Category: Position Reports

YOTREPS: YES
TIME: 2013/06/23 08:06
LATITUDE: 08-13.89S
LONGITUDE: 016-57.41W
COURSE: 263T
SPEED: 6.4
MARINE: YES
WIND_SPEED: 18
WIND_DIR: ESE
WAVE_HT: 0.1M
WAVE_PER: 11
SWELL_DIR: SE
SWELL_HT: 2.5M
SWELL_PER: 11
CLOUDS: 50%
VISIBILITY: 12
BARO: 1017.1
TREND: 1
AIR_TEMP: 29.4C
SEA_TEMP: 25.6C
COMMENT: Beach House – En ROUTE – Fernando de Noronha Island – Brazil – First 21.5 hrs – 153nm

PLEASE READ: Nikki\’s shore side email is NOT forwarding to the boat. GMAIL thinks she\’s been hacked even though she hasn\’t.
IF YOU WANT TO EMAIL HER, PLEASE DO SO AT:
WDB5638@sailmail.com (THIS EMAIL WILL NOT TAKE PHOTOS OR ATTACHMENTS, PLEASE NO FORWARDS/GROUPS/POSTS).

Not a bad first 21.5 hours. I\’m doing the reports at 8 am local every day and we left at 10:30 a.m. yesterday.
The blog should be posted by the time you get this….
Cheers,
Scott and Nikki

YOTREPS: YES
TIME: 2013/06/22 09:22
LATITUDE: 07-55.21S
LONGITUDE: 014-24.60W
MARINE: NO
WIND_SPEED: 12
WIND_DIR: ESE
CLOUDS: 85%
VISIBILITY: 10
BARO: 1016.5
TREND: 1
AIR_TEMP: 27.8C
COMMENT: Beach House -DEPARTING – Fernando de Noronha Island – Brazil

\”Jongilanga\” just departed ahead of us and we\’ll pass him in a few hours. He\’s single handing and running very short sail.
We\’ve enjoyed our stay here at Ascension Island….Next stop, \”The America\’s\”…wow….

The swell is down (so is the wind) but we\’ll just be comfortable. This passage should be slow and we\’re using the 160 nm average for daily runs in
our planning. That may be optimistic! Near the end, there will be squalls and small low pressure systems forming off the \”beak\” of South America.

USE OUR SAILMAIL ADDRESS TO WRITE THE BOAT DIRECTLY, NOT THIS ONE AS I ONLY CHECK IT ONCE/DAY.
CHEERS,
Scott and Nikki

YOTREPS: YES
TIME: 2013/06/14 17:15
LATITUDE: 07-55.21S
LONGITUDE: 014-24.60W
MARINE: NO
WIND_SPEED: 14
WIND_DIR: ESE
CLOUDS: 85%
VISIBILITY: 10
BARO: 1015.1
TREND: -1
AIR_TEMP: 28.3C
COMMENT: Beach House -ANCHORED – Ascension Island; 4 days, 8 hours.

We made it in at 5pm. GOOD THING TOO. Their floating pipeline was only 50 yds ahead of us when we saw it.
This is a known hazzard here and I\’m glad we had the light of day to see it.

A bit rolly here. Anchored in 35 feet (10.5 meters).
We sailed 839 miles – Ave = 8.06 kts. The straight line distance (Rhumb Line) was 700 miles. We had to jibe often
as we were heading mostly – directly downwind.

All safe and sound, a good nights sleep will be had and hope we can go ashore tomorrow.
KIT,
Scott and Nikki – Mid Atlantic Ocean – Ascension Island
Blog update tomorrow

YOTREPS: YES
TIME: 2013/06/14 08:04
LATITUDE: 08-18.91S
LONGITUDE: 013-40.33W
COURSE: 274T
SPEED: 6.7
MARINE: YES
WIND_SPEED: 22
WIND_DIR: SSE
WAVE_HT: 0.3M
WAVE_PER: 11
SWELL_DIR: SE
SWELL_HT: 2.8M
SWELL_PER: 11
CLOUDS: 70%
VISIBILITY: 12
BARO: 1017.5
AIR_TEMP: 26.7C
SEA_TEMP: 25.6C
COMMENT: Beach House -EN ROUTE – St. Helena, Island to Ascension Island -Day 04 – 190 nm

Congratulations to Dave and Kathie on \”Sunflower\” for making landfall in Grenada today! 3070 miles in 22 days. It was a touch trip north of the equator for them and we
hope to avoid some of their ITCZ/Doldrum grief by staying closer to the South American coast. We shall see how those plans work out in the near future.

