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Topic: Jellyfish
By Alex on February 14, 2005, at 0243 UTC
Topic(s): Generator, Jellyfish, Turbine, Watermaker 0243hrs 14 Feb 2005 UTC 45’49”S 138’10”W Map Ref 62 3422nm
We are sitting under the ridge that has been chasing us for the last couple of days. Not much wind, from the south, full main and #1, rolling and slatting a bit but some forward progress. Wind should come … Continue reading
By Alex on April 28, 2005, at 2330 UTC
Topic(s): Jellyfish, Stars 2330hrs 28 Apr 2005 UTC Map Ref 189
I will try to describe how it feels to be sailing through the night out here. No Moon, yet not dark. I’m standing in the cockpit, leaning on the dodgerAn awning that covers a small part of the forward part of … Continue reading
By Alex on April 30, 2005, at 2300 UTC
Topic(s): Flying Fish, Franklin Expedition, Jellyfish 2300hrs 30 Apr 2005 UTC Map Ref 193
Just hangin’ in out here – the wind keeps threatening to drop out but we live in hope. We are just into day 36 from Stanley – half our predicted 70 days – and we’re about 200 miles short of straight … Continue reading
By Alex on May 30, 2005, at 0615 UTC
Topic(s): Ghosts, Jellyfish, Supplies & Storage 0615hrs 30 May 2005 UTC Map Ref 260
i think i may have been in this bit of ocean before – i recognised a bit of it this morning – and i’m sure my father, who spent most of his life at sea, would have crossed this stretch many times. … Continue reading
By Alex on October 26, 2005, at 1600 UTC
Topic(s): Jellyfish 1600hrs 26 Oct 2005 UTC 37’29”S 019’20”E Ref 489
Wild life, apart from two rather smelly humans includes a sea surface covered in millions of baby Portuguese Man o’ WarPhysalia physali – also known as the Bluebottle. Not strictly speaking a jellyfish but a colony of mutually dependent individuals (polyps) … Continue reading
By Alex on January 7, 2006, at 0400 UTC
Topic(s): Jellyfish, Sails 0400hrs 07 Jan 2006 EDT 36’44”S 150’02”E Ref 691
Then it was a black woolly night with bonus added rain – slow, persistent drizzle that runs down the sails, trickles along the boom and finds every tiny opening around the neck of the party jacket. Windless, motoring, visibility about … Continue reading
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