Does anyone have the SSB frequencies for communicating with Herb Hilgenborn, the Atlantic weather guy? I will slip my dock lines at 0dark30 Saturday morming 27Apr02, and head for Bermuda. Plan to go first to Abacos (Bahamas) and then jump off for Bermuda. May seems to be the optimum month for sailing this course and I don't expect to encounter any bad weather. (But you never know, after all, this is the Atlantic Ocean). I just hope I don't encounter the doldrums. Pilot charts indicate most likely winds should be (a)East, (b)SE, or (c) SW. Just installed Icom SSB and will learn to use it on the way. Expect the trip to take between 6-10 days. Three of us aboard will permit 4 on and eight off. Not a bad watch schedule, but pretty close quarters on a 30 foot Cape Dory.
Thanks guys for providing such a great Board.
Will
S/V "Jambalaya"
CD 30
whildenp@earthlink.net
SSB weather info
Moderator: Jim Walsh
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Bill
Re: SSB weather info
Hello Will
Here is the info:
12.359mhz SSB
2000hrs zulu check-ins start 1930hrs zulu
my reference doesnt mention whether that's upper or lower SSB? but you can figure that one out.
Fair winds and following seas
Bill
cd25d@rhapsodysails.com
Here is the info:
12.359mhz SSB
2000hrs zulu check-ins start 1930hrs zulu
my reference doesnt mention whether that's upper or lower SSB? but you can figure that one out.
Fair winds and following seas
Bill
will parker wrote: Does anyone have the SSB frequencies for communicating with Herb Hilgenborn, the Atlantic weather guy? I will slip my dock lines at 0dark30 Saturday morming 27Apr02, and head for Bermuda. Plan to go first to Abacos (Bahamas) and then jump off for Bermuda. May seems to be the optimum month for sailing this course and I don't expect to encounter any bad weather. (But you never know, after all, this is the Atlantic Ocean). I just hope I don't encounter the doldrums. Pilot charts indicate most likely winds should be (a)East, (b)SE, or (c) SW. Just installed Icom SSB and will learn to use it on the way. Expect the trip to take between 6-10 days. Three of us aboard will permit 4 on and eight off. Not a bad watch schedule, but pretty close quarters on a 30 foot Cape Dory.
Thanks guys for providing such a great Board.
Will
S/V "Jambalaya"
CD 30
cd25d@rhapsodysails.com
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Larry DeMers
Re: SSB weather info
Will,
All Right!! Some serious cruising! Superior!
The weather guy's name is Herb Hilgenberg, and he has only one demand of you in exchange for his help. Once you check in the first time, and he commits to helping you, you must continue to check in on your 'sched' each day, and try to supply the information that he requests (if he does - he sometimes will request local weather from you for incorporation into the future reports).
If you are half-baked about it, and skip days when you have no interest..and he does not know this, he will start to worry about your whereabouts, and that can take official form eventually, with a missing vessel report being filed wiht the CG. He does get irked by folks that forget to inform him of plan changes, arrivals etc. So keep him in your loop on a surface level (no need for a travelogue though).
I listen to him talking to you lucky guys while we're cruising Superior, -for the fun of it, and also because I find that it takes little imagination to plunk my old butt down in your shoes and travel with you mentally. I enjoy listening actually.
Herb has a great web site and I have corresponded with him several times over the past years. Also, there was a great interview with him on ABC News about a month ago, showing his radio room, and how the exchanges take place.( I may still have it on tape) from a sailors standpoint as well as his. A few years back, we on 'The Liveaboard Listserver' were trying to get him some official acknowledgment for his voluntary work..10 hrs. a day, 7 days a week..all year long. He does accept contributions by the way (hint hint..).
Lastly, record this trip well..you will appreciate this next year, and every year thereafter...
Will.. have a safe and wonderful trip. Good to see a CD30 breaking free of land for a period like this. You represent all of us well me thinks!
May You Have Following Seas and Secure Anchorages,
Larry DeMers
s/v DeLaMer
Cape Dory 30
Sailing Lake Superior once we lose the damnable white stuff!! ugh
demers@sgi.com
All Right!! Some serious cruising! Superior!
