『Roschana　7/25 西宮に無事到着』7/25

7/25午前２時、オーストラリアのアデレードから回航中だったRoschana(KYCメンバー　Mark Smith艇長）が無事西宮に到着しました。回航メンバーのMarkさん、上村さん(KYCメンバー）、Benさん、皆さん元気です。7/25朝に検疫検査を終え、税関検査、入国手続きへと続きます。

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『Roschana　西宮到着予定は7/24頃？』7/20

Roschanaの西宮到着予定は7/24頃とMarkさんから連絡がありました。ただ風は弱いようで、まだまだ分からないようです。今後もう少し近づいて詳細が分かりましたらお知らせいたします。KYC事務局

Thursday 19th 19.30 620nm to go. Wind is very light maybe 124 hours @ 5 knots very best we can do.


So.....Tuesday 24th about 22:00


.....maybe.


Mark





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『Roschana　順調に航海中』7/19

Roschanaは硫黄島の横を抜けて、西宮に向け順調に航海中のようです。KYC事務局

7/18
Wed. 18th July 06:00 Japan Time

22.53n
142.14e
SOG 7 knots.
Course 331 degrees. (Going Home!)

Good Morning KYC. After spenind 120 mile sailing ENE to avoid a Tropical Depression we are back on course and heading directly for Shiono Misaki. This is the good news.

Now I wish to report that at sunset last night an Albatross which has been following us for two days tried to kiss our Raymarine Anemometer. He is obviously in love with our Raymarine. At Sunrise today he is back! This love is I guess normally O.K. But during a nasty squall we lost our windex and so really need to keep our Anemometer. Without it we would be back to sailing by the feel of the wind on our face.

We have tried to explain this to this bird using load voices and strong words but he continues to stalk the top of our mast. I am jealous, I really wish I could use the wind as well as he does. He matches his soaring speed perfectly with the boat, calculates the pitch and yaw and gives the anemometer a kiss. Of course it is possible he is trying to eat it!

Komarimasu.

Tsu-san, Ben and Mark



7/19
Good Morning KYC,

Thursday 19th July.
24.46n
140.53e


Sunrise.


Io JIma is in view off our Starboard Beam.

Although British by Birth and Passport I served three years as a regular Soldier in the Royal Australian Army Artillery. Today I am today a permanent Resident of Japan with a wonderful Japanese wife and daughter.


As Roschana quietly pays her sunrise respects to those of Io Jima and I have no words to write today. Just my own silent prayer.

Mark.






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『Roschana　GUAMでの写真』7/18

出港前のGUAMでの写真がMarkさんの奥様から届いています。KYC事務


上村さんグアムで最終レグに参加頂くため、無事合流、皆でディナーの写真。


グアム出発前の食料調達。約12日分の3人分食料。あと、水も調達しました。


7月13日早朝、食料、荷物を手漕ぎボートに積み、カヤックで牽引して、冲に係留中のヨットに運びます。大変でした…


この回航に、オーストラリアから参加してくれた、カナダ人のイケメンベンジャミン君。若く根性があり、 大変頼りになります。もうすぐ生まれて初めての
来日となります。

荷物積み込み完了。カヤックからいざ、ヨットに乗り込み、出発。




荷物積み込み完了。





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『Roschana　西宮に向けて再び出港』7/13

Roschanaが7/13に西宮に向けてGUAMを出港しました。GUAMからはOTENTOSUNの上村さんもクルーとして乗り込んでいます。メンバーはMarkさん、Benさん、上村さんです。気を付けて航海を続けてください。西宮でお待ちしています。KYC事務局

Hello KYC,

Roschana arrived at Guam 8th July. Departed Guam 13th July 10.30 a.m.

Spot Tracking should be working again.

Now for final leg of passage, Guam - Osaka.

Tsu-san joined Ben and Mark, for this last leg.


Yoroshiku.
Mark





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『Roschana　無事GUAMに到着』7/8

Roschanaが無事GUAMに到着したようです。日本へ向けた航海まで、しばらくの間ゆっくり休めると良いですね。お疲れさまでした。KYC事務局

Hi Guys,

Sat 7th. 15:00 local time.

13.27.040n
144.40.194e

Guam harbour.

Wind Speed: Not my worry tonight mate!
Boat Speed : ZERO and so happy to say I am happy with zero Boat Speed.

Special conditions. Lines tied to shore!


Thanks for all the support along the way. I mean it. I really appreciated your emails.

Just a quick 1300 NM jaunt up to Osaka from here mate. No sweat.

Most outstanding feeling of passage. "Constantly on Guard"
Toughest part of Passage. "Never Ending Calculations" Everything aboard is finite yet the entire process is infinite. So Calculate, then do it again and again and.......


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『Roschana　もうじきGUAMに到着』7/7

RoschanaがもうじきGUAMに到着するようです。もう到着しているかもしれません？

Good Morning,

Well with only 40 miles to go to Guam nature decided to be kind to the people who live in Guam.

This morning, nature sent three huge rain squalls one by one to wash Roschana and of course the two smelly sailors inside.

