"Larry" <noone@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>4 of my sailing buddies are at sea north of the Dominican Republic,
> tonight aboard another sailing buddy's Jeanneau 40DS "Dress Parade" as
> part of the Caribbean 1500 fleet, sort of, headed North. Most of the
> fleet is in Bermuda, having left Saturday, but other boats left at
> different times, Dress Parade the last to leave.
>
> She has a satellite transponder aboard, as do all the boats, so we can
> keep an eye on her over the horizon on the net at:
>
> http://caribbean1500.com
> Click on Click Here for positions of the boats.
> Then click "Map Showing Cruising Class" and pick Dress Parade from the
> list and the software will zoom in on their last re****ted position from
> the transponder. At 21:11:29 she was at 21-02-33.03N by 68-40-34.49W
and
> making good time.
>
> I talked to her on an Iridium satphone that belongs to yet another
> sailing friend and they were having a great time about 7PM. They lost
> the bottom over the massive trench and re****ted dragging the bottom was
> NOT an issue...(c;
>
> I already have a "service list" of things that need doing after she
> arrives at her slip at The Harborage At Ashley Marina.....(c;
>
> Weather looks good:
> ATLANTIC OCEAN...
> A 1021 MB SURFACE HIGH IS LOCATED JUST SE OF BERMUDA NEAR
> 31N64W. THIS HIGH ENVELOPS THE BAHAMAS...FLORIDA AND THE EASTERN
> GULF OF MEXICO. ANOTHER 1025 MB HIGH PRESSURE CENTER NEAR 33N31W
> EXTENDS A RIDGE OVER THE E ATLC GIVING THE AREA MOSTLY FAIR
> WEATHER. ALOFT...BROAD UPPER TROUGH REMAINS OVER THE W-CENTRAL
> ATLC BETWEEN 50W AND 75W DIPPING S INTO THE CARIBBEAN SEA
> THROUGH THE WINDWARD PASSAGE. THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT ENTERS
> THE AREA NEAR 31N49W THEN CONTINUES SW AND THEN W TO NEAR
> 25N63W. SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE WITHIN 200 NM AHEAD OF THE FRONT
> AND N OF 25N. THE REMAINDER OF THE ATLC IS DOMINATE BY AN UPPER
> RIDGE ANCHORED SE OF THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS NEAR 10N20W. THE
> SAHARAN AIR LAYER PRODUCT FROM CIMSS SHOWS THAT DUST CONTINUES
> TO STREAM OFF THE W AFRICAN COAST S OF 20N AND COVERS THE
> TROPICAL ATLC WESTWARD TO THE LESSER ANTILLES WHERE THERE ARE
> SEVERAL RE****TS OF HAZE. TRACES OF SAHARAN DUST WERE ALSO
> VISIBLE ACROSS THE PUERTO RICO AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS TODAY.
>
> The front should be out of the way long before they get there.
>
> Everyone aboard owns their own yachts and have years at sea offshore....
>
Very interesting... I opened it with google earth.
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"j" ganz @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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