[SADXA] Bouvet expedition

[Wes]

In last night's presentation I mentioned that the expedition to Bouvet was going 
to be on board a sailing vessel. That ship is the Marama. 
https://maramaexpeditions.com/en/sailboat-marama/

Some might wonder why a sailboat and isn't that going to be a slow journey?   
Not necessarily. Much like we can envision Australia as being "down under" and 
way south, we can see the pictures of frozen Bouvet and think it's way south 
too.  But using DX Atlas we can determine that the departure point, Port Stanley 
(Falkland Is.) and Bouvet Is. are not that far apart in Latitude.   So the 
sailing track is more east than south (approx 119 degrees) and in the southern 
hemisphere, the prevailing winds are from the west.  So more or less, downwind.  
And after the operation on Bouvet, the team is not fighting the wind to return 
to the Falklands, but instead is continuing on to Cape Town, South Africa.  
Pretty cool.

Wes  N7WS