{"id":713,"date":"2005-07-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-07-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/?p=713"},"modified":"2009-04-15T09:00:19","modified_gmt":"2009-04-15T14:00:19","slug":"s_logs-dashew-dashew229c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/s_logs-dashew-dashew229c\/","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand to Fiji Passage: 790 Miles to Go"},"content":{"rendered":"
NZ to Fiji-1700<\/div>\n

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1700 hours. The South Pacific has been giving Wind Horse<\/em> and her crew quite a workout. Winds have been in the 30- to 35-knot range most of the day, gusting into the low 40s. The true wind angle is averaging 125 to 130 degrees, right on our quarter. Waves are averaging 10 feet (3m) with the odd 20-footer (6m) wave to keep things interesting.<\/p>\n

We’ve been experimenting with the NAIAD active stabilizer settings as well as those of the WH pilot. We’ve now got them to where we are quite comfortable 97% of the time. There is the odd breaking crest catching us on the beam, so holding on with both hands any time we’re moving is the order of the day. A couple of hours ago we got nailed by a large crest that gave us a really good wallop. We heeled about 15 degrees, and then bounced right back.<\/p>\n

We have reduced the rudder gain and opened up the sea state controls on the pilot. Rather than forcing the boat to stay on a fixed course, we have found it works better to let her pick her way down and through these waves. We are steering about 7 degrees to the east (starboard) of the rhumb line, which gives us good rides on the waves. Top speed so far us 15.7 knots – but we’re averaging just 11 – taking the push in reduced fuel consumption. <\/p>\n

Wind Horse<\/em> is just about steering herself, using very little input from the rudders. She seems to be comfortable in these waves at this speed.<\/p>\n

This is the first chance we’ve had to use the five-point harnesses in the saloon and they are wonderful. We are nice and snug, and they keep us in tune with the boat’s motion. <\/p>\n

In the last couple of hours the breeze has backed to 235 degrees true and dropped just a hair. Now that we’ve had a good chance to test the boat, we’re hoping the high pressure system moves over us quickly so the seas calm down. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NZ to Fiji-1700<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dashew-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}