Rainmaker - Azores to Poole

Azores to Poole

Rainmaker

Donald Macdonald

Thu 27 May 2021 17:43

Position 38.02.4N 26.06.3W

Left the marina at 1145 having cleared customs and immigration. Hoisted sails whilst still in the port and went west. Having cleared the Island are now beating on a course around 315 degrees, direct route back to Bar Buoy 045. Not expecting the wind to last past 2100 then will have the very light stuff for up to 48 hours. 1275nm to go.

It is feeling a little cooler today post the rain yesterday, expecting it to be a bit warmer tomorrow.

Autopilot is working in wind mode, not as good as it once was but doing fine presently and hope it continues to do so for the whole way back.

Dinner this evening will be Big Soup, beef and vegetables with fresh baguette (hope they are still OK) then peach slices.

Blog Entries

2021

Jun 2021

Sun 6 Jun 18:46
- Back in Poole
Sat 5 Jun 16:05
- Azores to Poole - Day 10
Fri 4 Jun 16:00
- Azores to Poole - Day 9
Thu 3 Jun 16:48
- Azores to Poole - Day 8
Wed 2 Jun 15:29
- Azores to Poole - Day 7
Tue 1 Jun 15:21
- Azores to Poole - Day 6

May 2021

Mon 31 May 17:12
- Azores to Poole - Day 5
Sun 30 May 15:23
- Azores to Poole - Day 4
Sat 29 May 15:36
- Azores to Poole - Day 3
Fri 28 May 16:25
- Azores to Poole - Day 2
Thu 27 May 17:43
- Azores to Poole
Wed 26 May 17:10
- San Miguel - Ponta Delgada Day 7
Tue 25 May 16:44
- San Miguel - Ponta Delgada Day 6
Mon 24 May 16:32
- San Miguel - Ponta Delgada Day 5
Sun 23 May 15:52
- San Miguel - Ponta Delgada Day 3 & 4
Fri 21 May 15:48
- San Miguel - Ponta Delgada Day 2
Thu 20 May 16:10
- Arrived San Miguel - Ponta Delgada
Wed 19 May 19:16
- Back to the UK - Atlantic Ocean - Day 18
Tue 18 May 19:05
- Back to the UK - Atlantic Ocean - Day 17
Mon 17 May 20:26
- Back to the UK - Atlantic Ocean - Day 16
Sun 16 May 20:06
- Back to the UK - Atlantic Ocean - Day 15
Sat 15 May 19:28
- Back to the UK - Atlantic Ocean - Day 14
Fri 14 May 19:23
- Back to the UK - Atlantic Ocean - Day 13
Thu 13 May 19:43
- Back to the UK - Atlantic Ocean - Day 11
Wed 12 May 19:35
- Back to the UK - Atlantic Ocean - Day 11
Tue 11 May 19:50
- Back to the UK - Atlantic Ocean - Day 10
Mon 10 May 19:10
- Back to the UK - Atlantic Ocean - Day 9
Sun 9 May 20:16
- Back to the UK - Atlantic Ocean - Day 8
Sat 8 May 20:17
- Back to the UK - Atlantic Ocean - Day 7
Fri 7 May 19:26
- Back to the UK - Atlantic Ocean - Day 6
Thu 6 May 17:02
- Back to the UK - Atlantic Ocean - Day 5
Wed 5 May 20:22
- Back to the UK - Atlantic Ocean - Day 4
Tue 4 May 19:21
- Back to the UK - Atlantic Ocean - Day 3
Mon 3 May 17:52
- Back to the UK - Atlantic Ocean - Day 2
Sun 2 May 20:20
- Back to the UK - Atlantic Ocean - Day 1
Sat 1 May 18:53
- Antigua - st John's Customs/Immigration Quay
- Antigua - Stop Press

