[password] adagio
[position] 40°10.50'S 149°04.98'E
[speed] 8.1kn
[heading] 208T
[weather]TWS 11.3 TWD 073T seastate 1M from 59M at 6 sec, clouds 20%
[status] Local time is: 1/5/2017 5:42 PM COG 208T SOG 8.1kn
We are motorsailing on reacher along the east coast of Tasmania, 35nm east of Flinders Island. As forecast the wind has been light since 0400 this morning when the wind dropped from 18-21 down to 13kn. We've benefited from a favorable share of a 3.5k cross current that has a bit of slant in our favor, yielding 0.5 to 1.0kn favorable. We still hope to make high tide at Marion Narrows Friday afternoon so we've been spending diesel to keep our speed up. The best combination so far is our 1100 sqFt reacher plus engines at 2500. Much of the day that yielded 8 to 9kn SOG. On reacher only we are seeing about 7kn SOG. If tomorrow we are too late for Marion Narrows we will probably anchor at Wineglass Bay - easily one of the prettiest anchorages anywhere. If anyone has tips on catamaran motorsailing don't be shy, pass them along:-)
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