{"id":2095,"date":"2025-10-14T08:04:04","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T08:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aegir-ran.com\/?p=2095"},"modified":"2025-10-14T08:06:38","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T08:06:38","slug":"check-in-october-14-2025-800-utc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aegir-ran.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/14\/check-in-october-14-2025-800-utc\/","title":{"rendered":"Check-in October 14, 2025; 8:00 UTC"},"content":{"rendered":"
Current Position: 19 43.972\u2019S 63 05.977\u2019E; Local Timezone: UTC+4; SOG: 6.3 kt; COG: 267; TWS: 20 kt; TWD: 155; Distance to Waypoint (26s47s, 261): 965; Total Miles Sailed: 13692 nm; Engine Hours: 269; Estimate Fuel: 48+14+50;
\nComments: The cargo ship left at 16:00. Jacob joined Christian and me in the bay as all three of us are leaving in the morning. Ertan decided to remain at the port overnight. I woke up at 3:10 and saw Jacob in the distance. A catamaran had arrived in the night. Since I did not have to wait for Ertan, I got up at 4:00 and began making final preparations to leave. The wind had died down overnight and the boat was not rocking as severely, making it easier to work. I started cooking a dish of sausage and vegetables, then I helped Christian get off, at 5. It was light enough now to ready the deck and do a final check of the rigging. I was underway by 9:30. I have three waypoints for this passage: RBay 1 (26s, 47e), RBay 2 (26s, 34e), and RBay 3 (28 48.63\u2019s, 32 06.08\u2019e). RBay 2 is 984 nm away from Rodrigues on a course of 261 M. It is at the SW tip of Madagascar just S of its shoals. After making the first waypoint, I will travel due W towards the second waypoint (but not necessarily all the way). I created two waypoints for places to wait out storms, St Augustine Bay \u2013 Nosy Ve (Augustine, 23\u00b038S 43\u00b036E) and Inhaca Island off Maputo (Inhaca, 25\u00b038.346’S 32\u00b052.898’E). The final preparation of the deck was finished at 6:00. I cleared the rats nest of fishing lures, clothes, and random items from beneath the dodger so I could be ready to handle the sheets for the storm staysail. I deployed the staysail and lashed to the railing figuring that would be easier to do at anchor. I raised the anchor at 8:00 and by 9:00 I was outside the barrier reef and halfway across the N side of the island. I was doing a little over 5 kt on a broad reach using half the Yankee, the storm staysail, and a double-reefed main on a course of 282!in 18 kt wind from 144. Once I clear the island, I will be able to set a course of 261 (the rhumb line to RBay 1). Trekka followed me out of the bay and gained on me while I was raising my sails. We will part company when I clear the island as my course will be 20 degrees further S. By 10:00 I was clear of the island and on a course for the waypoint a 261. Wind was 17-20 from 148 and I was making close to 6 kt in a broad reach. By 11:00 I had cleared the shadow of the island and was making close to 7 kt in 19 kt wind with the help of a 0.9 kt current. It feels good to be back at sea. Sailing conditions are almost ideal.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Current Position: 19 43.972\u2019S 63 05.977\u2019E; Local Timezone: UTC+4; SOG: 6.3 kt; COG: 267; TWS: 20 kt; TWD: 155; Distance to Waypoint (26s47s, 261): 965; Total Miles Sailed: 13692 nm; Engine Hours: 269; Estimate Fuel: 48+14+50; Comments: The cargo ship left at 16:00. Jacob joined Christian and me in the bay as all three of … <\/p>\n

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