11:39.447N 63:20.670W
SV Eleonora
Michael A. Andronov
Wed 15 Nov 2017 00:32
Yes, I know. It is booring... ' Michael tacked his boat again...' Where is a news?
But I've tacked the boat indeed. We are on the starboard tack now, trying to position ourselves as close to Grenada as possible. The weather is playing her games... And no matter how secretely I'm preparing for the tack... as soon as we change the course -- the wind changes too... It looks likes it is blowing from Grenada in all possible directions... ;-)
Today, at 1542 UTC at 12:19519N 063:38.77W we made 1000 nm. Kind of a milestone... I hope it will be recognized as a qualifier by insurrance company if I decide to talk to them about insuring the crossing...
The funny part -- as soon as we crossed the ' milestone' -- the wind started to change in all possible direction, strength, etc. And it is quite possible that I would need to make another 1000 miles to gain the last 92.5 nm to Prickly Bay, Grenada... ;-)
Everything is fine on board, and I'm trying to play each wind shift to steer the boat closer the island. We would see the outcome in the morning. The grip files are OK in general... They provides some idea what to expect... But then too often there are a local challenges.. ;-)
That is all for now.
Good night,
Michael.
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SOG ~7kts
COG ~ 42-50 // depends on the current
WIND ~102-105 M, ~15 knts.
Range to Grenada : 91.8 nm