[SADXA] Bouvet expedition

[Wes]

I should add that other than having an interest in working these guys and having 
made a generous donation to them, I have no connection with the expedition or 
special insight.

On 9/16/2022 8:23 AM, Wes wrote:
> 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