Apr 2021

Fri 30 Apr 17:28
- Antigua - Jolly Harbour Marina - Day 6
Thu 29 Apr 18:15
- Antigua - Jolly Harbour Marina - Day 5
Wed 28 Apr 16:44
- Antigua - Jolly Harbour Marina - Day 4
Tue 27 Apr 23:31
- Antigua - Jolly Harbour Marina - Day 3
Mon 26 Apr 21:44
- Antigua - Jolly Harbour Marina - Day 2
Sun 25 Apr 20:11
- Antigua - Jolly Harbour Marina
Sat 24 Apr 21:53
- Antigua - Mosquito Cove
Fri 23 Apr 18:11
- Antigua - Mamora Bay
Thu 22 Apr 19:24
- Antigua - English Harbour - Freeman Bay - Day 2
Wed 21 Apr 21:22
- Antigua - English Harbour - Freeman Bay
Tue 20 Apr 20:11
- Antigua - Green Island Day 2
Mon 19 Apr 18:32
- Antigua - Green Island
Sun 18 Apr 18:37
- Antigua - Parham nr. Jordan Pier
Sat 17 Apr 17:16
- Antigua - Dickenson Bay
Fri 16 Apr 18:00
- Antigua - Deep Bay Day 2
Thu 15 Apr 18:39
- Antigua - Deep Bay
Wed 14 Apr 18:07
- Antigua - Jolly Harbour Day 2
Tue 13 Apr 20:50
- Antigua - Jolly Harbour
Mon 12 Apr 22:49
- Antigua - Freeman Bay
Sun 11 Apr 21:16
- Bequia to Antigua Day 2
Sat 10 Apr 20:48
- Bequia to Antigua
Fri 9 Apr 19:28
- Bequia - Admiralty Bay - Day 13
Thu 8 Apr 18:12
- Bequia - Admiralty Bay - Day 12
Wed 7 Apr 19:04
- Bequia - Admiralty Bay - Day 11
Tue 6 Apr 18:00
- Bequia - Admiralty Bay - Day 10
Mon 5 Apr 19:45
- Bequia - Admiralty Bay - Day 9
Sun 4 Apr 18:43
- Bequia Regatta - Round Island
Sat 3 Apr 20:00
- Bequia - Admiralty Bay - Day 7
Fri 2 Apr 19:29
- Bequia - Admiralty Bay - Day 6
Thu 1 Apr 20:12
- Bequia - Admiralty Bay - Day 5

Mar 2021

Wed 31 Mar 23:07
- Bequia - Admiralty Bay - Day 4
Tue 30 Mar 19:07
- Bequia - Admiralty Bay - Day 3
Mon 29 Mar 18:14
- Bequia - Admiralty Bay - Day 2
Sun 28 Mar 19:11
- Bequia - Admiralty Bay
Sat 27 Mar 18:25
- Canouan - Grand Bay - 2nd Time - Day 4
Fri 26 Mar 18:36
- Canouan - Grand Bay - 2nd Time - Day 3
Thu 25 Mar 19:11
- Canouan - Grand Bay - 2nd Time - Day 2
Wed 24 Mar 17:43
- Canouan - Grand Bay - 2nd Time
Tue 23 Mar 19:09
- Tobago Cays - 2nd time - Day 3
Mon 22 Mar 19:18
- Tobago Cays - 2nd time - Day 2
Sun 21 Mar 18:25
- Tobago Cays - 2nd time
Sat 20 Mar 18:50
- Mayreau - Careenage (Salt Whistle Bay)
Fri 19 Mar 20:19
- Petit Saint Vincent (PSV) then Clifton Union Island
Thu 18 Mar 19:35
- Union Island - Frigate Island Anchorage - 2nd Time around - Day 2
Wed 17 Mar 19:45
- Union Island - Frigate Island Anchorage - 2nd Time around
Tue 16 Mar 19:06
- Bequia - Admiralty Bay - Day 4
Mon 15 Mar 18:02
- Bequia - Admiralty Bay - Day 3
Sun 14 Mar 18:46
- Bequia - Admiralty Bay - Day 2
Sat 13 Mar 20:12
- Bequia - Admiralty Bay
Fri 12 Mar 17:40
- Mustique - Britannia Bay - Day 3
Thu 11 Mar 19:42
- Mustique - Britannia Bay - Day 2
Wed 10 Mar 19:19
- Mustique - Britania Bay
Tue 9 Mar 20:33
- Canouan - Grand Bay - Day 3
Mon 8 Mar 19:24
- Canouan - Grand Bay - Day 2
Sun 7 Mar 18:15
- Canouan - Grand Bay
Sat 6 Mar 18:15
- Mayreau - Saline Bay - Day 2
Fri 5 Mar 18:29
- Mayreau - Saline Bay
- Tobago Cays - Day 3
Wed 3 Mar 18:44
- Tobago Cays - Day 2
Tue 2 Mar 18:15
- Tobago Cays
Mon 1 Mar 18:32
- Union Island - Chatham Bay - Day 2

