The Starboard Home Ship's Log 1999
This page contains brief daily statistics on Starboard Home's location and sailing conditions, presented in chronological order, beginning with Peg and Tom's departure from Bermuda.
BERMUDA TO THE AZORES
Ships Log Starboard Home Day -0-Date: 6/20/99 12:01:26 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Hi Everyone:
We cleared out of Bermuda at 1:50pm(16:50utc) local time yesterday, Saturday June 19th. In addition to Peg's Trip Updates we will try to send out a short and sweet daily report like this each day.
Position: 12:00 utc 6-20 32 54N 63 20W; Wind: None; Conditions: 2/8 Cumulus, 84F; Engine hours last 24hrs: 12.5Barometer: 1025, rising.
All on board well and getting 'sea legs'
Thanks
Tom and Peg
s/v Starboard Home
Ships Log Day 1Date: 6/21/99 10:01:11 AM Pacific Daylight Time
Position: 12:00utc 06-21-99 33 34N 61 43W; Distance Travelled: Noon to noon: 92nm; Wind 3kts W; Conditions: 2/8 Cumulus; Engine Hours: 20.5; Barometer: 1025+; Temp: 85F; Fish Caught: None, one hit.
All on board well, wishing for wind.
Ships Log Day 2Date: 6/22/99 7:01:14 AM Pacific Daylight Time
Position: 12:00utc Tuesday 06-22-99 34 09N 60 14W; Distance Traveled: Noon to noon: 84nm;Wind 8kts SW; Conditions: 1/8 Cumulus; Engine Hours: 13; Barometer: 1022 Temp: 84F; Fish Caught: None
Comment: More wind in the forecast.
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Ships Log Day 3Date: 6/23/99 7:00:46 AM Pacific Daylight Time
Position: 12:00utc Wednesday 06-23-99 34 35N 58 03W; Distance Traveled: Noon to noon: 130nm; Wind 15kts SW; Conditions: 1/8 Cumulus; Engine Hours: 3; Barometer: 1020-; Temp: 81F; Fish Caught: None
Comment: Now we're sailing!
New Home Page url:
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Ship's Log Day 4Date: 6/24/99 9:05:57 AM Pacific Daylight Time
Position: 12:00utc Thursday 06-24-99 33 52N 54 54W; Distance Traveled: Noon to noon: 160nm; Wind 15kts SW; Conditions: 1/8 Cumulus; Engine Hours: 2; Barometer: 1020; Temp: 83F; Fish Caught: None
Question: Does anyone know if we can catch fish at 7kts?
Ship's Log Day 5Date: 6/25/99 7:09:16 AM Pacific Daylight Time
Position: 12:00utc Friday 06-25-99; 33 37N 51 29W; Distance Traveled: Noon to noon: 176nm; Wind 18kts SW; Conditions: Severe Clear; Engine Hours: 1; Barometer: 1022; Temp: 84F; Fish Caught: 18" Bill fish - too small - threw back.
Comment: Good day! The wind just keeps blowing out of the South West at 15 to 20. The forecast is for more of the same. Some of you got short changed on some Trip Reports and Ship's Logs. You can catch up on them on our homepage at:
http://members.aol.com/crbright/starboard/home.htm
We will send out copies of the skipped reports to those of you onboard with WinLink. Sorry for the delay.
Ship's Log Day 6Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 13:00:33 -0400
Position: 12:00utc Saturday 06-26-99 33 56N 47 52W; Distance Traveled: Noon to noon: 178nm; Wind 20kts SW; Conditions: Severe Clear; Engine Hours: 2; Barometer: 1022; Temp: 84F; Fish Caught: None
Comment: Another good day! The wind just keeps blowing out of the South West at 18 to 22. The forecast is for more of the same. A low pressure trough east to west just to the north and the building Azores high to the south east keep us in a good wind gradient at 1022mb.
Ship's Log Day 7Date: 6/27/99 10:22:24 AM Pacific Daylight Time
Position: 12:00utc Sunday 06-27-99 34 03N 44 36W; Distance Traveled: Noon to noon: 164nm; Wind 20kts SW Conditions: High cirrus clouds to the NE; Engine Hours: 2; Barometer: 1023; Temp: 85F Fish Caught: None
Comment: Another good day! Still blowing out of the south west at 18to 22. We are staying south to avoid a cold front which may or may not get to us. We have about a dozen boats running along the 34 North Super Highway to the Azores.
Tom, Peg and Garry
Ship's Log Day 8Date: 6/28/99 12:02:47 PM Pacific Daylight Time
Position: 12:00utc Monday 06-28-99 34 33N 41 39W; Distance Traveled: Noon to noon: 150nm; Wind 10kts SW; Conditions: 1/8 Columblus; Engine Hours: 2; Barometer: 1022; Temp: 82F; Fish Caught: None
Comment: Both weather routers, Herb in Canada and Rafael in Spain gave the Ok to turn North East toward the Azores last night. Ran the drifter overnight and set the Spinnaker at dawn.
Tom, Peg and Garry
Ship's Log Day 9Date: 6/29/99 9:09:02 AM Pacific Daylight Time
Position: 12:00utc Tuesday 06-29-99 35 47N 38 41W; Distance Traveled: Noon to noon: 163nm; Wind 12kts SW;Conditions: 1/8 Columbus; Engine Hours: 2; Barometer: 1024+; Temp: 82F; Fish Caught: One, species unknown, size: meal for three.
Comment: Both weather routers, Herb and Rafael say the Bermuda - Azores high is establishing along 34 - 35 North so we are digging north. We ran the spinnaker the last 24 hrs and passed two boats in our 'mid-Atlantic radio net'.
