YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2013/05/20 06:25 LATITUDE: 30-04.53S LONGITUDE: 014-58.93E COURSE: 309T SPEED: 5.4 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 15 WIND_DIR: S WAVE_HT: 0.1M WAVE_PER: 8 SWELL_DIR: SW SWELL_HT: 2.8M SWELL_PER: 8 CLOUDS: 20% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1016.6 AIR_TEMP: 18.3C SEA_TEMP: 16.1C COMMENT: Beach House -EN ROUTE – Luderitz, Namiba Nikki\’s up, the winds are predicted to shift […]
Half Way to Luderitz….. May 20th, 2013 (Eastern Hemisphere) Yesterday started out with light winds and predicted to essentially drop off to very little. However, as I have come to learn, the timing and direction of the GRIB (Gridded Imbedded Binary Files) that we use as computerized weather is accurate. The strengths of the winds
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Cape Town and off to Luderitz, Namibia….yet again! May 18th, 2013 (Eastern Hemisphere) We were able to get out of the V&A Marina on the 0930 bridge openings. There are two there. The Bascule (which in French means draw bridge) and the Swing Bridge. This is a long walkway that is spun 90 degrees along
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YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2013/05/19 07:29 LATITUDE: 32-07.97S LONGITUDE: 016-31.42E COURSE: 326T SPEED: 6.8 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 7 WIND_DIR: SSE WAVE_HT: 0.2M WAVE_PER: 8 SWELL_DIR: SW SWELL_HT: 2.8M SWELL_PER: 8 CLOUDS: 20% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1016.9 AIR_TEMP: 18.9C SEA_TEMP: 15.0C COMMENT: Beach House -EN ROUTE -Luderitz, Namibia We sailed all night in 10-15 knots of wind,
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2013/05/18 07:48 LATITUDE: 33-52.30S LONGITUDE: 018-24.11E COURSE: 310T SPEED: 7.1 MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 7 WIND_DIR: SSE CLOUDS: 10% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1026.6 AIR_TEMP: 17.2C COMMENT: Beach House -EN ROUTE – St. Helena via Luderitz, Namibia The first winter storm is expected in Cape Town in about 3-4 days so we wanted to
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Back to Cape Town & Repairs…..(Winter is Coming!) To see the Photo Gallery associated with our Land Trip to Sossesvlei Sand Dunes in Nambia: CLICK HERE April 23rd – May 18th, 2013 (Eastern Hemisphere) The weather window was really cooperative. We could have had blasting headwinds but blessedly, we were able to fuel up and
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Namibia….. To see the Photo Gallery associated with this Ship\’s Blog: CLICK HERE April 13th – 18th, 2013…..(Eastern Hemisphere) The sail to Namibia turned out to be a 72 hour motor boat ride. The good news was that it was calm, the AIS was working well and we could see any vessels either on the
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Just to let you know, we are back at the anchorage at Luderitz, Namibia – 475 miles north of Cape Town. It\’s good we like the place, we\’re going to get to know it much better!…:-) Safe and sound…. Off to sleep, we\’re tired and it\’s cold outside! Scott and Nikki …..