Oct 22, 2005 – 0835hrs UTC

0835hrs 22 Oct 2005 UTC 39’40”S 014’33”E Ref 471

back to 65+ knots. whole boat shuddering and shaking. wind at shriek level. halyardsLines to hoist the sails vibrating like machine guns in gustsShort increases in wind speed – or people who signed the Gust Book.. pete wedged in the bogBrolga Owners Group, i’m making cajun spice potato cakes. trying to pull in a gribWeather files. Graphics in Binary file: GRIB files associate a specific weather datum (eg wind velocity or atmospheric pressure) with a geographic position. Because the resulting file is a collection of these points they are extremely small and so ideal over slow links such as sailmail. as well – continuous bloody crashes. spbf. fix in an hour. 5 crashes in a row – basically unable to transmit on hfHigh Frequency – usually refers to HF radio which is long range digital radio that Berrimilla used to send all but a few of the logs on both circumnavigations. The radio was connected via a Pactor 3 digital modem to Alex’s laptop and used the Sailmail software application called Airmail to send emails and pull in emails, weather and GRIB files. Airmail also supports Iridium satellite telephone messaging and Alex used this as backup when the HF radio died approaching England.. no 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., no gribWeather files. Graphics in Binary file: GRIB files associate a specific weather datum (eg wind velocity or atmospheric pressure) with a geographic position. Because the resulting file is a collection of these points they are extremely small and so ideal over slow links such as sailmail.. bugger. satcom cranking up again.

250 to the barn doorMetaphor for whatever we were aiming at. Derived from the saying “Couldn’t hit a barn door at five paces” used to describe anyone who can’t shoot straight. if we can keep it together. all a bit tense.

going through the spice drawer for potato cake stuff – found a cat hair – hallo cascade.