Category Archives: Passage

Time spent between destinations travelling on the water.

Gran Canaria to Guadeloupe Days 13 – 14

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Day 13 — 0900 UTC location: 19°01.60’N by 041°50.40’W and 1621 nm from Las Palmas. Yesterday’s average speed was 5.4 knots at 1500 RPM.

Conditions:
The seas have been slightly better today, but only slightly. They are still no fun. We are still getting 6 8 foot swells from two directions that clash with one another. The waves are still 2 3 feet. Both the swells and the waves are sharp, so these aren’t gentle rolls we are experiencing. Where it is getting better is the degree of roll. We are still experiencing the constant 5 10 degree roll both directions, but now we are seeing more 5’s and less 10’s, which really does help. We’re still getting the Continue reading →

Gran Canaria to Guadeloupe Days 11 – 12

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Day 11 – 0800 UTC location: 19°42.90’N by 037°04.20’W and 1348 nm from Las Palmas. Yesterday’s average speed was 5.4 knots. The paravanes do slow us down.

Conditions:
The wind was much more consistent today. It ranged from 10 20 knots, usually staying around 15ish. It came from the starboard aft the whole day. The swells are about 6 8 feet, the waves 2 3 feet, and sadly, they are still confused. We are hoping that Continue reading →

Gran Canaria to Guadeloupe Days 9 – 10

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Day 9 – 0800 UTC location: 20°22.00N by 32°30.00W and 1087 nm from Las Palmas. Yesterday’s average speed was 5.8 knots at 1500 RPM.

Conditions:
Wind and seas continued to pick up through the night and by morning wind was at 12 16 knots apparent from the pot aft, swells were 5 7 feet and wind waves were 1 2 feet. Unfortunately, the swells were coming from one direction, and the waves from another, so the seas were a bit confused. It was not terrible, but it is certainly no fun, either. And it just got Continue reading →

Gran Canaria to Guadeloupe Days 5 – 6

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Day 5 0800 UTC location: 23°01.90’N by 023°07.30’Wand 531 nm from Las Palmas. Yesterday our average speed was 5.9 knots at 1600 RPM.

Conditions:
The seas continued to pick up all night and by morning were back to being on the verge of “uncomfortable”. The forecast said that seas the would calm down in evening, a hope we clung to all day. But instead of getting better, it only got worse. By evening, we had sharp swells at 7 8 feet from two directions — behind us and from the port side. It doesn’t feel good when the swells collide. The wind was 10 20 knots apparent from the port aft, and wind waves were 2 3 feet. It officially hit the “uncomfortable” mark, and we were rocking and rolling. It is difficult to Continue reading →