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December 29 - St. Barts, French West Indies
Our office received a scratchy, distant phone message today from
the Wanderer, who reports that all "land lines to St. Barts
have been cut", so no conventional telephone service or email
is coming out of that island. However, neither is there any cause
for alarm, as the Wanderer assures us that "everything's
fine". We're sure the revelers there will manage to celebrate
New Year's Eve despite this inconvenience, and we'll have more
for you when we know more ourselves.
December 29 - 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/
Racing'Nicorette' Takes Sydney-Hobart Line HonorsDecember 29 - Hobart, Australia Swedish maxi yacht 'Nicorette' crossed the finish line of the 630 nm race on Hobart's River Derwent at 3:02:09 am today after sailing through 50-kt. winds in Storm Bay. 'Wild Thing' finished second and 'Illbruck' came in third, followed by the Volvo 60s 'TYCO', 'News Corporation' and 'Assa Abloy', co-skippered by Marinite Mark Rudiger. The race has been hard on its participants. 23 boats have
retired, three crew overboard have been recovered, and assorted
injuries and damage have befallen the fleet. |
![]() 'Nicorette' takes line honors. Photo Nick Wilson/Allsport ![]() Assa Abloy finished sixth. Photo Daniel Forster/Volvo |
December 29 - Pacific Ocean
Says Josh Hall of 'EBP/Garmore': "The greatest pleasure in sailing the Southern Ocean is to leave it behind you." As the fleet leaves the Southern Ocean for the Pacific, 'PRB' is still in first place, followed by 'Sill Matines la Potagère' and 'Kingfisher'. Visit http://www.vendeeglobe.com.
December 29 - Marina Port Vell, Barcelona
Is it possible to sail in both the Vendée Globe and The Race? Apparently so. Richard Tolkien, who pulled out of the Vendée Globe on November 30 due to rigging and sail problems with the former 'Fujicolor III' monohull, announced today that he will sail in The Race aboard 'Team Legato'. See www.therace.org for more.
December 29 - Pacific Ocean
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/. Tomorrow should be another glorious, sunny day, so get out there on the Bay and enjoy!
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.
Check out the Pacific Ocean sea states 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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