Feb 2021

Sun 28 Feb 19:28
- Union Island - Chatham Bay
Sat 27 Feb 21:05
- Union Island - Frigate Island Anchorage Day 2
Fri 26 Feb 18:59
- Union Island - Frigate Island Anchorage
Thu 25 Feb 20:18
- Union Island - Clifton Harbour
Wed 24 Feb 19:01
- St Vincent & Grenadines - Young Island Cut Quarantine Area - Day 6
Tue 23 Feb 17:53
- St Vincent & Grenadines - Young Island Cut Quarantine Area - Day 5
Mon 22 Feb 18:32
- St Vincent & Grenadines - Young Island Cut Quarantine Area - Day 4
Sun 21 Feb 18:46
- St Vincent & Grenadines - Young Island Cut Quarantine Area - Day 3
Sat 20 Feb 18:23
- St Vincent & Grenadines - Young Island Cut Quarantine Area - Day 2
Fri 19 Feb 20:59
- St Vincent & Grenadines - Young Island Cut Quarantine Area
Thu 18 Feb 22:47
- Carriacou Anchorage
Wed 17 Feb 19:26
- Saint George - Port Louis Marina Day 3
Tue 16 Feb 20:35
- Saint George - Port Louis Marina Day 2
Mon 15 Feb 19:19
- Saint George - Port Louis Marina
Sun 14 Feb 23:19
- Carriacou - Tyrell Bay Day 2
Sat 13 Feb 22:58
- Carriacou - Tyrell Bay
Fri 12 Feb 17:05
- Grenada - Clarke's Court Marina Day 18
Thu 11 Feb 20:02
- Grenada - Clarke's Court Marina Day 17
Wed 10 Feb 22:28
- Grenada - Clarke's Court Marina Day 16
Tue 9 Feb 20:57
- Grenada - Clarke's Court Marina Day 15
Mon 8 Feb 19:02
- Grenada - Clarke's Court Marina Day 14
Sun 7 Feb 21:23
- Grenada - Clarke's Court Marina Day 13
Sat 6 Feb 18:30
- Grenada - Clarke's Court Marina Day 12
Fri 5 Feb 20:17
- Grenada - Clarke's Court Marina Day 11
Thu 4 Feb 19:39
- Grenada - Clarke's Court Marina Day 10
Wed 3 Feb 19:18
- Grenada - Clarke's Court Marina Day 9
Tue 2 Feb 19:58
- Grenada - Clarke's Court Marina Day 8
Mon 1 Feb 20:19
- Grenada - Clarke's Court Marina Day 7

