[ETS/PARC List] K1Navassa Island Update - January 27

[Don WILSON]

> Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2015 12:22:16 -0500

> From: urb at w2dec.com
> Subject: Fwd: [The Daily DX] K1Navassa Island Update - January 27
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> >The following update is from the Navassa Island DXpedition website -
> >
> >Electra is anchored on the south side of Great Inagua, 170 nautical 
> >miles north of Navassa.  The weather is slowly deteriorating with 
> >winds at 15 knots (at 09:00 AM).  Winds are expected to increase 
> >during the next three days to 25 - 30 knots.  We will move today to 
> >find a more comfortable anchorage ahead of the stronger winds.
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> >The forecast for the period of Jan 30 - Feb 03 is not 
> >favorable.  Winds in the Windward Passage (between Cuba and Haiti) 
> >are forecast to start blowing from the north-east at 20 knots on the 
> >30th, increasing to 25 to 30 knots on the 31st.  Winds will remain 
> >strong in the passage until Feb 02.  Around Navassa, winds are 
> >likely to be lighter, around 15 knots, the afternoon of Jan 31 and 
> >on Feb 01.  (It appears that Navassa is somewhat in the wind shadow 
> >of the mountains of Haiti.)  Feb 02 - 03 are forecast to have very 
> >light winds around Navassa, but a strong swell will start building 
> >up from the south-east, reaching 2.5 meters by Feb 03.  Because of 
> >the swells, we are likely to have only Feb 01 and 02 to unload gear 
> >and supplies.
> >
> >Our current plan is the following:
> >
> >We plan to sail from Great Inagua the afternoon of Jan 30 in a 
> >north-easterly 20 knot weather.  Winds will be mostly blowing from 
> >the aft quarter, which, we hope, will make the conditions 
> >tolerable.  We will skirt the western tip of Haiti and hope to stay 
> >in the lee of the island during the night of the 30th and most of 
> >the 31st, when winds will be reaching 30 knots in the Windward 
> >Passage.  We will then approach Navassa from the north east and 
> >review the conditions at the island.  Hopefully, Lulu bay will be 
> >tenable and we will be able to spend the night there.  We plan to 
> >start off-loading the afternoon of Jan 31 and during the day on Feb 01.
> >
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