{"id":2144,"date":"2025-12-01T03:31:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T03:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aegir-ran.com\/?p=2144"},"modified":"2025-12-01T03:34:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T03:34:13","slug":"check-in-november-30-2025-1930-utc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aegir-ran.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/01\/check-in-november-30-2025-1930-utc\/","title":{"rendered":"Check-in November 30, 2025; 19:30 UTC"},"content":{"rendered":"
Current Position: 34 02.971\u2019S 18 20.883\u2019E; Timezone: UTC+2; SOG: 0; COG: N\/A; TWS: 40; TWD: 182; Current Speed, 0 kt; Current Direction, 0; Distance to Waypoint (Hout Bay): in a slip; Total Miles Sailed: 16487 nm; Engine Hours: 388; Estimate Fuel: 5+12+50;
\nComments: I woke up at 4:30 because high winds had caused the boat to heel and a stack of cans I had been sorting tumbled over. The forecast is for 5-16 kt, but it sounds like 25-30 kt. The winds are unpredictable here. I have been thinking about my route, and this is what I have come up with: Hout Bay to Saldanha [70 nm, 1d], Saldanha to Walvis (Namibia) [750 nm, 7d], Walvis to Recife (Brazil) [3250 nm, 37d], Recife to Bridgetown (Barbados) [2050 nm, 17d], Barbados to Kralendijk (Bonaire) [590 nm, 5d], Bonaire to Shelter Bay (Panama) [820 nm, 8d], Transit Panama Canal, Panama City (Panama) to Quepos (Costa Rica) [550 nm, 7d], Costa Rico to Puerto Chiapas (Mexico) [690 nm, 7d], Puerto Chiapas to Puerto Vallarta [1200 nm, 16d], Puerto Vallarta to Cabo San Lucas [300 nm, 4d], and Cabo San Lucas to San Carlos [410 nm, 4d]. 70+750+3250+2050+590+820+550+690+1200+300+410 =\u200910,680 nm. 1+7+37+17+5+8+7+7+16+4+4=113 days of sailing with ten stops and an average of one week per stop gives (113+70)\/30=6.1 month (plus the Panama Canal, which will take a week). I am probably looking at a return around the end of June unless I can cut some time off my stays or skip some ports. Perhaps I will consider my original plan of sailing directly to the Caribbean. Also, given what is happening in Venezuela, I might skip Bonaire. About the minimum time it would take is \u2026 Hout Bay to Saldanha [70 nm, 1d], Saldanha to Bridgetown (Barbados) [5650 nm, 50d], Barbados to Shelter Bay (Panama) [1380 nm, 13d], Transit Panama Canal, Panama City (Panama) to Puerto Chiapas (Mexico) [1200 nm, 14d], Puerto Chiapas to Cabo San Lucas [1430 nm, 18d], and Cabo San Lucas to San Carlos [410 nm, 4d]. 70+5650+1380+1200+1430+410=10,140 nm. 1+50+13+14+18+4=100 days with five stops would probably take (100+35)\/30=4.5 months (plus Panama). For the first plan, a departure in the middle of December would put me in SC in the end of June. The second plan would put me in the middle of May. As I dive deeper into the stores under the V-berth, stuff I have not been able to get to, I am finding things that I needed but could not find locally. It is not only nice to reorganize, but I am going to be able to redistribute the weight and balance the boat better. It is clear that there has been some dampness in the V-berth area and there is a little bit of water in the space with the bow thruster. My best guess the water is coming from the forward hatch because I can see no way for the water to get from the anchor locker to the bow thruster space unless it landed on top of the V-berth. The water is just below the shelf I built with an automated bilge pump. There is no evidence the water has been high enough to trigger the pump. I will punk out the water as part of my effort to clean, disintegrate, and dry out the forward cabin. I have about 3h to finish my work on the boat today before I need to go shopping and then move into the house. I am taking the printer with me to print out documents that I often need (copies of passport, ships papers, etc.). I also want to print out the photos of the Zarpas that were confiscated so I can update my ship\u2019s papers. I checked into the house and did several loads of wash. It is going to take me most of the week to wash and dry everything in the boat. When I finish, my plan is to separate out what I will actually wear and bag everything else in plastic rather than putting it back in the wet locker or cabinets.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Current Position: 34 02.971\u2019S 18 20.883\u2019E; Timezone: UTC+2; SOG: 0; COG: N\/A; TWS: 40; TWD: 182; Current Speed, 0 kt; Current Direction, 0; Distance to Waypoint (Hout Bay): in a slip; Total Miles Sailed: 16487 nm; Engine Hours: 388; Estimate Fuel: 5+12+50; Comments: I woke up at 4:30 because high winds had caused the boat … <\/p>\n

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