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Die Phoenicia sollte schon seit dem 9. Januar unterwegs sein. Heute ist schon der 15. :? Im Blog gibt es auch nichts Neues :(

Grüsse
Alexander

Hi,

laut Phillip und Abdul soll es voraussichtlich morgen- Samstag- oder Sonntag losgehen- die Internetverbindung nach Beira ist lausig, Phillip scheint etwas genervt zu sein, über die Interna möchte niemand reden und ich habe auch nicht nachgehakt.

Es scheint aber definitiv kein grundsätzliches Problem mit der Expedition zu bestehen, denn Niklas- der alte Schwede- hat mir versprochen, sich aus Richards Bay mit einem Bericht zu melden- er rechnet dort mit deutlich besseren Internetverbindungen.

Ich melde mich etwas später noch einmal-
es wird auch von mir Neuigkeiten über die zukünftige Berichterstattung geben.

Gruß
Micha

Wollte mal den Thread hochholen, damit dem Micha seine Mühe nicht versandet.
War der Thread nicht sonst immer automatisch oben ??

hmmm, der war doch oben

Ich trink zuviel.

schu achbar ? hat geschrieben:Ich trink zuviel.

Nein, nur das Falsche

Du willst mir damit doch nicht sagen ich hätte den restlichen Scheibenfrostschutz wegschütten sollen...

schu achbar ? hat geschrieben:Wollte mal den Thread hochholen, damit dem Micha seine Mühe nicht versandet.

Hauptsache ist doch, dass die Phoenicia nicht auf einer Sandbank strandet (auch wenn sie im Moment im Schlick zu stecken scheint)...

schu achbar ? hat geschrieben:War der Thread nicht sonst immer automatisch oben ??

Nicht automatisch; aber da lief ja auch was neben den Topaktualitäten...

schu achbar ? hat geschrieben:Du willst mir damit doch nicht sagen ich hätte den restlichen Scheibenfrostschutz wegschütten sollen...

Wie bitte???
!!!

LG Regula

Laut Logbuch geht es weiter. Der Tracker zeichnet allerdings noch nicht auf


Position Report 86
Date: 16th January 2010
Location: 19.59.2S and 35 08.5E.
Message:

We left Beira this morning at 5 am and headed down the long channel into the Bay of Sofala. As at 1200 hrs GMT we were at position 19.59.2S and 35 08.5E. We are making very slow progress as we are against a southerly head wind and therefore it may take a day or so to get us to the current that will eventually help to take us south. Until then we are clearly going to have a challenging time and that is not including the rest of the 700 or so miles towards Richards Bay.

We would like to thank all those who have helped us in Beira including Ermelindo and Marca, Faisal, Jack, the Beira Port Authority Dino Braimo, Martin, the team at Ciriol. Appologies to anyone we have missed off this initial list. We have very much enjoyed leaning more about Mozambique.-a truly fascinating country.


Position Report 87
Date: 17th January 2010
Location: 20.22.9S 35.30.4E
Message:

We are experiencing fine hot weather at the moment and we have continued to make slow and unspectacular progress across the Bay of Sofala.

We have experienced light south easterly winds for most of the time, although we did have a period of easterly winds, when we were able to make better progress towards the South. Right now we are concentrating on getting as far East as possible so that we can pick up the Mozambique current (some 40-50 miles off the coast) as early as possible. However it is a slow process as by way of reference we have made just 32.6 miles over the last 24 hours to noon local time. We have some 10-20 miles to go to reach the current, assuming it is where most people believe it to be.

Our position at 0001 hrs was 20.13.8S 35.9.8E
And our noon (GMT+2hrs) position today was 20.22.9S 35.30.4E


Grüsse
Alexander

Der Tracker zeichnet immer noch nichts auf -
und Position Report 88 scheint über Bord gegangen zu sein,
ich konnte ihn jedenfalls nicht finden, auch nicht unter Deck


Position Report 89
Date: 18th January 2010
Location: 20.27.15S, 36.01.4E
Message:

We have continued to make moderate progress out of Sofala Bay, having managed just 31 miles over the last 24 hours. Needless to say we have not hit the Mozambique current yet and it may be that it is much further out as it crosses the shortest point across the Bay. And although the wind is not exactly to our liking it could be a lot worse (even stronger and mixed with rain clouds)), so we are grateful for the spell of good weather.

The highlight of yesterday was Steph baking some delicious banana muffins which made a nice tea time treat. We have one or two crew members feeling slightly sea sick or with stomach complaints- nothing too serious but just a bit uncomfortable for those concerned even though there is plenty of Ibuprofen being handed around. We are eagerly awaiting the point at which we find the current and can head south. For now it is a game of heading East to find the current hopefully it will not be too much longer now!


Position Report 90
Date: 19th January 2010
Location: 20.43.0S, 36.29.2E
Message:

Blog Day 3.

We haven't managed to locate the current yet and as there is a light easterly wind we have decided to head south and pick the current up a little further down the coast. We are making between one and two knots as we head due south, some 90 miles off the coast, and managed just 29 miles over the last 24 hours. We have our best purple and white main sail hoisted (as opposed to our number 2 working sail) as we hope to meet the team from Sailaway www.sailaway.co.za in their Arab dhow as we pass Vilankulo for a bit of a photo shoot of Phoenicia under sail. However at the present rate of progress that is a day or so away.

