2022 Summer Training Cruise

May 20 | Noon Report, Status & 24 Hour Outlook

Posted on: May 20, 2022

Date:

20-MAY-2022

Ship Status and Location:

Still steering 070° Atlantic Ocean. Position 33°-38.1’ N 051° 56.6’ W – Zipping along at 12.5 knots

Nearest land:

You guessed it…Bermuda… still. Now 631 nm to our west southwest.

Water Depth – 5500m

Weather forecast next 24 hours:

TODAY – SW’ly winds 5-10 kt seas 2’ Swell 5-7’ Air temp. 71°F

TONIGHT – SW’ly winds 8-15 kt seas 3’ Swell 5-7’ Air temp. 70°F

TOMORROW – SW’ ly 12-15 kt seas 3-4’ Swell 5-7’ Air temp. 69°F Isolated showers

Major events next 24 hours:

None

Next Port Call/Date:

Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal – 25th May,2022

Meetings/Events scheduled:

  • Paint night! 21 May – Get your Bob Ross on
  • May Monthly Safety meeting – 22 May 1300
  • Macho Nachos – 23 May 2000

Remarks:

We have past the halfway point of this leg of our journey. Distance run since departure: 1561 Nautical miles.  Distance to go to arrival 1353.2 nautical miles. Welcome to the middle of the ocean.

Portuguese Nautical terms of the day:

Castelo de proa – Foc’sle
Balsa salva vida – Liferaft