The weather guy's name is Herb Hilgenberg, and he has only one demand of you in exchange for his help. Once you check in the first time, and he commits to helping you, you must continue to check in on your 'sched' each day, and try to supply the information that he requests (if he does - he sometimes will request local weather from you for incorporation into the future reports).
If you are half-baked about it, and skip days when you have no interest..and he does not know this, he will start to worry about your whereabouts, and that can take official form eventually, with a missing vessel report being filed wiht the CG. He does get irked by folks that forget to inform him of plan changes, arrivals etc. So keep him in your loop on a surface level (no need for a travelogue though).
I listen to him talking to you lucky guys while we're cruising Superior, -for the fun of it, and also because I find that it takes little imagination to plunk my old butt down in your shoes and travel with you mentally. I enjoy listening actually.
Herb has a great web site and I have corresponded with him several times over the past years. Also, there was a great interview with him on ABC News about a month ago, showing his radio room, and how the exchanges take place.( I may still have it on tape) from a sailors standpoint as well as his. A few years back, we on 'The Liveaboard Listserver' were trying to get him some official acknowledgment for his voluntary work..10 hrs. a day, 7 days a week..all year long. He does accept contributions by the way (hint hint..).
Lastly, record this trip well..you will appreciate this next year, and every year thereafter...
Will.. have a safe and wonderful trip. Good to see a CD30 breaking free of land for a period like this. You represent all of us well me thinks!
May You Have Following Seas and Secure Anchorages,
Larry DeMers
s/v DeLaMer
Cape Dory 30
Sailing Lake Superior once we lose the damnable white stuff!! ugh
will parker wrote: Does anyone have the SSB frequencies for communicating with Herb Hilgenborn, the Atlantic weather guy? I will slip my dock lines at 0dark30 Saturday morming 27Apr02, and head for Bermuda. Plan to go first to Abacos (Bahamas) and then jump off for Bermuda. May seems to be the optimum month for sailing this course and I don't expect to encounter any bad weather. (But you never know, after all, this is the Atlantic Ocean). I just hope I don't encounter the doldrums. Pilot charts indicate most likely winds should be (a)East, (b)SE, or (c) SW. Just installed Icom SSB and will learn to use it on the way. Expect the trip to take between 6-10 days. Three of us aboard will permit 4 on and eight off. Not a bad watch schedule, but pretty close quarters on a 30 foot Cape Dory.
Thanks guys for providing such a great Board.
Will
S/V "Jambalaya"
CD 30
demers@sgi.com
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Will Parker
Re: SSB weather info
Larry,
Thanks for your informative response. I will keep a log and try to make it interesting. When I get back, I will share my adventures with the Board. Thanks again.
Will
"Jambalaya"
whildenp@earthlink.net
Thanks for your informative response. I will keep a log and try to make it interesting. When I get back, I will share my adventures with the Board. Thanks again.
Will
"Jambalaya"
Larry DeMers wrote: Will,
All Right!! Some serious cruising! Superior!
The weather guy's name is Herb Hilgenberg, and he has only one demand of you in exchange for his help. Once you check in the first time, and he commits to helping you, you must continue to check in on your 'sched' each day, and try to supply the information that he requests (if he does - he sometimes will request local weather from you for incorporation into the future reports).
If you are half-baked about it, and skip days when you have no interest..and he does not know this, he will start to worry about your whereabouts, and that can take official form eventually, with a missing vessel report being filed wiht the CG. He does get irked by folks that forget to inform him of plan changes, arrivals etc. So keep him in your loop on a surface level (no need for a travelogue though).
I listen to him talking to you lucky guys while we're cruising Superior, -for the fun of it, and also because I find that it takes little imagination to plunk my old butt down in your shoes and travel with you mentally. I enjoy listening actually.
