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December 12 - The Pacific Ocean and Cyberspace
Who is out making passages in the Pacific and what kind of weather are they having? Check out YOTREPS - 'yacht reports' - at http://www.bitwrangler.com/yotreps/
Special ViewingDecember 12 - On the Race Circuit |
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December 12 - Atlantic Ocean
What caused Pete Goss and crew to abandon his 120-foot cat 'Team
Phillips' in the North Atlantic on Sunday? According to the team's
managing director, 'Team Phillips' was travelling at a relatively
high speed to the northeast under bare poles, when they deployed
a drogue that slowed them down to a more comfortable 12 to 15
knots. While in this state, the aft beam and underside of the
center pod were smacked by three large waves. The pod is where
the hydraulic linkages for the steering was bonded in. Steering
lock to lock, and with a big depression approaching, they decided
it was time to get off the boat.
Even when the German container ship Hoescht Express pulled alongside,
getting from one vessel to the other wasn't easy. Wearing survival
suits, lifejackets and personal emergency beacons, Goss and in
his crew jumped into the stormy Atlantic toward lines dragged
from the container ship. To make sure there was no mishap, a Royal
Air Force Nimrod - with heat sensors that allowed them to track
each individual - flew overhead. All seven were able to make it
to nets from the ship and scramble into the pilot door.
Prior to leaving, Goss and crew struck the sails and raised the
daggerboards, in the hope that she'll be able to survive the conditions
for later recovery - assuming, of course, that salvage boats don't
get to her first. She's recently been tracked at two knots.
More detailed coverage, visit http://www.quokkasailing.com/stories.
In other news affecting The Race, the so-called Prologue that
was to have been held at Monte Carlo had been called off. The
problem is that several boats are stuck in England or Spain due
to terrible weather and unable to get to the Med.
Crystal CupDecember 12 - Paradise Island, Bahamas |
with their spoils of victory. |
With the leaders having covered 8,700 miles, only 27 miles
separates Michel Desjoyeaux of PRB and his good friend Roland
Jourdain of SILL Matines.
Check out www.vendeeglobe.com.
December 12 - Pacific Oceans
The Atlantic/Caribbean region hurricane season is over.
To see what the winds are like on the Bay and just outside the Gate right now, check out http://sfports.wr.usgs.gov/wind/.
Looking for current as well as recent wind and sea readings from 17 buoys and stations between Pt. Arena and the Mexican border? Here's the place - which has further links to weather buoys and stations all over the U.S.: www.ndbc.noaa.gov/stuff/southwest/swstmap.shtml.
You can view the University of Hawaii Department of Meteorology satellite picture by clicking here.
Seas are normal in the Pacific. But you might check at: http://www.mpc.ncep.noaa.gov/RSSA/PacRegSSA.html.
For another view, see http://www.oceanweather.com/data/global.html.
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