Current & Bangs 37.08.000N 70.41.000W
Suzie Too - Western Caribbean
David & Suzanne Chappell
Tue 26 Apr 2011 19:19
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Although
it seems we had entered the Gulf Stream at 35.30N the current was only 2kts, but
as we went further north the current got stronger at one point 5,25kts and then
after building gradually we were suddenly out. Not sure if this data is much
help, but at least you can see what we got on the 70.00W longitude where it
would appear to have been about 70M wide. We kept our COG about 30Â east of the rum line, around 010M, to minimise
the foul tide and tried to have no more than 1,5kts against us, but it was a
rolly night, one of the worst we had, because we lost the main which stabilises
the boat well in a beam sea, as well as giving us power and drive.
Latitude Heading
SOG Current Curr
Dir
37Â04N 329 Â Mg 6.24
Kn 1.25 Kn 78 Â Mg
37Â01N 315 Â Mg 6.82
Kn 1.12 Kn 132 Â Mg
36Â58N 311 Â Mg 5.15
Kn 1.60 Kn 73 Â Mg
36Â55N 317 Â Mg 5.21
Kn 1.79 Kn 80 Â Mg
36Â51N
314 Â Mg 6.01 Kn 4.80 Kn
87 Â Mg
36Â47N
319 Â Mg 5.66 Kn 4.24 Kn
90 Â Mg
36Â42N
320 Â Mg 6.55 Kn 5.25 Kn
92 Â Mg
36Â37N
323 Â Mg 6.49 Kn 4.59 Kn
97 Â Mg
36Â31N
324 Â Mg 7.21 Kn 4.87 Kn
94 Â Mg
36Â26N
322 Â Mg 7.29 Kn 3.59 Kn
80 Â Mg
36Â20N
329 Â Mg 6.98 Kn 3.06 Kn
88 Â Mg
36Â14N
325 Â Mg 5.42 Kn 3.16 Kn
76 Â Mg
36Â10N
325 Â Mg 7.52 Kn 2.52 Kn
62 Â Mg
36Â03N
330 Â Mg 6.86 Kn 2.24 Kn
76 Â Mg
35Â57N
332 Â Mg 6.69 Kn 2.05 Kn
61 Â Mg
35Â51N
334 Â Mg 6.57 Kn 1.84 Kn
40 Â Mg
35Â44N
328 Â Mg 7.78 Kn 2.21 Kn
60 Â Mg
35Â37N
324 Â Mg 8.20 Kn 2.03 Kn
37 Â Mg
35Â31N 314 Â Mg 7.93
Kn 1.44 Kn 131 Â Mg
In the middle of the night, as we were in the 5kt current the wind got up
an extra 5kts to around 22kts and Lisa was on watch. I went up to ask if she
wanted to put a reef in, but we had 2 reefs in the main and a full yankee, we
were doing about 7kts and the boat was not over pressed. As I left the cockpit
to check the nav on MaxSea there was a terrific bang, which can only have come
from the rigging. I leaped back into the cockpit and Lisa and I urgently furled
away the yankee to reduce the pressure on the rig.
Then we switched on the deck light to see what had gone wrong. Suzanne came
up on deck and we immediately noticed the main sail had dropped down and was all
neatly folded in its sail bag. The main halyard had gone, a 12mm spectra line
that we only just ran through in Bermuda before we left â a Â600 line !!
Anyway not much we could do on a dark night in a rolly sea, so on with just
the yankee, speed reduced and then see what we can do later. The cold light of
morning showed a broken shackle on the head car, so at least itâs not as
expensive. Of course the line has come out of the mast, so I have to climb the
mast and mouse it back in again, no money involved just pain and sheer delight
at the top of an 80ft mast in a rolly sea, maybe I can use the topping
lift.
Now where did I put the telephone number of that nice golf club ?
250M to NYC
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