We have had a one or two happenings over the last couple of days. First, during the middle of the night our starboard anchor, which was rigged for easy release in the channel for leaving Beira and had not been re-stowed for sea, made a bid for freedom. Luckily Yuri managed to stop the full length of it disappearing overboard (its end was secured in any event) and after 20 minutes of all hands pulling it in, the 20 meters of chain and additional cable was recovered. That was an interesting wake up call at 1am in the morning! Also yesterday evening one of the crew went flying into the Viking Life raft as they left the helm and the ship unexpectedly lurched from one side to another. They sustained a bloody nose, a slight cut above the lip and were slight concussed. There were several first aiders on hand and the person concerned and apart from injured pride has already made a good recovery from the shock of being hurled into the life raft!


So langsam fangen sie an, sich selber zu verstümmeln

Gruß
Birgitt

Sie haben immer noch nicht den richtigen Wind und dümpeln so ein wenig vor sich hin -
morgen hoffen sie auf ihr Rendezvous mit der Sailaway ...


Position Report 91
Date: 20th January 2010
Location: 21.12.2S, 36.29.6E
Message:

Blog Day 4.

We continue to make slow progress in light winds. We are now heading south and still searching for the elusive Mozambique Current. As we start to close with the coast further south (we are some 70 miles off the coast now) we should pick it up sooner rather than later. Meanwhile the weather remains good although we have a southerly winds forecast for tomorrow which will not help us. Hopefully by then we will have the current with us.


Position Report 92
Date: 21st January 2010
Location: 21.58.8S, 35.57.2E
Message:

Blog day 5

We have made slightly better progress over the last 24 hrs and managed to cover some 47.23 miles. Needless to say it is a slow going slog down the coast , particularly when the current remains elusive and we face a south easterly wind most of the time. We have now closed the gap to the coast and are now some 24 miles north east of Vilankulo. The forecast winds are light and variable-so it is almost anybody's guess as to how low we will take towards Richard's Bay. Tomorrow we hope to rendezvous with the Dhow from Sailaway, assuming everything needed falls into place.


Gruß
Birgitt

Hier ist ihre aktuelle Position:





Genau wie der Wind so streikt momentan auch der Satelliten-Tracker. Bis das Gerät repariert ist, trägt das PR-Team in England die Positionen vorübergehend manuell in die Karte ein.


Gruß
Birgitt

Position Report 93
Date: 22nd January 2010
Location: 22.22.9S 35.54.2E
Message:

We have had a slightly frustrating 24 hours and have only made limited progress-less than 25 miles!. Whilst we had made reasonable progress during the day, the 15-20 knot south easterly wind last night meant we had no choice but to reverse course and retrace our track to the north, as we had no wish to close closer to the coast. Fortunately the stronger winds only lasted for about 6 hours and shortly after midnight we were able to reverse our course and head south east again in search of the Mozambique Current. We are still hoping to meet up with the dhow from Sailaway later today.

Die Phoenicia ist immer noch auf der Suche nach dem Strom vor Mozambique und die Windprobleme tragen zum Frust der Crew bei.



Grüsse
Alexander

Kein Log Eintrag, aber die Phoenicia ist auf die richtige, langgesuchte Strömung gestossen



Grüsse
Alexander

Es geht weiter - sie haben endlich den ersehnten Wind, die ersehnte Strömung, dazu noch einen leckeren Thunfisch ...



Position Report 94
Date: 23rd January 2010
Location: 23.34.1South 36.06.4 East
Message:

Last evening we finally hit the current that we have been looking for and found it some 30 miles off the coast. We are now managing speeds of around 4 knots. And since noon yesterday we have made 73.8 miles- a welcome change from the pedestrian progress of the last week. The icing on the cake will come later this evening (assuming we can stay in the current) when the forecast winds are set to back to the north east and strengthen to around 15 knots tomorrow evening -which should give us some better sailing and faster progress. In the meantime we have been making a few repairs as we go and this morning we caught a nice 5 kg tuna that made a very good lunch.



Position Report 95
Date: 24th January 2010
Location: 25.06.8South 35.42.4 East
Message:

We have made much better progress since hitting the Mozambique current and made some 93 miles over the last 24 hours, our best run to date on this leg towards Richards Bay. Overnight we were fairly fortunate with the wind which was easterly and enabled us to keep in the current. As we rounded the headland just south of Ponta da Barra and before Maputo, the seas became a little bigger, with some waves of about 5-6 meters, and more confused. As a result the boat tended to lurch about and at times there was some violent flapping of the sail. As as result during the night 5 seams at the foot of the sail split open. Fortunately the linen itself didn't tear but we have spent much of the morning repairing the sail undersail- which has meant anchoring it with various ropes whilst stitches are applied to the offending parts. Each stitch is an operation in itself as the linen canvass is so thick that pliers are needed to pull needle and thread through the canvass. Each seem took about 30 minutes to an hour to mend. We have also tightened the stays that support the mast in anticipation of of stronger winds tonight. Hopefully the sail will hold up in such conditions.



... aber nun auch hohe Wellen und zudem etwas Pech mit den Segeln, nachnähen ist notwendig.

@ Michael Escher: ob hier die Agavennadel mit dem Sisalfaden noch etwas nützt?


Die Crew schreibt kein Wort davon, ob sie zwischenzeitlich die Sailaway getroffen haben -
hm, mal abwarten, vielleicht im nächsten Blog.


Gruß
Birgitt