Island Tour and Weather Watch!….. 11 October 2012 Dear F&F, Yesterday, Nikki and I along with Dave & Kathy of \”Sunflower\” took a \”tour de lagoon\”! We went over to Ile Foquet and it\’s neighbor \”motu\”, Ile Yakamaya. On the north tip of Ile Foquet is the wreck of \”Black Rose\”. She was a French […]
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Salomon Atoll, Chagos….. 08 October 2012 Dear F&F, We\’ll we\’re now on our fourth day here at Salomon. Two days ago, we went for a walk an what a wild \”put together\” scene exists on the beach. There is an old stone jetty (very small) that was here when people lived here 50 years ago.
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Arrival at Chagos, 10 days at sea….. 05 October 2012 (Eastern Hemisphere) Dear F&F, Our last day at sea was in lovely light downwind conditions except for the odd swell coming from both the northwest and the east southeast. It felt like we were zooming up and down hills, shortly spaced together. We had an
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Day 9, squalls, wind shifs and ships….. 04 October 2012 (Eastern Hemisphere) Dear F&F, Well yesterday turned out to be a nice day, lots of \”breeze\” (18-25 knots) and we were able to make some northing. The swells became more tolerable and today feels like we\’re almost at the dock relatively speaking!..:-) We saw two
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Day 8, Uh!….. 03 October 2012 (Eastern Hemisphere) Dear F&F, Well, the last 24 hours has not been lots of fun. Squalls, rain and most importantly, wind from a less favorable direction. We passed a few more ships on AIS yesterday and had a bit of a start this morning (1/2 hour ago) as we
Day 7, weather and ships….. 02 October 2012 (Eastern Hemisphere) Dear F&F, Yesterday was a nice sailing day, the evening got a bit cranky. The winds are definitely \”northern hemisphere\”. There is a small low pressure system now between us and Chagos which is moving toward Chagos. This should allow us to follow it in
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Day 5, Transition? A message from afar….. 30 September 2012 (Eastern Hemisphere) Dear F&F, The last 24 hours has been interesting. Yesterday, we were in more frequent squalls which came from the south, crossed over us, rained on us and moved on. The winds shifted a bit, but mostly the intensity ranged; 12-28 knots. With
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Day Four to Chagos – breakage and a fix!….. 29 September 2012 (Eastern Hemisphere) Dear F&F, The miles are clicking away, but overall this passage has been fairly slow. We\’ll most likely do around 155 miles today. I always do my planning on around 170 miles/day. The reason is squalls. We get 20-22 knots for
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Settling In….. 28 September 2012 (Eastern Hemisphere) Dear F&F, Last night was night three for us and it takes about till the third day to settle in on a long passage. Since we\’d made a few three day passages in the last month, it felt like we were more or less still in our routine.
Entering the Back of Beyond….. 27 September 2012 (Eastern Hemisphere) Dear F&F, Last night we anticipated another bit of breeze so we took two reefs in the main and kept up the full genoa. The wind never came. By midnight, we\’d shaken both reefs out and the wind has steadily dropped into this morning at
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