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  • POSITION REPORT

    YOTREPS: YES
    TIME: 2013/08/01 21:25
    LATITUDE: 10-40.82N
    LONGITUDE: 061-37.92W
    MARINE: NO
    WIND_SPEED: 2
    WIND_DIR: E
    CLOUDS: 20%
    VISIBILITY: 10
    BARO: 1015.6
    AIR_TEMP: 32.2C
    COMMENT: Beach House -Med Moored – Coral Cove Marina, Chaguaramas, Trinidad

    This will most likely be the last position report for the season!
    I will not likely send a report for several weeks or even a few months.

    If you wish to stay on my list for next season, please email me.
    USE WDB5638@SAILMAIL.COM (NOT THIS ADDRESS)

    We had a great sail hitting up to 15.4 knots late in the day. A fitting last sail for Nikki aboard Beach House.

    This place is quite crowded. We fortunately have power and hence AIR CONDITIONING…
    I WILL update the blog about Tobago, the sail and our arrival in Trinidad by tomorrow.

    Feel free to email us, we hope to have real internet tomorrow?
    KIT,
    Scott and Nikki

  • POSITION REPORT

    YOTREPS: YES
    TIME: 2013/08/01 19:18
    LATITUDE: 10-42.87N
    LONGITUDE: 061-40.32W
    COURSE: 223T
    SPEED: 6.9
    MARINE: NO
    WIND_SPEED: 17
    WIND_DIR: E
    CLOUDS: 10%
    VISIBILITY: 25
    BARO: 1018.3
    AIR_TEMP: 30.6C
    COMMENT: Beach House -EN ROUTE – Boca de Monos (Monos Island Passage)

  • POSITION REPORT

    YOTREPS: YES
    TIME: 2013/08/01 13:22
    LATITUDE: 11-05.95N
    LONGITUDE: 061-00.34W
    COURSE: 243T
    SPEED: 8.3
    MARINE: YES
    WIND_SPEED: 17
    WIND_DIR: E
    WAVE_HT: 0.0M
    WAVE_PER: 0
    SWELL_DIR: ENE
    SWELL_HT: 1.5M
    SWELL_PER: 8
    CLOUDS: 10%
    VISIBILITY: 25
    BARO: 1018.3
    AIR_TEMP: 30.6C
    SEA_TEMP: 27.8C
    COMMENT: Beach House -EN ROUTE- Tobago to Chaguaramas, Trinidad

    A beautiful day for our last sail together. Wind and sea are perfect.
    We\’ll blog once in and catch up with the last weeks events and future plans.
    KIT,
    Scott and Nikki

  • POSITION REPORT

    YOTREPS: YES
    TIME: 2013/07/30 18:47
    LATITUDE: 11-16.85N
    LONGITUDE: 060-41.84W
    COURSE: 219T
    SPEED: 1.6
    MARINE: NO
    WIND_SPEED: 5
    WIND_DIR: E
    CLOUDS: 30%
    VISIBILITY: 15
    BARO: 1017.9
    AIR_TEMP: 31.7C
    COMMENT: Beach House -ANCHORED – Castara Bay, Tobago South Shore

    Despite our having permission and a permit to anchor in Englishman\’s Bay, a local fishing guy came by and wanted us out so he could net the entire bay.
    I doubt his nets were that big, but we were not going to argue and moved 2 miles to this bay, Castara where there are two other cruising boats.
    It\’s just as pretty or more so and it\’s calmer!

    I\’ll blog later this afternoon to catch up…
    Cheers,
    Scott and Wind-lass Nik

  • POSITION REPORT

    YOTREPS: YES
    TIME: 2013/07/30 17:47
    LATITUDE: 11-17.49N
    LONGITUDE: 060-40.30W
    MARINE: NO
    WIND_SPEED: 5
    WIND_DIR: E
    CLOUDS: 30%
    VISIBILITY: 15
    BARO: 1017.9
    AIR_TEMP: 31.7C
    COMMENT: Beach House -ANCHORED – Englishman\’s Bay, Tobago South Shore

    No internet here! We\’re the only boat, pretty nice, idyllic setting. We were here in the rent a car the other day.
    May go ashore to the restaurant later. We plan on going to either Castara Bay or Buccoo Bay tomorrow before heading off to Trinidad on Thursday.

    I\’ll remove lots of you from the position report once we are at the dock in Chaguaramas, Trinidad. Let me know if you want to stay on?
    KIT,
    Scott and Nikki

  • POSITION REPORT

    YOTREPS: YES
    TIME: 2013/07/26 10:20
    LATITUDE: 11-19.67N
    LONGITUDE: 060-33.13W
    MARINE: NO
    WIND_SPEED: 5
    WIND_DIR: ENE
    CLOUDS: 60%
    VISIBILITY: 15
    BARO: 1019
    AIR_TEMP: 28.3C
    COMMENT: Beach House -ANCHORED- Man of War Bay, Charlottesvlle, Tobago

    We anchored at 6:15 am local time, we\’re now -4 on GMT. 25 or so cruising boats here, a nice little anchorage but
    deeper than I\’ve been used to since leaving the Pacific.

    The Atlantic has been crossed! 6050 miles since we left Cape Town….

