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To the Petermann Glacier
Ship in the
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Jo Sycamore
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Build: 2000, Owner: Jo Tankers B.V., VOS: 2007, OBS: 981
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From edotors desk
South of new Foundland
The PMO-Office announces
Op één na zachtste lente
Best ship 2008 awarded
Holiday job
Results
On the rocks
Dutch PMO-Office 030-22 06 851/678
René Rozeboom
PMO
Publicationyear 22, number 81
ISSN: 0925-2991
Adress:
KNMI, Sector I-WIS
PMO- Office
Postbus 201
3730 AE De Bilt
[email protected]
Red.Telephone:
030 - 220 68 36
Bert de Vries
PMO
Colophon *
MIM is a quarteredition from the Department Observations
Systems Oparations of the KNMI. This magazine is ment for
those who take part on board of ships and platforms, which
accomplisch and release meteorological observations.
Using articles is permitted when the source is mentioned
and an example of the publication is forwarded to the KNMI.
Peter Westenbrink
Assistent PMO
Editing:
P.M. Westenbrink
Colleagues De Bilt:
R.J. Rozeboom/A.A. de Vries
Corrector English text:
D. Suri (Met Office)
Fotographs (unless different):KNMI
Satellite images:
Meteosat and Goes: NERC satellite
receiving station, Dundee University,
Scotland
http://www.sat.dundee.ac.uk
Terra and Aqua: Image courtesy of MODIS
Rapid Response project at NASA/GSFC
http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov
Lay-out and printing:
Studio/Printcentre KNMI
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From the editors desk
•••••
Peter Westenbrink
Astronomen zitten met de handen in het haar. De
nieuwe zonnevlekkencyclus wil maar niet op gang
komen. Een jaar geleden had het eerste bescheiden
vlekje al op de zonneschijf moeten verschijnen. In
oktober leek een aarzelend beginnetje aanstaande,
maar die werd in de kiem gesmoord. De eerste
speculaties over een aanstaande kleine ijstijd, zoals
zich voordeed in het Europa van de 17e eeuw, steken
inmiddels voorzichtig de kop op.
Tussen 1645 en 1715 waren zonnevlekken ook een
uitzondering, maar volgens klimatologen is de
eventuele aankondiging van een nieuwe kleine ijstijd
voorbarig. Gelukkig maar, want hoe leg je zoiets uit
in een tijd dat de aarde langzaam aan opwarmt? Dat
wordt lastig. Het kost soms al moeite om mensen
te overtuigen dat variaties in zonneactiviteit niet de
oorzaak zijn van de klimaatverandering.
Zelf ben ik gemakkelijk te beïnvloeden. Niet dat men
mij alles wijs kan maken, maar ik schrok toch even
toen ik onlangs het hoofdgebouw van de Utrechtse
universiteit passeerde. De koperen zon die daar bij de
ingang staat opgesteld vertoonde een enorme vlek.
Geen zwarte, maar een witte, alsof het een poolkap
betrof. Het duurde een kleine seconde voordat ik
mij realiseerde dat ik me had laten foppen door
het daglicht dat vriendelijk in het glanzend metaal
weerkaatste.
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Astronomers are at a loss. The coming sunspot
cycle still hasn’t started up. A year ago the first little
spot should have appeared on the solar surface. In
October a hesitant start looked near but it was nipped in the bud. The first portents for a ‘Little Ice Age’,
like which occurred in 17th century Europe, crop up
carefully.
Between 1645 and 1715 sunspots were also an exception, but according to climatologists announcing a
new ‘Little Ice Age’ would be rash. A lucky thing, because how would one explain a phenomenon like that
during a period of global warming? That would be
tricky problem as it’s sometimes difficult to convince
people that variation in solar activity doesn’t cause
climate change.
I am a person easily to influence. Not that people
can tell me tales, but when I recently passed by the
Utrecht University main building I got a bit of fright.
The copper sun replica near the entrance showed me
an enormous spot. Not a black one but white like it
was a polar cap. It took a split second to realise that
I was fooled by the daylight reflecting in the polished
metal.
