Author: kerri
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POSITION REPORT
YOTREPS: YES
TIME: 2013/07/03 14:22
LATITUDE: 03-43.16S
LONGITUDE: 038-31.75W
MARINE: NO
WIND_SPEED: 7
WIND_DIR: ESE
CLOUDS: 70%
VISIBILITY: 12
BARO: 1017.1
AIR_TEMP: 28.9C
COMMENT: Beach House – MED MOORED – Forteleza Marina – 2 days, 355 milesWe anchored out and came into the marina with the dinghy. There are about 7 boats here all Med Moored (not my favorite!).
The Marina staff helped us get hooked up and tied to the dock. Next the \”passerelle\” (gangway) and then we\’ll be ashore.
This is the first time I\’ve done it on my bow anchor instead of chain system that the Marina\’s usually provide.All is well, we\’ll get checked in and rested. I\’ll update the blog later tonight or tomorrow….
KIT,
We\’re in South America!
Scott and Nikki -
Fernando de Noronha to Forteleza, Brazil……Day 1
Fernando de Noronha to Forteleza, Brazil……Day 1
July 1st, written the morning of the 2nd, 2013 (Western Hemisphere) Time: -2 on GMT
We motored out from Fernando yesterday in calm conditions to the end of the island. It is a lovely island! From there, we set course to Forteleza and were sailing within about three hours. That lasted till dark when we again motored till midnight. The winds came back and we sailed till this morning about an hour ago and we\’re motoring again. The weather here is much like the ITCZ (Inter Tropical Convergence Zone) but that won\’t really be upon us till we\’re near French Guyana, Surinam and Guyana. The trade winds which are \”cool\” hit the South American Continent which is \”warm\” and the moist air causes convection. So the squalls aren\’t slammers, but they do cause large wind shifts, rain and basically yukkie conditions with the swell coming from anywhere North through East through South.
The highlight of today is that we had dozens of dolphins on two occasions hang out off our bow for 1/2 hour stints. It IS pretty cool and of course the dolphin police are nowhere to be found!…:-)
Not much else to report today except that we\’ll have our radio chit chat with \”This Side Up\”, \”Jongilanga\” and \”OZ\” in about a half an hour. \”Jongilanga\” should be arriving at Fernando today and \”TSU\” should be arriving at Forteleza.
We hope to be tied to a decent dock by dark tomorrow in Forteleza Marina…. Hope it all goes well!
KIT,
Scott and Nikki -
POSITION REPORT
YOTREPS: YES
TIME: 2013/07/01 10:44
LATITUDE: 03-52.58S
LONGITUDE: 032-30.25W
COURSE: 255T
SPEED: 6.5
MARINE: YES
WIND_SPEED: 6
WIND_DIR: E
WAVE_HT: 0.0M
WAVE_PER: 0
SWELL_DIR: SSE
SWELL_HT: 1.5M
SWELL_PER: 10
CLOUDS: 85%
VISIBILITY: 12
BARO: 1015.7
AIR_TEMP: 28.3C
SEA_TEMP: 26.1C
COMMENT: Beach House -EN ROUTE- Fernando de Noronha Island – Forteleza, BrazilWe\’re off after running the length of the island (only 5 miles) and headed to the main land.
Unfortunately, we\’ve mixed reviews of Fernando, but it IS an island paradise unto itself.We\’re in very light air, but it should pick up later today. I expect to arrive in Fortelza sometime on Wednesday.
The blog is updated at: www.svbeachhouse.com AND Nikki\’s Gmail is again working to be forwarded to the boat!
KIT,
Scott and Nikki -
Ascension Island to Fernando de Noronha (Brazil)…..Day 6.7
Ascension Island to Fernando de Noronha (Brazil)…..Day 6.7
June 28th, written from the anchorage on June 29th, 2013 (Western Hemisphere) Time: -2 on GMT
Yesterday morning, we set the full main and genoa on a port tack beam/broad reach. The wind predictions were from the NE, but a few hours later, the rains
came constantly all day and the winds went to the NW!!! That made us very close hauled, but laying the island. Eventually, the winds actually went WEST and we had to
motor through those areas. The swell was from three directions (shades of the Indian Ocean), but we knew it would be a short lived and local phenomenon.We approached the island around mid night and fortunately, the skies we\’re clearing, the wind down to 3 knots and the swell quite comfortable.
