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Notes on a Passage to the Azores

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 January 2010

M. W. Richey
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During the summer 1966 the Executive Secretary sailed his bout Jester single-handed to the Azores and back. The passage from Gosport to Horta (Faial) took 17 days, and 13 days back from Graciosa light to Newhaven, having passed 20 miles south of the Lizard 11 days out. Jester, it will be recalled, was owned by H. G. Hasler, her designer, who completed four transatlantic passages in her. The boat is 19 ft. 9 in. on the waterline, with a consequent maximum theoretical speed of about 6·2 kt. Her average speed on the return voyage was just under 4¾ kt. The following notes refer mainly to the navigation.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Navigation , Volume 20 , Issue 1 , January 1967 , pp. 47 - 52
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 1967

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