Arrival at Tobago….. July 26th – 30th, 2013 Time: -3 on GMT We arrived at first light after a nice easy night of calm seas and lightening winds. The island was easily spotted at about 20 miles offshore. There are some tricky currents and outlying reef systems, so we wanted to arrive at first […]
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Table Mountain….Just because it\’s worth it!…… This shot was taken on Scott\’s IPAD as we left. It\’s the view the old sailing ships would have had on first sight. It\’s a beautiful place; Cape Town and it\’s environment. Off to St. Helena Island (UK) en route to Ascension Island (UK), Fernando de Noronha (Brazil) and
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YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2013/08/01 21:25 LATITUDE: 10-40.82N LONGITUDE: 061-37.92W MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 2 WIND_DIR: E CLOUDS: 20% VISIBILITY: 10 BARO: 1015.6 AIR_TEMP: 32.2C COMMENT: Beach House -Med Moored – Coral Cove Marina, Chaguaramas, Trinidad This will most likely be the last position report for the season! I will not likely send a report for several
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2013/08/01 19:18 LATITUDE: 10-42.87N LONGITUDE: 061-40.32W COURSE: 223T SPEED: 6.9 MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 17 WIND_DIR: E CLOUDS: 10% VISIBILITY: 25 BARO: 1018.3 AIR_TEMP: 30.6C COMMENT: Beach House -EN ROUTE – Boca de Monos (Monos Island Passage)
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2013/08/01 13:22 LATITUDE: 11-05.95N LONGITUDE: 061-00.34W COURSE: 243T SPEED: 8.3 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 17 WIND_DIR: E WAVE_HT: 0.0M WAVE_PER: 0 SWELL_DIR: ENE SWELL_HT: 1.5M SWELL_PER: 8 CLOUDS: 10% VISIBILITY: 25 BARO: 1018.3 AIR_TEMP: 30.6C SEA_TEMP: 27.8C COMMENT: Beach House -EN ROUTE- Tobago to Chaguaramas, Trinidad A beautiful day for our last sail
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2013/07/30 18:47 LATITUDE: 11-16.85N LONGITUDE: 060-41.84W COURSE: 219T SPEED: 1.6 MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 5 WIND_DIR: E CLOUDS: 30% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1017.9 AIR_TEMP: 31.7C COMMENT: Beach House -ANCHORED – Castara Bay, Tobago South Shore Despite our having permission and a permit to anchor in Englishman\’s Bay, a local fishing guy came by
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2013/07/30 17:47 LATITUDE: 11-17.49N LONGITUDE: 060-40.30W MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 5 WIND_DIR: E CLOUDS: 30% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1017.9 AIR_TEMP: 31.7C COMMENT: Beach House -ANCHORED – Englishman\’s Bay, Tobago South Shore No internet here! We\’re the only boat, pretty nice, idyllic setting. We were here in the rent a car the other day.
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2013/07/26 10:20 LATITUDE: 11-19.67N LONGITUDE: 060-33.13W MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 5 WIND_DIR: ENE CLOUDS: 60% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1019 AIR_TEMP: 28.3C COMMENT: Beach House -ANCHORED- Man of War Bay, Charlottesvlle, Tobago We anchored at 6:15 am local time, we\’re now -4 on GMT. 25 or so cruising boats here, a nice little anchorage
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2013/07/26 08:37 LATITUDE: 11-21.17N LONGITUDE: 060-28.93W COURSE: 320T SPEED: 7.3 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 13 WIND_DIR: E SWELL_DIR: E SWELL_HT: 15M SWELL_PER: 6 CLOUDS: 80% VISIBILITY: 10 BARO: 1019 AIR_TEMP: 28.3C SEA_TEMP: 27.8C COMMENT: Beach House -ABEAM- East end of Tobago, Should be anchored in 2 hours