Richard Hudson and Issuma are northbound. East of the continental shelf about 26 degrees South , 42 West, nearing the Rio DeJaneiro parallel. This is sunrise at sea this morning. From the set of the headsail it looks like the wind has shifted to the north. Follow the track and Richard's occasional commentary and photography HERE.
A Nova Scotia-based ship carrying dozens of students has sunk off Brazil, but everyone is safe and there were no serious injuries, officials say.
The Brazilian navy said the tall ship SV Concordia went down about 550 kilometres southeast of Rio de Janeiro in rough seas.
West Island College International, of Lunenburg, which runs the Class Afloat program, said all 64 people aboard were rescued from four life-rafts by merchant vessels early Friday.
The 48 students, eight teachers and eight crew had to abandon ship and spent the night in life-rafts equipped with blankets and some food. A Brazilian navy helicopter spotted the rafts and dropped medical supplies.
The rescued people were expected to be moved to a navy frigate and taken to Rio de Janeiro. Ships with poor stability get struck by microbursts and ships with good stability get struck by squalls.
For intelligent discussion of the stability issues see the Wooden Boat Forum
Richard Hudson on Issuma was approaching that region as he makes his way north from Uruguay in deep water east of the continental shelf. he did not encounter the storm system. But Richard went through the weather forecasts he receives on board and provides this report(with some interpolations by me):
[Note that Beaufort scale 8 is 34 - 40 Knots with waves 13 - 20 feet. And that these are informed guesstimates. Actual conditions may have been more severe. We won't know the analysis for a while. - GWC]
According to the AP story, it was Thursday night, so Feb 18, and the ship was about 550 km SE of Rio de Janeiro. That puts it likely in Forecast Area Bravo (possibly Delta--my forecast area map is not very detailed).
The relevant part of the GMDSS Metarea V forecast for Thursday noon (GMT) to Friday noon (GMT) (winds in Beaufort, seas in metres):
PART TWO - ANALYSIS AT 180000 (hours)
LOW 1006 AT 29S 043W.
HIGH 1020 AT 40S 047W.
C(old)-FRONT OVER RIO DE JANEIRO EXTENDING TO SE AND MOVING WITH 10 KTS TO NE.
I T C Z* 02N020W, 02N030W, 01N040W AND 01N050W WITH 3/4 DEGREES (*Intertropical convergence Zone)
WIDE WITH LIGHT/MOD SHWRS AND ISOL THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
WHOLE BAND.
PART THREE - WEATHER FCST VALID FM 181200 TO 191200 (hours)AREA BRAVO
I love skiing photography and I love watching Bode ski. They all go fast and it all looks the same - but Bode's strength and balance are so great that he takes risks and recovers from mistakes that for others are ruinous. go Bode!
First he took the Bronze in the downhill, then a silver in the Super G, and now a Gold in the combined.
"I don't like him" said Larry Ellison of Ernesto Bertarelli, his rival, in the best of three grudge match in Valencia that is the most litigated America's Cup match in the race's 160 year history. Ellison wasn't even on stage at the owners pre-race press conference. It wasn't like this when Sir Thomas Lipton, the original tea bagger, wanted to take it from Cornelius Vanderbilt, the railroad baron. In those days the Fife boatyard in Glasgow labored against the Herreshoff yard in Bristol, RI. This one will be over soon. I hope that BMW/Oracle wins so that the next race will be in San Francisco where they have wind, and the Golden Gate Bridge. And mono-hulls. Match racing in giant multi-hulls is no fun - close maneuvering is what makes match-racing. And you can't do it with 90X90 catamarans.
The Times reportsthat the estimable conservators at the Antarctic Heritage Trust have unearthed frozen treasure of the Austral desert left behind by the great explorers/adventurers who survived against all odds in the failed venture to cross the continent on dog sleds because, well, just, because why the hell bloody not.
And just what the hell would you want as you and your mates neared the last couple of hundred miles of your trek across the frozen continent on dog sleds, but a pause and a case of the best Scotch whisky? The gentlemen at Whyte & Mackay, distillers of McKinlay's Rare whisky, made sure that Sir Ernest Shackleton and his fellow mushers would have more than enough to wet their whiskers when they arrived at the supply hut provisioned by their crew on the far side. Alas the Endurance was crushed in the ice of the Weddell Sea and Shackleton never got to put the dogs ashore.
Image: Frank Hurley
Image above: the voyages - as planned and as it happened from Wikipedia. The dark red line is the route of the supply depots laid down en route for the planned arrival of the continent-crossing dog sled teams.
Somali Pirate Threat Remains After RUEN Release
-
The European Union’s Operation ATALANTA says multiple pirate action groups
may still be operating in the Indian Ocean following the rescue of the MV
Ruen a...
Government Boats 65
-
Yesterday I tried out a location near the Brooklyn Bridge on the Brooklyn
side, a place I should have been for yesterday’s post. USCGC Legare
(WMEC-912) ...
Good and great
-
Monday – photo by Mitch Waxman A humble narrator was lucky enough to wake
up again, one recent day, and soon discovered that the atmospheric
temperature wo...
