Asterie Leg 2 (Plymouth to Villamoura)

[tome]

Asterie left Plymouth Tuesday 1815 with Ian, Brian and Andy.

At 0900 today they reported blowing a gale in position 49º 27.03’N 005º 29.58’W- all ok

 

[duncan]

heading well west then?

 

[tome]

Yes Ian wanted to get well out to the west and into clear ocean

 

[woody001]

they going straight to portugal non-stop?

 

[duncan]

well unless they are planning to stop off at Cork or Bermuda...............

 

[tome]

Yes, that's the plan provided they don't need to motor too much

 

[woody001]

flip, thats a long stretch in one go.

 

[Twister_Ken]

Tome, thx for keeping us updated.

They should sack their weather router though - getting them involved in a gale this soon!

Anyone know when Eamonn takes the plunge?

 

[jimi]

Eammon is off to Falmouth this w/e

 

[zefender]

And then down to Portugal on 3rd Aug or thereabouts. Also going well West. Looks like the trip to Falmouth will be entirely donkey assisted.

 

[tome]

1235 update

Asterie: surfin yeeha

 

[BrendanS]

Eamonn, fair winds and hope you have a superb cruise! Don't forget to keep us updated when you can. You can always text me and I'll post here for you

 

[zefender]

Thanks Brendan.

I've had a Nera (inmarsat dome thingie) system fitted to the boat so I should be able to keep in touch via the web browser (erm, at a cost) but I may take you up on your kind offer sometime and maybe use the email facility to upload a few 'live' pics.

Mind you with all the extra kit now added, I just hope she'll still float when lifted back into the water tomorrow!

 

[tome]

Best wishes Eamonn!

BTW, I'm posting this from my boat in Northney - we now have a wireless hot spot!

 

[rickp]

Ooh - whats the deal with that then? Who's the provider and what are the costs?

Rick

 

[duncan]

don't get too hot - Julie's getting confused with g-spots again

 

[tome]

Provider is iZone and it's free! I'm currently installing an external high gain antenna and cabling it through to an access point below deck so I can use my PC below instead of up here on deck.

Brilliant facility!

 

[rickp]

Cool! I "saw" the iZone hotspot a while back, but it wouldn't accept my client and Mike reckoned it was just for the offices (and at 25quid a month was a bit pricey). iZone were also advertising the fact they covered Northney, but ignored my e-mails.

Glad to hear its changed! Will certainly be handy /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Cheers,
Rick

 

[tome]

Update 1815 via sat

Report at 1815:

left plymouth 1815 topped up with fuel water beer etc..
beat into a f6 westerly into the night but made our course past eddystone lifgthouse and off westing. Engine off and sailing from inner harbour.

0530 NW 25 gusting 32 kts messy sea and loads of roll, since then we've eased sheets all the way down to 48 deg 42.10 N 006 deg 20.68 N

odd beam on roller and spray but settling down to life on board.
Tightening course east a bit to cut out waypoint 2 and go to three from here due to the favourable winds.

no iow ferries spotted but sailed (with permission) into a naval excercise; HMS Monmouth and a sub.

Blue skys, blue seas, Asterie going great.

 

[tome]

Update at 0728 via French text message

Asterie: Position 47º 36.35’N 007º 24.90’W Fitzroy 3 days??