Topband: 3Y0I team riding out a severe storm

Wed Mar 27 00:06:14 EDT 2019

Update: 0355Z March 27, 2019. We have communicated with 
our Rebel Pilot Andre (V51B) who Dom called just minutes ago 
via the Atlantic Tuna’s satellite phone. The 3Y0I Team and Crew 
of the Atlantic Tuna are OK. They have turned the ship with the 
winds to the east and are riding out a severe storm. Absolutely 
terrible conditions at the moment. There is hope that calm skies 
are a few hours away. Operating the radios during the turbulent 
sea is impossible. We expect another update 12 hours from now. 

www.rebeldxgroup.com/bouvet-waiting-for-word 

----- Original Message -----

From: "Grant Saviers" <grants2 at pacbell.net> 
To: topband at contesting.com 
Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2019 2:50:44 AM 
Subject: Re: Topband: Bouvet 

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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