Position Report van de Wylde Swan, 15-03-2015

Na het vertrek vanaf Sint Maarten afgelopen woensdag was de Wylde Swan al vrij snel 'out of reach' op Marine Traffic. Eerst dachten we nog dat dat wel bijgewerkt zou worden, maar nee dus, zo werkt dat niet.
Je weet dat ze richting Bermuda varen en een paar dagen onderweg zullen zijn, maar wat ik me niet gerealiseerd had is dat Sint Maarten - Bermuda bijna 900 nautical miles varen is.
Gelukkig komt er vandaag een bericht binnen op Facebook. Hoewel......wil ik dit wel weten?

POSITION REPORT

UTC: 08:30
Position: 25.08N 66.12W
COG: 020
Wind: ESE, 8-10 knots

Saturday the 14th was a beautifull sail day, but with accompaning waves. In the morning when I was on watch we noticed a serious change in waves, and the wind started to increase. 20 to 25 knots constant. The sea was seriously disturbed, this happens when there is wind somewhere else, and the waves caused by this wind are noticed hundreds of miles away. The Swan showed how she could dance. And I would’t call it a walz but more like a samba from south America. Because we are still trying to sail northwards in order to get in to a depression so we are actually able to sail eastwards we where beating against the wind. The Swan ditched her bow a few times completley in the waves. Solid (blue) water rushed over the forecastle. And everybody was very excited. It’s something she does very well. It only lasted for a few hours and then the normal wave pattern came back. Still high waves, but much more in a normal rhythm. 

Jeroen - Captain