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We left Safi on a
straight line course for Las Palmas at 20:00 last night, Nov
30th.
We had N winds at the start, now have South winds that are
creating chop over the NW swells, not fun... Hopefully S-winds
will be short lived.
Best,
Erden. |
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26 Nov 2005 |
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You probably noticed that we stopped
at Safi, Morocco on the evening of 26th. We are waiting for
Depression Delta to resolve itself right now before restarting
our row directly for Las Palmas. The forecasts look promising
that we may leave Wed during the day, else we will leave on
Thursday am. We expect 8-10 days at sea to get there, where we
will fix hatches and desalinator. Weather pending, we can
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25 Nov 2005 |
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We started rowing
again at 15:15 yesterday, Thursday the 24th.
Soon after dark, I noticed ARGOS was not blinking its red flash.
I put the pin back in and removed it again, placing it in its
storage slot - this started the 5ed blinks again. So you may or
not have the first 3-4 hours out of El Jadida.
We noticed before we left on www.theyr.net that a huge low was
forecast to form to our west, leaving a narrow alley of N-NE
winds. We hopped on that yesterday, and moved along the shore
nicely.
Wondering if this N-NE wind pattern will continue. We have Safi
within 15-20 hr, Essaouira within another 20 hr range with no
winds. We can tuck in and wait before committing to the Las
Palmas crossing. There we will get the hatch and watermaker
issues addressed. |
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Updates on the
expedition "Around-n-Over" from Nancy |
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Tim and Erden
left Lisbon yesterday and stopped in Cascais, Portugal to have
the water desalination unit checked. This is another critical
piece of equipment in order for them to have purified drinking
water.
Our friend and supporter Malcolm Sykes of the UK, former owner
of our boat, drafted and sent papers to the Portuguese this
morning so that the boat can be appropriately registered and
they can depart once more from land. I received a phone call
from Erden at 2:20 this morning (my time) telling me of their
situation. They should be departing again shortly.
Then Kenneth Crutchlow of the Ocean Rowing Society contacted me
via phone, followed by a call from Malcolm to make sure that
everything was in place. The kindness of our friends "across the
pond" (as we say) is overwhelming. I am grateful for their
support and generosity.
I also received a wonderful message from my family in Turkey
last night. Another acknowledgement that we are in this
together. I am not alone. I feel extremely humbled by this level
of kindness, adding to my own strength. And to all of you
receiving this email...you have all added your support in one
way or another to this journey...which does not go unnoticed.
Again, I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Ships ahoy!!
Warmest regards,
Nancy |
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Hello everyone!
I thought I would send you
a few photographs of Tim and
Erden on our boat and the
latest article that Tim wrote
for Canada's Globe and Mail.
Their departure is now set for tomorrow, Sunday, Oct 16 at 1400
Lisbon time, if winds prevail. For those of you up early
tomorrow in the Pacific NW (6:00am...I will be!!) or the
Midwestern part of the US/CN (8:00am CT) or in the UK (1400
BST), at this hour, please send them your good thoughts and well
wishes for a successful crossing. I spoke to Erden this morning
and he is very ready and prepared for this crossing.
Stay posted to the journey by following them on our website. You
can track their progress daily. See more details on that and on
the Ocean Rowing Society by reading Tim's article attached here.
Thanks to each and every one of you who have offered your
support, kindness, friendship and love to us over the
years....and to my newest friends at the Ocean Rowing
Society...bless you for the work you do to help the modern
adventurers of our time!
My kindest regards,
Nancy |
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