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Great
American II - 2003 |
Sea
Witch - 1849 |
| Day
# |
| Date |
latitude
longitude |
course@
boatspeed |
daily
nm |
baro-
meter |
air °F
sea °F |
wind
dir@
windspeed |
sea
height |
|
| Date |
latitude
longitude |
course |
daily
nm |
| Capt.
Waterman's Logbook at Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts, USA |
|
| 43
Top
|
Apr 27
clear |
24°49'S
008°24'E |
325°T@
9.0 kts |
232
nm |
1016
mb |
air 76°
sea 70°F |
ExS@
12 knots |
seas
4'-6' |
| Dilemma
in gybes: starboard closer to course, but sinks us to the south into the high and lighter
winds. Gybed north on starboard, further from course, more wind forecast. Tried starboard
for evening watch, then gybed back to port at midnight. Smoother seas on port gybe, going
down them not across. – Rich Wilson |
|
| Feb 20 |
26°48'S
003°36'E |
NW |
158
nm |
| First
part, nearly calm. Took a breeze in the evening. Ends with light breezes from the SSE,
clear. – Capt. Waterman |
|
| 44
Top
|
Apr 28
pt. cloudy |
23°15'S
005°15'E |
291°T@
9.6 kts |
202
nm |
1017
mb |
air 76°
sea 71°F |
SExS@
14 knots |
seas
4'-6' |
| Flew
the spinnaker for much of yesterday afternoon, then the reacher into the night. Course
nearly dead downwind. Sailing this morning within 10 degrees of long-range waypoint at
good speed. Mid-morning shift and lightness brings anxiety. – Rich Wilson |
|
| Feb 21 |
25°18'S
001°53'E |
NW |
128
nm |
| Very
light airs through the day from SW. – Capt. Waterman |
|
| 45
Top
|
Apr 29
pt. cloudy |
21°41'S
001°20'E |
286°T@
10..2 kts |
244
nm |
1016
mb |
air 78°
sea 73°F |
SE@
14 knots |
seas
4'-6' |
| Sailed
through the night with spinnaker, changed to reacher, then back to spinnaker at midnight.
Making good speed, but course is dead downwind, so not making our course with our speed.
Sailing solo on deck, and handsteering through the night with total full sail up
definitely gets your attention. – Rich Wilson |
|
| Feb 22 |
23°23'S
000°28'W |
NW |
174
nm |
| Very
light airs through the day from SW. – Capt. Waterman |
|
| 46
Top
|
Apr 30
pt. sunny |
18°50'S
001°18'W |
322°T@
10.0 kts |
240
nm |
1019
mb |
air 88°
sea 74°F |
ExS@
14 knots |
seas
4'-6' |
| Sailed
through the night with spinnaker again. Have handsteered last 48 hours. Adjusted spinnaker
tack to help use autopilot. Crossed Prime Meridian, at 0-degrees longitude in early
evening; we are now in Western Hemisphere. Working to get to stronger breezes further
north. Sea Witch is a rocket ship! – Rich Wilson |
|
| Feb 23 |
20°56'S
002°50'W |
NW |
198
nm |
| Pleasant
breezes from SSE, clear. Ends the same. – Capt. Waterman |
|
| 47
Top
|
May 1
pt. cloudy |
17°15'S
004°23'W |
323°T@
5.2 kts |
222
nm |
1019
mb |
air 87°
sea 74°F |
ExS@
6 knots |
seas
2'–4' |
| More
handsteering with spinnaker. Gybed at sunset to port, closer to course. At sunrise, gybed
back to starboard, nearly on course, but making only 5 knots. Caught again in high. 5-7
knots of wind. St. Helena ahead 100 miles. – Rich Wilson |
|
| Feb 24 |
18°43'S
004°58'W |
NW |
183
nm |
| Light
breezes all through the day from SSE, passing clouds. Wind light at noon. –
Capt. Waterman |
|
| 48
Top
|
May 2
pt. cloudy |
14°25'S
006°32'W |
270°T@
9.9 kts |
223
nm |
1016
mb |
air 85°
sea 77°F |
ExS@
14 knots |
seas
3'–6' |
| Light
winds at start of day, made very little progress. Headed north for stronger winds that
came in through the evening. Passed Saint Helena Island 20 miles off after midnight. Gybed
mid-morning making due true west. First time the seas, winds, clouds truly look like the
trade winds. – Rich Wilson |
|
| Feb 25 |
17°20'S
007°40'W |
NW |
175
nm |
| First
part light breezes and flying rain squalls. Freshened on after daylight to a nice fresh
breeze, cloudy. Kept off more to the westward. Wind SE, current to WSW.
– Capt. Waterman |
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