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Andy off the Cape of Good Hope
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Sharing the Satisfaction of a Solo Passage
Loft Manager: Chuck Skewes
Sharing with my buddies from Harwar the joys of
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winning Southern Straits, VARC, Swiftsure or Whidbey
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Island Race Week, were memorable highlights of my
sailboat racing days. However, none of those great
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moments provided as much personal satisfaction as every
solo passage delivers. In addition, without email, satellite
phone or HAM radio, the world is for a while in perfect
harmony. Nobody has a chance to disappoint or upset me
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and vice versa. (On Martinique the debris of life on the dry
land tempered very fast the excitement from just achieved
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goal of the trip.) Preparations for the remainder of the
voyage were not affected and in nine busy days in the big
yachting center of Le Marin, I completed most of the items
from a long list of things to do.
The first days of sailing on the Caribbean Sea in 15
knots was easy, but not relaxing. On the fifth day, just
before the sunrise, the radar alarm went on again and I
noticed the freighter coming on Mighty Chicken. On VHF
the freighter confirmed that he was aware of me and then
passed behind the stern uncomfortably close. He also
warned me that, contrary to the weather forecast ahead of
me, there were severe conditions with 40 knots of wind and
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15 meter seas. The sky was really red so I dropped the main
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to slow down to give the bad weather ahead some time to
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Soon after the freighter I spotted a warship on the
power. The affordable Mac 26m offers you the freedom to go
horizon. I welcomed that sight with great relief. For the
more places, do more things, and have more family fun!!
last couple of nights I had very little sleep. I was around
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100 miles from the Colombian coast, on the outskirts of an
area recommended to avoid, and I felt that somebody was
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monitoring me. The radar alarm went on several times.
Its behavior indicated that somebody was making circles
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around Mighty Chicken, but I saw nothing. In fact I even did
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not know which direction I should look because signals
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were saturating the receiver from all directions.
The warship passed by in the distance. A few miles
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