Date: Mon, 06 Feb 1998 05:00 UTC
Lat. S 27 deg. 39 minDate: Mon, 09 Feb 1998 11:09 (KMT = UTC)
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 1998 14:00 (KMT = UTC)
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 1998 14:27:46 UTC
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 1998 17:56:46 UTC
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 1998 13:59 UTC
Lat. S 23 deg. 45 min
Long: E 03 deg. 55 min
Distance to St.Helena: 718 M
Since Capetown:975 M
Weather: 25 degrees and Sun.
Wind: 6-8 knots trade from ESE
Waveheight: 1,3 meter
Course: 346 magnetic
Hello everybody!
Kulla-II is now slowly seeking higher latitudes and will hopefully make
a landfall on the island of St. Helena around the 14th of February. The
Island has no airport so we are acting as a mailboat with two 25 kg’s
sealed bags with diplomatic mail onboard, from the French Embassy in
Cape Town.
The school onboard is now also running again after the South African
school break, and both Sara and Johanna are doing well. Hopefully
they will be well prepared for their first term ever in a Swedish school,
this coming August.
These last days we have had company with some big Albatross birds,
circling around Kulla. They reminds me about the "Albatross Airlines"
in the movie "Bernard and Bianca".
The weather situation is very good for different kind of work onboard
so time is really flying away on this passage.
This Homepage is constructed and maintained by my brother Lars in
Sweden and we are very grateful for the job he is doing. This is also
the first English "log book" update and we would really appreciate if
you made comments or suggestions about the Homepage, in the
"Guestbook".
Now it’s time for me to go up on deck again and check the horizon for
ships, whales or other floating debris’s. A new day has just started
onboard Kulla-II, out here on the South Atlantic Ocean.
Gunnar
98-02-11 14:00 (KMT = UTC)
Lat. S 21 deg 21 min
Long: E 00 deg 28 min
Distance to St.Helena: 480 M
Since Cape Town: 1213M
Weather: 25 degrees and cloudy.
Wind: 15-20 knots trade from NE
Waveheight: 2.2 meter
Course: 327 magnetic
Perfect tradewinds conditions. Kulla is mowing on at 5,5-7 knots speed,
surfing down the waves like a snowboard. The school is on full speed and
handicraft occupies the young ones in the afternoons.
We suggested them today, as a joke, that we should skip St.Helena and
continue straight for Brazil, some 2700 M away, (eg.16-20 days sailing)
but they didn't mind. That proofs in some way, that they are really
enjoying the "timeless" life onboard under a crossing like this.
As usual, the lack of ships on route are making us a little bit careless
keeping a good lookout. This is always a danger when you haven't seen a
single ship or fishing trawler for some time, in our case for seven
days.
The girls are now in the real watch schedule with their own watch
between 18.00 and 20.00 KMT (Kulla mean time). They are really doing
that job well so at least we are safe for being run down under those
hours.
Karin is now calling me for so I have to end this short report in favour
for a cup of nice South African coffee.
SIMMA LUGNT!
Gunnar
Lat. S 17 deg 44 min
Long: E 03 deg 59 min
Distance to St.Helena: 146 M
Since Cape Town: 1545 M
Weather: 27 degrees and sun.
Wind: 12-16 knots trade from east
Wave height: 1,6 meter
Course: 341 magnetic
One day to go to St. Helena. If the weather situation continues, we will
be anchored Sunday afternoon in the bay in front of Jamestown, the
capital of the Island.
The last days have been fine and we have been able to do a lot of those
things that we wanted to do under this trip. The only breakdowns we've
had is minor failures on e.g. one air vent line for the septic tank, one
burner clogged at the stove and a calcium build up in a pump that had to
be solved.
But where are all the dolphins? Yes, that is true. Our dear friends out
hear, have been "shining with their absence" under the whole trip and
that has been very sad. We, as all other sailors, really enjoy these
clever animals and to be without them for this long time is tuff.
Neverless, they will come back and then we will smile and talk to them
even more.
OK, now school bell is sounding (lie, we don't have such one) and I have
to rush, (also a lie, without appointments you don't need to do that.)
SIMMA LUGNT!
Gunnar
98-02-24 17:56 (KMT = UTC)
Lat. S 12 deg 02 min
Long: W 15 deg 2 min
Distance toFortaleza in Brazil: 1462 M
Weather: 30 degrees and sun.
Wind: 15-18 knots trade from SE
Waveheight: 1,8 meter
Course: 300 magnetic
Saint Helena to Brazil.
Dear Logbook!!!!!
We left Saint Helena yesterday after a lovely stay. From the outside the
island looked quite plain but when we got a closer look it turned out
that it was really green with lots of green hills. We where anchored
outside St. Helena's capital, James Town. It was pretty rolly but because we had
been at sea for quite a long time it didn't really matter.
We used our dinghy to get ashore even though you could pay 1 $ and call
the Ferry Service on the V.H.F and they would take you ashore. The swell
was pretty big so it was quite hard to pull up the dinghy on the ramp
but it worked out quite fine.
The small town was really nice. We got a lift up on the hill where the
other part of town was then we walked the 699 stairs down . It took us
about 10-15 min.
St. Helena is a beautiful island and so are the people!!!!!!!!!!
LOTS of LOVE
JOHANNA LUNDGREN...
98-02-26 13:59 (KMT = UTC)
Lat. S 10 deg 55 min
Long: W 19 deg 08 min
Distance to Fortaleza in Brazil: 1230 M
Weather: 30 degrees and sun.
Wind: 12-16 knots trade from SE
Waveheight: 1,6 meter
Course: 309 magnetic
All is well onboard. We have perfect sailing conditions and Kulla is
doing really great. Today we had the weekly "cleaning" day. This means
that we are "wasting" about 25 litre of water and we all have a "shower"
on fore deck. Lovely!
Fishing: No luck the last days. Karin found out that we had lost one
lure again and probably been fishing without it for two days or so.
Nevermind, I still can stand Corned Beef!
Gunnar