Jeanne Socrates Sailing the World Solovidéo

Relaxed but quite speedy Days 6&7, sailing solo in the Pacific

10 mai 2023 · 8 min · 1K vues · Pacific Ocean

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The vessel maintains a wing-on-wing configuration with the mainsail on a preventer and the headsail poled out to starboard while running downwind in the Pacific.1:28 The boat averages six to seven knots, occasionally surfing to eight and a half knots in 12 to 16 knots of wind.6:16 A northwest swell mixed with a secondary southern swell causes significant rolling in the cockpit.2:50 The skipper monitors weather via radio email using a Pactor modem to download 24, 48, and 72-hour surface analysis files, though infrared satellite imagery for tracking ITCZ convection remains inaccessible.7:05 A technical issue persists with the speed instrument, which displays boat speed via the impeller but fails to show speed over ground due to a loss of satellite data.4:33 The crew prepares meals in the galley and maintains a watch for squalls as cloud cover increases to 95 percent.8:14

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