Island Hike, Last nights super squall….. 14 October 2012 Dear F&F, As we are still waiting on our weather window, Nikki and I decided today to take a hike and see Ile Bodham. The island is about 1 1/2 miles long and a little over a quarter mile wide. We first went to find the […]
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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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To see the SHIP\’S BLOGS associated with this PHOTO GALLERY: Click the following links below……. Bali Indonesia to Christmas Island, Australia (Indian Ocean): Sept. 11th, 2012 – First #1 Last #2 – Sept. 11th, 2012 Christmas Island, Australia (Indian Ocean): Sept. 15th, 2012 – First #1 Last
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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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YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2012/10/05 03:49 LATITUDE: 05-21.24S LONGITUDE: 072-12.47E MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 13 WIND_DIR: ENE CLOUDS: 90% VISIBILITY: 10 BARO: 1016 AIR_TEMP: 26.7C COMMENT: Beach House – MOORED – Salomon Atoll, Chagos Archipelago. 131 miles last 24 hours Trip 10 days. We\’re moored next to \”Sunflower\” who graciously helped us get on the mooring. A
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2012/10/04 01:55 LATITUDE: 05-58.77S LONGITUDE: 074-12.65E COURSE: 305T SPEED: 4.7 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 18 WIND_DIR: NE WAVE_HT: 0.1M WAVE_PER: 6 SWELL_DIR: ENE SWELL_HT: 2.2M SWELL_PER: 10 CLOUDS: 70% VISIBILITY: 10 BARO: 1013.6 AIR_TEMP: 28.3C COMMENT: Beach House – EN ROUTE – Salomon Atoll, Chagos Archipelago. Day 9 145 nm. 123 nm to
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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YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2012/10/03 01:53 LATITUDE: 07-06.45S LONGITUDE: 076-21.04E COURSE: 292T SPEED: 6.5 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 18 WIND_DIR: NE WAVE_HT: 0.2M WAVE_PER: 6 SWELL_DIR: ENE SWELL_HT: 3.5M SWELL_PER: 10 CLOUDS: 90% VISIBILITY: 10 BARO: 1015.1 AIR_TEMP: 27.2C COMMENT: Beach House – EN ROUTE – Salomon Atoll, Chagos Archipelago. 157 miles last 24 hours; Day 8
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