Topic: Watches
By Alex on January 17, 2005, at 1032 UTC
Topic(s): Birds, Dressing, Party gear, Sleeping, Watches
We’ve now changed target to waypointA fixed location with specified latitude and longtitude co-ordinates maintained by GPS Alpha, 1104 nm to the east. Should take about 8 days in our current fairly conservative mode. Latest report puts us already south of the northernmost sighting of ice, but it’s a long way ahead. Todays wildlife: near the Snares, two tiny penguin-like birds – square back ends apparently with a foot at each rear corner, little narrow wings flapping away but only just airborne. … Continue reading
By Peter on April 22, 2005, at 1950 UTC
Topic(s): Lightning, Watches
1950hrs 22 Apr 2005 UTC
Greetings all, I have to answer a few questions.
Siobhan in sunny London asks “are you still enjoying it out there“. Tonight I’m enjoying it,not so last night.
The same watch last night was a horror.We had lots of rain squalls, wind 5-35 kts from … Continue reading
By Alex on May 6, 2005, at 0445 UTC
Topic(s): Meals, Shipping, Things that worked, Ventilation, Watches
0445hrs 06 May 2005 UTC Map Ref 203
This will be a bit of a Q&A session. Writing it at night with Pete on watch. Not as easy to write long emails on this side of the Wall because of the shipping. On the other side, I could sit … Continue reading
By Alex on October 11, 2005, at 1030 UTC
Topic(s): Watches
1030hrs 11 Oct 2005 UTC 36’25”S 010’15”W Ref 431
It has been a long slow night. At these longitudes, I get two fully dark three hour watches, from 2100-midnight and 0300-0600. It is now 0500 and I’ve got another hour to go. We don’t have enough batteries for me to … Continue reading
By Alex on October 20, 2005, at 0530 UTC
Topic(s): Watches
0530hrs 20 Oct 2005 UTC 39’37”S 009’47”E Ref 462
Yesterday was a long and fairly grim day, so it seems to have been a good one to have tried to describe more or less as it happened. They are not all like that, although there is often a fair amount … Continue reading
By Alex on November 1, 2005, at 2250 UTC
Topic(s): Generator, Power supply, Watches
2250hrs 01 Nov 2005 UTC 39’24”S 032’36”E Ref 511
Story of a watch – 01/1500-1800: Grey overcast with light, barely visible diaphanous mist over the water. Black petrels plus a small grey one and a lone, twin tailed tern milling around. The watch started with the storm jibA very … Continue reading
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