Category: 2013 May Positions

YOTREPS: YES
TIME: 2013/05/31 08:08
LATITUDE: 19-43.30S
LONGITUDE: 000-25.96E
COURSE: 325T
SPEED: 5.5
MARINE: YES
WIND_SPEED: 12
WIND_DIR: SSW
WAVE_HT: 0.1M
WAVE_PER: 10
SWELL_DIR: SW
SWELL_HT: 3.0M
SWELL_PER: 11
CLOUDS: 90%
VISIBILITY: 12
BARO: 1022.3
TREND: 2
AIR_TEMP: 18.9C
SEA_TEMP: 21.7C
COMMENT: Beach House -EN ROUTE – Namibia to St. Helena Island – Day 6 – 150 nm

Slow again, but still pretty comfy. The blog is up, the refridgerator issue resolved. Auto pilot compass gone wonky.
Oh read and enjoy…. www.svbeachhouse.com

We\’ll cross into the Western Hemisphere in about 5 hours!
KIT,
Should be at St. Helena on Sunday late or Monday before mid day.
Scott and Nikki

YOTREPS: YES
TIME: 2013/05/30 07:22
LATITUDE: 20-47.26S
LONGITUDE: 002-52.17E
COURSE: 296T
SPEED: 7.7
MARINE: YES
WIND_SPEED: 16
WIND_DIR: S
WAVE_HT: 0.2M
WAVE_PER: 8
SWELL_DIR: SW
SWELL_HT: 3.0M
SWELL_PER: 8
CLOUDS: 70%
VISIBILITY: 12
BARO: 1021.6
TREND: 1
AIR_TEMP: 21.7C
SEA_TEMP: 21.1C
COMMENT: Beach House -EN ROUTE – Namibia to St. Helena Island – Day 5 – 165nm

If the current wind holds this speed for the day, tomorrow we\’ll most likely stretch out the distance.
The winds will be somewhat steady until this p.m. then down a bit before finally just building up well into the 20+ knot range the day or two
before our planned arrival at St. Helena. We should be there on Sunday night or Monday morning if all goes as expected.

The sea state has certainly picked up and we\’ve a pretty good size swell from the SW. Nothing to worry about, just we\’re a bit less comfy than those nice first
slow days. Ah the \”good old days\”….:-)
Blog is posted,
KIT,
Scott and Nikki

YOTREPS: YES
TIME: 2013/05/29 07:20
LATITUDE: 21-59.73S
LONGITUDE: 005-28.79E
COURSE: 298T
SPEED: 7.0
MARINE: YES
WIND_SPEED: 10
WIND_DIR: SW
WAVE_HT: 0.1M
WAVE_PER: 7
SWELL_DIR: SW
SWELL_HT: 2.5M
SWELL_PER: 7
CLOUDS: 75%
VISIBILITY: 12
BARO: 1019.9
TREND: 1
AIR_TEMP: 21.1C
SEA_TEMP: 20.0C
COMMENT: Beach House -EN ROUTE- Namibia to St. Helena Island – Day 4-162nm

Good day all! The blog is posted at: www.svbeachhouse.com
We did 162 nm yesterday, but mostly motoring!
Expect the winds to start by this evening. We\’re just at the half way mark to St. Helena,
725 miles to go. We\’ll most likely be there on Monday…but it\’s still just an educated guess.
KIT,
Scott and Nikki

YOTREPS: YES
TIME: 2013/05/28 07:56
LATITUDE: 23-01.58S
LONGITUDE: 008-00.21E
COURSE: 274T
SPEED: 5.7
MARINE: YES
WIND_SPEED: 12
WIND_DIR: SE
WAVE_HT: 0.1M
WAVE_PER: 7
SWELL_DIR: SSW
SWELL_HT: 1.8M
SWELL_PER: 7
CLOUDS: 50%
VISIBILITY: 12
BARO: 1019.7
TREND: 1
AIR_TEMP: 21.1C
SEA_TEMP: 19.4C
COMMENT: Beach House -EN ROUTE – Namibia to St. Helena Island – Day 3-140nm

A record day! The slowest sailing day we\’ve ever had. 140 nm is a dud for us. Nikki however was on the \”record day\” last season at
238 nm in one day. As you can see..we don\’t have a lot of wind. We\’re still sailing into less! To turn and go the other way means motoring or
sailing toward Angola. Motoring is an option….Angola isn\’t!..:-)
It is LOVELY out here and the calmest passage I\’ve ever had, so a rainbow yet lines the clouds. The winds will pick up on Wednesday and by Friday it will be much more
than we want; up to 30 knots. Hence, we\’ll enjoy the warmer weather, less clouds and the water is warming significantly.

The blog is up!..
Cheers,
Scott and Nikki

YOTREPS: YES
TIME: 2013/05/27 07:19
LATITUDE: 23-52.55S
LONGITUDE: 010-20.52E
COURSE: 298T
SPEED: 6.0
MARINE: YES
WIND_SPEED: 15
WIND_DIR: SSE
WAVE_HT: 0.2M
WAVE_PER: 7
SWELL_DIR: SSW
SWELL_HT: 1.8M
SWELL_PER: 7
CLOUDS: 100%
VISIBILITY: 8
BARO: 1019.4
TREND: 1
AIR_TEMP: 17.8C
SEA_TEMP: 17.8C
COMMENT: Beach House -EN ROUTE – Namibia to St. Helena Island – Day 2 – 160nm

Yesterday started slow, picked up speed in the afternoon and stayed with us all night.
We\’ll most likely gybe and head north (about 330 True) toward 20 deg S and 06 deg E as it\’s where the wind should be.

