The wind is in from Africa….. (Joni Mitchell) 24 November 2012 (Eastern Hemisphere) Dear F&F, Well…it\’s been 10,000 miles this season! Wow… Lots to reflect upon. We arrived here on the 20th in a blustery Northeaster of 20-25 knots. We did see a 38 knot gust here in the harbor at Richard\’s Bay on the […]
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YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2012/11/20 11:20 LATITUDE: 28-47.71S LONGITUDE: 032-04.71E MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 9 WIND_DIR: ENE CLOUDS: 90% VISIBILITY: 10 BARO: 1012.4 AIR_TEMP: 29.4C COMMENT: Beach House -DOCKED- International Wharf, Richards Bay, South Africa Beat the weather in. We had 20-28 knots last 15 hours. The barometer is dropping! Safely tied up. Welcome to Africa! Drop
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2012/11/19 07:04 LATITUDE: 25-58.83S LONGITUDE: 034-05.61E COURSE: 191T SPEED: 6.9 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 3 WIND_DIR: ESE WAVE_HT: 0.0M WAVE_PER: 0 SWELL_DIR: S SWELL_HT: 2.8M SWELL_PER: 6 CLOUDS: 80% VISIBILITY: 10 BARO: 1010.9 AIR_TEMP: 25.6C COMMENT: Beach House – MOTORING – Maputo Bay to Richard\’s Bay, SA New blog posted at: www.svbeachhouse.com
A little bit of stress for the end of the ride….. 19 November 2012 (Eastern Hemisphere now on +2 UTC) Dear F&F, We left Linga Linga yesterday morning and had no trouble getting out of the estuary. We headed south into the SSW head wind, but it didn\’t seem too bad and we found the
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Linga Linga, Mozambique….. 17 November 2012 (Eastern Hemisphere), now UTC+2 Dear F&F, Ah the best laid plans! We thought it would be easy to anchor at the Light House anchorage here in Inhambane Bay, but no such luck. The NNE at 25 knots makes the anchorage a lee shore and it would be horribly uncomfortable.
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YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2012/11/17 13:02 LATITUDE: 23-44.12S LONGITUDE: 035-23.66E MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 25 WIND_DIR: NNE CLOUDS: 30% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1011.6 AIR_TEMP: 27.8C COMMENT: Beach House ANCHORED -Linga Linga Point – Inhambane Bay, Mozambique We came in to Linga Linga as the conditions in the bay were way too bouncy. The SSEasterlies are not expected
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2012/11/17 07:45 LATITUDE: 23-37.83S LONGITUDE: 035-36.73E COURSE: 220T SPEED: 4.6 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 17 WIND_DIR: NNE WAVE_HT: 0.5M WAVE_PER: 4 SWELL_DIR: SE SWELL_HT: 0.5M SWELL_PER: 5 CLOUDS: 25% VISIBILITY: 20 BARO: 1015.1 AIR_TEMP: 27.8C COMMENT: Beach House – Hove To – Inhambane Bay, Mozambique HOVE To with just the third reef in
Getting busier around here….. 16 November 2012 (Eastern Hemisphere) Dear F&F, We sailed all night and ran out of wind per usual by 9:30 a.m. BEFORE I would start the port engine, I wanted to check on my Rube Goldberg. Good thing too! I used one clear plastic hose OVER the main fuel tank hose
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YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2012/11/16 09:23 LATITUDE: 20-59.79S LONGITUDE: 037-05.25E COURSE: 205T SPEED: 7.0 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 1 WIND_DIR: WSW WAVE_HT: 0.0M WAVE_PER: 0 SWELL_DIR: S SWELL_HT: 1.0M SWELL_PER: 5 CLOUDS: 30% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1017.1 AIR_TEMP: 31.1C COMMENT: Beach House -EN ROUTE -Madagascar to Richard\’s Bay, South Africa Sorry a little late on the position
What a difference a day makes!….. 15 November 2012 (Eastern Hemisphere) Dear F&F, Yesterday\’s engine room antics were a great crest fall when the engine started and ran for 10 minutes and then failed. Ken Dickenson of Norfolk, UK and Dave Blanding of Shawnee Mission Kansas (\”Sunflower\’s home port) kept telling me about AIR and
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