the last atoll at this latitude between here and Tahiti. Also at 9:00, I have sailed 4000 nm since leaving San Carlos on March 13 \u2026 58 days \u2026 an average of 69 nm\/day. This is close to my original schedule. Tahiti is 248 and I am in a broad reach at 208. If this wind direction continues, I will jibe towards the end of the day tomorrow for the second half of the passage. There did not seem to be any threatened weather on the horizon, so at 10:30, I shook out the second reef and exposed most of the Yankee. At 200 on a hard beam reach I was making 4.5 kt. The wind vane was having trouble with the light wind, so I engaged the TillerPilot. The wind\u2019s response was to lighten up further, so I barely made 4 kt. At noon there was a shift in the wind, a bit early than expected. I was to jib and make a course directly for Tahiti (250) making 5.5 kt with all of the Yankee and one reef in the main. This is an unexpected course, so I will in fact need to avoid one more atoll, Anaa in about 100 nm. By 13:00 the sun was finally out and I could run the fridge a bit. The main house bank was still not fully charged (91%), so I had to be careful. At 13:30 yesterday, I had 392 nm to go to Tahiti. Today at 13:30, I have 294, so I have made almost 100 nm on, which is more than expected because of the light wind today and the fact almost the whole time I have been sailing 40-50 degrees off the waypoint. If the weather prediction is correct, I should be able to continue more-or-less towards Tahiti, although the wind is supposed to lighten up Monday. After a few days without much sunlight, my batteries are down, even though I have not run the fridge since yesterday, so I ran the engine for 45m to motor sail, cool the fridge, finish charging the batteries, and turn on the other electronics. I posted my check-in the same time yesterday. At that time I was 378 nm from Tahiti and I am now 280 (98 nm on during the last 24h \u2026 not bad all things considered). Hopefully, the rest of the way will be towards the waypoint. It does not look like I\u2019m going to miss Anaa, which is now 65 nm away. I will likely need to jibe in the early morning hours to avoid it.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Current Position: 16 13.037\u2019S 142 42.401W; Local Timezone: UTC-10; HDG: 250; COG: 252; SOG: 5.1 kt; Distance to Waypoint (Tahiti): 380 nm; Total Miles Sailed: 4036 nm; Comments: About 20:00, I passed T1 and passed between the atolls Taenga and Nihiru. T2 was about 50 nm away. At 21:30 there was a rain shower, but … <\/p>\n

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