38:57.884N 007:48.175E
SV Eleonora
Michael A. Andronov
Sat 13 Jul 2019 17:47
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UTC 1721
The day here is coming to its conclussion.
So far -- no complains. Most of the
day -- we have been sailing, with a nice breeze, on a port
quarter.
We made a progress... I'm judging so based on the
fact that I'm viewing the land ahead. Wih binoculas it is even a bit
closer... But one thing for sure -- the Land. The estimation
suggest it may be Sardinia, its South West corner...
But only the final appoach will confirm -- there is
a lot of land around -- Africa, Italy, Sicilly, France... ;-) We
will see...
As always -- the land fall has been planned to
happen during the day, and it seems to happen -- as always -- in the middle of
the night... I know that the land corne should bend the wind, and create
some seas... That what the book says... The weather forecast from Arome
and Arpege -- are looking good! The local warning over VHF -- gives
something not good... But I neither understand
their English, no Italian, except the general terms
about the fact it is not good...
( I understood the previous warning
about resaque -- a 'wonderful' sea fenomena, when the Calas are
quickly loosing the water... This time -- about 1 meter, but
in Calas on Mallorca. It is good I've
understood Spanish warning... But today, I
would like more to understand Italian... )
In short -- a lot of reading about
potential place(s) to drop the anchor. Plans A,
B, and C have been worked out... We are presently still
sailing... and have about 30 nm ahead - to make the
final decision which plan to invoke...
In short --
Wind 332-337 T, about ~10 kts // for
now;
Seas: started to build up slowly, see
occasionally about ~1.8 meters, but mostly between 1-1.3
meters
SOG: 4.9-5.0 knts
COS : 088T
Talk to you soon,
M.
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