Only 2 to go!
Mercury Rising arrived in Puerto Ayora this morning with Adrian Pinnegar, Deane Harper and Phyllis Macay aboard. Two yachts are still to arrive : Lorrigray (delayed in Panama with steering problems) and Fugue. Many crews are already well into discovering the island of Santa Cruz, while others are attending to refueling, essential maintenance and trips to the market ahead of their 5 –day trips that start next week.
Written by Tony Diment, Rally Director Saturday, 13 March 2010 23:16
Nearly everyone now in
26 yachts are now safely at anchor in Puerto Ayora. Gaultine III arrived yesterday (11th March) and Fugue and Mercury Rising are on their way. Lorrigray is beset with steering problems in the Perlas Islands and although arrangements for spares are in train she will undoubtedly be very late in arriving in the `Enchanted Islands’.
Everyone is enjoying their first experiences of the Galapagos and getting used to sharing their waterfront bar or restaurant with the occasional sea lion ,iguana or blue footed booby. The rally are having Sunday lunch in the Angemeyer Point Restaurant and on Monday the rally brief is scheduled accompanied by a rally dinner. More later…
Written by Tony Diment, Rally Director Friday, 12 March 2010 14:23
A good, fast passage to the Galapagos
Tony Diment arrived in Puerto Ayora in the Galapagos islands yesterday just as the first yachts were arriving from Panama. Within the next 24 hours 14 yachts have arrived and are now safely at anchor. Some yachts completed the 900 miles in under 5 days with 200 mile days. Generally the winds have been 15 to 20 knots and most yachts have had exhilarating passages. This is so different from our last rally when most yachts had dismal conditions with squally headwinds.
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Written by Tony Diment, Rally Director Tuesday, 09 March 2010 23:16
Panama's Non-Tsunami
Yesterday, the 27th of February, the news was full of the Chillean earthquake and impending Pacific-wide tsunami. In the end, the tsunami never transpired, but the news channels and experts kept up the heat until the forecast tsunami-hour had passed Hawaii, 3 hours after the expected time in Panama. Naturally, we alerted the BWR fleet and they all headed out to deep water.
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Written by Richard Bolt, Director Sunday, 28 February 2010 15:21
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