The squalls were unusual for us because they had no big wind just a huge amount of rain. So we got out the soap and both Ben and I had a wonderful shower up on deck.

The people of Guam will be happy to know that both Ben and Mark now smell very nice.

Yoroshiku.

Mark






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『Roschana　順調に航海』7/4

様々な状況に遭遇しながらも順調に航海を続けているようです。

Good Morning KYC. Thank you for watching our progress on SPOT.

Well we have had very interesting winds almost all the way. The most obvious wind pattern we have found is the tropical "Squall"

The squall is a very intense and usually short term wind pattern. It comes into the boat very quickly, increases winds from maybe 5 knots to 35 knots in just one minute. It hammers the boat for usually about 10 minutes but sometimes will last 30 minutes.

The first squall we experienced scared me quite a lot. I said to that squall "Wow, you are very intense but more, you are just "Out of Control" nasty little devil trying to break my boat".


AS we moved North we had less and less real wind. Daily Grib files show zero or maybe 5 knots true everywhere from Solomons all the way to Guam. The entire west pacific went to sleep. All we had were times of a) No wind B) Squalls. So I said to the squalls, "O.K. I am sorry, I shouldn't call you nasty devil, can we please be friends"

The squalls taught me how to manage the boat while the squalls are punching.

First need to choose correct sail set. WE used 3rd Reef on Main sail and Storm Jib. Then listen to Squall "No, No, No Mark not like that too deep, lift it up a little higher, not too high.... gently, gently....Good.....OK you got it, now Go Fast Boy be safe and have fun"

We have been working with the squalls since about 13 degrees south. One by one they have pushed us North and without them we would surely still be South of the Solomon Islands.

So, it's true, even your enemy can become your friend.


Mark




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『Roschana　ストームとスコールに遭う』6/24

Bloody, bloody storms.

A wonderful mixture of huge electrical storms and squalls almost equally balanced non stop for the evening.

Exhausted.

Mark

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『Roschana　食糧、燃料ともに十分？』6/23

RoschanaはGUAMに向け、幾つかのスコールが来ているようですが順調に航行中。ようやく３分の１が終了？したようです。食糧、燃料共に十分？でソロモン諸島へは寄港しない模様です。KYC事務局


Hello KYC

Sat 23rd JUne 10:50 Japan time
12.25S
154.43E

Had some big sailing days with great winds. Helped averages a lot. AS at 6:00 we had an average of 6.01 knots per hour. Not bad when two days had average 3.3.

Yesterday we got hit by FOUR squalls in 12 hours. The squalls at night are very hard to see.

Southport to Guam 2800 and a smidgen
Sailed so far as at 6:30 a.m. 940 and a smidgen or 33% of total passage.



Fuel started 2 x 70 ltr inboatd tanks plus 5 x 20 litre jerry cans used 29 engine hours for 35 litres. 15% used. so 18% in the bank for Doldrums.

Water started 9 x 10 litre bladders plus 4 x 20 litre jerry cans. Used 20 litres. ( not drinking enough) Total 170ltrs used 20 ltrs or 12%.

Food. have 34 hot dinners remaining. PLus enough porridge to feed a few dolphins along the way. Still have 10 fresh apples. 20 mandarins and 12 slightly stinky.....BANANAS


Have decided not to stop in the Solomoms and will keep going direct to Guam.

Thanks for caring how we are doing.

Mark

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『Roschana 順調に航行中』6/19

Roschanaはトイレも取り付け、ジェネカーを揚げて快適な航海を続けているようです。日の入りも日の出も綺麗なんでしょうね。　KYC事務局

Hi there KYC,
19 June. 9:15 Sydney time.

23.10s
155.08e

Wow what a GREAT night. Wonderful SE at 8 - 12 knots ALL night. Able to set fractional genneker and had great fun.

Fixed the toilet. Scews and Sykaflex. Big line up on boat waiting to use new toilet!

Fantastic sunset last night incredible sunrise this morning.

Yoroshiku

Mark

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『Roschana オーストラリアのサウスポートを出港』6/18

Roschanaが次の寄港地のグアムに向けてサウスポート(AUS)を出港したようです。風はなかなか安定していないようですが、順調に航海しているようです。ただトイレが壊れたとか。安全な航海をお祈りしています。KYC事務局

June 18th 02:00 Japan Time.
25,21S
154,19E

5Knts - 10knts SE.

Hi There KYC,

Well we are going OK. Have had a real mix of wind since leaving Southport.
First night NE 25 - 30. Heavy work, pounding all night. Broke the toilet off the stand! OOPS!

Yesterday lovely SE 15 knots all day.

Tonight wind is very messy. Swinging everywhere no strength at all.

Getting warmer inside the boat. Also water temperature up. In Adelaide it was 18 degrees C. Here it is 24 degrees C.

Maybe Spot is working again.


http://tiny.cc/Roschana

Yoroshiku.

Mark

『Roschana オーストラリアのサウスポートで足止め』6/14

Roschanaが現在寄港しているサウスポート(AUS)で足止めのようです。海は50～60ノットの風と6Mの波が続いているとの事。今週木曜日か金曜日には出港したいそうです。　KYC事務局

HI there KYC

We came into Southport to change crew. Weather became bad so can not exit Harbour until the low system moves away. Last 4 days wind gusting 50 to 60 knots. 6 Meter seas breaking on Harbour entrance.

