YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2013/02/17 14:11 LATITUDE: 34-24.70S LONGITUDE: 018-42.18E COURSE: 317T SPEED: 8.0 MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 24 WIND_DIR: ESE CLOUDS: 20% VISIBILITY: 5 BARO: 1007.2 TREND: 0 AIR_TEMP: 23.3C COMMENT: Beach House – ABEAM – Cape of Good Hope to port, Cape Hangklip to starboard. Entering False Bay (Simon\’s Town). Should be docked by 7-8pm …
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2013/02/17 03:15 LATITUDE: 35-11.12S LONGITUDE: 020-00.12E COURSE: 299T SPEED: 6.5 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 23 WIND_DIR: ESE WAVE_HT: 0.5M WAVE_PER: 7 SWELL_DIR: SE SWELL_HT: 2.7M SWELL_PER: 9 CLOUDS: 70% VISIBILITY: 8 BARO: 1014.7 TREND: -1 AIR_TEMP: 21.7C COMMENT: Beach House – ABEAM – Cape Agulhas Light; Welcome to the Atlantic Ocean!… It\’s been …
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2013/02/16 14:57 LATITUDE: 34-38.61S LONGITUDE: 021-45.84E COURSE: 236T SPEED: 8.7 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 27 WIND_DIR: ESE WAVE_HT: 0.5M WAVE_PER: 7 SWELL_DIR: SE SWELL_HT: 2.7M SWELL_PER: 9 CLOUDS: 30% VISIBILITY: 20 BARO: 1018.7 TREND: -2 AIR_TEMP: 22.8C COMMENT: Beach House – ENROUTE – Knysna to False Bay YC, Simon\’s Town (Cape Town) Very …
Port Elizabeth to Knysna….. 09 February – 12 February, 2013 We pulled into Algoa Bay Yacht Club in Port Elizabeth late in afternoon and luckily were able to get a slip assignment before the dock master left for the day. First of all, the docks here were extremely surgey. Worse, they were lined with rusty …
Richards Bay to Durban, South Africa….. 02 February – 08 February 2013 Alexandra and I had just had a lovely time exploring the Thorny Bush Game park near Kruger National Park in northeast South Africa. Included was a spectacularly scenic drive near Nelspruit, just west of Swaziland. The game park was terrific with sightings of …
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YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2013/02/13 04:51 LATITUDE: 34-02.56S LONGITUDE: 023-02.63E MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 3 WIND_DIR: NW CLOUDS: 10% VISIBILITY: 20 BARO: 1008.1 AIR_TEMP: 20.0C COMMENT: Beach House – DOCKED – Knysna Yacht Club, Knysna, South Africa Arrived at first light and right at high tide. A bit narrow on the entry, but nothing exciting. Conditions were …
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2013/02/12 14:31 LATITUDE: 34-14.83S LONGITUDE: 024-53.99E COURSE: 252T SPEED: 8.1 MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 19 WIND_DIR: SE CLOUDS: 10% VISIBILITY: 20 BARO: 1015.1 AIR_TEMP: 23.9C COMMENT: Beach House -ENROUTE- Port Elizabeth to Knysna. Abeam Cape St. Francis Expect early a.m. arrival. Lovely afternoon sail with full main and reacher. We are abeam of …
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2013/02/08 14:48 LATITUDE: 33-58.02S LONGITUDE: 025-38.14E MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 11 WIND_DIR: SSE CLOUDS: 10% VISIBILITY: 20 BARO: 1013.5 AIR_TEMP: 26.1C COMMENT: Beach House -DOCKED- Algoa Yacht Club, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2013/02/08 04:00 LATITUDE: 33-45.05S LONGITUDE: 026-54.27E COURSE: 252T SPEED: 6.2 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 8 WIND_DIR: W WAVE_HT: 0.0M WAVE_PER: 4 SWELL_DIR: SW SWELL_HT: 0.5M SWELL_PER: 10 CLOUDS: 10% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1013.1 AIR_TEMP: 23.3C COMMENT: Beach House -ENROUTE- Durban to Port Elizabeth. Approaching Algoa Bay (Port Elizabeth) It\’s a big bay. It\’s …
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2013/02/07 17:48 LATITUDE: 33-44.65S LONGITUDE: 026-55.68E COURSE: 258T SPEED: 6.9 MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 12 WIND_DIR: ESE CLOUDS: 40% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1014.3 AIR_TEMP: 23.3C COMMENT: Beach House -ENROUTE- Duban to Port Elizabeth. Abeam East London After lightening and the Aghulus Current, we\’ll be happy to press on to Port Elizabeth Where we …