Linga Linga, Mozambique….. 17 November 2012 (Eastern Hemisphere), now UTC+2 Dear F&F, Ah the best laid plans! We thought it would be easy to anchor at the Light House anchorage here in Inhambane Bay, but no such luck. The NNE at 25 knots makes the anchorage a lee shore and it would be horribly uncomfortable. […]
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YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2012/11/17 13:02 LATITUDE: 23-44.12S LONGITUDE: 035-23.66E MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 25 WIND_DIR: NNE CLOUDS: 30% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1011.6 AIR_TEMP: 27.8C COMMENT: Beach House ANCHORED -Linga Linga Point – Inhambane Bay, Mozambique We came in to Linga Linga as the conditions in the bay were way too bouncy. The SSEasterlies are not expected
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2012/11/17 07:45 LATITUDE: 23-37.83S LONGITUDE: 035-36.73E COURSE: 220T SPEED: 4.6 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 17 WIND_DIR: NNE WAVE_HT: 0.5M WAVE_PER: 4 SWELL_DIR: SE SWELL_HT: 0.5M SWELL_PER: 5 CLOUDS: 25% VISIBILITY: 20 BARO: 1015.1 AIR_TEMP: 27.8C COMMENT: Beach House – Hove To – Inhambane Bay, Mozambique HOVE To with just the third reef in
Getting busier around here….. 16 November 2012 (Eastern Hemisphere) Dear F&F, We sailed all night and ran out of wind per usual by 9:30 a.m. BEFORE I would start the port engine, I wanted to check on my Rube Goldberg. Good thing too! I used one clear plastic hose OVER the main fuel tank hose
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YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2012/11/16 09:23 LATITUDE: 20-59.79S LONGITUDE: 037-05.25E COURSE: 205T SPEED: 7.0 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 1 WIND_DIR: WSW WAVE_HT: 0.0M WAVE_PER: 0 SWELL_DIR: S SWELL_HT: 1.0M SWELL_PER: 5 CLOUDS: 30% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1017.1 AIR_TEMP: 31.1C COMMENT: Beach House -EN ROUTE -Madagascar to Richard\’s Bay, South Africa Sorry a little late on the position
What a difference a day makes!….. 15 November 2012 (Eastern Hemisphere) Dear F&F, Yesterday\’s engine room antics were a great crest fall when the engine started and ran for 10 minutes and then failed. Ken Dickenson of Norfolk, UK and Dave Blanding of Shawnee Mission Kansas (\”Sunflower\’s home port) kept telling me about AIR and
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YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2012/11/15 06:30 LATITUDE: 19-22.26S LONGITUDE: 038-39.81E COURSE: 212T SPEED: 5.9 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 7 WIND_DIR: S WAVE_HT: 0.5M WAVE_PER: 4 SWELL_DIR: SSE SWELL_HT: 1.3M SWELL_PER: 5 CLOUDS: 25% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1018.2 AIR_TEMP: 30.6C COMMENT: Beach House -EN ROUTE -Madagascar to Richard\’s Bay, South Africa Day 3 – 155 miles. At least
What a day!….. 14 November 2012 (Eastern Hemisphere) Dear F&F, Yesterday – we ran out of wind in the late afternoon and motored on our one operable starboard engine until 3:00 a.m. when the wind came back up from 13-18 knots. Prior to the arrival of the wind, it was calmest night at sea I
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2012/11/14 07:00 LATITUDE: 17-55.18S LONGITUDE: 040-40.41E COURSE: 274T SPEED: 5.3 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 10 WIND_DIR: ENE WAVE_HT: 0.0M WAVE_PER: 0 SWELL_DIR: S SWELL_HT: 0.5M SWELL_PER: 6 CLOUDS: 35% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1017 AIR_TEMP: 30.0C COMMENT: Beach House-EN ROUTE-Madagascar to Richard\’s Bay, South Africa Day 2 – 135 miles. A record….low mileage day.
South Africa or bust?…. 12-13 November 2012 (Eastern Hemisphere) Dear F&F, Okay, did all the last minute checks…THE WEATHER looks good, we\’re off….sort of. First thing, the port engine won\’t start. It\’s a fuel starvation problem. The filters look awful, so does the fuel. The fuel we picked up in Indonesia and Hellville may be
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