Category: Sailing in General
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Thembi Update
Making slow progress with light head winds, but definitely back on solid food!Saw a kittiwake which must be a good sign.Pos. 60.43N x 14.56W Sent at at 05:44 GMT 5th August 2011
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Stop Press: News from Thembi
I’ve just received news from the Good Ship Thembi Hi Alasdair, We got 15 miles from Heimeiy before gale and big seas stopped us. Hove to 6hrs, but heavy breaking seas made landfall unwise. Heading S. Currently 61.21N X 19.24W When are you due in Oban? Hope all good with you. Rotten shark had last…
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A Meal with Charlotte’s Friends
Thembi’s Charlotte had lived in Reykjavik for a while as an Artist in Residence. We had a tasty meal out with her friend, a silversmith, and her boyfriend. Gosh the food was tasty, can’t for the life of me remember what I was eating.
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Sailing Plans. It’s ABC and its ABCBA
I think that is an army expression and apparently it means: It’s All Been Changed and it’s All Been Changed Back Again. Well for Sumara at least. On Sunday I checked the Grib files and the Icelandic Met Office were forecasting 20m/s (Gale force 8) and I felt the conditions would be too strong for…
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I’ve Learnt Something Not Many People Know
Earlier in the trip I tried to take a picture of all the crew looking miserable. Everyone looked very sad indeed, apart from Dan. You see Dan is always happy. His catch phrase, no matter what absolute chaos is happening around him, seems to be, “It’ll be fine”. Well, I have discovered probably the only…
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I think we may have a Plan?
Sarah has caught her flight back to England and Gudrun has now arrived in Iceland. Charlotte flies out on Sunday. Ray arrives on the evening of 3rd August. It’s quite complicated! The weather doesn’t look brilliant but there does seem to be a small window of opportunity on Sunday to get around the Reykjanes headland…
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Girlie Talk
I’ve got the solution to the girlie talk. Ear defenders and a copy of Earthmovers Monthly. Perfect. I think Charlotte has gone shopping for nail varnish remover again.
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Today is the Official Birthday of Jacobus Halsall
Position N66,26 x W023,10 Wind N F3 16th July 2010 The Captain and Crew of the Good Ship Sumara and the Good Ship Thembi and the Good Ship Aurora would like to take this opportunity to wish Jack Halsall a very Happy Birthday. As you are all aware Jack is the Expeditions Official Model Maker and…
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Beating into an Arctic Blast
Position N68,54.7 x W013,08.8. Now the wind has moderated and the genoa is up but it is tough making any progress to the west. The last two or three days have had us beating into icy cold winds and a lumpy sea with double reefs and yankee. The lee rail has been under and waves…
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Magic Carpet Ride
Position N68,39.8 x W008,00.4 Wind F2 Easterly We have had an amazingly smooth ride for the last twelve hours. The wind eadsed off a bit and we gybed the genoa so we are now gliding through a smooth sea at about 3 knots. There was even a bit of warmth in the sun at lunchtime.…