We had a brilliant spinnaker run last night from 5 pm to 4 am and covered 105 miles! Speeds were rarely below 8.5 knots and I saw several in the mid teens, one at 16.5 knots! Go Miss Piggy. We weren\’t making enough speed before the spinnaker run to have made in daylight today, now ….no worries. We should be in well before dark.
It\’s 8 am local time and we\’ve only 48 miles to the end of the island. We\’re still sailing smartly at 6.5-8.5 knots with the single reefed main and genoa poled to port. We\’ll have one more jibe in about 30 miles from our current location.

Next report will be from the anchorage when in safe harbor. Expecting about a 4 day, 8 hour trip. Today\’s run, our best at 190 nm.
KIT,
Scott and Nikki

YOTREPS: YES
TIME: 2013/06/13 08:33
LATITUDE: 09-46.50S
LONGITUDE: 011-18.81W
COURSE: 288T
SPEED: 6.8
MARINE: YES
WIND_SPEED: 16
WIND_DIR: SE
WAVE_HT: 0.2M
WAVE_PER: 11
SWELL_DIR: SE
SWELL_HT: 2.5M
SWELL_PER: 11
CLOUDS: 20%
VISIBILITY: 12
BARO: 1020.5
TREND: 1
AIR_TEMP: 28.3C
SEA_TEMP: 25.0C
COMMENT: Beach House -EN ROUTE- St. Helena, Island to Ascension Island -Day 03 – 167 nm

We\’ve 210 miles to go to the SE corner of Ascension Island. Wind is a bit light, but conditions are extremely comfortable.
We HOPE to be at anchor by tomorrow dark. It\’ll be a bit of a push, but I think we\’ll make it. Lots of commercial mooring field stuff to avoid
and I want to get into the shallower area to anchor closer to the beach; but NOT in the dark. We\’ve a waypoint outside the commercial field in 18 meters (60 feet)
of water if we need to anchor outside for the night. Friends Dave and Kathie on \”Sunflower\” are only about 12 hours out of Grenada and had a record (for them) 199 mile day yesterday. \”Sunflower\” must be smelling the barn!…. Or at least the Admiral is….:-)))

KIT,
Scott and Nikki

YOTREPS: YES
TIME: 2013/06/12 08:33
LATITUDE: 11-15.52S
LONGITUDE: 009-06.87W
COURSE: 321T
SPEED: 8.1
MARINE: YES
WIND_SPEED: 22
WIND_DIR: SE
WAVE_HT: 0.5M
WAVE_PER: 11
SWELL_DIR: SE
SWELL_HT: 2.7M
SWELL_PER: 11
CLOUDS: 80%
VISIBILITY: 10
BARO: 1021.2
TREND: 1
AIR_TEMP: 23.9C
SEA_TEMP: 23.9C
COMMENT: Beach House -EN ROUTE – St. Helena, Island to Ascension Island – Day 02 – 175 nm

Got a bit breezy last night so we\’re under full main and genoa poled out to windward. It is predicted to back off a bit and if so we\’ll stay with
this sail plan. If not, we\’ll take in a reef. Yesterday we saw a \”Sei Whale\” about 100 feet from the boat. It just seemed as curious about us as we about it.
Also, several very large white dolphins were tagging along with the whale! Our best run yet today at 175 miles, much more Miss Piggy like…
KIT, Hope to be in on Friday during the day to Ascension Island.
Scott and Nikki – Blog will be up shortly

YOTREPS: YES
TIME: 2013/06/11 09:09
LATITUDE: 13-38.56S
LONGITUDE: 007-33.45W
COURSE: 323T
SPEED: 7.0
MARINE: YES
WIND_SPEED: 18
WIND_DIR: ESE
WAVE_HT: 0.5M
WAVE_PER: 11
SWELL_DIR: SE
SWELL_HT: 2.0M
SWELL_PER: 11
CLOUDS: 75%
VISIBILITY: 10
BARO: 1022.8
AIR_TEMP: 23.3C
SEA_TEMP: 23.3C
COMMENT: Beach House -EN ROUTE- St. Helena, Island to Ascension Island -Day 01 – 163 nm

