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Diah Gunawan

Diah Gunawan

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Ipswich

1,391

NM

Total Distance

20

Days

Time at Sea

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L’Aber Wrac’h to Baie de Morlaix

Low wind at the anchorage but about 8 kt from W after we left an islets. Sea was calm with slight swell from East. It started cloudy but cleared up by 11:00. Due to the headwind we motored all the way to Morlaix bay.

L’Aber Wrac’h to Baie de Morlaix

36.1

NM

7h 18m

Poulloc to Penn Al Lann, France

Diah Gunawan
Nicholas Whyborn

Diah Gunawan & Nicholas Whyborn

Yesterday at 10:32

Port Terenez to L’Aber Wrac’h

Cloudy with no wind when we started but we picked up 8 kt from N after half an hour and sailed across Rade de Brest. In the channel out to the Atlantic the wind dropped and we motored out to the S entrance to Channel Le Four. We had timed our departure to arrive at channel Le Four as the tide turned N at ~15:30. At his point the wind suddenly picked up to 17 kt from the N (perhaps we were in wind shadow before?). We decided to take down the sail and motor to avoid tacking in le Four. At 18:40 we cleared Bass de Portsall and set sail again on a close reach to the entrance to L’Aber Wrac’h which we reached at around 19:50. We anchored in 7m at Toull an Trebez.

Port Terenez to L’Aber Wrac’h

49.1

NM

9h 42m

Landévennec to Poulloc, France

Diah Gunawan
Nicholas Whyborn

Diah Gunawan & Nicholas Whyborn

Wednesday at 14:15

Lampaul to Bertheaume

We started in a westerly 17kt and set sail with 2 reefs in Lampaul bay before sailing SW to clear Ar Vridig and turning to 140 towards Pierres Vertes WCM. By then the wind was moderating so we let out one reef and continued to Pierres Noires WCM. The wind continued to drop so we started an engine to keep boat speed as there was a strong cross tide. Around 1700 the wind picked up from S and we sailed for about 45 mins before it again weakened and we restarted the motor. We took down the sails S of St Mathieu and motored the last hour in intermittent rain. We saw a flock of birds circling and diving about 500m S of us when we were 4 NMi 191 from Ile de Beniguet (see video https://share.icloud.com/photos/0a8clSWjOwfvoLrZATKDQhlug). Not sure what bird they were but there must have been a shoal of fish near the surface.

Lampaul to Bertheaume

25.6

NM

5h 44m

Penn ar Ruguel to Plougonvelin, France

Diah Gunawan
Anonymous Crew

Diah Gunawan & 1 other

9 June 2025 at 08:51

Rade de Brest to Lampaul, Ushant

32.5

NM

7h 5m

Roscanvel to Penn ar Ruguel, France

Diah Gunawan
Anonymous Crew

Diah Gunawan & 1 other

30 May 2025 at 10:25

Pl. de Sainte Evette to Brest

38

NM

8h 1m

Audierne to Moulin Blanc, France

Diah Gunawan
Anonymous Crew

Diah Gunawan & 1 other

29 May 2025 at 08:05

57.3

NM

12h 55m

Kerohet to Audierne, France

Diah Gunawan
Nicholas Whyborn

Diah Gunawan & Nicholas Whyborn

28 May 2025 at 11:48

Port Haliguen to Ile de Groix

Wind W 14-20 knots, up to 1.5 m seas also from the west. It was mostly overcast with a bit of drizzle at one point. We left Port Haliguen half an hour before LW and passed through the rocky islets SE of Pointe du Conguel at slack water. The sailing from there was good with us close-hauled on port tack for most of the way. We passed many yachts sailing SE along the coast, some taking part in a regatta. It was busy at times! We anchored in 8 m at HW (5m) of Plage des Grands Sables together with 3 other yachts.

Port Haliguen to Ile de Groix

29.9

NM

7h 9m

Quiberon to Kerohet, France

Diah Gunawan
Anonymous Crew

Diah Gunawan & 1 other

29 April 2025 at 11:33

Santurtzi - La Rochelle

265.6

NM

2 days 2 hours

Santurtzi, Spain to La Flotte, France

Diah Gunawan
Nicholas Whyborn

Diah Gunawan & Nicholas Whyborn

27 April 2025 at 06:30

San Vicente - Santurtzi

The weather was mostly clear with westerly wind initially 10 knots but decreasing quickly to 5-8 knots. We only had. Sails set for 20 mins after leaving the river mouth before the wind dropped. The sea was calm for most of the passage. The Pico de Europa mountains were pretty being capped in snow. There are impressive geological formations along the coast near C de Ajo. The outer sea wall of Bilbao port is impressive but looks battered.

3

San Vicente - Santurtzi

67.6

NM

12h 0m

San Vicente de la Barquera to Santurtzi, Spain

Diah Gunawan
Nicholas Whyborn

Diah Gunawan & Nicholas Whyborn

26 April 2025 at 07:27

Candas - San Vicente

Wind NW up to 25kts and seas up to 2.5m. We weighed anchor and left Candas harbour shortly after a rain shower had passed over. The morning was cloudy but it cleared in the afternoon. We had little wind initially but picked up and we set sail at 08:45. The wind strengthened and we put in 2 reefs at 11:00. We did not see many other boats. The 9m monohull Geisha passed us doing 1-2kt more than us as we approached San Vincent. The entrance into Ria San Vicente was quite tense as we had some swell, a 20kt crosswind and 2-3kt current against us but once inside it became tranquil. Finding a spot with more than 1.5 m at lw proved hard with the tidal flow and crosswind and in the end I became fast in 0.7m. We will have to wait until 01:40 to refloat and finish anchoring.

Candas - San Vicente

67.4

NM

12h 3m

Candás to San Vicente de la Barquera, Spain