    KIT,
    Sleeping now, check in and update the blog later today…
    Scott and Nikki

  • POSITION REPORT

    YOTREPS: YES
    TIME: 2013/07/26 08:37
    LATITUDE: 11-21.17N
    LONGITUDE: 060-28.93W
    COURSE: 320T
    SPEED: 7.3
    MARINE: YES
    WIND_SPEED: 13
    WIND_DIR: E
    SWELL_DIR: E
    SWELL_HT: 15M
    SWELL_PER: 6
    CLOUDS: 80%
    VISIBILITY: 10
    BARO: 1019
    AIR_TEMP: 28.3C
    SEA_TEMP: 27.8C
    COMMENT: Beach House -ABEAM- East end of Tobago, Should be anchored in 2 hours

  • POSITION REPORT

    YOTREPS: YES
    TIME: 2013/07/25 23:16
    LATITUDE: 10-11.73N
    LONGITUDE: 059-44.82W
    COURSE: 333T
    SPEED: 9.8
    MARINE: YES
    WIND_SPEED: 15
    WIND_DIR: E
    WAVE_HT: 0.2M
    WAVE_PER: 6
    SWELL_DIR: E
    SWELL_HT: 1.7M
    SWELL_PER: 6
    CLOUDS: 80%
    VISIBILITY: 10
    BARO: 1017.5
    TREND: 1
    AIR_TEMP: 29.4C
    SEA_TEMP: 27.8C
    COMMENT: Beach House -EN ROUTE- Guyana to Tobago, Expect A.M. Arrival…..

    Updating the position report ahead of schedule. 82 miles to go to the East end of Tobago, now abeam \”Boca de La Serpte\” (The Serpents Mouth). This is the passage between
    Venezuela and Trinidad. The North passage is called \”The Dragon\’s Mouth\”… Sounds very Pirates of the Caribbean.

    We had a mini boo boo today. The spinnaker tack blew out, no worries, got it all down quickly. We\’ve the full main and genneker up doing 8.5-10 knots for the last 10 hours; we\’re flying in really smooth seas on a beam reach. I\’ll update the position as we make the turn and then when we are anchored.
    KIT,
    Scott and off watch Nik

  • POSITION REPORT

    YOTREPS: YES
    TIME: 2013/07/25 10:48
    LATITUDE: 08-49.86N
    LONGITUDE: 058-54.92W
    COURSE: 345T
    SPEED: 7.1
    MARINE: YES
    WIND_SPEED: 15
    WIND_DIR: NE
    WAVE_HT: 0.3M
    WAVE_PER: 6
    SWELL_DIR: ENE
    SWELL_HT: 1.8M
    SWELL_PER: 6
    CLOUDS: 80%
    VISIBILITY: 10
    BARO: 1016.9
    TREND: 1
    AIR_TEMP: 28.9C
    SEA_TEMP: 27.8C
    COMMENT: Beach House -EN ROUTE- Guyana to Tobago

    We had to motor till mid night and since then, we\’ve had WIND from just forward of the starboard beam. We\’ve been making 6-8 knots with a single reef and staysail.
    At this speed, we should be in Tobago by tomorrow around noon. Blog updatd!
    KIT,
    Scott and Nikki

  • Off the Coast of Venezuela…..

    Off the Coast of Venezuela…..

    July 25th, 2013 Time: -3 on GMT

    We left the Mighty Essequibo River yesterday around 1pm. The major feature at the end was dodging the \”fish stix\” and the fisherman\’s nets over the extremely shallow river
    bar. The water depths were occasionally down to 6 1/2 feet under the hulls. That in itself is not a concern, but when it stays that way for a mile, you hope the errant rock or shoal doesn\’t appear. No worries and we were off. The tide had turned and so despite the fact we were going more and more away from the river, the current eddied back and was against us for almost 40 miles! The wind came up, but pretty much on the nose. This last leg was looking a bit like dragging over the finish line. At mid night, the wind backed to around 60 deg. off the starboard bow so we set a reefed main and staysail. This was a good combination to keep up our speed; yet comfortable. We were basically headed right for Tobago.

    Since then, we\’ve been sailing between 6-8 knots with a NE wind (hopefully it will go to ENE soon!). S/V \”Jongilanga\” has just entered the Dragon\’s Mouth at the top of Trinidad and will be in Chagaramas today. S/V \”OZ\” is 95 miles ahead of us and will be in Trinidad tomorrow. S/V \”This Side Up\” just left Paramaribo where they had to leave as they could not anchor in the river with a 5 knot current running. They should be in Tobago in about 4-5 days. We should be in Tobago by noon tomorrow. And that\’s the update on our \”buddy boats\” across the Atlantic.

    CONGRATULATIONS TO JEANNE SOCRATES OF S/V \”NEREIDA\”!!!
    Old friend Jeanne, has just completed (on her third attempt), a solo, non stop sail around the world in . She\’s in Washington State and I\’m sure the champagne has been flowing.
    It took her 295 days and she\’s been in quite frequent email contact with us as we\’ve been sailing along as well.

    If your interested, check out her blog/website at: www.svnereida.com

    Jeanne is the OLDEST FEMALE single handed sailor and now has the official record. Congratulations Jeanne!

    Lastly, we\’re now due east about 100 miles of the Boca Grande. The entrance to the vast and wide \”Orinoco Flow\” (Rio Orinoco of Venezuela).
    Similar in some ways to the Amazon, it has one of the widest river delta\’s on earth and is eco heaven. Maybe by land….:-)

    169 miles to go to the top of Tobago, we should be anchored in Man O\’ War Bay, Charlottesville by noon tomorrow.

    I\’ll most likely put out 1-2 more position reports before we arrive.

    Stay safe,
    KIT,
    Scott and Nikki