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Disconcerting being this close to land – especially when you can't see it! About 200 to CB where it starts in earnest. This is really just a position report – comms too difficult for more.

Later – now 1528Z @ 6826 11310 unable send this stuff by sailmailSailmail is the system that Berrimilla uses for email communication. It is a non-profit association of yacht owners operating a network of private coast stations in the maritime Mobile Radio Service. – will try iridium. Around the next corner, past big DEW line station at Becher Point. I wonder whether anyone saw us go by about a mile offshore.

Pat, tks for wxShort for ‘weather’ and ice – pse copy to speedy as well. We must organise an iridium skedShort for schedule. A pre-arranged (scheduled) time and frequency for radio contact often co-ordinated by a shore station, such as Penta Comstat, which is monitoring location and safety of boats in their area. Failure to respond to one or more sked can be a sign of trouble for the next bit.

About 180 to CB

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