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Planning
Schedule Outline
Approximate dates are based on the best sailing seasons for Atlantic
crossing. Exact dates to be determined and these may be affected by prevailing
weather conditions.
| Date |
Depart |
Destination |
Crew |
| May, June 2003 |
Beaufort, NC
|
Gibraltar Via Bermuda and
Azores |
Lucas Heathcote
Edward Marsden
Jean Claude Morvan |
| July, Aug., Sept. 2003 |
Gibraltar
|
Mediterranean cruise (details to be determined)
|
Edward Marsden
Charles Walton
JohnWalton |
| Oct 2003 |
Santa
Maria,
Spain |
Madiera
|
Edward Marsden
John Boyd
|
| Oct. 2003 |
Madiera |
Canary Isands
|
Edward Marsden
|
| Dec 2003 |
Canary Islands
|
Cape Verde
|
Edward Marsden Jean Pierre Cosquer
|
| Dec 2003 |
Cape Verde
|
St Lucia, Caribbean
|
Edward Marsden
Jean Pierre Cosquer
David Talbot
|
| Jan/Feb
2004 |
St. Lucia
|
St Vincent, Grenadines
Martinique, Guadaloupe, St Martin, Virgin
Islands
|
Edward Marsden
|
| March 2004 |
Virgin Islands
|
Culebra, Vieques, and Puerto Rico
|
Margeurite, Vanessa, Chuck, Ed, Nephews Henry and Macs and Ed
|
| May 2004 |
Puerto Rico
|
Beaufort, NC Via Dominican republicTurks and
Caicos, Mayaguana, Rum Quay, Conception, Cat Island, Eleuthra, Abacos
|
Edward Marsden
|
Navigation
This table gives approximate distances between departure ports and
destinations on the planned routes. The durations of the voyages are based on an
average speed of 5 knots which is conservative.
| From |
To |
Dist |
Time |
| Beaufort |
Bermuda |
615 NM |
6 days |
| Bermuda |
Azores
|
1810 NM
|
14 days |
| Azores |
Gibraltar |
1125 NM
|
9 days
|
| Gibraltar |
Santa Maria
|
|
1 day
|
| Santa
Maria |
Funchal Madeira
|
|
2 Days
|
| Madeira |
Las Palmas Canary Islands
|
|
5 Days
|
| Canaries |
Cape Verde
|
830 NM
|
7 days
Completed in 6
|
| Cape
Verde |
St Lucia
|
2098 NM
|
17 days
Completed in 17
|
Progress
We will be sending our position information to an email server on a regular
basis. The server will forward this information to a website from which you can
monitor White Rose's progress. The address of the relevant web page is: http://www.pangolin.co.nz/yotreps/reporter_list.php?ident=ZJL6326
Newspaper Article
The News and Observer published an article covering the Transatlantic 2003
project. To view it click on this link: http://www.newsandobserver.com/miller/story/3082156p-2804515c.html
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