CELESTIAL, our IP 440 departed St Georges Harbor, Bermuda on June
7, 2013 at 5:00 PM EDT after two preparation days. The crew members are:
Captain Jack Morton (Florida), First Mate David Gifford (Pennsylvania),
and student crew members Donald Bentley (Florida), Regina Krieger
(Massachusetts), Richard Eaton (South Carolina) and Michael Gaffney
(Ontario). CELESTIAL will make the passage to Norfolk, Virginia via a
non-stop ocean route. The cruise has an estimated distance of 650 miles,
and will take approximately 6 days, sailing both day and night.
We will discuss the route, weather and actual progress here on our
blog as it happens, so please join us! To follow the discussion,
see the comments to this blog post. To follow their actual progress on
Google Earth, click HERE.
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11 comments:
From: Tom Tursi
Subject: Wx 6-7
Date: June 7, 2013 9:46:13 AM EDT
To: S/V CELESTIAL
Looks like TS Andrea will not be an issue for you. S winds expected most of the way should make for a pleasant passage.
From: Tom Tursi
Subject: Wx 6-8
Date: June 8, 2013 1:45:05 PM EDT
To: S/V CELESTIAL
Andrea is gone. Atlantic Hi continues in your favor. CF move offshore Tue. Expect S to SW10-15 Sun-Mon; SW15-25 Tue-Thu; possible SW30 near Hatteras Fri. Depression in Gulf but low expectation of development.
From: S/V CELESTIAL
To: Tom Tursi
Sent: Sunday, June 09, 2013 9:01 AM
Subject: update
0900 Sunday. 32 36 x 68 45. Sailing west in So breeze. Lovely Bermuda hi wx. Life is good. J
Just a note to readers... some short hand explanations:
wx = weather
CF = Cold Front
HP = high pressure
Hi = high pressure system
BDA = Bermuda
GS or G.S. = Gulf Stream
TS = tropical storm
Feel free to ask questions!
From: Tom Tursi
Subject: Wx 6-9
Date: June 9, 2013 1:39:50 PM EDT
To: S/V CELESTIAL
No sig change except Thu Low inland at 45N and another passing offshore near 38N. Expect continued S15-20 veering to SW20-25 Thu and SW30 Fri. No tropicals. Keeping S as you are appears good strategy in view of wind predictions.
From: S/V CELESTIAL
To: Tom Tursi
Sent: Sunday, June 09, 2013 10:01 PM
Subject: WX
Tom - Thanks for wx. Mostly what we already thought. Today Herb essentially said same, with different emphasis. Thinks lo forming in Chesapeake Wed (one you spoke of @ 38?) may be reason enough to go to Beaufort instead, avoiding Hatteras area altogether, which he thinks will be pretty messy. Your thoughts? informed by most recent information? Could wait Beaufort, or come up inside. Seem advisable?
Q 2 - in passageweather.com, before we left, GS prediction showed unusual NW turn of GS ~ 34 x 73 20, heading straight for Ches for ~ 100 m. Still showing that?
Now Sun 1900 hrs, 32 49 x 69 46. J
From: Tom Tursi
Subject: Wx 6-10
Date: June 10, 2013 11:52:23 AM EDT
To: S/V CELESTIAL
GS flows E between 34N & 34.5N and from 76W to 73.5W then turns N. Low forecast to pass offshore near 38N late Thu. Expect Mon S10; Tue SW20 maybe 25; Wed W15 assuming you've rounded Hatteras. Looks to me like you will be S of the worst of the Low, and rounding Hatteras looks reasonable. Beaufort may be a challenge with SW20 against the lee shore.
From: S/V CELESTIAL
To: To Tursi
Sent: Monday, June 10, 2013 5:38 PM
Subject: wx & plan
Thanks for updated wx. Got Herb yesterday, but couldn't today. Based on info, will punch across GS Tue, expecting sloppy but manageable going. Very pleasant sailing at moment, in southerly 15 kts. @ 1730 Mon pos 32 22 x 72 12. Crew in good spirits - life is good. J
From: Tom Tursi
Subject: Wx 6-11
Date: June 11, 2013 6:57:43 AM EDT
To: S/V CELESTIAL
CF move offshore Tue and dissipate Wed; another CF Wed. Low at 39N move offshore Thu. Expect Tue SW20-25; Wed SW15-20; Thu SW15-25; Fri shifting NW15-20. No tropicals.
From: Tom Tursi
Subject: Celestial
Date: June 12, 2013 3:58:07 PM EDT
To: "Rita at Maryland School of Sailing"
Heard from Jack... ETA this evening
T
Arrived in good health & good spirits around seven this evening. Oh, the stories they'll have to tell!
CapnJack
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