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Category: 2015 Positions

  • Position Report – Black Sound, Green Turtle Cay – Abacos-Bahamas

    AIRMAIL YOTREPS
    IDENT: N6ABC
    TIME: 2015/01/20 21:51
    LATITUDE: 26-45.54N
    LONGITUDE: 077-19.40W
    MARINE: NO
    WIND_SPEED: 5
    WIND_DIR: SE
    CLOUDS: 85%
    VISIBILITY: 12
    BARO: 1015.4
    AIR_TEMP: 22.2C
    COMMENT: Beach House – MOORED – Black Sound, Green Turtle Cay – Abacos – Bahamas

    A long easy day, quite cool for these parts. Overcast skies. We\’re at the south end of the sound.
    The depths on entering were shall we say….shallow! We\’ll go ashore and explore New Plymouth.
    May or may not head the 25 miles to Marsh Harbour, Hope Town tomorrow?

    It was a \”no rat day\”….:-)
    KIT,
    Scott and Nikki

  • Position Report – Great Sale Cay, Little Bahamas Bank…..

    AIRMAIL YOTREPS
    IDENT: N6ABC
    TIME: 2015/01/19 21:43
    LATITUDE: 26-58.87N
    LONGITUDE: 078-12.86W
    MARINE: NO
    WIND_SPEED: 9
    WIND_DIR: NNE
    CLOUDS: 20%
    VISIBILITY: 15
    BARO: 1017
    AIR_TEMP: 28.9C
    COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Great Sale Cay, Little Bahamas Bank

    Oh what a day!…
    We\’ve had the following issues:
    Our \”Navigate Mode\” on our auto pilot stopped working. With Mike\’s help, I think? I\’ve hacked and fixed it.
    Our 24 Volt Alternators (which were just rebuilt) do not appear to be charging the batteries….ummmm
    Our water maker seems to have over flowed into the bilge when the tanks were full instead of coming out the air vent as it usually does….investigating
    Good news is that our generator with battery chargers and the solar is picking up the slack….\”as designed\”.
    Other minor misc. stuff.

    Last night, I was brushing my teeth and Nikki (who was asleep), screamed! We\’ve a RAT! The only open port was our stateroom hatch. Fortunately, (story in the blog to come), I was able to capture him/her in a bucket and out the port light he/she went. About 8\” long plus tail!…. As they can swim, I\’m sure it self rescued and climbed up the dock poles awaiting the next unsuspecting \”yachtie\”. Yet another in a long line of \”sea stories\”….:-)

    KIT,
    Scott and Nikki
    Either Spanish Cay or Green Turtle Cay tomorrow….then Hope Town where we should have some internet.

    PS: These are being sent in a group of 4….We\’re working on some web issues.

  • POSITION REPORT – West End Grand Bahama, Old Bahama Bay Marina…..

    AIRMAIL YOTREPS
    IDENT: N6ABC
    TIME: 2015/01/19 01:19
    LATITUDE: 26-42.05N
    LONGITUDE: 078-59.51W
    COMMENT: Beach House – DOCKED – Old Bahama Bay Marina, West End Grand Bahama

    It was a long day. 72 miles from Ft. Lauderdale to the West End here at Grand Bahama.
    We made the 7:30 a.m. bridge opening and passed a record 8 cruise ships in Port Everglades.
    We got to sail for an hour and overall the conditions were nice. A few bugs, but we\’ll get them worked out.

    We are using a new satellite email system this season called Iridium GO.
    Winlink may not take our position reporting as I cannot do it through their system via Iridium GO. We will still show up on YOTREPS and ShipTrak however.

    This is the SAME GROUP of interested parties I put on the position report emails in the past. IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO BE ON THE DIRECT LIST.
    Just let us know and I\’ll delete you. Please do not think we will be offended. We want what YOU want….:-)

    Feel free to drop a note. PLEASE USE OUR REGULAR EMAILS.
    Nikki\’s gmails will forward to the boat. For me use WDB5638 \”at\” sailmail.com. My beachhouse51 \”at\” gmail.com will forward to the boat as well!
    KIT,
    Scott and Nikki (en route Hope Town in Grand Abaco (a couple of days away). Tomorrow we hope to make Sale Cay.

  • POSITION REPORT – West End Grand Bahama, Old Bahama Bay Marina…..

    AIRMAIL YOTREPS
    IDENT: N6ABC
    TIME: 2015/01/19 01:19
    LATITUDE: 26-42.05N
    LONGITUDE: 078-59.51W
    COMMENT: Beach House – DOCKED – Old Bahama Bay Marina, West End Grand Bahama

    It was a long day. 72 miles from Ft. Lauderdale to the West End here at Grand Bahama.
    We made the 7:30 a.m. bridge opening and passed a record 8 cruise ships in Port Everglades.
    We got to sail for an hour and overall the conditions were nice. A few bugs, but we\’ll get them worked out.

    We are using a new satellite email system this season called Iridium GO.
    Winlink may not take our position reporting as I cannot do it through their system via Iridium GO. We will still show up on YOTREPS and ShipTrak however.

    This is the SAME GROUP of interested parties I put on the position report emails in the past. IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO BE ON THE DIRECT LIST.
    Just let us know and I\’ll delete you. Please do not think we will be offended. We want what YOU want….:-)

    Feel free to drop a note. PLEASE USE OUR REGULAR EMAILS.
    Nikki\’s gmails will forward to the boat. For me use WDB5638 \”at\” sailmail.com. My beachhouse51 \”at\” gmail.com will forward to the boat as well!
    KIT,
    Scott and Nikki (en route Hope Town in Grand Abaco (a couple of days away). Tomorrow we hope to make Sale Cay.