Day 23 - Tatt av vinden - 1800 UTC - Land in sight!

Position: 10:24.3 S 138:32.9 W COG: 280 SOG: 4.0 Current: 0.7 kn , 305 gr Sea temperature: 27.8 Waves: 0.5 - 1 m Wind: 2 ENE Sailed last 24 hours: 91 Distance to Fatu Hiva (Hanavave): 14 nm Weather: OK nice. Many showers last night, cleansed the boat for salt. Sailed with poled out genoa yesterday, only the genoa last night. ETA: 1200 Marquesas time. (21:30 UTC) Tried, but no contact with Alutia on SSB this morning. 0515 ship time (1415 UTC): Fatu Hiva on radar. Distance: 20 nm. 0550 ship time: Land in sight! 0620 ship time: sunrise. 0645 ship time wake up for the crew, to experience land in sight. 0700 (1600 UTC) New ship time: 0630 = Marquesas time (=UTC-0930) No more night watches for some days. Now the curtesy flag shall be hoisted. Everything is well on board. |