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Noaa weather prognosis at 5.00 hours:

For the SW Carib:

*For Tuesday and Friday:
North of 11 North, East of 78 West: NE/E wind 15/20 knots, 7/10 ft seas;
20/25 knots close to the Colombian Coast.

*For Saturday and Sunday:
North of 11 North, East of 80 West: NE/E wind 20/25 knots, 8/12 ft. seas.

Timelog:

*06.30 hours
Put the engine on to make some progress. The wind is just on the nose.

• 7.00 hours
  Not much luck. Wit 1400 Rpm and no sails we make just 1.5 knots .With sails
  we can make a course of 90 degrees (E) and a speed of 3.2 knots. Cartagena
  is at 40 degrees. We still have to make 100 miles. The sky is covered with
  clouds, specially in the South. Waves are coming from the NE. One wave
  enters the cockpit and soaks my logbook so badly that I have to throw it
  away and start all over again…without history.

• 10.00 hours
  End of fun. I decide to heave-to and give ourselves a bit of a rest. We
  don’t make much progress. The wind slowly start to increase to 30 knots,
  what is the limit of going close-hauled with Watergeus. Better wait for
  better times to come.

• 15.00 hours
  After a nice meal unfortunately we ran out of wine a long time ago and
  some lazy hours I had the feeling that the wind slowed down a bit. Time to
  get moving again. On our way with 3.5 knots direction East.

• 19.00 hours

How nice, as we slowly approach land, the wind is turning to our advantage
and we even can do a course of 70 degrees. Also the wind is not so strong
any more and the waves are not so high and steep any more. Guess we are
behind the Colombian mainland.

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