This island is a National Marine Park of Brazil and as such, there is only one place on the island we\’re allowed to anchor. San Antonio Bay is actually a pretty little spot and reminds me of a Yasawa Island in shape and size like we found in Fiji as well as the spires of Ua Pou in the Marquesas. Add a little Kelefesia from Tonga and you have….Fernando de Noronha.
\”This Side Up\” arrived the day before we did and did some engine and traveler repairs. Despite a light air prediction, they headed out for Forteleza this morning which should be a three day, two night sail. We\’re anxious to hear about their experience as the marina there has \”mixed reviews\” to say the least.
It is Saturday here and we hope what we\’ve found is the exception rather than the rule. There are 15 party boats out. Some playing music that is so bad and so loud a 13 year old would cringe. The speaker system sounds like something out of the 1930\’s and I have no idea how the tourists aboard can tolerate it. It is giving me a pounding headache and I\’m 100 yards away. No one aboard could possibly carry on a conversation. We shall see…hopefully, it\’s a Saturday affair.
We\’ve also noted that fireworks, even in the middle of the day are shot off near their small marina. Again, we have no idea why? It\’s not a visual delight and the noise is….well, just that – noise.
The reputation of this island is \”Eco Tourism\” at it\’s finest and we can certainly see why that should be. There are apparently some world class white sand beaches here and at Isla Rata, one of the supposed world\’s finest surfing spots. I doubt there would ever be a crowd at the break, that\’s for sure. This entire island is only 5 1/2 miles long and at most 2 miles wide. The water is 80 deg F (27 deg C) and the air is 87 deg F (29 deg C). We\’re only 200 miles south of the Equator. We\’ll cross the Equator after we leave Forteleza.
We got a pretty good nights sleep and we\’ll try and go ashore later this afternoon.
Don\’t be strangers and drop us a note!
More from Fernando as we discover…
Final Stats: 1237 miles sailed on a Rhumb Line of 1100 miles. We averaged 7.75 knots for the sailed mileage. The trip took 6 days 14 hours. And remember, \”Your mileage may vary\”….:-)
KIT,
Scott and Nikki -
POSITION REPORT
YOTREPS: YES
TIME: 2013/06/29 03:36
LATITUDE: 03-50.06S
LONGITUDE: 032-24.43W
MARINE: NO
WIND_SPEED: 3
WIND_DIR: W
CLOUDS: 100%
VISIBILITY: 14
BARO: 1015
AIR_TEMP: 24.4C
COMMENT: Beach House -ANCHORED-Fernando de Noronha Island – Brazil – 6 days, 9 hoursWe just anchored next to s/v \”This Side Up\” and it\’s 12:30 a.m. local time. We\’ve had rain ALL DAY and it has stopped here at the anchorage.
We had a nice sail despite the multi direction swell and humid damp conditions.We\’ll update the blog in the morning when we rise!…
Safe and Sound,
Scott and Sleepy Nik -
POSITION REPORT
YOTREPS: YES
TIME: 2013/06/28 08:10
LATITUDE: 03-40.01S
LONGITUDE: 030-07.46W
COURSE: 267T
SPEED: 8.0
MARINE: YES
WIND_SPEED: 12
WIND_DIR: NE
WAVE_HT: 0.1M
WAVE_PER: 9
SWELL_DIR: SE
SWELL_HT: 2.0M
SWELL_PER: 10
CLOUDS: 90%
VISIBILITY: 6
BARO: 1014.8
AIR_TEMP: 24.4C
SEA_TEMP: 26.1C
COMMENT: Beach House -En ROUTE – Fernando de Noronha Island – Brazil – Day 6 – 177 nmWe\’ve motored 18 of the last 24 hours but are getting the wind back and we\’ll set sail around 8 am.
