Becalmed, Video
April 25, 2019
Day 202
Noon Position: 0 14S 30 22W
Course(t)/Speed(kts): WxN 3
Wind(t/tws): N 3 – 4
Sea(t/ft): Rollers coming in from all around
Sky: Squalls, huge, with rain but not much wind
10ths Cloud Cover: 10
Bar(mb): 1015
Cabin Temp(f): 84
Water Temp(f): 87 (odd inversion re above)
Relative Humidity(%): 73
Sail: Big genoa and main. Spinnaker up for a time before noon.
Noon-to-Noon Miles Made Good (nm): 39
Miles since departure: 27,401
Avg. Miles/Day: 136
Leg North Miles: 4,451
Leg North Days: 36
Avg. Miles/Day: 124
Becalmed overnight. And, as I type it’s two hours after dark and sails are down again. Wind showed promise during the day, but that was all it showed. We’ve made good fourteen miles in the last eight hours.
You are likely looking at the tracker and wondering–and yes, my forecast also shows a lovely wind from NNE at 10 – 15 in this sector. Sorry folks, that wind does not exist here. In fact, no wind of greater than 3 knots has existed here in memory.
I could go on…
But instead, a video from this morning with some images of what it is to be becalmed…
John Martin and I are sitting at the airport in Washington DC watching your video. It made our day. Go Randall! Mike
It might be a good time to fire up the iron Jenny and blow through the calms …
So which is worse 40 knts or the doldrums?
Time to hoist the code zero! Beautiful video and thanks so much for sharing more video. Strange about the stationary squalls Normally those black walls are a welcome site, and simultaneous full panic. Celebrate the coming squall and then fire drill pull down the 1/2 ounce before it gets shredded 🙂
Thanks, really enjoy you sharing this journey with us
Beautiful video. Thanks for letting us see what it is like .