Re: Who's out cruising/voyaging now on a BCC?
Posted by:
tunruh (IP Logged)
Date: January 13, 2008 01:40AM
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Hi,
Jill and I are currently in Simonstown, South Africa, preparing to depart for St. Helena and the Caribbean in Feb. We just rounded Cape Agulhas, a big milestone for us.
Our Galatea has taken us to Mexico, the Galapagos, French Polynesia, Rarotonga (Cook Islands), Niue, Tonga, New Zealand, Fiji, Australia, Cocos Keeling, Rodrigues and Mauritius, and to South Africa. We've sailed over 25 000 miles so far.
Galatea has taken good care of us, and we're trying to do the same for her. Her Lyle Hess lines have been recognized all along our route. He seems to have fans in many places.
Fair winds,
Tom Unruh
SV Galatea, #117
PS -- I can't resist adding that Galatea just set a personal record day's run. On our passage from Richard's Bay to East London in the Agulhas Current, we covered 204 miles in the last 22.5 hours! Unfortunately, we don't have an hourly log to document the 1.5 hours before that to get the full 24, but if we just use the hourly average, we could estimate a 213 mile day!!! It was a great place to have all that speed, given the short weather windows. On the other hand, we now have to relearn our patience as we get back to more normal speeds!
