Flying Pig Float Plan

We're going from Sandy Hook, NJ, to Miami, preferably in one
jump. Barring last minute warnings against it, we're leaving
Wednesday Oct. 1, PM.

Based on the recommendations from Chris Parker, our weather
consultant, for favorable winds and seas, we'll go on a rhumb
line, the outward curve through Barnegat Bay excepted, from Sandy Hook
NJ to Cape Hatteras, the first large jump being about 330 miles. We'll
avoid, as much as possible any adverse current as seen on these two
sites:
https://oceanography.navy.mil/legacy.../145/0-0-17/24
and /32, plus http://rads.tudelft.nl/gulfstream/, as our course will
take us close to the Gulf Stream edge.

Once past Hatteras, we'll take another 300+mile jump to the GA coast
area, again to avoid the Gulf Stream. From there we'll take another
rhumb line run of about 300 miles to about West Palm Beach, avoiding
the Gulf Stream as seen in the above plus /16, the southern portion,
which shows that a straight line would have us crossing the Gulf
Stream's adverse current. Once in the West Palm Beach, or so, area,
we'll have to stay close to shore, as the Gulf Stream is very close in
that area.

Sailmail (over SSB radio) contact will be available through my
son David , in the event of emergency. You'll
be able to track our progress on our SPOT shared page,
http://share.findmespot.com/shared/f...PLcZGvSb3 nMe
if you're interested. We'll also send "OK" messages via Spot on a
daily basis to our primary family, as before.


We intend daily reports via sailmail, as well as having our SPOT
(http://share.findmespot.com/shared/f...PLcZGvSb3 nMe)
on continuously during our passage.

At this time weather, wind and currents all look very good for
our passage, but in the event that changes, or there are
equipment difficulties which suggest otherwise, we'll not
hesitate to come in from wherever we are at the time.

See our log listings for the daily reports...

L8R

Skip and Lydia (and Portia, of course!)

Morgan 461 #2
SV Flying Pig KI4MPC
See our galleries at www.justpickone.org/skip/gallery !
Follow us at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheFlyingPigLog
and/or http://groups.google.com/group/flyingpiglog

"You are never given a wish without also being given the power
to make it come true. You may have to work for it however."
(and)
"There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in
its hands. You seek problems because you need their gifts."
(Richard Bach, in The Reluctant Messiah)

That's one stupid float plan, Skippy. Do it right for once. Sail from Sandy
Hook to Bermuda. Then from Bermuda to Nassau. Forget about Miami.

From Sandy Hook go when the weather window to Bermuda is fair and safe. Stay
a while in Bermuda to check for possible tropical storms that could develop
for the next leg. Depart Bermuda when there's a good and safe weather window
to the Bahamas.

Wilbur Hubbard





"Skip Gundlach" wrote in message
...
Flying Pig Float Plan

We're going from Sandy Hook, NJ, to Miami, preferably in one
jump. Barring last minute warnings against it, we're leaving Wednesday
Oct. 1, PM.

Based on the recommendations from Chris Parker, our weather
consultant, for favorable winds and seas, we'll go on a rhumb
line, the outward curve through Barnegat Bay excepted, from Sandy Hook NJ
to Cape Hatteras, the first large jump being about 330 miles. We'll avoid,
as much as possible any adverse current as seen on these two sites:
https://oceanography.navy.mil/legacy.../145/0-0-17/24
and /32, plus http://rads.tudelft.nl/gulfstream/, as our course will take
us close to the Gulf Stream edge.

Once past Hatteras, we'll take another 300+mile jump to the GA coast area,
again to avoid the Gulf Stream. From there we'll take another rhumb line
run of about 300 miles to about West Palm Beach, avoiding the Gulf Stream
as seen in the above plus /16, the southern portion, which shows that a
straight line would have us crossing the Gulf Stream's adverse current.
Once in the West Palm Beach, or so, area, we'll have to stay close to
shore, as the Gulf Stream is very close in
that area.

Sailmail (over SSB radio) contact will be available through my
son David , in the event of emergency. You'll
be able to track our progress on our SPOT shared page,
http://share.findmespot.com/shared/f...PLcZGvSb3 nMe
if you're interested. We'll also send "OK" messages via Spot on a daily
basis to our primary family, as before.


We intend daily reports via sailmail, as well as having our SPOT
(http://share.findmespot.com/shared/f...PLcZGvSb3 nMe)
on continuously during our passage.

At this time weather, wind and currents all look very good for
our passage, but in the event that changes, or there are
equipment difficulties which suggest otherwise, we'll not
hesitate to come in from wherever we are at the time.

See our log listings for the daily reports...

L8R

Skip and Lydia (and Portia, of course!)

Morgan 461 #2
SV Flying Pig KI4MPC
See our galleries at www.justpickone.org/skip/gallery !
Follow us at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheFlyingPigLog
and/or http://groups.google.com/group/flyingpiglog

"You are never given a wish without also being given the power
to make it come true. You may have to work for it however."
(and)
"There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in
its hands. You seek problems because you need their gifts."
(Richard Bach, in The Reluctant Messiah)

"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote in message
anews.com...

That's one stupid float plan, Skippy. Do it right for once. Sail
from Sandy Hook to Bermuda. Then from Bermuda to Nassau. Forget
about Miami.

From Sandy Hook go when the weather window to Bermuda is fair and
safe. Stay a while in Bermuda to check for possible tropical storms
that could develop for the next leg. Depart Bermuda when there's a
good and safe weather window to the Bahamas.

Wilbur Hubbard


Good idea - but Lydia's mom would rather join us in MIA :{))

Not to mention two of our angels, Steve and Mike, who will also join
us on that side.

