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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Ascension Island to Fernando de Noronha, Braill…..Day 6 June 27th, written the morning of June 28th, 2013 (Western Hemisphere) Time: -1 on GMT Yesterday was a bit frustrating. The squalls were all around and for the most part they would take the wind away. The short bursts would get us to put up the spinnaker
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Ascension Island to Fernando de Noronha Island, Brazil…..Day 5 June 26th, written the morning of June 27th, 2013 (Western Hemisphere) Time: -1 on GMT We ran with the spinnaker on starboard tack all day yesterday. This was a pretty neat feat as we really didn\’t seem to have enough wind to do so. We were
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Ascension to Fernando de Noronha Island (Brazil)…..Day 4 June 26th, written the morning of June 27th, 2013 (Western Hemisphere) Time: -1 on GMT A most interesting day. It started with just enough wind not to have me put up the spinnaker and lasted that way till around 2 p.m. local time. Then the winds started
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Ascension Island to Ferndando de Norohna (Brazil)……Day 3 June 24th, written the morning of June 25th, 2013 (Western Hemisphere) Time: GMT Yesterday the winds were fairly strong in the morning and our speed was good so we passed on putting up the spinnaker. It was an uneventful day until around 11 am a ship tripped
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Ascension Island to Fernando de Noronha……Day 2 June 23rd, written the morning of the 24th, 2013 (Western Hemisphere) Time: Staying with GMT for now We\’d had a lovely night and decided if the winds were below 20 knots, we\’d run the spinnaker during the day. First we jibed and it seemed the wrong thing to
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Ascension to Fernando de Noronha Island (Brazil)…..Day 1 June 22nd to the morning of the 23rd, 2013 (Western Hemisphere) Time: Still using GMT We got a bit of a late start yesterday morning. The boat was completely ready to go, but the previous three days on the anchor was anything but calming. It was tough
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Ascension Island – Departing on June 22nd….. June 21st, 2013 (Western Hemisphere) Time: GMT We\’ve been at Ascension Island for six days now. The small Capital of Georgetown is a sleepy little vista with lots of history. The British based ships out of here to watch for \”Black Birder\’s\” (slave ships) in the 1800\’s. There
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Arrival and First Day at Ascension Island…… To see the Photo Gallery associated with this post, click: 06-2013 Ascension Island – UK (Mid Atlantic) Photo Gallery June 14th-15th, 2013 (Western Hemisphere) Time: GMT We arrived at 4:30 pm on Friday the 14th. I really wanted to be here before dark (which we were) because of
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