Topband: Bouvet

[Grant Saviers]

36 N-miles in 5.5 hrs = 6.5 kts  pretty good to hold it that low if as 
reported 51 mph wind to 100 gusts.  Enough speed to preserve steerage 
but as little as possible to minimize distance lost.

Seems that the Captain knows what he is doing.

Grant KZ1W

On 3/26/2019 16:42 PM, donovanf at starpower.net wrote:
> They've drifted only 36 miles downwind
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> 
> From: "GEORGE WALLNER" <aa7jv at atlanticbb.net>
> To: wb6rse1 at mac.com, "Steve Lawrence via Topband" <topband at contesting.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2019 11:32:57 PM
> Subject: Re: Topband: Bouvet
> 
> Maybe not. They seem to be in the middle of a huge storm. Sometimes, it is
> best to turn downwind/down-sea until things get better. Also, they may have
> to make some repairs, which are much easier going down-sea.
> Let's hope so!
> 73,
> George
> AA7JV/C6AGU
> 
> On Tue, 26 Mar 2019 16:25:03 -0700
> Steve Lawrence via Topband <topband at contesting.com> wrote:
>> They've turned back? - Steve WB6RSE
>>
>>
>> rows to show: showing spots for DX call: 3Y* <http://dxwatch.com/dxsd1/srch.php>
>> send a spot <https://dxwatch.com/dxsd1/dxsd1.php?f=0&t=dx&c=3y*#> / search spot by callsign <https://dxwatch.com/dxsd1/dxsd1.php?f=0&t=dx&c=3y*#>
>> de dx freq obs time
>> IN1FO <https://dxwatch.com/qrz/IN1FO> 3Y0I <https://dxwatch.com/qrz/3Y0I> 1820 [AN-016] turning back - see GPS tracking 2036z 26 Mar <>
>>
>> Dom's GPS:
>>> https://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0tARRAqk3ftzEN8piDb2UOWqGrnOX349o <https://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0tARRAqk3ftzEN8piDb2UOWqGrnOX349o>
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