YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2012/11/11 09:42 LATITUDE: 15-50.07S LONGITUDE: 045-30.74E COURSE: 238T SPEED: 6.9 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 13 WIND_DIR: NW WAVE_HT: 0.2M WAVE_PER: 4 SWELL_DIR: W SWELL_HT: 0.5M SWELL_PER: 6 CLOUDS: 20% VISIBILITY: 25 BARO: 1015 AIR_TEMP: 31.7C COMMENT: Beach House – EN ROUTE- Richard\’s Bay South Africa!….. A change of plans! The weather looks as […]
Majunga….. 09 Novemeber 2012 (Eastern Hemisphere) Dear F&F, Well, the guide book and Des and Nell of \”Gambit\” said, \”don\’t go there!\”… The guide book further says, when the prison closed…all the thieves and murderers came here….. Food for thought. However, I wanted to top off fuel and go to a last market before we
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2012/11/09 12:05 LATITUDE: 15-43.67S LONGITUDE: 046-18.94E COURSE: 108T SPEED: 0.6 MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 15 WIND_DIR: W CLOUDS: 50% VISIBILITY: 20 BARO: 1011.1 AIR_TEMP: 31.7C COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED- Mahajunga, Madagascar…. One day only! Much more infrastructure than Hellville. The port is very industrial. Very shallow anchorage with strong tidal flow. We\’re
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2012/11/08 11:18 LATITUDE: 15-16.51S LONGITUDE: 047-04.29E MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 9 WIND_DIR: NW CLOUDS: 40% VISIBILITY: 20 BARO: 1011.6 AIR_TEMP: 31.1C COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED- Nosy Longany, Madagascar….desolate! We\’re about 5 miles inside the entrance behind a lovely little point; a small small village is here. It\’s blowing 17 knots outside, but
Russian Bay to Berangomania Bay, on to Moramaba Bay….. 05-07 November 2012 (Eastern Hemisphere) Dear F&F, We\’d heard about a nice anchorage and \”local experience\” in Baramahamay Bay, but it was only another 16 miles and a restaurant ashore didn\’t appeal much as both Captain and Crew had a bit of \”tourista\” from our eating
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YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2012/11/06 12:57 LATITUDE: 14-53.54S LONGITUDE: 047-20.25E MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 8 WIND_DIR: W CLOUDS: 40% VISIBILITY: 25 BARO: 1013.3 AIR_TEMP: 32.8C COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED- Moramba Bay, Madagascar This is the cove of the Indiri Lemurs. They are the largest of all the lemur species and are supposed to look like a
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2012/11/05 12:30 LATITUDE: 14-05.82S LONGITUDE: 047-54.36E COURSE: 077T SPEED: 2.4 MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 10 WIND_DIR: W CLOUDS: 25% VISIBILITY: 20 BARO: 1013.2 AIR_TEMP: 32.2C COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED- Berangomaina Bay, Madagascar Internet! Lovely, very protected…Sunflower is at Baramahamay Bay… Will head to Moramba Bay tomorrow….
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2012/11/04 10:30 LATITUDE: 13-32.13S LONGITUDE: 047-59.84E MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 11 WIND_DIR: NNW CLOUDS: 50% VISIBILITY: 20 BARO: 1015.1 AIR_TEMP: 32.2C COMMENT: Beach House -ANCHORED- Russian Bay, Madagascar Beginning the last big leg of this season\’s journey. About 1500 miles to go! This part of the journey is in three stages. First, Nose
Getting Ready to head South, Happy Birthday Nikki!….. 01-04 November 2012 (Eastern Hemisphere) Dear F&F, We departed Hellville for a 1 1/2 hour trip to the next door island, Nosy Komba. This had a lovely anchorage, lots of local shops and a reasonable restaurant which the four of us, Dave, Kathy, Nikki and Scott. After
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YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2012/11/02 10:53 LATITUDE: 13-18.09S LONGITUDE: 048-10.64E MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 14 WIND_DIR: SW CLOUDS: 50% VISIBILITY: 20 BARO: 1013.4 AIR_TEMP: 31.1C COMMENT: Beach House-ANCHORED-Back at Sakatia Island, Sakatia Island Resort Glad to be out of \”Hell\”…:-)