Great Progress Update

Great Progress Update

Good sailing yesterday and last night. Passed Guguan and Alamagan [Islands]. I think we are starting to see Pagan. Beautiful sunrise over a volcano. (update…

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Text from Absolute

Text from Absolute

Via satellite text 7:20PM Eastern Daylight Savings Time 7 June or 9:20 AM Chamorro time 8 June: Coming up on Anatahan. Its really tall! Much…

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Unplanned stop in Rota, CNMI

Unplanned stop in Rota, CNMI

Rich got a surprise cell phone (not satellite phone) call from Jackie. Quick sail north from Guam under reefed sails and very good progress. However…

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Absolute prepares to depart

Absolute prepares to depart

Absolute’s departure for the northern portion of the sailing adventure is imminent. Text updates and “spot” location map coming soon!

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Special Text from Absolute

Special Text from Absolute

Sunday May 11: Happy Mothers Day! it might not be the best mothers day present, having your son/daughter out at sea, but we love you…

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Absolute text update

Absolute text update

approx 10AM 11 May Yap/Guam time: This AM the wind stopped. after 3hrs of bobbing and drifting we realized the fwd propulsion from the prop…

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text from Absolute underway

text from Absolute underway

fishing vessel spotted at 11 53N 139 0E. not sure if this is fsm waters but its within 200 miles of ulithi so possibly illegal…

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Text update from Absolute

Text update from Absolute

Time 0929 Wednesday 8 May location 11 30 54N 138 55 19E. Tacked once to try to go east. Current makes that mostly south. Wind…

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Text update from Absolute

Text update from Absolute

Left yap at 1615 local time Monday. 1315 Tuesday have traveled about 68nm. Average speed 3.8 knots. heading of 20 degrees.

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Underway:  Bound for Guam

Underway: Bound for Guam

This is not a text update. It is way more than 160 characters. Absolute is underway for Guam. You will be able to follow progress…

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