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07/04/2024

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05/06/2024

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11/24/2023

The plotter shows that I have averaged 5.7 for 12,151 nm . If you divide the hrs 2,146 by 24 then I'm in my 90'th day at sea. And still smiling 😊 Daf

11/24/2023

A year ago on the exact day I was told I was too short for the Southern Ocean after a tryout for the infamous Ocean Race. I sat there at that meeting after a two week tryout in France that they had flown me in for a job as a back up driver and trimmer […]

11/24/2023

🇬🇧 Southern Ocean Low Pressure Systems Carousel 👇
Several boats have been reporting strong winds and their first taste of navigation within the Southern Ocean low pressure systems. The good news is that it will mean fast sailing and little chance of being stuck in windless areas. The bad news is that it is relentless, merciless and exhausting. Every low pressure, in the southern hemisphere is anticipated by northerly winds, rotating anticlockwise to north westerlies after the warm front, which is wet and miserable like a summer day in Ireland but not violent or stormy. It’s the cold front that follows that brings a ninety degrees wind shift which can occur very suddenly and brings an unstable mass of cold air that blow up from Antarctica. The sea state gets very very messy, with cross seas, gusty winds, chance of breaking waves, squalls, freezing rain; until the cold front blows over and the sky cracks showing some blue tiles behind the gray layer of clouds. Things improve and the sun may even come out briefly, as the wind shifts back to northerly the temperature rises quickly.

Unfortunately, northerlies simply mean that the repeat button has been pushed. Another low is approaching. Interestingly and especially on the approach to Australia there can be some high pressure systems which are much lower than you’d expect in the Southern Ocean. We associate highs with good weather, unfortunately these highs often bring headwinds if dipping south is not an option due to the Ice Limit. The high pressures can also block the movement of the low pressures, creating funnels of strong winds squeezing between a semi-stationary high and an approaching low as we can see on the right of this snapshot. Skippers please hold on tight on tight to your plastic race horses, the carousel is about to start.
https://globalsolochallenge.com/southern-ocean-low-pressure-systems-carousel/

11/17/2023

WOW! Spectacular sunset from Bendigedig in the southern ocean ⛵️🌏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🌅

11/17/2023

🇬🇧 After the doldrums shuffle Ronnie Simpson reclaims 3rd position. This last week of sailing saw many boats crossing the light winds of the doldrums. Boats arrived at speed carried by the north east trades and had to patiendly navigate throuh unstable light airs before hooking onto the steady south east trades. This typically causes an elastic effect with a temprary reshuffle of rankings. As of this morning Ronnie Simpson has reclaimed his third place overall in the virtual ranking, aided also by a light wind patch that engulfed Dafydd Hughes in the southern indian ocean, who struggled for progress over more than 24 hours seemingly becalmed.

11/17/2023