Author: Gerry Jeatt
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Website format
My problems with the website are minor compared to Alasdair’s adventures but there are a couple of glitches with the site that I am trying to fix. Hopefully back to normal in a couple of hours. Gerry
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Sat Phone update…
Received Saturday 13th August at 08.47 GMT Day 64 Scoresby Sund Expedition Position: 62.49N x 09.0WSpeed 3.3 kn, Course 165 MWeather: Much calmer now. Force 3 SW The Magnetic Attraction of the Faroes It seems Sumara just wants to go there! The last two days have been pretty awful bashing into steep seas with strong…
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Received from Sat Phone…
I received this message from Alasdair on Friday 12th August at 14.15 GMT Position 60N x 11.23W Getting beaten up by the weather.3 m waves and force 6 wind on the nose. Waves crashing over the boat. Unable to make course for Scotland. Hoping for a wind shift soon out
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Update
Scoresby Sund Expedition 2022 Day 35. 15th July 2022 Position: At 08:51 GMT – 63.45N x 09.35W At last some calmer weather after a fithy night heavily reefed. We are only making 3 kn so we may be late arriving in Iceland and stand a chance of hitting strong winds. Only able to sail west…
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St Kilda 2021 Part One – Oban to Barra
Log 10360 My friend Ray applied to work on the remote island of St Kilda when he was just 17 year old. He never got a reply, and although he still holds a slight grudge, it didn’t mean his interest in the islands would wane. He has watched all the old film clips and read…
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Blog Update
There’s a new post “Stretched Limos” that appears before “Land Ahoy” but I’ve only just posted it. The email got lost in the spam filter. I’ve put it in the right sequence, otherwise it will look if Alasdair is going backwards – although I guess that’s always possible! Gerry
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“Land Ahoy”
Position N56,41 x W006,41 Wind F4 Westerly rather unstable. Now we are sailing downwind through the Sea of theHebrides with Coll on our starboard bow. We hit some rough seas as the depth dropped from 1000m to about 100m but it is more peaceful now except for the occasional viscous squall which drives through with…
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Stretched Limos
Position N57,26 x W010,02 Wind force 6 southerly. Now we are under reefed staysail and two reefs in the main. She is in the groove banking a bit of south which may be useful if the wind veers at all. It is getting rather rough. Now I need to pump the bilge. It takes about…
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Sheepsheads
Position N57,59 x W011. Wind force 5 – 6 South easterly. Last night we had pasta with reindeer meat balls. At least we hope they were reindeer meat balls and not reindeers balls. Come to think of it the reindeer on the can did have a surprised expression on his face. As the journey nears…
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No fulmars even!
We picked up one ship “Italian Reefer” on the AIS passing about 6 miles away and have seen one aeroplane trail in the sky but otherwise it is pretty empty. No fulmars even! Our track is slightly south of course so we don’t get stopped by the lumpy sea. The reefs are still in but…