Bonkers - Poole to Falmouth for AZAB start.

Poole to Falmouth for AZAB start.

Bonkers

Donald Macdonald

Tue 30 May 2023 21:12

50.10N 3.50W

Left PYC 0830. The trip has been all downwind which Harold (autopilot) does not like. Done a lot of setting changes nothing has noticeably helped. Works slightly better on heading hold worse on wind which is the one I need to have engaged when taking a nap in case of wind shift.

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2024

Jun 2024

Wed 12 Jun 16:44
- Day 11 - Azores to UK
Tue 11 Jun 17:21
- Day 10 - Azores to UK
Mon 10 Jun 16:57
- Day 9 - Azores to UK
Sun 9 Jun 17:00
- Day 8 - Azores to UK
Sat 8 Jun 17:15
- Day 7 - Azores to UK
Fri 7 Jun 17:12
- Day 6 - Azores to UK
Thu 6 Jun 17:15
- Day 5 - Azores to UK
Wed 5 Jun 17:21
- Day 4 - Azores to UK
Tue 4 Jun 17:14
- Day 3 - Azores to UK
Mon 3 Jun 17:21
- Day 2 - Azores to UK
Sun 2 Jun 15:29
- San Miguel, Ponta Delgada to UK, Poole
Sat 1 Jun 10:11
- Day 4 - Ponta Delgada Marina - 24hr delay leaving

May 2024

Fri 31 May 15:10
- Day 3 - Ponta Delgada Marina
Thu 30 May 09:55
- Day 2 - Ponta Delgada
Tue 28 May 08:00
- Day 20 9cont'd) - Arrived Ponta Delgada
Mon 27 May 19:15
- Day 20 - Almost there
Sun 26 May 18:48
- Day 19 - Engine Off - Code 0 Up - Boarded by Portugese Marine Police
Sat 25 May 19:16
- Day 18 - Engine On
Fri 24 May 18:58
- Day 17 - Back to 8 knots or less wind
Thu 23 May 18:43
- Day 16 - Fast and Lumpy night
Wed 22 May 16:03
- PS. 666nm to go
- Day 15 - The wind is here
Tue 21 May 20:23
- Day 14 - In a lull not on any forecast
Mon 20 May 20:19
- Day 13 - Good 24 hours tracking towards destination
Sun 19 May 20:21
- Day 12 - Steady Progress - Which way?
Sat 18 May 20:24
- Day 11 - Code 0 Up
Fri 17 May 20:49
- Day 10 - Still slow
Thu 16 May 20:41
- Day 9 - Back to slow progress
Wed 15 May 21:03
- Day 8 - Going North
Tue 14 May 20:27
- PS. 1591nm to go
- Day 7 - Good 24 hour run
Mon 13 May 21:10
- Day 6 - Maintenance to do
Sun 12 May 17:35
- Day 5 - Code Zero Up
Sat 11 May 20:40
- Day 4 - still painfully slow and hot
Fri 10 May 20:30
- Day 3 - Wind gotten lighter
Thu 9 May 20:05
- Day 2 - Very Hot and Sweaty below
Wed 8 May 21:28
- Left Antigua for the Azores
Tue 7 May 19:55
- Jolly Harbour - Last Day in the Caribbean?
Mon 6 May 19:58
- Jolly Harbour
Sun 5 May 19:37
- Jolly Harbour
Sat 4 May 19:10
- Nelson's Dockyard - Packing to leave
- ASW - Day 5
Fri 3 May 01:36
- ASW - Day 4 Racing
Wed 1 May 22:18
- ASW - Lay Day
- ASW - Day 3