A lovely steady wind and sea. Not too much, not too little. This is the passage the magazines write about.
The blog is up. REMEMBER, use our SAILMAIL address to write, not this one as I only check it once/day.
KIT,
Scott and Nikki

YOTREPS: YES
TIME: 2013/06/10 09:42
LATITUDE: 15-51.40S
LONGITUDE: 005-46.52W
COURSE: 317T
SPEED: 6.8
MARINE: YES
WIND_SPEED: 17
WIND_DIR: ESE
WAVE_HT: 0.5M
WAVE_PER: 6
SWELL_DIR: SE
SWELL_HT: 1.7M
SWELL_PER: 11
CLOUDS: 40%
VISIBILITY: 12
BARO: 1022.4
AIR_TEMP: 24.4C
SEA_TEMP: 22.8C
COMMENT: Beach House -EN ROUTE – St. Helena, Island to Ascension Island

The blog is updated and as soon as web guru Jeremiah figures out why the photos won\’t post, they too will be up.
We had a great time at St. Helena Island. The tour of the Napoleon sites, the hospitality of the warm people were all great.
We have lovely conditions and expect this to be the case all the way to Ascension Island. The journey is 700 miles, it will be our shortest of three jumps
across the Atlantic to the South American side. We expect the trip to take 4-5 days, the winds 12-20 knots and pretty much right behind us. The seas and swell shouldn\’t be uncomfortable…we\’re off this morning at 0900 (both local and GMT!).

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SKYE!!! (She\’s catching up to us!…:-))

KIT,
Scott and Nikki

YOTREPS: YES
TIME: 2013/06/02 21:20
LATITUDE: 15-55.46S
LONGITUDE: 005-43.46W
MARINE: NO
WIND_SPEED: 5
WIND_DIR: ESE
CLOUDS: 80%
VISIBILITY: 6
BARO: 1023.3
AIR_TEMP: 21.1C
COMMENT: Beach House – MOORED -St. Helena, Island – Mid Atlantic

The trip took exactly 8 days 8 hours, 1340 rhumb line miles. We\’re safely snugged on a mooring with some locals
who asked if they could come out in the dark and windy night and help us!
They also had three babies in the dinghy with them. Only on St. Elsewhere…:-)

We\’ll update the blog in the morning. Crew is showering and bed!…
KIT,
Scott and Nikki

YOTREPS: YES
TIME: 2013/06/02 08:05
LATITUDE: 17-04.42S
LONGITUDE: 004-45.13W
COURSE: 331T
SPEED: 8.7
MARINE: YES
WIND_SPEED: 28
WIND_DIR: SE
WAVE_HT: 0.5M
WAVE_PER: 11
SWELL_DIR: SSE
SWELL_HT: 3.8M
SWELL_PER: 11
CLOUDS: 40%
VISIBILITY: 12
BARO: 1022.9
TREND: 1
AIR_TEMP: 21.1C
SEA_TEMP: 22.8C
COMMENT: Beach House -EN ROUTE – Namibia to St. Helena Island – Day 8 – 177 nm

Yesterday started a bit slow for the first 10 hours, but after that, things gotta\’ rockin\’..
We\’ve surfed as high as 14 knots.

Looking at the weather files, the guru\’s said 15-20 knots. I said, more like 25++
I was right. We went to the second reef right at dark and the staysail on the pole to windward.
The squalls hit us and we had 42 knots for 10 minutes before it backed off to the mid 30\’s…
It\’s calmed a bit in the last 10 hours, but still the odd 30 knot reading pops up.
We\’re 86 miles from the NE end of the island and will likely be in just after dark.
We have good info provided by \”Sunflower\” for the approach, so we may get to sleep on a mooring tonight.
Trip feels a bit like coming out of New Zealand….big swells!…The odd 4 meter ones are now common.
KIT,
We\’ll report our arrival.
Scott and Nikki