Indian Ocean Crossing
indian ocean passage logs

Date Time Mileage Miles last 12 hours Miles last 24 hours Average Speed Notes
thailand to sri lanka
1/15/2006 8:00 0        
19:00 44 44 4.00 Good day of sailing.  Screecher out 10 kn@120.  Large pod of dolphins.
1/16/2006 7:00 91 47 91 3.92 Wind died at 9pm.  Continued motorsailing all night, wind under 5 knots.
19:00 137 46 93 3.83 Motorsailed most of the morning.  Wind between 6-10 knots.
1/17/2006 7:00 187 50 96 4.17 Sailed all night, slow at times.  Wind picked up around 4am to 12 knots.
19:00 240 53 103 4.42 Good day of sailing.  Screecher out with 10-14 knots.  Caught two small tunas.
1/18/2006 7:00 288 48 101 4.00 Wind on and off during the night.  Engine on at 4am, and currently motorsailing.
19:00 337 49 97 4.08 Wind between 30-60 all day, at 11-15 knots.  Still just the screecher out.
1/19/2006 7:00 396 59 108 4.92 Wind picked up after dark, still at 50.  Then moved around to behind.
18:00 444 48 107 4.00 (clocks back 1 hr) Motored most of the day, even had to bring the screecher in for a while.
1/20/2006 6:00 490 46 94 3.83 Quiet night, wind 8-10 kn@120.  
18:00 548 58 104 4.83 Steady wind today 11-16 knots.  Scheecher out.
1/21/2006 6:00 604 56 114 4.67 Steady wind overnight, changed course a little downwind.  Still only the screecher.
18:00 664 60 116 5.00 Wind has picked up - screecher down, main and jib up.
1/22/2006 6:00 721 57 117 4.75 Wind on and off during the night.  Currently motorsailing with main and jib.
18:00 793 71 128 5.92 Good day!  Wind steady at 90 - main and jib keeping us moving.
1/23/2006 6:00 863 70 141 5.83 I can't believe we did another 70 nm, it didn't even seem like we were moving that fast.
18:00 943 70 140 5.83 Good day.  Wind picked up to over 20 knots around 4 - currently have the main doubled reefed.
1/24/2006 6:00 1002 59 129 4.92 Wind eventually died down this morning and are currently just motoring with land off starboard.
11:30 1026 24   4.36 Motored in calms along the coast.
Average 53 111 4.59
sri lanka to maldives
2/13/2006 9:00 0        
19:00 40 40 4.00 Motored all morning, full sails and 15 knots at 19:00.
2/14/2006 7:00 112 72 112 6.00 Wind picked up, double reef at 10pm.  Still strong at 20 kn@90.
19:00 185 73 145 6.08 Great day of sailing.  Wind continued to die throughout the day and is now 10 knots.
2/15/2006 7:00 233 48 121 4.00 Engines on at 19:00 until 4:30am.  Now under full sail, 14 kn@60.
18:30 285 52 100 4.33 (clocks back 30) Brought main in around 3pm, got screecher line out of prop, screecher out.
2/16/2006 6:30 332 47 99 3.92 Motored all night, slowly.  Very quiet and calm.
18:30 379 47 94 3.92 Slow sailing most of the day, now motoring in light winds.
2/17/2006 6:30 425 46 93 3.83 Motorsailed with screecher thru the night.
11:00 442 17   3.78 Motorsailed all morning in light wind.
Average 49 109 4.43
maldives to oman
2/22/2006 7:30 0        
19:00 46 46 4.00 Headwinds and current against us most of the day.  
2/23/2006 7:00 92 46 92 3.83 Motored all night - took main down at 4am.  Currently no wind.
19:00 147 55 101 4.58 Motored most of the day, then @ 2pm wind came and up went the main and jib.
2/24/2006 7:00 216 69 124 5.75 Good night of motorsailing.  Wind died around 3-4am.  Now screecher out.
19:00 274 58 127 4.83 Good sailing in the afternoon with the screecher.  Now no wind.
2/25/2006 7:00 321 47 105 3.92 Crap night.  Motored, that's it.  Still motoring with 6 knots on the nose and current against us.
19:00 368 47 94 3.92 Finally shut off the engines around 11am.  Main and jib up 10-13 kn@60.
2/26/2006 7:00 414 46 93 3.83 Current and wind against us again.  Been motorsailing since 8:30pm.  Wind 20kn@30.
19:00 461 47 93 3.92 Motorsailed all day.  Finally turned off the engine at 6:30pm.  Main and screecher out.
2/27/2006 7:00 510 49 96 4.08 Wind varied.  Dropped everything at 1am.  Main and jib back out at 4am - 15 kn@90.
18:30 571 61 110 5.08 (clocks back 30 min) Wind over 20 kn@90.  Boat is uncomfortable. Caught 1 fish, lost 2.
2/28/2006 6:30 629 58 119 4.83 Wind steady 15-20 kn@90 still.  Moving along nicely.
18:30 701 72 130 6.00 Look at that - 6knots!  Same conditions as yesterday.
3/1/2006 6:30 759 58 130 4.83 Started out double reefed - full main again by 4am.  Wind 15 kn@70.
18:30 819 60 118 5.00 Full main and jib all day 16kn@60.
3/2/2006 6:30 876 57 117 4.75 Reefed for a few hours.  Now full main and jib.  15 kn@60.
18:30 934 58 115 4.83 Motorsailed w/full main and jib all day.  10 kn@30.
3/3/2006 6:30 983 49 107 4.08 Motorsailed w/full main and jib all night.  0-7 knots all over the place.
18:30 1030 47 96 3.92 Motored all day long.  No wind at all.
3/4/2006 6:00 1078 48 95 4.00 (clocks back 30 min) Still no wind.  Motored all night with main.  Weird lurch at 4:30am-did we hit a whale?
18:00 1130 52 100 4.33 Motored all day long.  No wind at all.
3/5/2006 6:00 1178 48 133 4.00 Slow motoring.
11:00 18252 25   5.00 Anxious to get in, motoring.
Average 52 109 4.49