Friday, October 23, 2009

Headed South

I will take the plunge and head South tomorrow.

There are really only five spots to duck into on the way down. 17 S - Perlas Islands, 18 S -Quelimane, 21.5 S - Bazaruto, 24 S - Inhambane, and 26 S- Inhaca. We will see how far I can make it with this upcoming window. The goal is Bazaruto. If the weather stays, I keep moving. Inhambane to Richard´s Bay is the critical zone. Weather for the coast can be obtained here.

Three boats have lost their engine use in the past week on this passage. One from a lost propeller caused by colliding with a whale!

If there isn´t a post within a month, contact Roy at the Royal Natal Yacht Club as he runs the Peri Peri Net.

2 comments:

Lee Ann said...

God Speed. You will be in thoughts and prayers. Be safe.

Anonymous said...

anyone else using a good interactive map to track the weather where jonas will be sailing? in addition to his passageweather.com, i use

http://www.wunderground.com/wundermap/?lat=-28.79999924&lon=32.09999847&zoom=10&pin=Richard%27s%20Bay%2c%20South%20Africa

anyone wanna share?