YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2009/05/10 12:23 LATITUDE: 00-53.67S LONGITUDE: 089-36.81W MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 8 WIND_DIR: 135T CLOUDS: 80% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1011 AIR_TEMP: 29.4C COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Isla SAN CRISTOBAL….after a side trip !!!
Dear F&F, May 9, 2009 Scott was scanning the horizon & spotted 2 islands about half an hour ago. Always very exciting. The sea calmed down dramatically & we had a smooth day of sailing. We rolled up the genny & main sails a while ago as the wind lightened. It was nice that we
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YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2009/05/09 12:12 LATITUDE: 00-34.33N LONGITUDE: 089-05.81W COURSE: 216T SPEED: 8.1 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 14 WIND_DIR: 114T WAVE_HT: 0.6M WAVE_PER: 10 SWELL_DIR: S SWELL_HT: 1.5M SWELL_PER: 10 CLOUDS: 75% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1010 AIR_TEMP: 25.0C SEA_TEMP: 27.8C COMMENT: Beach House – EN ROUTE – 3/4ths Way Academy Bay, Sailing Fast Arrive Tonight
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2009/05/08 19:25 LATITUDE: 02-19.81N LONGITUDE: 088-08.66W COURSE: 202T SPEED: 6.4 MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 12 WIND_DIR: 170T CLOUDS: 85% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1010.9 AIR_TEMP: 27.2C COMMENT: Beach House – EN ROUTE – 1/2 Way Academy Bay, Isla Santa Cruz, Galapagos Islands
Dear F&F, May 8, 2009 We have been at sea 30 hours with another 30 or so to go. Motoring head on into the wind & sea, it is very rough going. \”Good Humor Girl\” Boater friend Tami Stewart thought the Good Humor Man was Jonathon Winters. Maybe the company sponsored his radio or TV
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YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2009/05/07 14:38 LATITUDE: 05-19.85N LONGITUDE: 087-06.01W COURSE: 208T SPEED: 6.1 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 11 WIND_DIR: 186T WAVE_HT: 0.6M WAVE_PER: 8 SWELL_DIR: S SWELL_HT: 1.5M SWELL_PER: 8 CLOUDS: 85% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1012.9 AIR_TEMP: 31.7C SEA_TEMP: 27.8C COMMENT: Beach House – EN ROUTE – Academy Bay, Isla Santa Cruz, Galapagos Islands
Dear F&F, May 6, 2009 Yesterday we went for another hike. It drizzled at the beginning. We were wishing for more rain once we got going, as the sun was pretty hot even though it was only 7:30 a.m. It was about 1 hour & 20 minutes; a VERY steep climb up. Poor Scott found
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Dear F&F, May 2, 2009 After gluing & hand stitching a torn seam in my wetsuit yesterday, I was hot & bored enough to risk the afternoon dive. We stayed fairly shallow & my ear did not bother me. I was able to clear it on the descent which is the most important thing. It
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Dear F&F, April 30, 2009 I awoke at 2:30 a.m. with raging right ear pain. Skye, Linda & probably many others of you know what this feels like. I was only off antibiotics a week from my finger wounds & now began Levaquin. I was not willing to rely on just the ear drop antibiotics
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