Next time, maybe...

--
L8R

Skip

Morgan 461 #2
SV Flying Pig KI4MPC
See our galleries at www.justpickone.org/skip/gallery !
Follow us at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheFlyingPigLog
and/or http://groups.google.com/group/flyingpiglog

"You are never given a wish without also being given the power to
make it come true. You may have to work for it however."
(and)
"There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its
hands. You seek problems because you need their gifts."
(Richard Bach, in The Reluctant Messiah)

Skip Gundlach wrote:
Flying Pig Float Plan

We're going from Sandy Hook, NJ, to Miami, preferably in one
jump. Barring last minute warnings against it, we're leaving
Wednesday Oct. 1, PM.

Today is Wed. Oct. 1, it's now 1600 and still nothing on Spot. Having
troubles pulling up the hook? :-)

Fair Winds,
Gods Speed

Cheers
Martin

Nope - just finishing up before we head to the fuel, water and
pumpout. You should see something in the next few minutes, as Lydia's
activating it as I type...

--
L8R

Skip

Morgan 461 #2
SV Flying Pig KI4MPC
See our galleries at www.justpickone.org/skip/gallery !
Follow us at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheFlyingPigLog
and/or http://groups.google.com/group/flyingpiglog

"You are never given a wish without also being given the power to
make it come true. You may have to work for it however."
(and)
"There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its
hands. You seek problems because you need their gifts."
(Richard Bach, in The Reluctant Messiah)

"Marty" wrote in message
...
Skip Gundlach wrote:
Flying Pig Float Plan

We're going from Sandy Hook, NJ, to Miami, preferably in one
jump. Barring last minute warnings against it, we're leaving
Wednesday Oct. 1, PM.

Today is Wed. Oct. 1, it's now 1600 and still nothing on Spot.
Having troubles pulling up the hook? :-)

Fair Winds,
Gods Speed

Cheers
Martin

Skip Gundlach wrote:
Nope - just finishing up before we head to the fuel, water and
pumpout. You should see something in the next few minutes, as Lydia's
activating it as I type...



Nothing yet (1700), I am looking forward to following your journey!

Good Luck

Cheers
Marty, soon to be on the hard, (Oct 19). ;-((

On 2008-10-01 16:59:45 -0400, Marty said:

Skip Gundlach wrote:
Nope - just finishing up before we head to the fuel, water and pumpout.
You should see something in the next few minutes, as Lydia's
activating it as I type...

Nothing yet (1700), I am looking forward to following your journey!

Good Luck

Nothing on Spot yet as of 20:33 here (dark o'clock), and I'm hoping
Flying Pig decided to take the Chesapeake/ICW when the weather lets
them move locally.

Mid-Atlantic weather this time of year is not reliably predictable, and
Hatarass creates its own foul weather at whim.

Dang, I sound like Chicken Little, but we're talking about my back yard.

IF FP ignores me, I hope with all my heart that they have an uneventful
passage as I wish them absolutely no ill, only fair passages, but I
know and respect this area's weather patterns too well.

--
Jere Lull
Xan-à-Deux -- Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD
Xan's pages: http://web.mac.com/jerelull/iWeb/Xan/
Our BVI trips & tips: http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/

Check the spot page again. As of this writing it shows us about where
we are, and the course we took from the gas dock to here.

I'd never believe it but we're on line way the hell off shore...

--
L8R

Skip

Morgan 461 #2
SV Flying Pig KI4MPC
See our galleries at www.justpickone.org/skip/gallery !
Follow us at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheFlyingPigLog
and/or http://groups.google.com/group/flyingpiglog

"You are never given a wish without also being given the power to
make it come true. You may have to work for it however."
(and)
"There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its
hands. You seek problems because you need their gifts."
(Richard Bach, in The Reluctant Messiah)

"Jere Lull" wrote in message
news:2008100120455150073-jerelull@maccom...
On 2008-10-01 16:59:45 -0400, Marty said:

Skip Gundlach wrote:
Nope - just finishing up before we head to the fuel, water and
pumpout. You should see something in the next few minutes, as
Lydia's activating it as I type...

Nothing yet (1700), I am looking forward to following your journey!

Good Luck

Nothing on Spot yet as of 20:33 here (dark o'clock), and I'm hoping
Flying Pig decided to take the Chesapeake/ICW when the weather lets
them move locally.

Mid-Atlantic weather this time of year is not reliably predictable,
and Hatarass creates its own foul weather at whim.

Dang, I sound like Chicken Little, but we're talking about my back
yard.

IF FP ignores me, I hope with all my heart that they have an
uneventful passage as I wish them absolutely no ill, only fair
passages, but I know and respect this area's weather patterns too
well.

--
Jere Lull
Xan-à-Deux -- Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD
Xan's pages: http://web.mac.com/jerelull/iWeb/Xan/
Our BVI trips & tips: http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/

Jere Lull wrote in news:2008100120455150073-
jerelull@maccom:

Nothing on Spot yet as of 20:33 here (dark o'clock), and I'm hoping
Flying Pig decided to take the Chesapeake/ICW when the weather lets
them move locally.



Latitude :
40.3502
Longitude :
-73.8465
Time :
Wednesday, October 01, 2008 9:02:08 PM

Larry wrote:
Jere Lull wrote in news:2008100120455150073-
jerelull@maccom:

Nothing on Spot yet as of 20:33 here (dark o'clock), and I'm hoping
Flying Pig decided to take the Chesapeake/ICW when the weather lets
them move locally.



Latitude :
40.3502
Longitude :
-73.8465
Time :
Wednesday, October 01, 2008 9:02:08 PM


Larry, how do you get Spot to give you the coordinates?

Cheers
Marty