We are set to leave early tomorrow morning. Customs came to the boat and stamped our passports and we picked up a satellite phone this morning. We have loaded over $1000 worth of groceries on board, 500 litres of fuel and 600 litres of water. It is the first time everyone, except Wendy, has been out of the country and we are all excited. Our forecast is for 20-25knots of wind pretty much on our beam most of the way with seas about 8 feet. We have confidence in the boat and ourselves but as this is the first time to be out of sight of land we are glad to have the sat phone. We have 460 miles to sail and if we average 6 knots will be there in 3.5 days which will be Saturday 11th August, which is Daniels Birthday, probably his best present will be to get off the boat.
The phone number of the Satellite phone is 0147160508, if your calling from overseas you will probably have to dial 61 and drop the 0, not sure. Call cost are supposed to be expensive though. It can send and receive sms which may be cheaper.
We may not be able to post any blogs while we are over there, except maybe Samarai, so we will catch up when we are back in the country in about 6 weeks.
Wish us fair winds and smooth seas.
The Crew, Saltheart
3 comments:
i wish you all a quick and safe journey bothways god speed
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Hello Wendy from Casino Hospital. We have been keeping an eye on you all. Keep safe and catch up with you on your return
hurrah some one else is reading your blog as well i will phone you tomorrow just to see you arrived safe
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