Apr 2024

Mon 29 Apr 22:11
- ASW - Day 2
Sun 28 Apr 20:36
- ASW Day !
Sat 27 Apr 20:32
- Almost Round Antigua Race
Fri 26 Apr 19:50
- Day 3 Nelson's Dockyard
Thu 25 Apr 18:11
- Nelson'sDockyard
Wed 24 Apr 19:10
- Nelson's Dockyard
Tue 23 Apr 21:34
- Day 3 Freemans Bay
Mon 22 Apr 21:10
- Day 2 Freeman Bay
Sun 21 Apr 17:47
- Antigua -Freemans Bay
Sat 20 Apr 19:51
- St Barts - Antigua - Unofficial Race
Fri 19 Apr 20:21
- Day 5 - St Barts - Gustavia
Thu 18 Apr 20:52
- Day 4 - St Barts - Gustavia
Wed 17 Apr 22:06
- Day 3 - St Barts - Gustavia
- Day 2 -St Barts - Gustavia
Mon 15 Apr 20:54
- Day 2 - St Barts - Gustavia
Sun 14 Apr 21:08
- Saint Barthelemy (St. Barts) - Gustavia anchorage
Sat 13 Apr 22:01
- Day 3 - Sint Maarten Again
Fri 12 Apr 20:28
- Day 2 - Sint Maarten Again
Thu 11 Apr 22:10
- Day ! - Sint Maarten Again
Wed 10 Apr 21:21
- Day 0 - Sint Maarten again
Tue 9 Apr 20:25
- Tortola to Sint Maarten
Mon 8 Apr 19:37
- Day 8 - Nanny Cay
Sun 7 Apr 21:21
- Day 7 - Nanny Cay - Day 3 Regatta
- Day 6 - Nanny Cay Marina - Day 2 Regatta
Fri 5 Apr 20:39
- Day 5 - Nanny Cay - BVI Regatta Day 1
Thu 4 Apr 18:42
- Day 4 - Nanny Cay - Rest Day
Wed 3 Apr 20:30
- Day 3 - Nanny Cay - Scrub Island Race
Tue 2 Apr 20:57
- Day 2 - Nanny Cay Marina - Round Tortola Race
Mon 1 Apr 20:46
- Day 1 - Nanny Cay Marina

Mar 2024

Sun 31 Mar 21:40
- Day 0 - Nanny Cay
- Nanny Cay - Day 0
Fri 29 Mar 20:27
- Day 2 - Gerner Bay, Litte Harbour
Thu 28 Mar 19:08
- Jost van Dyke, Little Harbour, Garner Bay
Wed 27 Mar 20:44
- British Virgin Islands - Tortola
Mon 25 Mar 18:22
- St Kitts & Nevis to BVI's Tortola
Fri 22 Mar 19:44
- Port Zante - St Kitts & Nevis
Thu 21 Mar 19:13
- Day 2 - Martinique to Nevis & St Kitts
Wed 20 Mar 19:54
- Martinique to St Kitts & Nevis
- Day 9 Marina du Marin
Sun 17 Mar 19:13
- Day 7 - Marina du Marin
Sat 16 Mar 16:57
- Day 6 - Marina du Marin
Thu 14 Mar 16:42
- Day 4 - Marina du Marin
Tue 12 Mar 20:46
- Day 2 - Marina du Marin
Mon 11 Mar 21:13
- Marigot Bay to Marina Du Marin, Martinique
Sun 10 Mar 20:04
- Marigot Bay
Fri 8 Mar 18:38
- Rodney Bay to Marigot Bay
Thu 7 Mar 13:34
- Arrival Rodney Bay Marina
Tue 5 Mar 21:33
- St Maarten to St Lucia - Day 2 - John goes for a swim
Mon 4 Mar 21:21
- St Maarten to St Lucia - Day 1
Sun 3 Mar 20:29
- Daiy 4 Heineken Regatta
Sat 2 Mar 21:41
- Day 3 Heineken Regatta
Fri 1 Mar 20:22
- Heineken Regatta Day 2 - RTI St Martin

Feb 2024

Thu 29 Feb 20:38
- Day 1 Hieneken Regatta
Tue 27 Feb 21:25
- Day 1 - Sint Maarten
Mon 26 Feb 22:00
- On the way to Sint Maarten
Sun 25 Feb 22:08
- Another Day Nelson's Harbour Post C600
Sat 24 Feb 20:44
- Nelson's Dockyard - Post Retirement C600
Wed 21 Feb 11:46
- Day 3 - C600 - Caught fishing net around keel
Tue 20 Feb 17:01
- C600 - Day 2
Sun 18 Feb 17:25
- Day 13 -Nelson's Dockyard
Sat 17 Feb 20:08
- Day 12 - Nelson's Dockyard
Thu 15 Feb 19:51
- Day 10 - Nelson's Dockyard
Wed 14 Feb 21:58
- Day 9 - Nelsons Dockyarrd
Tue 13 Feb 21:44
- Day 8 - Nelson's Dockyard
Mon 12 Feb 19:36
- Day 7 - Nelson's Dockyard
Sun 11 Feb 19:48
- Day 6 - Nelson's Dockyard
Sat 10 Feb 20:19
- Day 5 - Nelson's Dockyard
Fri 9 Feb 20:36
- Day 4 - Nelson's Dockyard
Thu 8 Feb 22:26
- Day 3 - Nelson's Dockyard
Wed 7 Feb 21:57
- Day 2 - Nelson's Dockyard
Tue 6 Feb 21:32
- Day 1 - Nelson's Dockyrd
Mon 5 Feb 18:32
- Day 22 - Arrival Antugua
Sun 4 Feb 19:24
- Day 21 - Oops engine stops
Sat 3 Feb 21:31
- PS Day 20 - Perisher Start
- Day 20 - Kept moving. Just!
Fri 2 Feb 20:24
- Day 19 - Frustration gets worse
Thu 1 Feb 20:05
- Day 18 - Night time shennanigans

