Forteleza…..Day 1 July 4th, 2013 – Time: -3 on GMT Happy 4th of July to all our Yankee Doodle friends around the world! We arrived at Forteleza around 8 a.m. in a blustery southeasterly. Once we came around the southeast end of the bay, the conditions became flat. The first thing we noticed was the […]
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2013/07/03 14:22 LATITUDE: 03-43.16S LONGITUDE: 038-31.75W MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 7 WIND_DIR: ESE CLOUDS: 70% VISIBILITY: 12 BARO: 1017.1 AIR_TEMP: 28.9C COMMENT: Beach House – MED MOORED – Forteleza Marina – 2 days, 355 miles We anchored out and came into the marina with the dinghy. There are about 7 boats here all
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2013/07/03 08:28 LATITUDE: 03-41.19S LONGITUDE: 038-09.02W COURSE: 273T SPEED: 6.7 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 24 WIND_DIR: ESE WAVE_HT: 0.1M WAVE_PER: 7 SWELL_DIR: ESE SWELL_HT: 2.0M SWELL_PER: 8 CLOUDS: 90% VISIBILITY: 5 BARO: 1015.4 AIR_TEMP: 24.4C SEA_TEMP: 26.7C COMMENT: Beach House -EN ROUTE-Fernando de Noronha Island – Forteleza, Brazil – Day 2 – 170
Fernando de Noronha to Forteleza, Brazil……Day 1 July 1st, written the morning of the 2nd, 2013 (Western Hemisphere) Time: -2 on GMT We motored out from Fernando yesterday in calm conditions to the end of the island. It is a lovely island! From there, we set course to Forteleza and were sailing within about three
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YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2013/07/02 10:00 LATITUDE: 03-51.24S LONGITUDE: 035-11.28W COURSE: 271T SPEED: 7.2 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 14 WIND_DIR: 147T WAVE_HT: 0.0M WAVE_PER: 0 SWELL_DIR: ENE SWELL_HT: 1.5M SWELL_PER: 8 CLOUDS: 90% VISIBILITY: 10 BARO: 1015.3 AIR_TEMP: 26.1C SEA_TEMP: 26.7C COMMENT: Beach House -EN ROUTE-Fernando de Noronha Island – Forteleza, Brazil Day 01 – 171nm A
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2013/07/01 10:44 LATITUDE: 03-52.58S LONGITUDE: 032-30.25W COURSE: 255T SPEED: 6.5 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 6 WIND_DIR: E WAVE_HT: 0.0M WAVE_PER: 0 SWELL_DIR: SSE SWELL_HT: 1.5M SWELL_PER: 10 CLOUDS: 85% VISIBILITY: 12 BARO: 1015.7 AIR_TEMP: 28.3C SEA_TEMP: 26.1C COMMENT: Beach House -EN ROUTE- Fernando de Noronha Island – Forteleza, Brazil We\’re off after running
Fernando de Noronha and Departure….. June 30th, 2013 (Western Hemisphere) Time: -2 on GMT When we first arrived here on Friday night, all was calm. Saturday however was a holiday here and the party boats came out in force. The music was bizarrely loud and the stereo speakers were blow out years ago. Frankly, I
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Ascension Island to Fernando de Noronha (Brazil)…..Day 6.7 June 28th, written from the anchorage on June 29th, 2013 (Western Hemisphere) Time: -2 on GMT Yesterday morning, we set the full main and genoa on a port tack beam/broad reach. The wind predictions were from the NE, but a few hours later, the rains came constantly
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YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2013/06/29 03:36 LATITUDE: 03-50.06S LONGITUDE: 032-24.43W MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 3 WIND_DIR: W CLOUDS: 100% VISIBILITY: 14 BARO: 1015 AIR_TEMP: 24.4C COMMENT: Beach House -ANCHORED-Fernando de Noronha Island – Brazil – 6 days, 9 hours We just anchored next to s/v \”This Side Up\” and it\’s 12:30 a.m. local time. We\’ve had rain