Synijinsky's Web Diary - A Challenging Night

A Challenging Night

Synijinsky

Sat 8 Oct 2022 07:14

29:28.7N 012:55.0W

Hand steering all night, 2 hours on 4 hours off. George has gone off on a mini break (whale watching we think).

Wind North 25-35 kts (stronger than forecast) seas 3-4m but calmed down a little after rounding Conception Bank (underwater mountain)

44nm to go ETA 1600.

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