Jeanne Socrates Sailing the World Solo · video

What this video covers

Jeanne Socrates is waiting at Kelly Basin, having departed from there after several days, but unable to leave Macquarie Harbour for Melbourne because winds are persistently from the north rather than the southerly or westerly direction needed to make northward progress.0:06 She identifies Thursday as the next viable weather window for the passage north along the Tasmanian west coast toward Melbourne.0:29 The delay is entirely wind-driven: a consistent southerly or westerly is required, and the forecast keeps shifting unfavorably.0:12

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