It\’s been pretty rainy and squally, but the squalls take as much wind away as some of them give. Nothing over 18 knots.
We\’ve 135 nm to go and expect to be at the anchorage early tomorrow morning.Blog will be up shortly… www.svbeachhouse.com
Scott and Nikki -
POSITION REPORT
YOTREPS: YES
TIME: 2013/06/27 08:14
LATITUDE: 03-33.55S
LONGITUDE: 027-14.00W
COURSE: 267T
SPEED: 7.0
MARINE: YES
WIND_SPEED: 7
WIND_DIR: ENE
WAVE_HT: 0.0M
WAVE_PER: 0
SWELL_DIR: E
SWELL_HT: 1.5M
SWELL_PER: 11
CLOUDS: 85%
VISIBILITY: 6
BARO: 1015.8
AIR_TEMP: 23.9C
SEA_TEMP: 26.1C
COMMENT: Beach House -En ROUTE – Fernando de Noronha Island – Brazil, Day 5 – 162 nmFlew the spinnaker is light to dying breeze till early this morning when the proverbial towel was thrown in and we dropped the spinnaker
and are now motoring. We\’ve had several squalls within the last three hours and they\’re mostly wind thieves and rain makers.
Nice to get the boat washed!A really amazing experience last night…it\’s all in the blog which will be up by the time most of you read this!
YES SANDRA, Nikki did get your direct email to the boat, she\’s just been a bit tired and will write soon!
KIT,
Scott and Hopefully Sleeping Nikki -
POSITION REPORT
YOTREPS: YES
TIME: 2013/06/26 08:08
LATITUDE: 04-32.73S
LONGITUDE: 024-29.69W
COURSE: 308T
SPEED: 7.9
MARINE: YES
WIND_SPEED: 12
WIND_DIR: E
WAVE_HT: 0.0M
WAVE_PER: 0
SWELL_DIR: E
SWELL_HT: 1.5M
SWELL_PER: 11
CLOUDS: 70%
VISIBILITY: 12
BARO: 1015.3
AIR_TEMP: 26.1C
SEA_TEMP: 26.1C
COMMENT: Beach House – En ROUTE – Fernando de Noronha Island, Brazil – Day 4 – 175 nmPINCH ME! See if I\’m awake! What an incredible sail we\’ve had the last 14 hours. It\’s almost flat water and we\’re beam reaching with the spinnaker up
in 12 knots of wind doing 7-10 knots! Yesterday, I figured out that by adding more dagger board, the boat steering really behaves much better.
We\’ve changed time to -1 on GMT (Fernando is at -2 GMT).Blog will be up in a few minutes: REMEMBER NIKKI\’S EMAIL IS NOT FORWARDING, WRITE HER AT THE BOAT DIRECTLY.
KIT,
Scott and off watch Nikki -
POSITION REPORT
YOTREPS: YES
TIME: 2013/06/25 08:10
LATITUDE: 05-58.92S
LONGITUDE: 021-59.12W
COURSE: 284T
SPEED: 7.2
MARINE: YES
WIND_SPEED: 18
WIND_DIR: E
WAVE_HT: 0.1M
WAVE_PER: 11
SWELL_DIR: ESE
SWELL_HT: 2.3M
SWELL_PER: 11
CLOUDS: 25%
VISIBILITY: 12
BARO: 1015.5
AIR_TEMP: 27.8C
SEA_TEMP: 26.1C
COMMENT: Beach House -En ROUTE -Fernando de Noronha Island – Brazil – Day 3 – 176 nmA good days run and we\’re still under full main and genoa poled to starboard. The weather has been great but we may start to see some rain and
squalls within the next 24 hours? For the full story and Nikki in bed with a flying fish!…check out the blog at: www.svbeachhouse.com
Two nights and one day in a row we\’ve seen ships.
Blog up in a few minutes…
Enjoy,
Scott and Fishy Nikki