Jan 2021

Sun 31 Jan 20:03
- Grenada - Clarke's Court Marina Day 6
Sat 30 Jan 20:19
- Grenada - Clarke's Court Marina Day 5
Fri 29 Jan 20:32
- Grenada - Clarke's Court Marina Day 4
Thu 28 Jan 17:05
- Grenada - Clarke's Court Marina Day 3
Wed 27 Jan 22:01
- Grenada - Clarke's Court Marina Day 2
Tue 26 Jan 19:16
- Grenada - Clarke's Court Marina
Mon 25 Jan 18:44
- Grenada - Prickly Bay Day 3
- Grenada - Prickly Bay Day 2
Sat 23 Jan 19:12
- Grenada - Prickly Bay
Fri 22 Jan 19:25
- Grenada - Port Louis Marina Day 3
Thu 21 Jan 20:50
- Grenada - Port Louis Marina Day 2
Wed 20 Jan 20:16
- Grenada - Port Louis Marina
Tue 19 Jan 20:44
- Grenada - Quarantine Day 6 Martin's Bay
Mon 18 Jan 19:59
- Grenada - Quarantine Day 5 Martin's Bay
Sun 17 Jan 18:42
- Grenada - Quarantine Day 4 Martin's Bay
Sat 16 Jan 21:31
- Grenada - Quarantine Day 3 Martin's Bay
Fri 15 Jan 20:22
- Grenada - Quarantine Day 2 Martin's Bay
Thu 14 Jan 19:19
- Grenada - Quarantine Day 1 Martin's Bay
Wed 13 Jan 18:05
- Saint Lucia to Grenada
Tue 12 Jan 20:03
- Back in Rodney Bay - Day 13
Mon 11 Jan 20:02
- Back in Rodney Bay - Day 12
Sun 10 Jan 23:13
- Back in Rodney Bay - Day 11 (Late)
Sat 9 Jan 20:58
- Back in Rodney Bay - Day 10
Fri 8 Jan 20:50
- Back in Rodney Bay - Day 9
Thu 7 Jan 18:11
- Back in Rodney Bay - Day 8
Wed 6 Jan 20:31
- Back in Rodney Bay - Day 7
Tue 5 Jan 21:09
- Back in Rodney Bay - Day 6
Mon 4 Jan 21:16
- Back in Rodney Bay - Day 5
Sun 3 Jan 19:31
- Back in Rodney Bay - Day 4
Sat 2 Jan 20:31
- Back in Rodney Bay - Day 3
Fri 1 Jan 19:47
- Back in Rodney Bay - Day 2

2020

Dec 2020

Thu 31 Dec 19:36
- Back in Rodney Bay
Wed 30 Dec 18:09
- Soufriere Bay - Day 4
- Soufriere Bay - Day 4
Tue 29 Dec 20:07
- Soufriere Bay - Day 3
Mon 28 Dec 19:41
- Soufriere Bay - Day 2
Sun 27 Dec 20:13
- Soufriere Bay
Sat 26 Dec 19:53
- Marigot Bay -Day 6
Fri 25 Dec 18:58
- Marigot Bay - Day 5
Thu 24 Dec 20:13
- Marigot Bay - Day 4 - Christmas Eve
Wed 23 Dec 20:26
- Marigot Bay - Day 3
Tue 22 Dec 18:25
- Marigot Bay - Day 2
Mon 21 Dec 19:37
- Marigot Bay
Sun 20 Dec 18:14
- Rodney Bay - Day 9
Sat 19 Dec 18:38
- Rodney Bay - Day 8
Fri 18 Dec 20:46
- Rodney Bay - Day 7
Thu 17 Dec 17:44
- Rodney Bay Day 6
Wed 16 Dec 19:43
- Rodney Bay - Day 5
Tue 15 Dec 18:07
- Rodney Bay - Day 4
Mon 14 Dec 16:49
- Rodney Bay - Day 3
Sun 13 Dec 18:45
- Rodney Bay - Day 2
Sat 12 Dec 18:13
- Rodney Bay Saint Lucia
Fri 11 Dec 16:13
- Arrived St Lucia
Thu 10 Dec 15:32
- ARC - Day 18
Wed 9 Dec 16:42
- ARC - Day 17
Mon 7 Dec 15:27
- ARC - Day 15
Sun 6 Dec 16:04
- ARC - Day 14
Sat 5 Dec 16:42
- ARC - Day 13
Fri 4 Dec 16:24
- ARC - Day 12
Thu 3 Dec 16:03
- ARC - Day 11
Wed 2 Dec 15:07
- ARC - Day 10
Tue 1 Dec 15:08
- ARC - Day 9

