Position Report and other info UTC (00 Hrs Canaries time)
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March 9, 2017, 0900 Hrs
Tied up at the fuel dock (fuelled up also) Waiting for a berth allocation, thank you to the crew for another good trip
0600 hrs
16 53 N, 25 00 W, Drifting around Porto Grande, Sao Vicente. Waiting for daylight and the marina to open before berthing. Tried to slow the boat overnight for a timely arrival but once we hit the channel between islands the wind funneled us straight into the harbour. Have no phone reception here so looks again like a Wi-Fi search Will be on again in a couple of hours. All went well.
Tuesday, 7 March 2017, 1100 Hrs
19 32 N, 22 31 W, Now only 200 Nm from Mindelo, Cape Verde’s. Would like to hope we can arrive in daylight tomorrow however with light winds and so far not brilliant average speeds put us in Port overnight sometime. Thank you for updating the weather again Duane, its great that the original forecast has not changed for more than a week. Also thanks for the tips on heavy weather sailing, I thou ght I had ordered stable trade winds from here on? Will update this page should we get phone reception on approach otherwise after Wi-Fi if it works on arrival. Simon (waiting for us on the island) I will try to keep you updated as we approach.
Monday, 6 March 2017, 1000 Hrs
21 17 N, 21 00 W, The wind and seas are starting to abate, a little more sail up and on a good course.
Sunday 5th March, 2017, 2200 hrs
22 22 N, 20 23 W Around half way to Cape Verde now. Thanks for the update on the weather Duane, sounds good.
A quick early update to make sure I wish Kezia a happy birthday for today. Can’t believe it’s less than a year since you were staying with us in Sydney, so many miles since then. Whilst on birthdays, sorry I missed Oliver’s a few days ago as well as his dad’s Simon. Also speaking of the Eagle clan thanks Frank and Lorna for your message, yes can feel it gradually warming with every mile south.
On board all is going well, a little bumpy but expecting the seas to abate, all those who felt a bit queasy at first are well settled into routine now and enjoying the dolphins at sunset. Will update Tuesday and keep in touch with you Simon as we approach.
Saturday March 4, 2017, 1230 hrs
23 56 N, 18 17 W good following winds from directly behind us are sending us South, a reasonable size swell is following also. Currently around 240 miles behind us with around 600 to Cape Verde. All going well, will update in 2 days
Thursday, 2 March 2017, 1500 Hrs
Leaving Tenerife for Cape Verde Islands
February 28, 2017, Crew Change
Welcome aboard to Mia and Pawel. Looking forward to seeing Simon again in a weeks time in Cape Verde.
A big thank you to Paul and David for your help all the way from Athens to here. You have been fantastic crew and its been great fun. Hopefully you will join me again on another trip some time. Final preparations tomorrow before leaving hopefully in the afternoon or early morning.
Sunday 26th February
Sorry for the lack of updates. Currently organising crew change timings so we are able to leave in a day or so.
Peter
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