Hope to leave tomorrow Thursday or maybe Friday.

SPOT web site made changes to their home page and now only keep 7 days data.

Also there is a good service to track AIS transponders.

http://tiny.cc/Roschana


http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/

Yoroshiku

Mark

『Roschana オーストラリアのサウスポートで足止め』6/14

Roschanaが現在寄港しているサウスポート(AUS)で足止めのようです。海は50～60ノットの風と6Mの波が続いているとの事。今週木曜日か金曜日には出港したいそうです。　KYC事務局

HI there KYC

We came into Southport to change crew. Weather became bad so can not exit Harbour until the low system moves away. Last 4 days wind gusting 50 to 60 knots. 6 Meter seas breaking on Harbour entrance.

Hope to leave tomorrow Thursday or maybe Friday.

SPOT web site made changes to their home page and now only keep 7 days data.

Also there is a good service to track AIS transponders.

http://tiny.cc/Roschana


http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/

Yoroshiku

Mark

『Roschana オーストラリアのサウスポートに到着』6/6

Roschanaが2012/6/6に寄港地のサウスポート(AUS)に無事到着したようです。KYC事務局

Hello KYC,

Well we arrived at Southport Queensland.

Arrived 3:00 a.m. June 6th (Sydney Time) 27.54S
153.20


Sorry but looks like the SPOT company did not support so well.


The boat went very well from Portland to Southport. 1050 NM. WE covered the voyage in 8 days 15 hours. Total of 207 hours So average speed abut 5knots.

We had very little following wind but when we did get following wind it was GREAT FUN. But really we had to work on the wind most of the way. I learned a lot about the different sail configurations available on the boat as we worked with winds ranging from 3 knots to 35 knots.

Safety was in the front of our minds full time as we looked after each other. We always wore full harness and tethers on deck. We hooked onto the Jack lines before leaving the cabin.We both carried PLB unis at all times on deck. We practiced using the life raft and how to quickly find Grab bag, Flares and Horns. All lifejackets are fitted with water activated strobe lights and dye marker set. During the day we wore inflatable 150N life jackets. At night we wore solid life jackets with crotch straps.

Moral on the boat was fantastic all the way.

WE saw so, so much wildlife. The natural beauty was incredible. Uncountable dolphins, whales, turtles and birds. STrange but not even one shark.

Tom and I sailed double handed all the way and shared 2 hour shifts.

Yoroshiku.

Mark
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『Roschana 日本に向けて再び出港』5/28

エンジントラブルのため日本に向けての回航を来年に延期する事になっていたRoschana(メンバーはMark Smith艇長とお友達のTomさん）は、やはり今年中に日本に向けて回航したいとの事で5/28にオーストラリアのポートランドを出港したようです。

May 31st 11:00 am.
37.42S
149.52E

We have been running away from a high pressure system moving East from Perth. So far we have been lucky and kept 10 - 15 knots following winds most of the way. The yacht is happy and the crew, Tom and Mark are more happy.

Gabo Island is only 12 NM away. Gabo is famous for the Sydney to Hobart sailors because that is where they feel they enter Tasman Sea haeding for Bass Straight. For us we enter the Pacific and go North!

HF Radio friend tells us they are catching "Abalone" and "Tuna" at Bermagui So we may stop there for dinner!

Yoroshiku.

Mark


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Pick up欄に掲載してます。また情報が入りましたらお伝えします。　Markさん、Tomさん気を付けて。　KYC事務局

『回航は来年に延期』

エンジントラブルのため寄港していたRoschanaは今年中の回航を断念し、来年日本に向けて回航するようです。

『4/20 エンジン修理中』

going to be small delay. Engine bearing damage. Being repaired now.
写真.docx


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『4/19 エンジントラブルのため一旦帰港』

Roschanaはエンジントラブルのため、一旦帰港中のようです。また詳細が分かりましたらお知らせします。


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『Mark Smithさん(Roschana） オーストラリアから西宮への航海』

KYCメンバー、Mark Smithさんがオーストラリアで購入されたヨット（艇名 Roschana、40ft Ocean racing Yacht)を日本へ回航するため、本日(4/16)、オーストラリアのアデレードを出港したようです。Roschanaはオーストラリアの難所、バス海峡を抜けオーストラリア東海岸のサウスポートに一旦寄港、その後北上しグァムへ寄港をした後、日本へ進路を向け、５月下旬もしくは６月上旬に西宮へ到着する予定のようです。現在はMark Smithさんと元オーナーの方がお二人で航海中、サウスポートでは元オーナーに変わり、KYCメンバーの上村嗣雄さん（OTENTOSUN)が合流してお二人でグァム経由、西宮まで航海されるようです。

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KYCでは、Mark Smithさんから送られてくる情報も随時お伝えします。

航海は日本まで約5,000マイル強となるようです。Markさん、航海の安全をお祈りします。

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