Nov 2020

Mon 30 Nov 15:19
- ARC - Day 8
Sun 29 Nov 14:51
- ARC - Day 7
Sat 28 Nov 14:03
- ARC - Day 6
Fri 27 Nov 16:31
- ARC - Day 5
Thu 26 Nov 14:40
- ARC - Day 4
Wed 25 Nov 15:38
- ARC - Day 3
Tue 24 Nov 15:01
- ARC - Day 2
Mon 23 Nov 15:37
- Position Day 1
- ARC - Day 1
Sun 22 Nov 15:19
- Start of ARC
Sat 21 Nov 15:02
- Las Palmas - Skippers Briefing; last minute jobs
Fri 20 Nov 15:27
- Las Palmas - checked out with police
Thu 19 Nov 14:14
- Las Palmas - Still waiting & split beer can
Wed 18 Nov 15:28
- Las Palmas - COVID test lock down
Tue 17 Nov 21:45
- Las Palmas - Coax connector install
Mon 16 Nov 13:46
- Las Palmas - Yellow Brick pick up
Sun 15 Nov 15:30
- Las Palmas - Back-up autopilot calibrated
Sat 14 Nov 16:03
- Las Palmas - more sewing and fuel leak jungle fixes
Fri 13 Nov 17:37
- Las Palmas - Maintenance
Thu 12 Nov 16:33
- Las Palmas - Net Curtains & Maintenance
Wed 11 Nov 17:13
- Las Palmas - Safety Inspection day
- Las Palmas - Safety Inspection day
Tue 10 Nov 14:24
- Las Palmas - Boat move - more maintenance
Mon 9 Nov 16:21
- Las Palmas - In house Category 1 check and other small things
Sun 8 Nov 15:56
- Las Palmas - more maintenance
Sat 7 Nov 16:05
- Las Palmas - Partying and maintenance
Fri 6 Nov 16:24
- Las Palmas Arrival - Day 7
Thu 5 Nov 16:59
- ....... to Las Palmas - Day 6
Wed 4 Nov 15:30
- ...... to Las Palmas - Day 4
Tue 3 Nov 12:42
- ...... to Las Palmas - Day 3
Mon 2 Nov 17:28
- ...... to Las Palmas - Day 3
Sun 1 Nov 17:06
- .... to Las Palmas - Day 2
- Position 08.30 1st Nov

Oct 2020

Fri 30 Oct 15:57
- Going to be last night in Figueira da Foz
Thu 29 Oct 16:16
- Still in Figueira da Foz
Wed 28 Oct 18:18
- Still in Figueira da Foz
Sun 25 Oct 14:16
- Position Update
- Arrival Figueira da Foz
Sat 24 Oct 09:17
- Hop south to Portugal day 2
Fri 23 Oct 09:30
- Hop south into Portugal
Thu 22 Oct 13:36
- La Coruna Stop - Update
Tue 20 Oct 16:24
- La Coruna Stop - Day 2
Mon 19 Oct 13:41
- Pit Stop La Coruna
Sun 18 Oct 11:55
- Day 3 delivery
Sat 17 Oct 09:52
- Day 2 delivery
Fri 16 Oct 15:29
- Update - as we have GSM signal
- Day 1 - Delivery
Wed 14 Oct 16:45
- FW: Departure Planning

Azores to Poole

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Fri 28 May 16:25

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Tue 11 May 19:50

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Thu 6 May 17:02

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Tue 4 May 19:21

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Sun 2 May 20:20

Sat 1 May 18:53

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Thu 29 Apr 18:15

Wed 28 Apr 16:44

Tue 27 Apr 23:31

Mon 26 Apr 21:44

Sun 25 Apr 20:11

Sat 24 Apr 21:53

Fri 23 Apr 18:11

Thu 22 Apr 19:24

Wed 21 Apr 21:22

Tue 20 Apr 20:11

Mon 19 Apr 18:32

Sun 18 Apr 18:37

Sat 17 Apr 17:16

Fri 16 Apr 18:00

Thu 15 Apr 18:39

Wed 14 Apr 18:07

Tue 13 Apr 20:50

Mon 12 Apr 22:49

Sun 11 Apr 21:16

Sat 10 Apr 20:48

Fri 9 Apr 19:28

Thu 8 Apr 18:12

Wed 7 Apr 19:04

Tue 6 Apr 18:00

Mon 5 Apr 19:45

Sun 4 Apr 18:43

Sat 3 Apr 20:00

Fri 2 Apr 19:29

Thu 1 Apr 20:12

Wed 31 Mar 23:07

Tue 30 Mar 19:07

Mon 29 Mar 18:14

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Sat 27 Mar 18:25

Fri 26 Mar 18:36

Thu 25 Mar 19:11

Wed 24 Mar 17:43

Tue 23 Mar 19:09

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Sat 20 Mar 18:50