The Rolling Refit Continues
-
*Article*Colin continues the story of bringing a fundamental sound, but 47
year old, racing boat back to offshore standards and turning her into a
comforta...
Edwin Diaz....and Hope....Are Back
-
So many bad things going on, sport is the least of it. But sport teaches
you to hope, to endure – an experiment in a test tube. Take Edwin Diaz of
the Ne...
Corned Beef Casserole
-
[image: A plate of corned beef casserole next to the whole dish of it,]
Corned beef or venison casserole is a great use for leftovers. Add noodles,
cabbage...
Sitka Nature Show #305 – Paul and Brooke
-
Download Radio Show The December 31st show featured a conversation with
Paul Norwood and Brooke Schafer. The Sitka Nature Show ended the year as it
began...
#31 Volcán Tajumulco, Guatemala High Point
-
At 13,845 feet tall, Tajumulco is not only the highest mountain in
Guatemala but also the highest in all of Central America. Because if its
remote locati...
40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LOSS OF THE AMERICA’S CUP
-
SEPTEMBER 26, 1983 AUSTRALIA II DEFEATED LIBERTY 4-3 IN A BEST OF 7 SERIES
TO WIN THE AMERICA’S CUP. THE RIGHT THING HAPPENED FOR ALL THE WRONG
REASONS. I...
INSTALLING THE 48 VOLT LITHIUM BATTERY
-
One of the nice things about electric propulsion in a sailboat is the
ability to upgrade parts of it as new technology comes along. When I made
the conver...
The Van de Veldes: Greenwich, Art and the Sea
-
My last art post was about the simply awful Hogarth exhibition at the Tate,
which was just terrible, having no interest in art or Hogarth or historical
...
Hitching a Ride
-
At sea, sometimes birds find places to land on the boat and rest for a
while. Usually they land on the rail, which is easy to land on.
(Continued...)
Drilling Shaft Hole
-
Hi Everybody. First post here. I’ve been slowly building a Monaco. At the
point where i need to drill the shaft hole through the hull. I’ve seen a
number...
-
Nach langer Krankheit ist meine liebe Frau Martina sanft in meinen Armen
entschlafen. Mancher, der unseren Blog über die Jahre verfolgt hat, wird
vielleich...
-
Looking for something a bit different? Check out our Facebook Page with a
great little video gearing up for our summer fun!
And we Have Pirate Pizza - a ...
On the Road Again
-
We are off again..This time to warmer Climes in the Caribbean. We brought
our departure forward by 2 days as we had a good weather window. We left in
Qu...
Red Dot on the Ocean
-
Matt’s life and voyage have been made into a feature-length documentary,
Red Dot on the Ocean. Learn how you can see it at RedDotontheOcean.com
Rumour has it…
-
Rumour has it that I was sailing this yacht last month on the Baltic Sea
and that they have started to build a very similar version for a third
attempt at ...
The End
-
After almost two months at sea and more than 5,000 miles, Issuma reached
Norfolk, Virginia. This was both my longest passage and my longest
singlehanded p...
Sea Chair – Art from A Plastic Ocean
-
Have a look at this beautiful video that speaks to the fact that the ocean
is full of all the consumer plastics we use that just Won’t. Go. Away!
These cle...
NRDC Defends California's Ivory Law in Court
-
Elly Pepper, Legislative Advocate, Washington, DC: Last year, California
became the third state in the country to pass legislation (Assembly Bill
96) restr...
DAY 71 | Making the call
-
[image: DAY 71 | An unmatched trilogy of Antarctic achievements]
The post DAY 71 | Making the call appeared first on Shackleton Solo.
Italian Travels
-
[image: Italian Travels]
A few photos of Barb, Bono, and Jim's adventures in Italy.
Date: Apr 2, 2015
Number of Photos in Album: 61
View Album
The Alexandra Shackleton on display at the ANMM
-
The Alexandra Shackleton (our James Caird replica) is now on display at the
Australian National Maritime Museum, taking pride of place in the foyer as
part...
Enjoying the Snow
-
A few weeks back I realized that we hadn't taken Fitz downhill skiing in
the backcountry at all. We've gone on tours in RMNP with Fitz in the
Chariot, but...
Star Island Shark Tournament Video
-
Here's the film debut of the Small Fortune from last month's Star Island
Shark Tournament. No winning fish this year but we're crossing our fingers
for ...
Northwest Passage 2012 - ARCTIC DREAMS Video
-
Looking back on 2012 hindsight is 20/20... ARCTIC DREAMS lead by Bob
Shepton aboard DODOS DELIGHT did an amazing 7,000 mile feat.... rather than
tell you ...
Design 90 - 76'-6" Shoal Draft Schooner
-
Only two drawings were prepared for this preliminary design proposal; a
Lines Plan and a Sail & Deck Plan. I believe the Lines Plan that is shown
here i...
-
Young Larry Blog - a continuation of Dermot's account of Young Larry's
transit of the Northwest Passage. We hope to up-date the blog at least once
a week....
Brooklyn Botanical Garden
-
Took a look around on a cold (free) day. Yeah, it’s free admission on most
weekdays through the winter!
There is a lot going on with plants during the cold ...