| 🇫🇷 Je me rappelle d’une nuit abominable. Du haut de mes tout débuts j’avais pourtant la sensation de bien faire voguer mon voilier. Plus de 5 nœuds pour traverser le canal situé entre New Ireland et New Britain, Aurora avait fière allure. Mais ça, c’était avant de virer de bord et de commencer mes « Z » pour remonter le canal. La pluie bâtait assez fort, mon bord était pris, tout était bien réglé, Aurora repartait bâbord amures à un bon rythme, mais en un coup d’oeil sur mon écran GPS toute ma positivité allait subitement s’effondrait. Aurora repartait exactement sur son sillage qui l’avait mené jusqu’ici. J’avais pourtant réglé mon voilier au prés serré, Aurora devrait désormais remonter le vent, mais non, la trace me montrer un retour à la case départ. Pour la première fois depuis mon jeune départ je me trouver dans une zone de courant très soutenu. Que ce soit bâbord amures ou tribord amures, impossible de remonter le canal. Mes bords étaient d’un plat géométrique ! Dehors la pluie forçait, la nuit était noire et je ne trouvais pas la solution. A défaut de succès à la voile, je me rapprochais des côtes, affalais toutes les voiles et tentais ma chance au moteur, tout droit, en espérant qu’en bordure de canal le courant serait moins fort. Un nœud. Pour les non iniciés : 1,85 km/h. Telle était ma vitesse… C’est pas rapide ! Même mon pote @terresco court parfois plus vite…!Il m’aura fallu des heures et des heures pour remonter tout doucement le canal et en fin de journée parvenir à rejoindre la baie de Rabaul. |
🇬🇧 I remember an abominable night. From the height of my very beginnings, however, I had the feeling to sail well my sailboat. More than 5 knots to cross the canal located between New Irland and New Britain, Aurora looked great. But that was before I turned around and started my 'Z' to go up the canal. The rain was building quite heavily, my edge was taken, everything was well adjusted, Aurora returned to port looking sharp at a good pace, but in a glance on my GPS screen all my positivity would suddenly collapse. Aurora was going back exactly on its wake that had led it this way. However, I had adjusted my sailboat to close range, Aurora should now move up the wind, but no, the track shows me a return to square one. For the first time since my young departure I find myself in a zone of very strong current. Whether it is on the tailed port or starboard, impossible to go up the canal. My edges were of a geometric plate! Outside the rain was forcing, the night was black and I couldn’t find the solution. In the absence of success in sailing, I was getting closer to the coasts, lowering all the sails and trying my luck with the engine, straight ahead, hoping that at the edge of the canal the current would be less strong. A knot. For the uninitiated: 1.85 km/h. That was my speed... It’s not fast! Even my friend @terresco runs faster sometimes...! It took me hours and hours to slowly climb up the canal and at the end of the day manage to reach the bay of Rabaul. |
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