Topic: Cattle Egret

1-20. Belmore and Pete swims

Sep 13, 2005 - 0330hrs UTC │Cattle Egret I

We’ve just dropped the assy and reverted to tractor after nearly 2 days of great reaching – I hope the grib is correct and we’ll get a south easterly later today, which, if it holds, might become the top of the SE trades. Woohoo. Meanwhile, the old bus shelter gets sniffed and watered by all the local mongrels and we carry on fantasising about ocean voyages in our tiny concrete world. … Continue reading

1-20. Belmore and Pete swims

Sep 13, 2005 - 1030hrs UTC

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DB: 96, 10603 (gps 99) Slow, but we’re creeping south out of the ITCZ so it’s progress. Apologies – it should have been Martin, not Michael Z. from Vienna in my last note – good sailing Martin. Back with the tractor – just transferred fuel from Jerries into tank – very messy business and hot and sweaty too. … Continue reading

1-20. Belmore and Pete swims

Sep 13, 2005 - 1530hrs UTC

A Snowy Egret perhaps? – it is very firmly still with us and seems to be getting used to having us around – it just flies from one end of the boat to the other as we do sail changes (we’ve had the assy up and down twice and the #1 once since this morning – hot and dripping work and ones eyes start to get filled with sweat and sting). … Continue reading

1-20. Belmore and Pete swims

Sep 14, 2005 - 0330hrs UTC

Still trying to sail again after another 3 hours of tractor – wind almost dead on the nose but at least it’s there for the mo. Amazing Egret has stood on the foredeck under tacking #1 – has real sea legs and just sways with the boat’s motion on those huge feet. … Continue reading

1-20. Belmore and Pete swims

Sep 14, 2005 - 0945hrs UTC

DB 98, 10505 (gps 89 – more crashes) Not a happy day, but stll progress. Visiting bird won’t go away – tried everything last night but it kept finding us again. It’s now sitting looking at me over the stormboard. … Continue reading

1-20. Belmore and Pete swims

Sep 14, 2005 - 1600hrs UTC │Cattle Egret II

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1600hrs 14 Sep 2005 UTC 07’24”N 022’01”W Ref 363

moving again, surrounded by squally rainclouds – #3 and a reef– As a verb – to shorten sail, to use reefing lines or other techniques to make the working part of a sail smaller and so reduce its power as the … Continue reading