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   goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Monday, 24-Jun-2024 12:18:48 JST goatsarah

   Good morning from a pre-dawn Gosport Marina where we are about to commence “Operation Oui Oui Baguette”: taking our boat, Scarlet, across the English Channel as the first part of our trip to Portugal. This is the second longest leg of the entire journey, and the first time I will have ever personally sailed out of the sight of land.

   If you want to follow our progress, you can see us on Marine Traffic: marinetraffic.com/en/ais/detai…

   Note, that relies on AIS signals being relayed to the internet. Commercial AIS is powerful enough to be picked up by satellite, but ours isn’t, so there will likely be a dead-zone in the middle where we don’t seem to update.

   It’s going to take about 14 hours to make the crossing. There is no wind, so we will be using our engine.

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     ideogram (ideogram@social.coop)'s status on Monday, 24-Jun-2024 15:34:25 JST ideogram

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     @goatsarah
     Oh that is such an adventure! Good luck! I'll keep looking back to follow your progress.

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     Johan Diederik (johandiederik@toot.community)'s status on Monday, 24-Jun-2024 15:40:13 JST Johan Diederik

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     @goatsarah Have a nice sailing time, Sarah and stay safe! We’ve been to the south of England many times including Gosport. I’ll follow the Scarlet once in a while bc your trip to Portugal is an interesting one. We ourselves are on a sailing trip now from Zeeland, Netherlands to (we hope) Helsinki. De “Late Pluk” (Westerly Medway) crew (2) sends our love.

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     Johan Diederik (johandiederik@toot.community)'s status on Monday, 24-Jun-2024 15:42:59 JST Johan Diederik

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     @goatsarah Just passing Bembridge! Have fun!

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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Monday, 24-Jun-2024 15:44:28 JST goatsarah

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     • Johan Diederik
     @JohanDiederik Thanks! We will probably have to overwinter in La Rochelle and wait until the Iberian Orcas take their fun “sink the boat!” game south. We shall see. Currently they’re off the Setúbal peninsula on the west coast of Portugal.
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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Monday, 24-Jun-2024 16:47:33 JST goatsarah

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     • Alaric Snell-Pym
     @kitten_tech That’s a bug in Marine Traffic. You can’t actually set a destination with our unit.
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     Alaric Snell-Pym (kitten_tech@fosstodon.org)'s status on Monday, 24-Jun-2024 16:47:34 JST Alaric Snell-Pym

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     @goatsarah have fun! The tracker seems to think you're headed for Australia, though. Now THAT would be an adventure...

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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Monday, 24-Jun-2024 17:42:00 JST goatsarah

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     • Zoë O'Connell
     Hello from international waters. @zoe says I’m not allowed to do murders.
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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Jun-2024 01:38:10 JST goatsarah

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     • Johan Diederik

     @JohanDiederik It doesn’t work. This was the first thing that people tried in the early days. It worked for about 3 months, then it didn’t.

     They’ve also got incredibly good at it now. By the time you even realise they’re there, your rudder is gone.

     The only safe thing to do is avoid being where they are.

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     Johan Diederik (johandiederik@toot.community)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Jun-2024 01:38:12 JST Johan Diederik

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     @goatsarah Don’t be afraid Sarah. IF they arrive, put the motor in reverse and the rudder max to port or starboard and speed up. That’s quite dangerous for them and they are intellectual mammals so they will choose their battles. This is my theory.

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     Bethan M. Jenkins (gwenynen@toot.wales)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Jun-2024 01:39:05 JST Bethan M. Jenkins

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     • Zoë O'Connell

     @goatsarah @zoe God forbid a woman have a hobby...

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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Jun-2024 03:54:20 JST goatsarah

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     • Johan Diederik
     @JohanDiederik they follow the tuna, apparently.
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     Johan Diederik (johandiederik@toot.community)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Jun-2024 03:54:21 JST Johan Diederik

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     @goatsarah O, really? i didn’t know. So I stop advising and hope with you they choose another area to bother sailors. Stay safe and above all, enjoy this voyage!🥳