Preparing for passage
South Pacific Familyadventure 2008
Claes Brodin
Wed 8 Nov 2023 08:18
That meant up to almost 100hrs/4 days passage. We spent the day downloading latest weather from 3 different sources (Predictwind,Windy and Windfinder),fueltransfer,topping up watertanks, bunkering from the supermarket. I went to find marine grade grease (for propellershaft,jackshaft,and rudderaxis), and Mercedes made all dinners stored in vacuumboxes.
As a reward we got an aperol before early bedtime. From downloaded weather we knew that day 2-3 out on the Ionian Sea we would get 24-28kts of beamwinds with up to 2mtr seas but decreasing when approaching Malta.