Tom, Peg and Garry
Ship's Log Day 10Date: 6/30/99 10:03:26 AM Pacific Daylight Time
Position: 12:00utc Tuesday 06-29-99 36 31N 36 15W; Distance Traveled: Noon to noon: 124nm; Wind 14kts SW; Conditions: 2/8 Cumulus and Stratus; Engine Hours: 6; Barometer: 1025; Temp: 81F; Fish Caught: None
Comment: Not a big day but OK. Motored a few hours last night, the first for a week. The South West wind is up again this morning.
Tom, Peg and Garry
Ship's Log Day 11Date: 7/1/99 11:02:57 AM Pacific Daylight Time
Position: 12:00utc Thursday July 1 1999 37 56N 33 50W; Distance Traveled: Noon to noon: 143nm ; Wind 23kts W; Conditions: 8/8 with rain; Engine Hours: 3; Barometer: 1017-; Temp: 80F; Fish Caught: None
Comment: Trying for Ilha Das Flores, 140nm NE but may have a frontal passage with wind clocking to NE this PM. More will be revealed.
Tom, Peg and Garry
Ship's Log Day 12Date: 7/2/99 12:11:33 PM Pacific Daylight Time
Position: 12:00utc Friday July 2 1999 38 16N 31 29W; Distance Traveled: Noon to noon: 114nm ; Wind 7kts NE; Conditions: clear; Engine Hours: 4; Barometer: 1019; Temp: 75F; Fish Caught: None
Comment: After frontal passage and winds to NE decided to take the easy ride to Horta rather than beat/motor to Flores. ETA 12:00Z tomorrow.
Tom, Peg and Garry
Ship's Log Day 13Date: 7/4/99 2:03:45 AM Pacific Daylight Time
Position: 12:00utc Friday July 3 1999 38 32N 28 38W Horta Azores; Distance Traveled: Noon to noon: 135nm; Wind 4kts W; Conditions: clear; Engine Hours: 20; Barometer: 1020; Temp: 75F; Fish Caught: None
Comment: Garry sighted land at sunrise, we tied up at reception dock at 13:30z
Tom, Peg and Garry
THE AZORES TO SPAIN
Daily Ship's Log Day 1 - Azores to Spain
Date: 8/9/99 10:02:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Position: 12:00utc Monday August 9, 1999 39 08N 24 28W; Distance Traveled: Noon to noon: 120nm ; Wind 10kts North; Conditions: clear; Barometer: 1020+; Temp: 85F
Comment: Departed Ponta Delgada, Sao Miguel, Azores yesterday forenoon bound for Atlantic Spain and have been sailing North East to set up for an expected wind shift to the North East later in the week. We are both doing well but getting our 'sea legs'.
Peg and Tom
Ship's Log Day 2 - Azores to Spain
Date: 8/10/99 3:01:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Position: 12:00utc Tuesday, August 10, 1999 40 41N 23 04W; Distance Traveled: Noon to noon: 112nm; Wind 10kts South West; Conditions: clear; Barometer: 1022+; Temp: 86F
Comment: Light winds continue - the result of the 'Azores High'. We are looping to the north to be set up for the 'Portuguese Trades' (force 6&7 NE) which should be in place as we get further east.
Peg and Tom
Ship's Log Day 3 - Azores to Spain
Date: 8/11/99 11:02:08 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Position: 12:00utc Wednesday, August 11, 1999 42 26N 21 26W; Distance Traveled: Noon to noon: 128nm; Wind 12kts North West; Conditions: 8/8 cover w/mist; Barometer: 1024; Temp: 82F
Comment: Weak 'cold' front passed early in the am but did not produce much wind but the new direction allows us to sail now.
Ship's Log Day 4 - Azores to Spain
Date: 8/12/99 11:05:41 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Position: 12:00utc Thursday, August 12, 1999 43 05N 19 03W; Distance Traveled: Noon to noon: 126nm; Wind 15kts North West; Conditions: 4/8 cloud cover; Barometer: 1026; Temp: 78F
Comment: We now have made our 'Northing' and will run down this latitude. 440 Nautical miles to Ria de Arosa.
Ship's Log Day 5 - Azores to Spain
Date: 8/13/99 10:03:57 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Position: 12:00utc Friday August 13, 1999 43 00N 15 45W; Distance Traveled: Noon to noon: 150nm ; Wind 22kts North; Conditions: 4/8 cloud cover - clearing; Barometer: 1023+; Temp: 70F
Comment: Now we're moving! We have been power reaching at 7+ knots for the last 10 hours with Yankee, staysail and almost full main. 298 Nautical miles to Ria de Arosa.
Ship's Log Day 6 - Azores to Spain
Date: 8/15/99 11:02:20 AM Eastern Daylight Time
Position: 12:00utc Saturday August 14, 1999 42 46N 12 20W; Distance Traveled: Noon to noon: 151nm; Wind 12kts North West; Conditions: 4/8 cloud cover - Increasing; Barometer: 1020-; Temp: 82F
Comment: The wind diminished and backed this morning in advance of the weak front du jour. 143 Nautical miles to Ria de Arosa. ETA tomorrow p.m.
Ships Log Day 7 - Azores to Spain - Arrival
Date: 8/15/99 3:04:47 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Position: 17:00 utc Sunday August 15, 1999--At anchor at Ensenada de San Francisco, Ria de Muros, Spain; Noon to noon: 114nm + 48nm; Wind 6kts North West; Conditions: 2/8 Fair; Barometer: 1012; Temp: 74F
Comment: Sighted land at 10:20z. We had a fine sail in to complete our crossing. And so to bed.
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