YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2013/07/25 23:16 LATITUDE: 10-11.73N LONGITUDE: 059-44.82W COURSE: 333T SPEED: 9.8 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 15 WIND_DIR: E WAVE_HT: 0.2M WAVE_PER: 6 SWELL_DIR: E SWELL_HT: 1.7M SWELL_PER: 6 CLOUDS: 80% VISIBILITY: 10 BARO: 1017.5 TREND: 1 AIR_TEMP: 29.4C SEA_TEMP: 27.8C COMMENT: Beach House -EN ROUTE- Guyana to Tobago, Expect A.M. Arrival….. Updating the position […]
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2013/07/25 10:48 LATITUDE: 08-49.86N LONGITUDE: 058-54.92W COURSE: 345T SPEED: 7.1 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 15 WIND_DIR: NE WAVE_HT: 0.3M WAVE_PER: 6 SWELL_DIR: ENE SWELL_HT: 1.8M SWELL_PER: 6 CLOUDS: 80% VISIBILITY: 10 BARO: 1016.9 TREND: 1 AIR_TEMP: 28.9C SEA_TEMP: 27.8C COMMENT: Beach House -EN ROUTE- Guyana to Tobago We had to motor till mid
Off the Coast of Venezuela….. July 25th, 2013 Time: -3 on GMT We left the Mighty Essequibo River yesterday around 1pm. The major feature at the end was dodging the \”fish stix\” and the fisherman\’s nets over the extremely shallow river bar. The water depths were occasionally down to 6 1/2 feet under the hulls.
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I Can\’t Say I Learned Anything……. July 24, 2013 Time: -3 on GMT And the tag line is!…. \”but it certainly has been an education!\” (Groucho Marx) Georgetown… We\’d heard it wasn\’t safe, but the architecture is interesting. That should have been my first and only necessary clue. After motoring in for 12 miles, we
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YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2013/07/23 16:00 LATITUDE: 06-24.15N LONGITUDE: 058-36.98W COURSE: 191T SPEED: 1.1 MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 5 WIND_DIR: SE CLOUDS: 100% VISIBILITY: 10 BARO: 1015.1 AIR_TEMP: 30.0C COMMENT: Beach House -ANCHORED- Bartica, Essequibo River – Guyana We upped anchor and went against the tide to get here, so it took an extra hour. One other
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2013/07/22 21:07 LATITUDE: 06-45.48N LONGITUDE: 058-31.21W COURSE: 208T SPEED: 1.8 MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 7 WIND_DIR: ENE CLOUDS: 30% VISIBILITY: 10 BARO: 1014 TREND: -1 AIR_TEMP: 31.7C COMMENT: Beach House -ANCHORED- Essequiebo River, Guyana – It\’s a Jungle Cruise! We decided that since this was our last opportunity in South America for a
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2013/07/22 15:17 LATITUDE: 06-47.31N LONGITUDE: 051-10.48W COURSE: 208T SPEED: 1.3 MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 10 WIND_DIR: ENE CLOUDS: 75% VISIBILITY: 10 BARO: 1016 AIR_TEMP: 30.6C COMMENT: Beach House -JUST STOPPING BY- Demarara River, Georgetown, Guyana We pulled in to the Demarara River where Georgetown is located and turned around and left! It\’ll all
Suriname to Guyana (Georgetown)….. July 22nd, 2013 Time: -3 on GMT Yesterday, when we decided to pass on Suriname, the weather was bleak, the water muddy. As soon as we got a bit further offshore, the wind gave us a few hours sail, the skies cleared, life was good. Perhaps it was an omen?…:-) Despite
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YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2013/07/22 10:04 LATITUDE: 06-55.40N LONGITUDE: 057-41.69W COURSE: 275T SPEED: 7.1 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 7 WIND_DIR: ENE WAVE_HT: 0.0M WAVE_PER: 0 SWELL_DIR: ENE SWELL_HT: 1.5M SWELL_PER: 8 CLOUDS: 75% VISIBILITY: 10 BARO: 1015.5 TREND: 1 AIR_TEMP: 27.8C SEA_TEMP: 27.8C COMMENT: Beach House -EN ROUTE- Georgetown, Guyana – Expect mid day arrival The weather
Paramaribo is a pass…… July 21st, 2013 Time: -3 on GMT We motored yesterday till midnight and the wind gave us a chance to sail. It wasn\’t very long, only about 30 miles, but nice to turn off the iron genoa\’s and give them a rest. We timed our arrival this morning at the outer
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