Day 10 - A "stone's throw away" from the entrance of the Chesapeake
Blue Note
Marco M.
Wed 18 May 2016 16:06
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Date: Wednesday 18/05/16 - Time: 12:00 EDT Position 36:48.973N 75:53.523W COG 339T SOG 6.3kt, Wind 52T 15.6 kt, Temperatures: Air 15 C, Sea 10.0 C Barometer: 1012 hPa Last 24h Sailed Distance: 127 NM Last 24h Decrease Distance on rhumb line: 109 NM Sailed distance since departure: 1365.28 NM Time since departure: 10d 1h 50m Average Speed since departure: 5.48 kt Average VMG since departure: 5.18 kt Average VMG speed last 24h: 4.56 kt Intention: sail to Chesapeake. Distance to End on rhumb line: 14 NM ETA (Entrance Chesapeake): Wednesday May 18, 2016 @ 08:00 Detailed Track (50 is the maximum number of point, i.e. once the last point reaches 50, the last point always is 50): Click on "SPOT" at following link. https://sites.google.com/site/sailingvesselbluenote/blog After a night with light winds. This morning winds pick up to reach a 25 kts sustained from the North-East. After few tacks to stay clear of the beach of False Cape, we are finally on a close hauled course for the Entrance of the Chesapeake. It looks like many other sailboat are converging to the Chesapeake (probably all from the Caribbean). Since this morning we saw 3 of them on AIS.  Close hauled towards the Chesapeake entrance with 20-25 kts of winds.  May 18, Tacks to keep distance from the beach off "False Cape". Bear-off sections are for furling jib.  Jon in full foul-weather gear. What a change from the sun and warm waters of the Caribbean. Water temperature when we left was 27 C, here just 10 C. Air temperature was 30 C now 15 C. Why did we come back ? |