Synijinsky's Web Diary - Day 13 - Riding Turns, squalls and un-leashed whisker poles.

Day 13 - Riding Turns, squalls and un-leashed whisker poles.

Synijinsky

Tue 29 Nov 2022 16:39

13:30.5N 059:16.0W

Average speed today: 7.0Kts Trip: 2,065Inm Wind: ENE 4/5 Dist to go: 27nm

A very busy night for the crew with the wind varying from 11 knots to 41 knots! Four or five squalls came through gusting the wind to force 9. Hector and Stuart got a good soaking.

News Flash: We have just seen land! Barbados. Yeah.

On one occasion we needed to reef but a riding turn on the Yankee sheet winch locked the sheet bar tight until a rolling hitch and a line to another winch took the pressure off and we could furl the sail. Later the staysail whisker pole detached itself from the mast and Iain had to go forward to stow it before we lost the pole over the side.

A decision has been made and we are heading for Port St Charles, Barbados. We hope to be there at about 5pm local time. 9pm back home. However, the St Charles harbor master is becoming less and less hospitable as he fears a 'big swell' coming through. It may be that we continue on to Bequia - we shall see.

I have no idea what is for dinner.

Blog Entries

2022

Dec 2022

Sat 10 Dec 15:35
- Day 99 St George's, Grenada
Thu 8 Dec 19:53
- Behind Sandy Island, Carriacou
- Behind Sandy Island, Carriacou
Wed 7 Dec 21:17
- Union Islamd
Tue 6 Dec 18:53
Mon 5 Dec 15:02
- Horseshoe Reef, Tobago Cays
Sun 4 Dec 14:24
- Canouan
- Canouan
Sat 3 Dec 16:20
- Friday Evening - Basil's Bar, Britannia Bay, Mustique
Fri 2 Dec 16:58
- Friendship Bay, Bequia Lunch Stop

Nov 2022

Wed 30 Nov 12:43
- We made it!! Port Elizabeth, Bequia
Tue 29 Nov 20:23
- Bequia it is.
- Day 13 - Riding Turns, squalls and un-leashed whisker poles.
Mon 28 Nov 19:20
- Day 12 - The Boom of Canon Fire
Sun 27 Nov 20:06
- Day 11 - Sunday - A day of rest, but too slow.
- Day 11 - Sunday - A day of rest, but too slow.
Sat 26 Nov 20:09
- Day 10 - Saturday 26th November 2022 - Meatballs for Dinner
Fri 25 Nov 18:23
- Day 9 The Big Gybe
Thu 24 Nov 20:18
- Day 8 Happy Thanksgiving!
- Day 8 Thursday Morning and the sun is shining in mid-Atlantic
Wed 23 Nov 17:50
- Day 7 Wednesday We're doomed - George goes on strike...again!
Tue 22 Nov 17:40
- Day 6 - Tuesday 22nd November 2022 Chili for Dinner
Mon 21 Nov 18:06
- Day 5 Roller Coaster
Sun 20 Nov 17:53
- Day 4 Surprise Chicken Curry
Sat 19 Nov 15:41
- Day 3
Fri 18 Nov 16:02
- Day 2 Under 2000 miles to go.
Thu 17 Nov 17:23
- Day 1 Transatlantic Cabo Verde to the Caribbean
- Day 5. 130 Miles to Cape Verde
Tue 15 Nov 11:30
- Day 6. Arrival in Mindelo
Sun 13 Nov 15:53
- Day 4. Sailing south west 150nm off the coast of Mauritania
Sat 12 Nov 15:05
- Day 3. Becalmed in the Atlantic
Fri 11 Nov 15:20
- Day 2. Off Coast of Western Sahara
Thu 10 Nov 16:12
- Day 1. Las Palmas to Cape Verde
Wed 9 Nov 08:30
- Las Palmas
Tue 8 Nov 15:50
- Testing, testing...
Mon 7 Nov 13:24
- Puerto Calero

Oct 2022

Sun 9 Oct 09:43
- Arrival in Puerto Calero
- It was Five O’clock in Puerto Calero
Sat 8 Oct 13:08
- Land Ho!
- A Challenging Night
Fri 7 Oct 17:42
- Friday Eveninf - Cracking Sailing Day
- Friday Morning - South of Madeira
Thu 6 Oct 18:11
Wed 5 Oct 20:20
- All well, trouble with signal
- Departed Lagos for Puerto de Arrecife
Tue 4 Oct 19:33
- New Alternator and Regulator Fitted
Sun 2 Oct 20:26
- Cape St Vincent was challenging
- Sines to Lagos
Sat 1 Oct 15:47
- Sines
- On passage Cascais to Sines

Sep 2022

Fri 30 Sep 20:26
- The Gremlins may have left the boat.
Thu 29 Sep 20:16
- Cascais, we finally moved!
- Arrived Cascais
Wed 28 Sep 23:18
- Cabo Cavoeiro
- Under Way
Tue 27 Sep 21:48
- Alternator fitted…
Mon 26 Sep 20:35
- Alternator -1 / Tender care
Sun 25 Sep 22:02
- Feud between generator and charger not resolved.
Sat 24 Sep 18:08
- Inventory of alternators - Still minus one.
Fri 23 Sep 21:07
- Inventory of alternators - minus one.
Thu 22 Sep 22:04
- Burnt out alternator
Wed 21 Sep 20:55
- Issues
- Another Challenging Day
- Baiona to Porto
Tue 20 Sep 18:10
- Maintenance and anchor tests
Mon 19 Sep 12:27
- Arrival in Baiona
- Sanxenxo to Baiona
Sun 18 Sep 13:37
- Arrived Sanxenxo
- Passage to Porto Novo - more photos
- On passage to Porto Novo
Sat 17 Sep 17:23
- Ria Muros
- 12. Photos from Yesterday
Fri 16 Sep 17:47
- 11. Arrival in Muxia
- 10. Conflict
Thu 15 Sep 16:59
- 9. Camarinas
- George is no Wally
Wed 14 Sep 17:28
- Meet the Crew
- The Morning After
- 13th September 20:00
- 14th September 03:00
Tue 13 Sep 18:35
- Starting the First Night Sail
- Departure from Guernsey
- A To Do List
- Guernsey
Mon 12 Sep 19:52
- Test Sail to Portland
Thu 8 Sep 20:38
- Introduction

Day 13 - Riding Turns, squalls and un-leashed whisker poles.

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