20 miles off
We are running down the meandering 70 fathom line (420 feet) to avoid crabbing gear. I know this is the depth most likely safe from fouling our prop because I spoke to my friend Capt Lars fishes this coastline to ask about were the “gear” was.
He has also advised us to stay in the shipping lane if we approach West Port as opposed to the smaller boat channel to the south of the shipping lane. This is because the boats that catch the gear and continue into port deposit these pots in the shallower water of the channel. This too proves to be good councel.
I decide to head for West Port for fuel and to let the bigger seas subside.
1:30 am no pots sighted
We need to cross the bar in the daylight flood because of pots the next bar we can make in this time frame is Newport but I think it will put us in 13 footers
Finding the Starlink is propping coverage well inside the 20 mile limit the plan we have is supposed to cover.
All really fun stuff happens offshore at 3 am..
The boat is proving to be a bit of a broach coach.
The winds forecast haven’t appeared
Supposed to be 20 now
Need to regain some faith in the boat
3am
Lost charging from alternators. This means no toilets or LPG (stove) and eventualy the engine dies..