by Rich Wilson | Jan 17, 2017 | Ship's Logs
“Rich Wilson aboard Great American IV. And behind me, is the southern ocean and Cape Horn, that we passed, about 29 miles off, this morning, going past Diego Ramirez Island. Now we’re heading north. Typically a question is always how do you get past Staten...
by Rich Wilson | Jan 17, 2017 | Q&A - RichWilson, Q&A-RW-wk11
Dear Abril: For this trip, I will remember most the camaraderie that developed between the group of boats in the Southern Ocean, in particular with Alan Roura, and with Eric Bellion, plus I had nice emails with Enda, Roman, Fabrice, and Arnaud. And also, I will...
by Rich Wilson | Jan 17, 2017 | Q&A - RichWilson, Q&A-RW-wk11
Dear Arda: The weather forecasts cannot forecast individual gusts, but they can forecast if an area, such as a front, where the wind will change direction rapidly, will have gusts, and they can suggest how strong the gusts might be, above the forecast average wind...
by Rich Wilson | Jan 16, 2017 | Ship's Logs
I’m going to you a show a little bit of a primer about why we’ve chosen our route here, out around the Continental Shelf off Tierra del Fuego: https://youtu.be/TBaSAsb_o-wVideo can’t be loaded: Route at Cape Horn (https://youtu.be/TBaSAsb_o-w) ...
by Rich Wilson | Jan 15, 2017 | Q&A - RichWilson, Q&A-RW-wk11
Dear Irapuato students: One tradition is to put a coin under the mast for good luck. I put five, in front of the mast! The first, leading the way, is the Sacagawea silver dollar. Sacagawea was the Indian woman who guided Lewis and Clark’s expedition to the...
