Maceio to Fernando de Noronha
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Andre and Alison Stroebel
Tue 19 Jul 2011 12:14
07:46.876S 034:21.343W
Well we have been at sea for two days and a night and as the sun sets our
second night begins.
The seas are still lumpy and bumpy but having set off rested and in a better
frame of mind everyone is feeling much better.
We sailed out with Whales breaching around us and yesterday were joined by a
huge pod of dolphin who played in out bow waves and doing jumps and spins
for ages. Then later more dolphin visited us.
As befitting the season we continue to sail through squalls. Its quite
interesting as our wind sensor broke some time back and we had to send it to
Sao Paulo to be fixed. Sadly they sent it back as U.S. (un-serviceable) and
so we have no way of telling the real wind strength or true direction.
However in Salvador we found a very efficient basic one we have been using.
See photo below:
Love to all:
Directions for new Wind sensor:
Well we have been at sea for two days and a night and as the sun sets our
second night begins.
The seas are still lumpy and bumpy but having set off rested and in a better
frame of mind everyone is feeling much better.
We sailed out with Whales breaching around us and yesterday were joined by a
huge pod of dolphin who played in out bow waves and doing jumps and spins
for ages. Then later more dolphin visited us.
As befitting the season we continue to sail through squalls. Its quite
interesting as our wind sensor broke some time back and we had to send it to
Sao Paulo to be fixed. Sadly they sent it back as U.S. (un-serviceable) and
so we have no way of telling the real wind strength or true direction.
However in Salvador we found a very efficient basic one we have been using.
See photo below:
Love to all:
Directions for new Wind sensor:
When it is horizontal its blowing
When it hangs at 45deg its blowing and raining
When it hangs straight down there is no wind
If its gone you probably anchored in Salvador!
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When it hangs at 45deg its blowing and raining
When it hangs straight down there is no wind
If its gone you probably anchored in Salvador!
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