SimonV's Journey to Australia

[uspirate]

Originally Posted by Freesail99

No, no, you got it all wrong, he was listening to Us & Them ..... He just didn't care.

I was thinking either "time" or "wish you were here"

[teddius]

Originally Posted by teddius

Denby-
I am familiar with the microwave thread. As well, I was not worked up in any way... +/-. Just chucking in a few cents of my own. (In effort to get more posts out there, say something to be part of this thread, and continue conversations). As you mentioned, I am new here... but not unaware of the nature of this net. Nay, my first exposure to it was a hell of a lot of "ribbing," as you say–which is why I am posting here and sticking around You could say that my bringing up the fact that SimonV doesn't have ANY paper charts onboard, or that he doesn't scan the horizon religiously but is relying on radar almost entirely (which thus far is working quite well) is my "ribbing" him. But if one were to take that too seriously, they might find my last statement contradictory, that being that the ocean is large place with room enough for all types. Alas, contradiction is the nature I think in all things... I digress.

Ted

I spoke with GregD and Melissa3 yesterday, and they informed me that he, at their bequest, does in fact some charts aboard. So I take that bit back.

[bestfriend]

4:23 PDT Pos 20,27N 129.15W seas slight 8 foot swell wind less than 20knts patchy sun, warm

[uspirate]

Originally Posted by bestfriend

4:23 PDT Pos 20,27N 129.15W seas slight 8 foot swell wind less than 20knts patchy sun, warm

20 27 N 129 15 W

[gdavids]

This evening's radio chat logged him at 19º 51'N 129º 16'W. The big news today is he caught his first fish - perhaps a blue fin tuna. The first meal out of him was delish, and there is enough left over for a few more. He said the cockpit looked like a crime scene when he was done with the filleting job.

Greg
s/v Pura Vida

[eMKay]

He did eat the first fillet from that fish raw right? There just is no other way.

[T34C]

By that position I'm estimating Simon- is around 1320 miles out of SF. (Anyone else have something different?)

[sailingdog]

That's about right... I got 1300 miles using Google Earth.

[T34C]

I think he has sailed closer to 1380-1400 mi.

[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.