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25-02-2014, 23:20
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#211
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Conifer, CO
Boat: Islander 32 MII "Brilliant Sea"
Posts: 144
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Re: Atlantic Delivery
Damn, I'd seriously think about a run to Bermuda seeing what the forecast looks like. Hope he has provisioned for the worst and the vessel is holding up.
This is so epic!
Good Luck Boatman!!!
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26-02-2014, 00:44
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#212
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Nearly an old salt
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Lefkas Marina ,Greece
Boat: Bavaria 36
Posts: 22,801
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Atlantic Delivery
No he won't go into Bermuda. It's not the way delivery skippers think.
I think he's trying to stay as south as possible but not get headed by the trades. It's a narrow window and has he climbs north it's going to get tricky.
What I don't understand his is recent very sharp turn south. It must be he's experiencing bigger sea from that direction and has started heading into them, because otherwise it's not a useful
course.
Update Silly me , should of looked at the Gribs , it suggests he's run into a headwind and he must be able to get Gribs on board , he's decided to drop south in theory to pick up some southeries. He does not want to run north at the moment so he's not got much choice
Dave
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26-02-2014, 01:27
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#213
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Senior Cruiser
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: gettin naughty on the beach in cornwall
Boat: 63 custom alloy sloop,macwester26,prout snowgoose 37 elite catamaran!
Posts: 10,594
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Re: Atlantic Delivery
looks like he is good to go for the next 5 days or so,keeping on a ENE heading once the current trough bringing headwinds passes.
he may come unstuck as he gets closer to the azores if he does not have access to weather info,currently if heading for madeira he will find the NE trades much sooner than if heading for a point north of the azores.
it looks like there is an area of low pressure forming to the south of the azores next week,that he will need to be north of if he is to keep the SW-W winds.
without weather info,my guess is he will aim for madiera,and get headed by the NE'les next week,when he ideally wants to be on a more northerly heading.
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26-02-2014, 02:59
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#214
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Moderator
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Home at Warsaw, Poland, boat in Eastern Med
Boat: Ocean Star 56.1 LR
Posts: 1,841
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Re: Atlantic Delivery
Long time without position on SPOT page...
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26-02-2014, 04:10
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#215
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Moderator
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Home at Warsaw, Poland, boat in Eastern Med
Boat: Ocean Star 56.1 LR
Posts: 1,841
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Re: Atlantic Delivery
Transmitting and still going south (little easting)
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26-02-2014, 04:29
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#216
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Moderator
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Home at Warsaw, Poland, boat in Eastern Med
Boat: Ocean Star 56.1 LR
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Re: Atlantic Delivery
Phil is turning east
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26-02-2014, 04:31
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#217
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Valencia, Spain
Boat: SAGA 27 AK
Posts: 509
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Re: Atlantic Delivery
Going to catch a little sun in Antigua methinks, and then back up once the weather settles down.
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26-02-2014, 04:37
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#218
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Hurricane Highway
Boat: O'Day 28
Posts: 3,920
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Re: Atlantic Delivery
Quote:
Originally Posted by goboatingnow
No he won't go into Bermuda. It's not the way delivery skippers think.
I think he's trying to stay as south as possible but not get headed by the trades. It's a narrow window and has he climbs north it's going to get tricky.
What I don't understand his is recent very sharp turn south. It must be he's experiencing bigger sea from that direction and has started heading into them, because otherwise it's not a useful
course.
Update Silly me , should of looked at the Gribs , it suggests he's run into a headwind and he must be able to get Gribs on board , he's decided to drop south in theory to pick up some southeries. He does not want to run north at the moment so he's not got much choice
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Quote:
Originally Posted by atoll
looks like he is good to go for the next 5 days or so,keeping on a ENE heading once the current trough bringing headwinds passes.
he may come unstuck as he gets closer to the azores if he does not have access to weather info,currently if heading for madeira he will find the NE trades much sooner than if heading for a point north of the azores.
it looks like there is an area of low pressure forming to the south of the azores next week,that he will need to be north of if he is to keep the SW-W winds.
without weather info,my guess is he will aim for madiera,and get headed by the NE'les next week,when he ideally wants to be on a more northerly heading.
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The best part of the thread for me is reading these kind of comments from guys we "know" that have been there and done that. So many CF posters have mucho experience, I hesitate to highlight these two but dang!, this is wot I signed on for.
Thanks to all of you who actually know wot yer talkin' about!
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26-02-2014, 05:00
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#219
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2007
Boat: Mahe 36, Helia 44 Evo, MY 37
Posts: 5,731
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Re: Atlantic Delivery
Interesting turn of events.
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26-02-2014, 05:11
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#220
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 108
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Re: Atlantic Delivery
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimmy Jazz
i'm a little confused, "newbie" did boatie drop south until low enough to catch these southerlies which in turn he may ride maybe as far as the Azores ?
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is this a private conversation OR do you just not know ? only asked about 12 hours ago !
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26-02-2014, 05:25
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#221
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Elvish meaning 'Far-Wanderer'
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Boat - Greece - Me - Michigan
Boat: 56' Fountaine Pajot Marquises
Posts: 3,489
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Re: Atlantic Delivery
Well Jimmy Jazz, you will have to wait until he makes landfall to ask him because nobody knows.
I will say that so far the wind has really been to his favor and Phil has taken advantage of it perfectly. Pretty impressive - or lucky. It would be interesting to know how well the grib's match the actual conditions.
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26-02-2014, 05:37
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cruiser
Join Date: May 2010
Location: SF Bay Area; Former Annapolis and MA Liveaboard.
Boat: Looking and saving for my next...mid-atlantic coast
Posts: 6,197
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Re: Atlantic Delivery
That was classy this morning. Dipping below the weather as the winds shift counter to the South. see thur 15 utc onward. mymy its master chess.
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26-02-2014, 05:54
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#223
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Nearly an old salt
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Lefkas Marina ,Greece
Boat: Bavaria 36
Posts: 22,801
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Re: Atlantic Delivery
As I see it, he got headed , can't go north, gribs suggest southeries below him so he's gone searching
Dave
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26-02-2014, 06:07
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#224
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Michigan
Posts: 225
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Re: Atlantic Delivery
I'm seeing 217* @ 15
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26-02-2014, 06:15
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#225
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cruiser
Join Date: May 2010
Location: SF Bay Area; Former Annapolis and MA Liveaboard.
Boat: Looking and saving for my next...mid-atlantic coast
Posts: 6,197
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Re: Atlantic Delivery
Patience…gonna happen. They'll rotate with the NE pressure and he'll spin and ride like a bird w the S.
wish we had more threads like this.
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