November 15, 2001

42′ Albin Sloop Overdue in the Atlantic

November 15 – Annapolis, MD

A cousin of one of our Latitude 38
crew is currently overdue on a singlehanded voyage from St. Croix
to Annapolis, MD. Henry McAvoy, sailing his 42′ Albin sloop,
Airborne, sail # US666, was last
contacted by radio on a Coast Guard overflight on October 23
about 350 miles north of the Bahamas. About two days later a
tanker reported sighting him continuing on his way north. Given
those sightings he should have been into the Chesapeake by approximately
November 3. The Coast Guard was notified on November 7 and has
done an extensive offshore search and contacted all East Coast
marinas. If anyone can offer help or information it would be
appreciated. You can email the
Webmistress.

YOTREPS

November 15 – 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/

Weather Updates

November 15 – Pacific Ocean

San Francisco Bay Weather

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/.

California Coast Weather

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.

Pacific Winds and Pressure

The University of Hawaii Dept. of Meteorology
page posts a daily
map of the NE Pacific Ocean barometric pressure and winds.

Pacific Sea State

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.