Herb has a great web site and I have corresponded with him several times over the past years. Also, there was a great interview with him on ABC News about a month ago, showing his radio room, and how the exchanges take place.( I may still have it on tape) from a sailors standpoint as well as his. A few years back, we on 'The Liveaboard Listserver' were trying to get him some official acknowledgment for his voluntary work..10 hrs. a day, 7 days a week..all year long. He does accept contributions by the way (hint hint..).
Lastly, record this trip well..you will appreciate this next year, and every year thereafter...
Will.. have a safe and wonderful trip. Good to see a CD30 breaking free of land for a period like this. You represent all of us well me thinks!
May You Have Following Seas and Secure Anchorages,
Larry DeMers
s/v DeLaMer
Cape Dory 30
Sailing Lake Superior once we lose the damnable white stuff!! ugh
whildenp@earthlink.net
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Will Parker
Re: SSB weather info
Bill,
Thanks for providing the info. I really appreciate it. I'll be contacting the Board with my log info after I get back. Thanks again.
Will
"Jambalaya"
whildenp@earthlnk.net
Thanks for providing the info. I really appreciate it. I'll be contacting the Board with my log info after I get back. Thanks again.
Will
"Jambalaya"
Bill wrote: Hello Will
Here is the info:
12.359mhz SSB
2000hrs zulu check-ins start 1930hrs zulu
my reference doesnt mention whether that's upper or lower SSB? but you can figure that one out.
Fair winds and following seas
Bill
will parker wrote: Does anyone have the SSB frequencies for communicating with Herb Hilgenborn, the Atlantic weather guy? I will slip my dock lines at 0dark30 Saturday morming 27Apr02, and head for Bermuda. Plan to go first to Abacos (Bahamas) and then jump off for Bermuda. May seems to be the optimum month for sailing this course and I don't expect to encounter any bad weather. (But you never know, after all, this is the Atlantic Ocean). I just hope I don't encounter the doldrums. Pilot charts indicate most likely winds should be (a)East, (b)SE, or (c) SW. Just installed Icom SSB and will learn to use it on the way. Expect the trip to take between 6-10 days. Three of us aboard will permit 4 on and eight off. Not a bad watch schedule, but pretty close quarters on a 30 foot Cape Dory.
Thanks guys for providing such a great Board.
Will
S/V "Jambalaya"
CD 30
whildenp@earthlnk.net
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Catherine Monaghan
Herb Hilgenberg -- SOUTH BOUND II
Will,
Herb Hilgenberg also has a web site if you want/need more info.
<a href="http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/hehilgen/m ... ml">VAX498 SOUTH BOUND II COASTAL</a>
And for marine radio net frequencies, go to:
<a href="http://www.cruiser.co.za/radionet.asp"> ... net.asp</a>
Cathy
CD32 Realization, #3
Rahway, NJ
Raritan Bay
catherine_monaghanNOSPAM@merck.com
Herb Hilgenberg also has a web site if you want/need more info.
<a href="http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/hehilgen/m ... ml">VAX498 SOUTH BOUND II COASTAL</a>
And for marine radio net frequencies, go to:
<a href="http://www.cruiser.co.za/radionet.asp"> ... net.asp</a>
Cathy
CD32 Realization, #3
Rahway, NJ
Raritan Bay
will parker wrote: Does anyone have the SSB frequencies for communicating with Herb Hilgenborn, the Atlantic weather guy? I will slip my dock lines at 0dark30 Saturday morming 27Apr02, and head for Bermuda. Plan to go first to Abacos (Bahamas) and then jump off for Bermuda. May seems to be the optimum month for sailing this course and I don't expect to encounter any bad weather. (But you never know, after all, this is the Atlantic Ocean). I just hope I don't encounter the doldrums. Pilot charts indicate most likely winds should be (a)East, (b)SE, or (c) SW. Just installed Icom SSB and will learn to use it on the way. Expect the trip to take between 6-10 days. Three of us aboard will permit 4 on and eight off. Not a bad watch schedule, but pretty close quarters on a 30 foot Cape Dory.
Thanks guys for providing such a great Board.
Will
S/V "Jambalaya"
CD 30
catherine_monaghanNOSPAM@merck.com