That\’s about two days from now at this speed but should keep us moving and set us up nicely for the second half of the trip.
One thing is..it\’s been very comfortable to date for an ocean crossing. With the winds never building up for long, the sea state remains subdued.
Still foggy this morning and drizzly too! We managed to eek out 160 nm day with about 1000 miles to go! The blog is up…enjoy today\’s lesson…
The Tropic of Capricorn. Remember….there will be a test in the morning!…:-)
KIT,
Scott and Nikki

YOTREPS: YES
TIME: 2013/05/26 09:12
LATITUDE: 25-26.51S
LONGITUDE: 012-25.72E
COURSE: 268T
SPEED: 5.6
MARINE: YES
WIND_SPEED: 14
WIND_DIR: SSE
WAVE_HT: 0.2M
WAVE_PER: 6
SWELL_DIR: SSE
SWELL_HT: 1.4M
SWELL_PER: 6
CLOUDS: 100%
VISIBILITY: 12
BARO: 1019.9
TREND: 1
AIR_TEMP: 17.2C
SEA_TEMP: 16.7C
COMMENT: Beach House -EN ROUTE – Namibia to St. Helena Island – Day 1-160nm

We\’ve gotten a decided case of the slows the last two hours. We\’re flying the spinnaker but only making 6 ish knots.
We\’re also having to head up (toward the south) to keep the apparent wind speed up. The wind should move to the ESE/SSE later this afternoon
or tomorrow and we then may gybe to head north to fresher breeze. Now, that would head us toward Angola!…:-)
All is well, 1160 nm to go. Blog has been posted….. www.svbeachhouse.com
KIT,
Scott and Nikki

YOTREPS: YES
TIME: 2013/05/25 08:43
LATITUDE: 26-36.13S
LONGITUDE: 015-06.14E
COURSE: 292T
SPEED: 5.5
MARINE: NO
WIND_SPEED: 14
WIND_DIR: S
CLOUDS: 100%
VISIBILITY: 10
BARO: 1020.3
TREND: 1
AIR_TEMP: 15.0C
COMMENT: Beach House -EN ROUTE – Namibia to St. Helena Island

We had a lovely evening at \”Barrels\” restaurant with Pat & Steve and a good nights sleep.
We waited out the morning coastal fog and are now off for the roughly 8 day trip to St. Helena.
We\’re told by Dave and Katie on \”Sunflower\” that about 3-4 days south of St Helena, it warms up!
That will be a blessing. 1325 nautical miles to go!

KIT, USE: WDB5638@sailmail.com (DO NOT USE THIS EMAIL to respond to as I only check it once/day)
Cheers,
Scott and \”On Watch Woodrow\”….:-)

YOTREPS: YES
TIME: 2013/05/21 16:35
LATITUDE: 26-38.43S
LONGITUDE: 015-09.41E
MARINE: NO
WIND_SPEED: 7
WIND_DIR: N
CLOUDS: 100%
VISIBILITY: 5
BARO: 1017.9
TREND: 1
AIR_TEMP: 14.4C
COMMENT: Beach House -MOORED-Luderitz, Namiba We arrived at 4pm local time and found one mooring available.

We\’ll check in tomorrow and expect to be here at least two days. Weather watch is our primary issue.

KIT,
Scott and Nikki

(BTW…our land email addresses are good till we leave here!!!!) For Pat and Steve on \”OZ\”… the position above is where the small boats anchor/moor

YOTREPS: YES
TIME: 2013/05/21 09:34
LATITUDE: 27-08.05S
LONGITUDE: 015-01.68E
COURSE: 000T
SPEED: 6.7
MARINE: YES
WIND_SPEED: 15
WIND_DIR: NNW
WAVE_HT: 0.2M
WAVE_PER: 6
SWELL_DIR: WNW
SWELL_HT: 2.0M
SWELL_PER: 6
CLOUDS: 100%
VISIBILITY: 5
BARO: 1017.2
TREND: 1
AIR_TEMP: 13.9C
SEA_TEMP: 13.9C
COMMENT: Beach House -EN ROUTE – Luderitz, Namibia

It\’s 11:30 am local time and we are less than 30 miles from Luderitz. We expect to arrive around 5-6 pm and are now motoring into a head wind.
It\’s cold, overcast and wet outside.
Blog is updated. See: www.svbeachhouse.com
KIT,
Scott and Nikki

YOTREPS: YES
TIME: 2013/05/20 06:25
LATITUDE: 30-04.53S
LONGITUDE: 014-58.93E
COURSE: 309T
SPEED: 5.4
MARINE: YES
WIND_SPEED: 15
WIND_DIR: S
WAVE_HT: 0.1M
WAVE_PER: 8
SWELL_DIR: SW
SWELL_HT: 2.8M
SWELL_PER: 8
CLOUDS: 20%
VISIBILITY: 15
BARO: 1016.6
AIR_TEMP: 18.3C
SEA_TEMP: 16.1C
COMMENT: Beach House -EN ROUTE – Luderitz, Namiba

Nikki\’s up, the winds are predicted to shift to the ESE so we\’ll gybe (bring the main sail from one side to the other with the wind behind us) and head toward the barn door at a true heading of about 355 degrees. 200 miles to go, shaping up to be a nice day, but cold! We may put the spinnaker back up? The blog is posted, (someone please let me know if the formatting looks normal or is it just one long run on sentence?)….

KIT,
Scott and Nautical Nik