{"id":1975,"date":"2025-07-13T03:44:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T03:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aegir-ran.com\/?p=1975"},"modified":"2025-07-13T03:52:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T03:52:18","slug":"check-in-july-13-2025-400-utc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aegir-ran.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/13\/check-in-july-13-2025-400-utc\/","title":{"rendered":"Check-in July 13, 2025; 4:00 UTC"},"content":{"rendered":"
Current Position: 11 48.577\u2019S 153 23.304\u2019E; Local Timezone: UTC+21; SOG: 6.5 kt COG: 266; TWS: 25 kt; TWD: 135; Distance to Waypoint (R1, Raine Passage, 262): 545; Total Miles Sailed: 8087 nm; Engine Hours: 174 Estimate Fuel: 59+10+50
\nComments: It is 17:00 and I am about 125 nm from Tagula Island. The forecast suggests I should reach the SE corner of the island about noon tomorrow. Further, I expect to pass within 12 nm of the island, so I will likely turn StarLink on, at least for a few minutes. I want to research any rules there might be about anchoring in the GBR. Interestingly, I will be about 6h ahead of where I would be if I had taken the route to the N that was recommended by PW. In the end, I expect to save about half a day sailing my route. The significance of that is I hope to reach the anchorage at the Great Detached Reef Thursday afternoon, rather than after the following midnight as predicted for the PW course. The reason is simple. My route is 65 less nm and have been able to keep up the same average boat speed. Sunset was about 18:05. The skies were relatively clear, at least more so than they had been since first thing in the morning. Winds were 23-28 from 133 and the boat was moving along smartly 6.5-7 kt towards Tagula. Starting tomorrow evening between 159-153E, there are major N\/S shipping lanes with dozens of cargo ships and tankers. I\u2019ll need a good night\u2019s sleep because tomorrow during the day I will be busy with the islands and tomorrow night is likely to be busy with commercial shipping. The boat performed well today after the second reef was put in the main, so I don\u2019t expect any weather tonight that will be a problem. A little after midnight, 62 nm from Tagula, I decided I was headed too far N and adjusted the windvane. A cargo ship appeared on AIS AT 3:30 but will safely pass my stern. I woke at 4:45 and the wind had shifted from 130 to 135, apparently influenced by Rossel Island. I adjusted the windvane again. I am 35 nm from Tagula and am expected to arrive about 10:30. Sunrise is expected about 7:00 (UTC+21). I will note that Tagula is UTC+20, same as the NE coast of Australia, but I won\u2019t change the time in my log until tomorrow, when the entire report will be in that time zone. It is 7:00, dawn, and the sky is mostly clear. I have travelled 100 nm since the last check-in, averaging 6.2 nm\/h towards R1, which is now 596 nm away. There is still a decent chance I can arrive at R1 before dusk on Thursday, but I do expect the wind to wane starting tonight. After clearing Tagula, I am going to try to drift N as that is where the renting wind will be. The will also give me a better angle on the wind for the remainder of the passage to R1. I was going to enjoy my tea in the cockpit, but got a rude awakening when a wave breached the port. The sea is still big. It is 8:15 and I am about 20 nm from the eastern end of Tagula. The wind has started to wrap around it and the boat is being directed to the S side of the island. I wasn\u2019t paying attention but Rossel Island is clearly visible off the starboard. It is surprisingly tall. At 9:00 I can barely make out Tagula. It is covered in clouds. As I approached Tagula, I saw breaking waves. Navionics did not show the island\u2019s barrier reef until I was almost upon it. I quickly took control of the helm, less than half a mile from the reef, and directed the boat away from the reef. In the daylight it was easy enough to see the barrier reef, but it is very unsettling that I was unaware it was there. Furthermore, within minutes of realizing there was a barrier reef, a squall hit, reducing visibility and with the higher winds making it more difficult to head up and tack south. Two more squalls hit soon thereafter. I followed the reef around to the S side of the island, observing the breaking surf and following the approximate 300\u2019 contour. Examining the chart W of the island, I felt uncomfortable trying to make any distance N, so I set the windvane for due E, essentially R1. It looks to me that I have about 50 nm before the N\/S shipping lanes. I should reach it early evening, perhaps 20:00. The lane is approximately 70 nm wide, so I will be dealing with commercial shipping all night. The distance sailed towards R1 in the last 24h was 696-545=151 nm. The total distance sailed was 8087-7929=158 nm (158\/24=6.6 kt avg.). Note, beginning tomorrow the report will be in the UTC+20 time zone and will be made at UTC 5:00 (24h from now).<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Current Position: 11 48.577\u2019S 153 23.304\u2019E; Local Timezone: UTC+21; SOG: 6.5 kt COG: 266; TWS: 25 kt; TWD: 135; Distance to Waypoint (R1, Raine Passage, 262): 545; Total Miles Sailed: 8087 nm; Engine Hours: 174 Estimate Fuel: 59+10+50 Comments: It is 17:00 and I am about 125 nm from Tagula Island. The forecast suggests I … <\/p>\n

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