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Marty[_2_] Marty[_2_] is offline
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Jere Lull wrote:
On 2008-10-03 15:37:21 -0400, "Wilbur Hubbard"
said:

"Gogarty" wrote in message
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In article 2008100312141643658-jerelull@maccom,
says...
On 2008-10-03 11:55:04 -0400, Gogarty said:
http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?&glId=0sKGa9AJRCF45FaX5L5g6PLcZGvSb3 nMe


Just

make sure the whole address goes in your browser's address area. I
clicked on my original and brought up their current path.

Nope. Just a blank page with SPOT logo. The SPOT site isn't very
helpful.


Looks to me like Skippy might be giving up and heading to port.

Position 48, 49, and 50 shows a turn toward Cape Charles. But, he
can't make it before nightfall so I hope he's familiar with the
entrance to Chesapeake Bay. Perhaps he's shooting for a morning arrival.

Wilbur Hubbard


Looks to me like they've been close-hauled in a southerly breeze, got
headed about 1 PM, tacked about 3 across a foul current, tacking back
about 7 on a course that'll let them skim the Outer Banks or get a
better line on the Bay. That 4-hour backtracking leg surprises me, but
might have gotten them out of the current as their tack at 7 gave them a
better than 90 degree leg -- and FP isn't that close-winded.

The near-shore forecast at the moment
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/data/Forecasts/FZUS51.KAKQ.html is showing S
winds going NE late with lingering SE swells, which supports at least
part of what I surmised.


I don't know what has happened, suddenly my spot page will not load
properly, no map, just a list of points and I can't get them to give me
position.

Would you mind posting the URL again using tinyurl.com?

Cheers
Marty