Topic: Noises
By Alex on February 12, 2005, at 0734 UTC
Topic(s): Noises
0734hrs 12 Feb 2005 UTC 45’48”S 142’20”W Map Ref 60 3169nm
This entry was read by Alex Whitworth on a BBC 4 program called Something Understood and broadcast on July 17th, 2005. Listen to the full program (about 30 minutes) (Alex: mn 21:45 to mn 25:00)
Here I am … Continue reading
By Alex on February 19, 2005, at 0015 UTC
Topic(s): Noises, Solar Panel, Vegie garden
0015hrs 19 Feb 2005 UTC 45’49”S 126’30”W Map Ref 70 3930nm
And so it came to pass. Calm windless silence that pounds your ears, then fluffy darkness, muffled rain, slight roll, plus all the usual little noises in Berri’s vocab, mostly irritants like a Sikaflex tube rolling in its shelf … Continue reading
By Alex on March 30, 2005, at 1150 UTC
Topic(s): Noises
This is just noise – about 15 seconds of it. I turned the camera on by mistake in the middle of the liferaft storm at night off Montevideo and the time stamp puts it at a time when the wind was between 60 and 75 knots. I can hear several … Continue reading
By Alex on April 4, 2005, at 0530 UTC
Topic(s): Heavy weather sailing, Noises, Space station (ISS)
0530hrs 04 Apr 2005 UTC Map Ref 146
An intensely frustrating few days, mostly spent watching Montevideo not going past. And for all you members of the great unwashed, our silence is perhaps covered by my alltime favourite song title – “When the phone don’t ring, babe, you’ll know it’s … Continue reading
By Berrimilla on August 26, 2008, at 0101 UTC
Topic(s): Noises
We should be back on the Arctic Circle going south in about 4 hours, 31 days after crossing it going north in the Bering Sea. At the other end, I did not dare even think about this moment. I can’t give you exact distances because of the idiosyncrasies of the … Continue reading
By Berrimilla on September 12, 2008, at 0421 UTC
Topic(s): Noises
TrisailA tiny storm sail that is set on the mast instead of the mainsail. Full explanation here time in the boonies – 35 + from the SW – jagged sea, not much fun again. Wind in the rig goes from gentle swish to buzz to drone to swooshy hum to … Continue reading
By Berrimilla on January 23, 2010, at 1655 UTC
Topic(s): Kelp, Noises
More or less parked off the NE corner of the island – to get into Baie du Morbihan and Port aux Francais, we have to sail a big circle – radius about 25 miles – from the NW to the SE and then NW into the Baie. Another series of … Continue reading
By Alex on March 11, 2011, at 1358 UTC
Topic(s): Mirages, Noises
Or why I’ve always wanted YakTrax but was afraid to ask. They are weird to run on and energy sapping but very effective on packed snow. Not so good on smooth ice. And I’m learning about the different noises snow makes and even a bit about what it … Continue reading
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