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17-10-2009, 21:34
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#61
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Brisbane Australia [until the boats launched]
Boat: 50ft powercat, light,long and low powered
Posts: 4,409
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17-10-2009, 21:47
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#62
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Puget Sound
Boat: Irwin 41 CC Ketch
Posts: 2,878
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Got it ..wasent zoomed in close enough
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18-10-2009, 00:07
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#63
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Sunshine Coast, Qld, Australia
Boat: CyberYacht 43
Posts: 5,174
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Weather...
Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Sunday until midnight: Wind: E/NE 5/10 knots.Sea: about 1 metre. Swell: S/SE 1.5 metres.
Monday: Wind: NW to 10 knots, tending SE/NE 10/15 knots in the afternoon.Sea: to 1 metre. Swell: S/SE 1 to 1.5 metres.
Tuesday: Wind: NW/NE 10/15 knots, freshening to 15/20 knots from NE during afternoon.
Wednesday: Wind: N/NW 15/20 knots ahead of an afternoon S'ly change 20/30 knots.
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18-10-2009, 00:41
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#64
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Winter land based UK New Forest. Summer months away. Making the transition from sail to power this year - scary stuff.
Boat: Super Van Craft 1320 Power Yacht
Posts: 2,175
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Stillraining
Go Girl!.... and God is with you if you ask/want him to be.
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Him? Are you sure on that one?
JOHN
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18-10-2009, 05:53
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#65
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Brisbane Australia [until the boats launched]
Boat: 50ft powercat, light,long and low powered
Posts: 4,409
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WTF???
Whats going on here?
Looked at AIS and couldnt find her after last seeing here drifting around at close enough to 0 knots so had a look on
Port of Sydney - all ships live - vesseltracker.com and she pops up to the north and back in port at 10:50 pm 10+est
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18-10-2009, 06:39
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#66
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Long Range Cruiser
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Australian living on "Sea Life" currently in England.
Boat: Beneteau 393 "Sea Life"
Posts: 12,822
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Popping back in the dead of night to pick up extra crew and McDonalds
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18-10-2009, 09:02
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#67
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CF Adviser Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Montrose, Colorado
Posts: 9,845
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cat man do
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As some others have suggested, cat man do, that may be a stale map - a position report from before she left. The other vessel shown near her on the vesseltracker.com page, Ricochet, is now well up the coast and at a marina in Crystal Bay according to the AIS display on marinetraffic.com: Live Ships Map - AIS - Vessel Traffic and Positions
TaoJones
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18-10-2009, 11:12
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#68
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 52
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Hmm, despite numerous mentions on both her blog and website of people being able to follow and "track" her voyage, there is actually NO tracking info at all. No maps, no links, no Google earth tracks/routes, nothing.
Fans were able to track Zac right from day one, you'd think JW's handlers/sponsors would be eager for people to be able to track her progress like that too. Right now her sites are pretty boring, especially with the heavy-handed comment moderating (they only approve 100% positive comments and delete all others).
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18-10-2009, 11:47
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#69
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Senior Cruiser
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario - 48-29N x 89-20W
Boat: (Cruiser Living On Dirt)
Posts: 49,699
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bark
Hmm, despite numerous mentions on both her blog and website of people being able to follow and "track" her voyage, there is actually NO tracking info at all. No maps, no links, no Google earth tracks/routes, nothing...
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From Jessica’s Blog (Oct. 18/09)
➥ Jessica Watson - youngest ever to sail around the world
“... So finally, the journey has begun for Jessica and we will be updating you all regularly. For the many bloggers that have enquired, yes, we will have a tracking system in place once Jessica gets through the first two weeks of the voyage. So please be patient with us...”
In other news ... just say yes.
Jessica Watson's father, Roger, says it would be worse to deny his daughter permission to [sic: try to] sail solo around the world, than to lose her in the attempt.
Speaking on the Nine Network's 60 Minutes program last night, Roger Watson said he was supportive of his 16-year-old daughter's solo circumnavigation of the world.
"It would be devastating if we lost her . . . but I still think it would be worse to say 'no you can't go' because of that risk, because of what she's put into it," he said.
Source ➥ Jess's dream 'worth dying for'
He didn't say anything about supporting this endeavour, at a later date. I suppose, the record is the essential feat, not the circumnavigation.
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18-10-2009, 12:09
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#70
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 52
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“... So finally, the journey has begun for Jessica and we will be updating you all regularly. For the many bloggers that have enquired, yes, we will have a tracking system in place once Jessica gets through the first two weeks of the voyage. So please be patient with us...”
Thanks, I hadn't seen that.
Wonder what the reason is for the delay in tracking. I mean, they've had over a year to plan this. Zac's parents had no problem setting up and maintaining his google earth track, while JW has a whole "team" plus a PR firm working for her...do they not know how to do it, or are they for whatever reason, deliberately delaying releasing the tracking info? If so, what would the reason be?
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18-10-2009, 12:29
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#71
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: In transit ( Texas to wherever the wind blows us)
Boat: Pacific Seacraft a Crealock 34
Posts: 4,115
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bark
“... So finally, the journey has begun for Jessica and we will be updating you all regularly. For the many bloggers that have enquired, yes, we will have a tracking system in place once Jessica gets through the first two weeks of the voyage. So please be patient with us...”
Thanks, I hadn't seen that.
Wonder what the reason is for the delay in tracking. I mean, they've had over a year to plan this. Zac's parents had no problem setting up and maintaining his google earth track, while JW has a whole "team" plus a PR firm working for her...do they not know how to do it, or are they for whatever reason, deliberately delaying releasing the tracking info? If so, what would the reason be?
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Maybe its just to give the gal and her Pink Lady some breating room from all the eyes, she is out there, lets give her some space.
Erika
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18-10-2009, 13:34
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#72
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Senior Cruiser
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario - 48-29N x 89-20W
Boat: (Cruiser Living On Dirt)
Posts: 49,699
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bark
... Wonder what the reason is for the delay in tracking... JW has a whole "team" plus a PR firm working for her...do they not know how to do it, or are they for whatever reason, deliberately delaying releasing the tracking info? If so, what would the reason be?
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Who cares - the whole endeavour is simply a stunt- why should this one aspect of the performance make any practical sense?
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"If you didn't have the time or money to do it right in the first place, when will you get the time/$ to fix it?"
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18-10-2009, 13:34
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#73
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 298
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She got back on the horse that bucked her. You go girl.
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18-10-2009, 14:14
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#74
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 52
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GordMay
Who cares - the whole endeavour is simply a stunt- why should this one aspect of the performance make any practical sense?
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While I feel she lacks the experienced to succeed, I don't think it's a "stunt" either. And also this type of cynical negative comment really ought to be in the other thread doncha think?
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18-10-2009, 15:41
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#75
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Marine Service Provider
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Brisbane Australia
Boat: Multihulls - cats and Tris
Posts: 4,860
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GordMay
Who cares - the whole endeavour is simply a stunt- why should this one aspect of the performance make any practical sense?
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Dear oh Dear. What an embittered person. A stunt you say!
It may be stupid, it may be dangerous It may be many things - a stunt it is not.
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