Every day at sea we were greeted with "Good morning, good morning, good
morning" followed by a brief report of present location and weather then
usually followed by a "word of the day".
This is a table of those reports.
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Date |
Lat/Lon |
Wind |
Sea |
Weather |
Visibility |
Pressure (mb) |
Temp (Air) |
Temp (Sea) |
Word/Phrase/Thought for the day |
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28-Jan |
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Mod |
Sunny/Clear |
30mi |
1008 s |
15 |
5 |
Discovered that Saturn's rings are made up of lost airline luggage |
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29-Jan |
61 25 S, |
5k |
Slight swell (2-3ft) |
Overcast |
Nil |
1004 s |
5 |
2 |
God created time so that everything wouldn't happen at once |
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30-Jan |
63 16 S, |
0 |
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Sunny |
Better |
1003 s |
3 |
0 |
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31-Jan |
63 43 S, |
W |
Slight |
Overcast, Mod fog |
1mi |
990 s |
4 |
0 |
Plan ahead - It wasn't raining when Noah built the Ark |
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01-Feb |
64 48 S, |
NE |
Smooth |
Cloudy, some breaks |
Good, 5mi |
988 |
3 |
1 |
If you aren't the lead dog, the scenery never changes |
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02-Feb |
63 24 S, |
NE |
Mod, Slight swell |
Cloudy, some blue |
Good, 2mi |
995 r |
3 |
1 |
How did they measure hailstones before the golf ball was invented |
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03-Feb |
61 14 S, |
W |
Rough |
Cloudy, blue skies |
5mi |
985 s |
5 |
0 |
Better a bird in the hand than one overhead |
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04-Feb |
58 40 S, |
W |
Rough |
Cloudy, hint of blue |
5mi |
984 |
0 |
1 |
Every day you're above ground is a good day and, as George Burns said - "Its nice to be here, but at my age it's nice to be anywhere" |
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05-Feb |
55 40 S, |
S |
Mod |
Cloudy, lots of blue sky |
Bad, during night |
992 r |
3 |
3 |
Marriages are made in heaven - but so are thunderstorms, lightning and hurricanes |
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06-Feb |
Grytviken |
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999 |
8 |
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07-Feb |
Salisbury |
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1000 |
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08-Feb |
53 26 S, |
WNW |
Mod |
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5mi |
1014 |
4 |
4 |
If water pollution gets any worse, then walking on water will be a chance |
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09-Feb |
52 32 S, |
NW |
Rough |
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None |
1013 s |
6 |
6 |
I'm as baffled as Adam on Mother's Day |
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10-Feb |
51 39 S, |
WSW |
Rough |
Cloudy. Some sun |
Good 20mi |
998 s |
10 |
6 |
Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died |
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11-Feb |
51 20 S, |
NE |
Slight |
Cloudy, Blue sky |
Good 30mi |
1017 |
10 |
12 |
I recently moved into a new neighbourhood and joined a car pool - I was told it was my turn to steal a car |
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12-Feb |
53 45 S, |
SE 50k |
Rough |
Cloudy |
2mi |
1008 r |
9 |
12 |
Recently went on a cruise - Not saying the ship was old, but it was insured for fire, theft and falling off the edge of the world |
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13-Feb |
Ushuaia |
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