Motoring along in light winds, could sail (slowly) but want to get into Bermuda and secured before this low pressure to our west catches up with us. A very early season tropical circular system. Should fall apart soon, but should not exist at all…
Date: May 20, 2019
From: Jost Van Dyke, British Virgin Islands, West Indies
Towards: St George’s, Bermuda
Noon position: 29°-30′ North Latitude / 063°-34′ West Longitude
Course and speed: SWly at 7.8 knots, motoring along making good speed
Wind force and direction: fresh ESEly winds
Seas/swell: moderate seas from NW, NE but mostly SE of 1 metre or less
Barometer: 1020 and steady
Sky: mostly cloudy, some sky
Water temperature: 25.3C – 79F
Distance made good in 24 hours: 155 nautical miles
Distance to the next port: 176 nautical miles to the pilot station off St George’s