Day 36 - June 27, 2019 - Click image for larger view
Super zoomed on this sailboat "Geule De Bois 227364950 mmsi" pointed in the opposite direction. I assumed she was drifting aimlessly at the time.
From Predictwind satellite post:
38 59.143n 37 15.984w
Controlled Drifting in the North Atlantic!
Thu Jun 27 2019 14:15:00 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time)
1550 miles out of Bermuda the wind is all but gone. The best I can do is 2 knots south on a 4 knot breeze coming from exactly where I want to go, East. Motored a few times today for 4hrs total, conserving fuel for the final few hundred miles into Horta if needed.
Azores High slowly moves around. Expecting (wishful thinking) it will shift away from here late tomorrow. It's almost a full time job just keeping the boat pointed in one direction when inching along! There is plenty to do. Attaching bungee cords to the sail sheets helps keep the snatching hardware from wearing excessively, also easier on the nerves. If you have ever been on a sailboat with full sails up in no wind with swells rolling by you know what I'm referring to. Snatching puts more wear on hardware than most anything else. The new alternator is still not working. 4 hrs rewiring it today did not help. Tomorrow is another day, ideas rolling.
It's eerie out here, feels like playing a part in a movie. Saw a large pod of dolphins jumping out of the water and doing flips this morning. Unusual, they normally come in close and play at the bow but these stayed a few hundred feet out. Portuguese Man o War drift by with their violet & blue sails up. Strange creatures with their air filled sail, water ballast and dangerous tentacles seen every hundred feet or so since nearing Bermuda.
Monitor self steering vane with its large sail up can barely hold a course.
This shipping crate is one of the very few debris I've noticed on the big blue.
This is what happens to a high power alternator when salt water gets inside. The replacement is not working. I took it apart again, still nothing. Maybe tomorrow!
back
paulsedwick.com main page
copyright 2025 paul sedwick