Thursday, May 8, 2008
Halimeda; St Thomas to Norfolk Ocean Training Cruise
Halimeda departed St Thomas, USVI on Wednesday, May 7 at 0800 for a 1500 mile training cruise to Norfolk by direct ocean route. We expect to receive once daily position reports from her Skymate automatic tracking system and voice reports at three or four day intervals. As of 2200 EDT on May 7th she was located about 40 miles NNW of St Thomas on a track towards Cape Hatteras and Norfolk. On board are Captain Jack Morton, First Mate Jim Bortnem, and student crew Bob Mains, James Turner, Mike Robinson and Eric Mendelsohn. Click on comments below for further updates as the cruise progresses.
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As of 2200 on May 9th, HALIMEDA was located at 22-27N and 67-22W. This position is 295 miles and 332 degrees True from St Thomas and on track towards Norfolk.
As of 1000 EDT on May 11th, Skymate reported that HALIMEDA was at position 2501N and 6915W which is 329 degrees True and 465 miles from St Thomas and on track for Norfolk.
As of 1900 on May 13, HALIMEDA was located 29-02N and 70-52W. Captain Morton was in good spirits and boat and crew are fine. The have made good progress so far, so even though they may decide to heave-to waiting for weather to pass, the ETA for arrival in Norfolk is still May 19.
At 1830 EDT on May 15th, HALIMEDA was located at 2903N and 7353W or about 550 miles from Norfolk. They're sailing well and all crew members are doing fine. They detoured to the west for the last two days to avoid the Low pressure weather systems that passed a few hundred miles north of them, and are now turning back to a northerly course toward Norfolk. Current approximate ETA at Norfolk is Tuesday, 5/20 and we should have a better idea of this by Saturday, 5/17.
At 1140 EDT on May 17, HALIMEDA was located at 3122N and 7506W or 250 miles south of Cape Hatteras and 370 miles from Norfolk.
At 1515 EDT on May 18th, HALIMEDA was located at 3350N and 7521W or about 80 miles south of Cape Hatteras. ETA at Norfolk is Tuesday afternoon, May 20th.
As of 1140 EDT on May 19th HALIMEDA was at 3600N and 7519W or about 65 miles from Norfolk. ETA at Norfolk is in the morning of May 20th.
HALIMEDA arrived at Taylors Landing, Norfolk at 0230 on May 20th with a tired but happy crew.
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