Danica I - Danica I Sailing Blog

Day 5 - Thursday, November 29, 2018
¢ Night watch report:
o Sailing M-3/Gen - wing on wing
o 11-16 knot wind E-NE
o Danica sailing 6 knots
o 2-3 m swells from NE
o Starry skies, slight overcast
o Two lights on port - S/V GAPETHO #131 and another boat without AIS
¢ 08:00 - 570 NM, Tanker on our starboard heading East
¢ 09:00 Turkish breakfast
¢ 10:00 Danica's trip 586 NM, can not see any boats on the horizon, 3m swells from E
¢ 12:00 - 602 NM/ CHUBBY BUNNY #134 on our port sailing west
¢ SSB radio net - plotted positions on the chart
¢ 15:00 two sailboats heading west on our stern/ no AIS/
¢ 18:00 Dinner- chicken breast, lentils, vegetables, rice
¢ 19:00 furled C0- sailing M-3/G - wing on wing
Day 6- Friday, November 30, 2018
¢ Night watch report
o Sailing M-3/Genoa-wing on wing
o 17-21 knots wind E-NE
o Danica sailing 7+ knots
o Distant vessels on horizon (4 lights)
o 7am furled genoa- turned towards St. Lucia
¢ 08:30 we have a fish on the hook/our first mahi-mahi
¢ Furled Code 0 to slow the boat down and help pulling the fish
¢ 09:30 we have two more mahi-mahi on the fishing rods. Don's got away, Glen and Mary pulled the second one - no problem- Turkish Yeni Raki worked like a charm
¢ 12:00
o Trip distance 783 NM
o Sailing Main-3 reef and Genoa (C0 is in a cockpit- a shackle broke and sent the sail flying by just as Don was completing his radio net and Glen has his 15 min nap after late breakfast - we have 4+m waves- this job will have to wait for another day)
o Sailing 6 knots without C0
¢ 18:00 Dinner: Catch of the day - Mahi-Mahi with vegetables, pasta and salad
¢ Sailing:
o M-3, Genoa - wing-on-wing
o 17-20 knots wind E-NE
o Danica sailing 8 knots
o No vessels on AIS or visible on the horizon
o 90% overcast/ 3-4m waves from NE