YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2012/10/29 13:12 LATITUDE: 13-24.37S LONGITUDE: 048-17.04E MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 8 WIND_DIR: W CLOUDS: 40% VISIBILITY: 20 BARO: 1012.3 AIR_TEMP: 30.6C COMMENT: Beach House -ANCHORED- HELLville, Nose Be Island – Madagascar
Check in tomorrow…..Now we can truly say, \”We\’ve been to Hell!\”…:-)
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2012/10/26 13:05 LATITUDE: 13-17.90S LONGITUDE: 048-10.63E MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 13 WIND_DIR: 205T CLOUDS: 60% VISIBILITY: 20 BARO: 1012.5 AIR_TEMP: 30.6C COMMENT: Beach House -ANCHORED- Sakatia Island, Sakatia Island Resort.
We\’ll go ashore tomorrow. Watching the weather for possible TS/TC (hurricane) forming 700 miles to our NE in about three days. Let\’s hope it stays going WEST and NOT South/South East
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2012/10/25 12:54 LATITUDE: 12-26.81S LONGITUDE: 048-46.10E MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 18 WIND_DIR: NE CLOUDS: 75% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1012.2 AIR_TEMP: 30.6C COMMENT: Beach House -ANCHORED- Andranoamby Bay, NW Madagascar. 2 other French Cats here….. Trip to here was 8 days, 10 hours. We will stay the night and move south toward Sakitia Island tomorrow. There is a resort there and we may get a restaurant dinner and assistance on checking in. Dave & Kathy on \”Sunflower\” should be here tomorrow afternoon. New Blog out later today…
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2012/10/25 05:50 LATITUDE: 11-56.63S LONGITUDE: 049-15.67E COURSE: 270T SPEED: 8.5 MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 23 WIND_DIR: SE CLOUDS: 30% VISIBILITY: 20 BARO: 1015.6 AIR_TEMP: 23.9C COMMENT: Beach House -En-ROUTE- Chagos to Madagascar – Rounded the \”Top\” – Cap d\’Ambre, Madagascar
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2012/10/25 02:12 LATITUDE: 12-04.94S LONGITUDE: 049-45.92E COURSE: 281T SPEED: 8.2 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 18 WIND_DIR: SE WAVE_HT: 0.0M WAVE_PER: 0 SWELL_DIR: SSE SWELL_HT: 1.2M SWELL_PER: 8 CLOUDS: 30% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1015.6 AIR_TEMP: 23.9C COMMENT: Beach House -En-ROUTE- Chagos to Madagascar. Day 8 – 176 miles
Twenty five miles to go to the top here at 05:15 local time. Should be around before noon. Nice night with the spinnaker up all night. New blog posts in minutes! KIT, Scott and Sleeping Beauty
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2012/10/24 02:12 LATITUDE: 12-25.23S LONGITUDE: 052-43.48E COURSE: 266T SPEED: 5.5 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 11 WIND_DIR: SE WAVE_HT: 0.0M WAVE_PER: 0 SWELL_DIR: SSE SWELL_HT: 1.5M SWELL_PER: 8 CLOUDS: 40% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1014.4 AIR_TEMP: 25.0C COMMENT: Beach House -En-ROUTE- Chagos to Madagascar. Day 7 – 160 miles (195 to go to the top).
Wind has dropped significantly, we\’ll most likely put the spinnaker up today to insure arrival during daylight tomorrow. An unexpected current slowed us markedly yesterday. C\’est la vie!
Watching a low pressure system to our NNE. Looks like it will develop, then fizzle into the East Coast of Kenya/Tanzania…. New blog up soon….www.svbeachhouse.com
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2012/10/23 02:10 LATITUDE: 12-10.12S LONGITUDE: 055-25.62E COURSE: 268T SPEED: 7.1 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 20 WIND_DIR: SSE WAVE_HT: 0.1M WAVE_PER: 7 SWELL_DIR: SSE SWELL_HT: 2.2M SWELL_PER: 8 CLOUDS: 70% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1015.2 AIR_TEMP: 24.4C COMMENT: Beach House – En-ROUTE – Chagos to Madagascar. Day 6 – 197 miles (back to back)!
A lovely evening, seas calm. We\’ve about 48 hours to go to the \”top\” of Madagascar, should be there on our Thursday morning. Two days with identical 197 mile runs. New blog out at: www.svbeachhouse.com KIT, Scott and Sleeping Navagatrix!…
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2012/10/22 02:04 LATITUDE: 12-01.36S LONGITUDE: 058-46.39E COURSE: 264T SPEED: 8.0 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 23 WIND_DIR: SSE WAVE_HT: 0.2M WAVE_PER: 7 SWELL_DIR: SSE SWELL_HT: 2.5M SWELL_PER: 8 CLOUDS: 80% VISIBILITY: 10 BARO: 1015.5 AIR_TEMP: 24.4C COMMENT: Beach House -En-ROUTE- Chagos to Madagascar. Day 5 – 197 miles
New blog posted at www.svbeachhouse.com Three days to the top of Madagascar an on to Nosy Be on the NE coast. Conditions are much improved over two days ago! KIT, Scott and Celestial Girl Nikki
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2012/10/22 02:04 LATITUDE: 12-01.36S LONGITUDE: 058-46.39E COURSE: 264T SPEED: 8.0 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 23 WIND_DIR: SSE WAVE_HT: 0.2M WAVE_PER: 7 SWELL_DIR: SSE SWELL_HT: 2.5M SWELL_PER: 8 CLOUDS: 80% VISIBILITY: 10 BARO: 1015.5 AIR_TEMP: 24.4C COMMENT: Beach House -En-ROUTE- Chagos to Madagascar. Day 5 – 197 miles
New blog posted at www.svbeachhouse.com Three days to the top of Madagascar an on to Nosy Be on the NE coast. Conditions are much improved over two days ago! KIT, Scott and Celestial Girl Nikki
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2012/10/21 02:03 LATITUDE: 11-46.40S LONGITUDE: 062-07.66E COURSE: 269T SPEED: 7.8 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 18 WIND_DIR: SE WAVE_HT: 0.2M WAVE_PER: 7 SWELL_DIR: SSE SWELL_HT: 2.8M SWELL_PER: 7 CLOUDS: 90% VISIBILITY: 10 BARO: 1015.3 AIR_TEMP: 23.9C COMMENT: Beach House -En-ROUTE- Chagos to Madagascar. Day 4, 178 nm
Changed course to head for Cap d\’Ambre. Found a 1600 spot to pass over the Mascarene Bank Rain, all is well, now with the pole up, wind at 130 degrees on the port quarter.