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Friday, 09 May 2008 |
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Day 216 position 47.46deg south and 53.32deg west (note the latitude ) , the Argentine navel vessel Prefectura steams full ahead to this position in very strong winds from the south west mountainous seas ,8/8 cloud cover showers and snow bad visibility temperature 9 deg C.
ROLLED! Yes sadly Kim Chow has been rolled under these horrific conditions. Glen reports Kim Chow has rolled over and both he and the boat have some damage. Glen has suffered a blow to the head has concussion and a scratch to the scalp damaged his ribs finding it difficult to report his position on the radio.
Kim Chow has lost her life raft, both solar panels the dodger and one hatch. She has some damage to her steering the mast is still up and the boat is water tight. Glen is now dealing with aftermath of the roll sorting out the confused mess below and reports conditions are very wet down below. Weather conditions are expected to last for a few days and he will sit it out then continue to Port Stanley in the Falklands then on around the horn.
News from the Indian Ocean is that Opela the Tosca 39 from PYC, sailed last week bound for Dar es laam , onboard Kevin Robinson Tiffiny and Tristan reported good sailing conditions but strong south westerly winds between Bazaruto and Mozambique island on today's radio report they sailing between Mkandeni and Mafia Island .
BREAKING NEWS
Glen Wakefield is now aboard the Argentine navel vessel Puerto Deseado Spanish for ("wished for"), and is feeling much better. This morning he was transferred to the Argentine coast guard and expects to arrive in Argentina on Wednesday he says thanks for the kind words and support. The fate of Kim Chow is not known at this point in time.
Good Cruising and Radio Coms
Roy Cook
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Thursday, 10 April 2008 |
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Glen Wakefield on his single handed round the world on Kim Chow a Phil Roberts 40 offshore, has been at sea for 195 days is at 40.51s _38.15e and has covered 57nm in the last 24 hours, at a speed of 6knots temp 16. Glen reports a busy night on deck without much sleep, Glen's been busy on the ham radio making new contacts in the Falklands and South America both of whom will be invaluable of making a safe rounding of the horn.
Distance to Falklands way point 986nmi distance to Cape Horn 1398nmi. This west about from British Columbia making him the first sailor to attempt the voyage from North America.
On the other side of the Atlantic is that the sailing vessel Jacana arrived in Fremantle after a uneventful trip taking 65 days.
The four yachts one local and three International that left Durban had a good window making East London in 37 hours, after a short rest made the next hop to Mossel Bay then to Cape St Francis where they lay at anchor in in the lee of the Cape. When we gave them the weather they needed they up anchor rounded Cape Agullas and had brisk sailing with force 4 south easterly winds and are all safely moored in Simon's town waiting to depart Saint Helena Island.
The Indian Ocean and East Coast has been a bit on the quite side, due to the uncertainty of the cyclone season closing, although we have two large fishing vessels fishing off Beira they stay at sea for long periods and are very handy as relay stations, Norman Kloppers on Regal also gives us important weather from the Bazaruto Island.
A report from the yacht Janain which I overheard whilst he was talking to another yacht that was anchored in one of the beautiful outer islands was that there had been a large oil spill in Victoria Harbor. Janain and Sinyati have since weighed anchor and are heading north to Chagos, where I hear a cruising permit costs 0ne hundred pounds a month, Blue Moon is still in the Seychelles.
Good Sailing
R0y Cook
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