I am about to take a trip to Bermuda aboard my CD36 "Patricia Louise". I have heard that there is a very good weather forecaster who links up via SSB with sailors underway and gives weather forecasts. His name is Herb and his boat is "Southbound II" Does anyone know his schedule and frequency?
Matt.
mcawthor@bellatlantic.net
Weather....Looking for Herb on Southbound II
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jim Smiley
Re: Weather....Looking for Herb on Southbound II
Matt, Herb is on Channel 12a (12.353 MHz). He usually is on about 6:00PM EDT. He has a fixed time schedule,but I don't know the details. Jim
Smileyj@cofc.edu
Matt Cawthorne wrote: I am about to take a trip to Bermuda aboard my CD36 "Patricia Louise". I have heard that there is a very good weather forecaster who links up via SSB with sailors underway and gives weather forecasts. His name is Herb and his boat is "Southbound II" Does anyone know his schedule and frequency?
Matt.
Smileyj@cofc.edu
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Jon Larson
Re: Weather....Looking for Herb on Southbound II
Enjoy the trip out, Matt, it can be a beautiful trip.
Four of us made that trip in 1992 on a friends boat. The friend became ill during the trip, lapsed into delerium the third day out. We pushed on to Bermuda as hard as we could but he passed away before Bermuda was reached. We were shattered. The St. George's harbor master, Bernard Oatley, and his wife Lily took us into their home when we landed to help us heal from that experience. The people of St. Peters church in St. George's also were always ready at the drive with a car to transport us to tend to the myriad of stuff that had to be taken care of. The admitting doctor at hospital in Hamilton spent the time necessary with us to make us feel comfortable that there was nothing we could have done for our friend, that was the biggest comfort in overcoming the guilt feelings that perhaps there was something we should have done to save our friends life.
We were almost exactly midway between New York, the Chesapeake and Bermuda when it was apparent that things were very serious. We decided that Bermuda was the fastest destination. It also was the best destination for the rest of us as the support given was extraordinary by so many wonderful people there, including the American helicopter crew.
We didn't have SSB on board so couldn't make contact with anybody till we were within VHF range of Bermuda and a US Navy helicopter lifted our friend off. As it turns out, even with SSB range it would not have changed the outcome but it sure would have been a little less lonely sea had we been able to get advice from somebody.
Bermuda and her people are very, very special. My friendship with the Oatleys continues, we were able to visit them again this past winter. If you run into Bernard or Lily, please extend my best to them.
Jon Larson
Cape Dory 30 PERI
San Francisco Bay
jon9@ix.netcom.com
Four of us made that trip in 1992 on a friends boat. The friend became ill during the trip, lapsed into delerium the third day out. We pushed on to Bermuda as hard as we could but he passed away before Bermuda was reached. We were shattered. The St. George's harbor master, Bernard Oatley, and his wife Lily took us into their home when we landed to help us heal from that experience. The people of St. Peters church in St. George's also were always ready at the drive with a car to transport us to tend to the myriad of stuff that had to be taken care of. The admitting doctor at hospital in Hamilton spent the time necessary with us to make us feel comfortable that there was nothing we could have done for our friend, that was the biggest comfort in overcoming the guilt feelings that perhaps there was something we should have done to save our friends life.
We were almost exactly midway between New York, the Chesapeake and Bermuda when it was apparent that things were very serious. We decided that Bermuda was the fastest destination. It also was the best destination for the rest of us as the support given was extraordinary by so many wonderful people there, including the American helicopter crew.
We didn't have SSB on board so couldn't make contact with anybody till we were within VHF range of Bermuda and a US Navy helicopter lifted our friend off. As it turns out, even with SSB range it would not have changed the outcome but it sure would have been a little less lonely sea had we been able to get advice from somebody.
Bermuda and her people are very, very special. My friendship with the Oatleys continues, we were able to visit them again this past winter. If you run into Bernard or Lily, please extend my best to them.
Jon Larson
Cape Dory 30 PERI
San Francisco Bay
Matt Cawthorne wrote: I am about to take a trip to Bermuda aboard my CD36 "Patricia Louise". I have heard that there is a very good weather forecaster who links up via SSB with sailors underway and gives weather forecasts. His name is Herb and his boat is "Southbound II" Does anyone know his schedule and frequency?
Matt.
jon9@ix.netcom.com
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Catherine Monaghan
Re: Weather....Looking for Herb on Southbound II
Matt,
Herb Hilgenberg (aka Southbound II; marine shore station call VAX495) provides tailored forecasts for individual cruisers on passage at 2000-2200 UTC (1600-1800 EST) each day on either 8294 (channel 8A) or 12359 khz (channel 12C) upper sideband.
If you're interested, there's a posting of maritime radio frequencies, including weather frequencies at <A HREF="http://www.sailinks.co.uk/radio/freqs.h ... qs.html</A>
catherine_monaghan@merck.com
CD32 Realization
Raritan Bay
catherine_monaghan@merck.com
Herb Hilgenberg (aka Southbound II; marine shore station call VAX495) provides tailored forecasts for individual cruisers on passage at 2000-2200 UTC (1600-1800 EST) each day on either 8294 (channel 8A) or 12359 khz (channel 12C) upper sideband.
If you're interested, there's a posting of maritime radio frequencies, including weather frequencies at <A HREF="http://www.sailinks.co.uk/radio/freqs.h ... qs.html</A>
catherine_monaghan@merck.com
CD32 Realization
Raritan Bay
jim Smiley wrote: Matt, Herb is on Channel 12a (12.353 MHz). He usually is on about 6:00PM EDT. He has a fixed time schedule,but I don't know the details. Jim
Matt Cawthorne wrote: I am about to take a trip to Bermuda aboard my CD36 "Patricia Louise". I have heard that there is a very good weather forecaster who links up via SSB with sailors underway and gives weather forecasts. His name is Herb and his boat is "Southbound II" Does anyone know his schedule and frequency?
Matt.
catherine_monaghan@merck.com