Jan 2024

Wed 31 Jan 20:22
- Day 17 - Was good until an hour ago
Tue 30 Jan 19:24
- Day 16 - Still sunshine and wind
Mon 29 Jan 19:21
- Day 15 - Sunshine and Showers
Sun 28 Jan 19:17
- Day 14 - Frustrating Progress
Sat 27 Jan 17:46
- Day 13 - Rudder Stock Top Bearing fitting moving
Fri 26 Jan 19:32
- Day 12 - Early morning Sail
Thu 25 Jan 20:38
- Day 11 - Motoring Again
Wed 24 Jan 18:03
- Day 10 - Very Slow day
Tue 23 Jan 21:18
- Day 9 - Harold not seeing Rudder Feedback position
Mon 22 Jan 18:15
- Day 8 - Wind Moderated
Sun 21 Jan 19:04
- Fwd: Day 8 - Still Starboard Gybe
- Day 8 - Still Starboard Gybe
Sat 20 Jan 17:15
- Day 6 - Wind Starting to Veer
Fri 19 Jan 17:39
- Day 5 - Still Sailing
Thu 18 Jan 17:06
- Day 4 - Sailing at last
Wed 17 Jan 17:49
- Day 3 - Glassy Sea Everywhere
Tue 16 Jan 17:43
- Day 2 - Lots of motoring - Defects log growing
Mon 15 Jan 16:53
- Day 1 - Gran Canaria to Antigua (belatedly)

2023

Nov 2023

Wed 1 Nov 16:23

Oct 2023

Mon 30 Oct 18:14
- Day 9 - Not a good day
Sun 29 Oct 16:47
- Day 8 - Standard Sails Up
Fri 27 Oct 11:26
- DAY 7 - Going Nowhere all very down
- Day 6 - The sea stole more stuff
Sun 22 Oct 22:03
Sun 15 Oct 11:55
- Test of Blog from Emulator

Jun 2023

Thu 29 Jun 09:51
- AZAB Completed
Tue 27 Jun 15:41
- Day 8 - Nearly there
Mon 26 Jun 16:19
- Day 7 - A breakage today
Sun 25 Jun 16:28
- Day 6 - Hooray a little bit of Reaching
Sat 24 Jun 16:59
- Day 5 - A few hours reaching
Fri 23 Jun 16:41
- Day 4 - Downwind Rocking & Rolling
Thu 22 Jun 17:29
- Day 3 - Gybes, reefs
Wed 21 Jun 18:55
- Day 2 - Wet & Windy
Tue 20 Jun 21:36
- Day1 - Return leg Started
- AZAB Return Leg
Sun 11 Jun 15:05
- Arrived Ponta Delgado
Sat 10 Jun 16:35
- Day8 - Should be last one, on this leg at sea
Fri 9 Jun 17:34
- Day7 -Lots of sail trimming - No new breakages
Thu 8 Jun 18:23
- Day6 - Fast with big sea
Wed 7 Jun 17:33
- Day5 - Suspect losing ground
Tue 6 Jun 16:45
- Day4 - Good Sleeping - Good Progress
Mon 5 Jun 16:47
- Day3 - Very light and not enjoyable
Sun 4 Jun 16:59
- Day 2 - Downwind following seas
Sat 3 Jun 17:23
- AZAB started - B&G autopilot very drunk

May 2023

Tue 30 May 21:12
- Poole to Falmouth for AZAB start.
Sun 28 May 08:37
- Nearly time to leave Parkstone

Poole to Falmouth for AZAB start.

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