Winter is coming! Winter is coming!
As I write this we are motoring south on the Chesapeake Bay, headed toward the Atlantic Ocean. Right now the wind is from the south, pretty much directly on our nose. It’s sunny, and warm, but that kind of pale, thin sun that has more in common with January in Maine than July in Florida. That will change by tomorrow afternoon, when then wind will shift to the north, bringing clouds, rain and temperatures at least 20 degrees colder.
If the forecasts are accurate, the north winds will continue for most of the week, and will carry us on a wild sleigh ride right down to our destination in Brunswick, Georgia.
We had a fun few weeks in Annapolis. Helping some people with their own boats, squeezing in a delivery or two, and finding time to replace Harmonie’s main engine exhaust hose, checking her engine alignment, and of course the fall boat show.
Sailors are famous for being conservative about making changes. When you are far offshore and away from help and supplies is not the time to try new things. We finally broke down and got a Starlink. So far, we have found it exceptional. This will be our first offshore trip with it, and we expect it to perform well.
With the idea of ultimately decommissioning our Iridium Go system now that we have a Starlink we have begun using a new system for posting our position and tracking information. You can see it here:
https://saillogger.com/monitor/451
If you are interested in this, let me know. I have some details that can help.
fetchinketch 
Hello there,
Yes, please let me know your tips on enabling tracking with saillogger and starlink. Are you using PredictWind with a data hub or…? It seems that Starlink would have some kind of tracking available already without additional apparatus. I love the saillogger statistics! Thank you!
Marty, SV Sunny Ray
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Hi Bill,
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Very cool tracking you via your Starlink.
Really enjoy your posts.
Enjoyable safe travels you two.
Blessings
Will and Theresa Hill
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Hi Bill:
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Sailogger looks good.
A. ” -21°” wind is out of northwest?
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I WISH it was from the northwest! That’s actually the apparent wind angle. 21 degrees from port side.
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Yes please, I would really appreciate you advice and comments on this experience. I plan to instal the Starlink on my boat.
Vlado Djukic
SM2K Mahana II
Presently in Italy, Genoa
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