Voyages

Knysna……..

Knysna….. 12 February – 15 February, 2013 We left Port Elizabeth with lovely Southeasterly conditions and after clearing the point, we were soon able to set sail. The trip would be all day, all night with a 7 a.m. arrival to enter the infamous Knysna Heads right before high tide. These \”heads\”, which are two

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POSITION REPORT

YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2013/02/17 17:15 LATITUDE: 34-11.48S LONGITUDE: 018-25.96E MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 6 WIND_DIR: SW CLOUDS: 40% VISIBILITY: 5 BARO: 1006.5 AIR_TEMP: 22.8C COMMENT: Beach House – DOCKED – False Bay Yacht Club, Simon\’s Town, South Africa Just about 36 hours, 290 miles. It reminded me of coming OUT of New Zealand. Big winds and

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POSITION REPORT

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

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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

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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

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Port Elizabeth………

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

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2013-02 Port Elizabeth – Knysna to Simon\’s Town – Photos

The second leg of our sail around the bottom of Africa! To view the SHIP\’S BLOG\’s associated with this PHOTO GALLERY: CLICK HERE – Port Elizabeth                                CLICK HERE – Knysna                      

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02-2013 Richard\’s Bay – Durban to Port Elizabeth, SA – Photos

To see the SHIP\’S BLOGS associated with this PHOTO GALLERY:  CLICK THE TITLES BELOW Richards Bay Departure                            Richards Bay – Durban – Port Elizabeth                             Port Elizabeth

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