Passage: Little Bay, Montserrat to Basseterre, St Kitts

Bootlegger of Mann
Frank Newton
Tue 3 Feb 2009 23:38
Bootlegger Log

Tuesday 030209

Passage: Little Bay, Montserrat to Basseterre, St Kitts

Crew: FN/KN/KB

Weather : cloudy and with occasional light rain. Wind 16 – 18kts in
anchorage.

06.45 16:48.232N 62:12.623W : weighed anchor and CSE: 321 degrees for
Basseterre. SOG: 7kts. DTG 43.5nm

Noon : 17:17.5210N 62:43.7188W. F.W.E. after dropping anchor in Basseterre
harbour. It was a good brisk sail up from Montserrat with SOG generally in
excess of 8kts Initially looked into marina but clogged up with boats and
a great big working platform so came out here to anchorage which is not
good in that there is swell causing lots of roll. Distance done 43.8 nm.
Engine run 3.5hrs. Gen. run 3 hrs

Three of us had dinner ashore in Stone Walls which was nice.