Variable passage (cont)

South Pacific Familyadventure 2008
Claes Brodin
Mon 22 Apr 2024 10:47
Normally I do the dogwatch (midnight to 04.00) but this time Mercedes took the dogwatch and the whole night we had calm seas,doing almost 7kts over ground and passing ocer a Tyrrenian Sea illuminated by a fullmoon.
Once approaching Capo Carbonara , slightly before lunch day 2 at sea, weather deteriorated with increasing headwinds of 35kts and steep headseas slowing us down significantly.
Increasing to 1800rpm for a hard working John Deere, we managed to stay on 3,5-4kts all way up the large bay of Cagliari constantly taking spray over us.

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