From: Fred &
To: Crews List
Date:
Subject:
24 August,
Good
Morning Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have reached the southeastern end of
It is a bit of a shame to leave
Saturday, 11 August, we had an unexpected Bora. Bora is the local name for a strong north - northeast wind
that results from a high over the alps and a low east
of the
At Rogoznica we had a factory recall. The fuel tank on other boats of the same make and model have had the tank crack with the diesel being transferred from the closed tank to the open boat. Obviously the odor and the fire hazard are a problem. So Elan asked us to go north to Betina at the north end of Murter. It was less than a mile from where we had sat out the Bora. The repairs required two days of waiting and one to complete.
The issues list is getting shorter. The autohelm has now been installed and works better than hoped for.
The factory recall meant that we had only one day to get to
Completions to date
July |
Porteroz |
for crew, systems and Boat. There were only two days for this part of the exercise |
Aug |
|
Island hoping and casual cruising |
The schedule is
Sept |
|
Island hoping and casual cruising |
Oct |
|
Passage to |
Nov - Mar |
|
Winter , permanent base |
2002 |
To Be determined |
|
Oct / Nov 2002 |
|
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Nov / Dec 2002 |
Canaries to |
|
We currently have some crewmembers and cruise plans for the following dates:
August 3 |
15 |
Crew needed |
August 16 |
September 4 * |
1 opening |
September 9 |
September 24 * |
* two or three drop outs There is space for you |
October 4 |
October 15 * |
Full Crew |
October 16 |
December 1 |
Crew needed Possible places to go include: |
If you can join us for one or two weeks, please volunteer.
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