Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 08:02:01 -0600

From: "Yvonne C. Allen"

To: Charles Ramcharan , Paul Herzog , Mathias Allen , Marcus Allen , Michael Ernst , Busdiver , "Rohde Deborah A." , G Kastorf , D Kerkhof , Lokken , Lonna Temple , Nonlinear , "danno@chorus.net" , Milo Parker , Stan Smith , Max and Maureen , Wolfgang Holdik , Gerald Longenecker , JC Wacker , R Hannes Beinert , Gernot , Lorrna Knapp , "olive@itis.com" , Kathy Shurts , San Rotter , Mary and Walt , Mike and Ruth , Mariner's Cay , Dianne Paul , Yvonne Allen , Werner Sykora , Wayne , Mary , Tom&Paula , Nancy Barthuly , Russ Allor , Matt , Lee Bowman , Bud Morin , Glen Miller , Bob Niemi , Erik Herzog

Hellooooo Out There!

I finally got some word from Libelle! Jim, Rosi and Wolfgang have hooked up with a German marine band net and I got position information from Christoph in Muenster, Germany who monitors this net (2300UTC at 8140 KHz).

Christoph gave the following position information:
28.6.99 1030 UTC Position: Latitude: 46°19'N., Longitude: 16°00 W., WSW Wind 5-6 Beaufort Scale (20-30 mph), Crew is fine, and everything is OK on board.

They have made some really nice progress since leaving the Azores on 21 June. Looks like they have headed north and are now coming in from the west. They are at approximately the correct latitude for Royan, France and now they appear to be heading due east. They are currently at 16 degrees longitude which is about due south of Iceland. Royan is approximately at zero degees longitude (the prime meridian). They planned to make the trip in two weeks and it looks like maybe they'll be right on schedule! :-)

At least the winds seem to be coming from the right direction this time, but they look a little too strong for my taste. I looked up the descriptions of the Beaufort Scale on the web (http://www.northcoastweb.com/nws/beaufort.html). This is the description they give for Force 5 and 6:
Force 5: 19-24 mph Fresh Breeze: Moves trees sway.
Force 6: 25-31 mph Strong Breeze: Large tree branches move, open wires (such as telegraph wires) begin to "whistle", umbrellas are difficult to keep under control.

I will try to find out if Christoph can pass along any information to the crew.

Alles Gouda once again!

Yvonne