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Opening to the pacific ocean,
a truly wonderful experience. |
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| 5pm today's Brisbane shipping traffic |
Today I opened the vacuum packed AIS and reinstalled it. On powering up, there was that familiar sound of the alarm, but this time for the ships passing up the Brisbane river - all nice and safe in the marina. This alarm always demanded immediate attention while underway. It is extremely comforting to be able to call the name of a ship when it is still out of sight.
It was not always plain sailing.
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| Time to dust down the interior |
We made our way at 3am in 25knot tail winds into Panama with too many lights, ships and fast pilot vessels, but the AIS froze, as we squeezed through the main Colon harbour walls.- deep panic stations resulted when at first glance, it showed all ships were now underway! Later we replaced the external GPS and continued to appreciate this unit aboard.
The squabs and cushions were returned aboard and the advert for Sale activated. It's time for the chooks.
This clip is a broad reach with full sail up.
This clip is fwd of the beam punchy seas and 50% canvas
