SimonV's Journey to Australia

[T34C]

Originally Posted by sailingdog

T34C-

I'm not say how far he has sailed. but what roughly what distance he is from SFO. He did go a bit further west initially and had to south to get back on track... so his log is going to show more than his distance from SFO.

Agreed. That was the distance I refered to first. The 1390 number was from measuring the distances of each of his various legs.

[tdw]

I've got him at approx 1135 ?? wtf ??


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Ahhh, hang on , are you lot talking statute miles ?? I was looking at nauticals.


Even so I fall short of 1390. More like 1305.

[denby]

Originally Posted by tdw

I've got him at approx 1135 ?? wtf ??


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Ahhh, hang on , are you lot talking statute miles ?? I was looking at nauticals.


Even so I fall short of 1390. More like 1305.

Isn't a mile a little shorter in OZ?

[sailingdog]

TDW—

The higher figure of 1390 is from measuring the distance sailed, since he was westing a bit more than optimal, it is a bit higher than the straight line figure of 1300 or so.

[T34C]

Originally Posted by denby

Isn't a mile a little shorter in OZ?

No, but they do circle the bowl in the opposite direction when flushed.

[bestfriend]

2:08 PDT Pos 15 50N 129 10W

Stand by for a map

[T34C]

Thanks BF- That looks like SF plus 1600mi.

[bestfriend]

Hiva Oa in the lower left. He's almost half way.

[Stillraining]

I for one really appreciate you doing this BF...I tried to do something like this with PBeezer but am pretty much all thumbs with computers..

[bestfriend]

Originally Posted by Stillraining

I for one really appreciate you doing this BF...I tried to do something like this with PBeezer but am pretty much all thumbs with computers..

It easier when the boat is actually going somewhere.

(sorry PB, couldn't resist)