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K1VSK

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Re: 3Y0J Bouvet
« Reply #30 on: January 15, 2023, 09:51:08 AM »

And the next one that they will be listening on next.

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WA2VUY

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Re: 3Y0J Bouvet
« Reply #31 on: January 16, 2023, 04:13:54 PM »

Looks like the team is departing tomorrow morning from Port Stanley. I hope they have a safe and uneventful sail to Bouvet.

A comment posted by Thierry just the other day said about winds on Crozet, "ever since I have been on the island, there has not been a single day without wind, varying from 30 KMH to gusts of 140 KMH. And this is summer time in the southern hemisphere !"

Crozet is at 46 degrees South in the roaring 40s; Bouvet is further South at 54 degrees in the furious fifties.
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K0IZ

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Re: 3Y0J Bouvet
« Reply #32 on: January 16, 2023, 06:00:09 PM »

Just worked VP8/SQ1SGB from Kansas City, 20M SSB 500W to dipole.  0140  weak but doable.  Hopefully that suggests some ability to work Bouvet.
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VK3KTT

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Re: 3Y0J Bouvet
« Reply #33 on: January 17, 2023, 06:23:56 AM »

i was jsut going through the 3y0j site and realized the 100w ft8 thing. then i thought hmm ken always gets me in the log cezar always gets me in the log adrian always gets me in the log im pretty sure i will get there in cw or ssb it going to be lot of fun.
I would seriously love to work them but just hearing them would leave me satisfied i have a very high noise floor here so fingers crossed
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WA2VUY

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Re: 3Y0J Bouvet
« Reply #34 on: January 17, 2023, 12:15:20 PM »

1900z: The tracker now shows the sailboat about 10 miles east of the Falklands....they are on their way.
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N0UN

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Re: 3Y0J Bouvet
« Reply #35 on: January 17, 2023, 12:32:49 PM »

1900z: The tracker now shows the sailboat about 10 miles east of the Falklands....they are on their way.

Kinda' neat to track the vessel on GPS: Track 3Y0J

Also watching the real time winds they can expect:  Bouvet on Windy

I'm not a mariner but I wonder with so much gear, fuel and Hams, I suspect it'll ride the waves much lower than normal. I remember the "powered" Atlantic Tuna was cooking along at maybe 7 knots I think it was.  I'm curious to see if the put the sails up, lean and "cut the prevailing winds" like you see on TV.

I actually held a ruler up to my screen to try and figure the scaled distance of how far they've made it since departing, lol.

5 knots - 5.75 MPH
7 knots = 8.05 MPH
9 knots = 10.36 MPH
Port Stanley to Bouvet = 2,500 Miles.

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« Last Edit: January 17, 2023, 12:40:35 PM by N0UN »
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W4AMP

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Re: 3Y0J Bouvet
« Reply #36 on: January 17, 2023, 04:26:55 PM »

Underway!

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KC0W

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Re: 3Y0J Bouvet
« Reply #37 on: January 18, 2023, 12:26:13 AM »

 Looks like the team will have plenty of time to get to know each other.

 

                                              Tom KH0/KC0W   
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WA2VUY

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Re: 3Y0J Bouvet
« Reply #38 on: January 18, 2023, 05:10:13 AM »

In an interview one of the team said 10 to 14 days to arrival. Their "contracted period on the island is 22 days."
Looks like the team will have plenty of time to get to know each other.

 

                                              Tom KH0/KC0W
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K7KB

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Re: 3Y0J Bouvet
« Reply #39 on: January 18, 2023, 12:27:02 PM »

Looks like the team will have plenty of time to get to know each other.

 

                                              Tom KH0/KC0W

That's for sure. I keep looking at the Garmin map and almost seems they have come to a halt as the distance keeps looking about the same from Port Stanley. Probably just me and my own optical illusion :)

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K7KB

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Re: 3Y0J Bouvet
« Reply #40 on: January 18, 2023, 04:35:56 PM »

I just read an update from the team that they are only doing 7 knots right now, trying to keep behind a storm system. So I didn't imagine they had almost come to a stop :) At that pace, they would reach Bouvet in about 13 days so I hope they can kick in the afterburners sometime during the trip.
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N0UN

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Re: 3Y0J Bouvet
« Reply #41 on: January 18, 2023, 08:48:58 PM »

I just read an update from the team that they are only doing 7 knots right now, trying to keep behind a storm system. So I didn't imagine they had almost come to a stop :) At that pace, they would reach Bouvet in about 13 days so I hope they can kick in the afterburners sometime during the trip.

Exactly as you stated. Storms over South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands...

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KE4KY

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Re: 3Y0J Bouvet
« Reply #42 on: January 19, 2023, 03:41:41 AM »

Another companion site to go with Wayne's posting.... Windy:waves

Not only follow the weather, follow the sea forecast.

https://www.windy.com/-Waves-waves?waves,-57.017,-54.844,4

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K3STX

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Re: 3Y0J Bouvet
« Reply #43 on: January 19, 2023, 09:58:15 AM »

I must be looking at the tracker incorrectly. When I see the dots it looks like they are there already? What am I seeing when I click the SHOW ALL TRACKs button? What are the flags?
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K0RS

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Re: 3Y0J Bouvet
« Reply #44 on: January 19, 2023, 12:40:12 PM »

I must be looking at the tracker incorrectly. When I see the dots it looks like they are there already? What am I seeing when I click the SHOW ALL TRACKs button? What are the flags?

Zoom out a bit and you'll see Bouvet come into view SSW from the cape of South Africa.  The ship is unfortunately tagged "3Y0J Bouvet" which makes it appear to be the island itself.


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