REMARKS: We tacked and tacked and guess what else…tacked some more! The conditions were right so rather than head straight from point A to point B we had an epic sail handling day. Right up until Mother Nature decided we’d had enough good weather for one day and dumped a pile of rain on us. All in all, a great boating day as we also had each watch take a turn rowing Monomoy. Takes a lot of coordination which means a team of people have to work in sync together in order to get anywhere. Sounds a lot like tacking a square rigged tall ship to me!
SHIP’S WORK: Bunt fair lead lizards; rowed Monomoy; tacking drills.
BOUND FROM: Portland, ME, USA
TOWARDS: Lunenburg, NS, Canada
TIME ZONE: ZD + 4
NOON POSITION: 44°11.3’N /068°47.7’W
DAYS RUN: 18 nm
PASSAGE DISTANCE RUN: 1783 nm
DISTANCE REMAINING: 412 nm
COURSE AND SPEED: PMO, CMGT VAR, 3.1 kts
WIND: South southwest, 4
WEATHER: Barometer 1016, 6/8 st, warm
SWELL HEIGHT & DIRECTION: n/a
SAILS SET: All sails.