The editors picture
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Sunspot
• • MIM July 2009 ••••••
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Gert Berghuis
Master of Jo Sycamore
On Thursday 18th February 2009, 360 nm south of Newfoundland, the Jo
Sycamore sailed right through a depression with a central pressure of 961.3
hPa. Because the US weather office spoke of ‘hurricane force’ winds we
kept all the weather charts, barograph paper, the SPOS weather charts and
wind warnings. Because of the rough weather it wasn’t safe to go outside
to take pictures but we do have a Monday 16th to Friday 20th February
report.
vessel:
Jo Sycamore
l.o.a.: 183 mtr
deepest draught: 10.80 mtr
from: New Orleans, USA
to: Antwerp, Belgium
waypoint 1: Cape Canaveral
waypoint 2: Isles of Scilly
advised route: from Florida straits following the warm gulf current to 45N 045W
from 45N 45W great circle track to Wolf Rock, entrance English Channel
original ETA: February 24th, 15.00 hrs L.T.
actual ETA: February 25th, 04.30 hrs L.T.
routeing by: SPOS R , Meteo Consult, Netherlands
limitations set: Maximum wind speed 50 kn, head waves 4.5 mtr, beam waves 5.0 mtr, stern waves 5.5 mtr
South of New Foundland
Monday
The first warning about a depression
with hurricane force was received
Monday 16th February 2009, 10.30
UTC, and valid for 06.00 UTC same
day. Position of the vessel was: 3950N 063-15W SPOS R advised a
course heading to a position 45N
045W, south-east of the Grand banks
of New Foundland.
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Tuesday
Ship position 41-30N 055-32W,12.00
UTC. Weather conditions: NE-7, sea
3 meters. Distance to the depression:
450 nm. The vessel Siteam Jupiter
bound for Amsterdam, changed
course from 085º to 180º. SPOS R
advised to continue to mentioned
waypoint 45N 045W and keep as long
as possible in the NE quadrant of
the depression. As the diameter of
the storm field was about 700 nm.
Implicating a delay of about 3 days
when changing course as well. The
decision was made to continue on
the original route.
Wednesday
The weather forecast, issued by the
••••• GOES satellite Thursday February 19th 21.00 UTC. The arrow points the Jo Sycamore position in the depression •••••••
USA, positioned the depression at
40N 053W, 06.00 UTC. Ship position
was 42-40N 053-16W. Distance to
the depression 160 nm. Weather
conditions: NE-8, sea state 5 meters.
During the course of the day the
wind gained in strength. During the
evening hours 9 to 10 Bft, sea state
10 meters. Ship speed was reduced
to 2 to 3 knots on a heading of 50º.
Wind one point on starboards bow.
Occasionally the forecastle was
flooded by green water.
Thursday
At 00.00 UTC SPOS R advised to
change course to a south-easterly
course heading as close as possible
to the eye of the depression. As the
vessel was doing relatively well the
decision was postponed to daybreak.
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•••••••••• Jo Sycamore barograph paper •••
At 08.00 UTC the course was
changed to 100º, the wind was now
4 points on port bow. Wind 8 Bft,
sea state 8 meters. These conditions
were nearly the same as predicted
by SPOS R. Ship speed 6 knots.
During the 8 to 12 hrs morning
watch, the wind lost it’s strength
to 3 Bft and was variable. The air
pressure reached its minimum value
of 961.3 hPa. However, the sea state
became confused and the swell was
•••••••••• Wind warning Wednesday 18th, 06.00 UTC •••
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12 to 15 meters high. The eye height
of the bridge-observer is 19 meters
above sea level and at times you
could hardly see the horizon. As the
wave length was at least 300 meters
the ship gained speed to 10 knots.
••• Weather chart Tuesday 17th, 12.00 UTC. The arrow points the Jo Sycamore position •••
Occasional shipping seas over port
and starboard main deck due to the
heavy rolling of the vessel. During
the afternoon hours the wind speed
increased to SW-9 and on a easterly
course the speed of the vessel
increased to 17 knots.
Friday
Inspected the vessel on weather
damage and, so far, only a broken
flag line was found on deck. As the
Siteam Jupiter had an original ETA
Amsterdam, Tuesday 24th February,
14.00 hrs. I am really interested what
her final time of arrival was.*
*On Wednesday 25th February
the Siteam Jupiter had an ETA
Amsterdam, Saturday 28th February,
12.00 LT. After all a four days delay.
Changing course brought her not much
prosperity. According to information
from our agent the Siteam Jupiter had
a NNE-10.
•••••••••• SPOS Forecast: +12 = Wednesday 18th, 12.00 UTC •••
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René Rozeboom
The PMO Office
announces
Changes LES ID Southbury,
OBS will not be sent straight to a regio-
of this Task Team is to use the discussed
Santa Paula and Eik
nal National Meteorological Centre but
requirements for a European tender.
The service provider of the above men-
instead first to the USA.
Standardized AWS can be obtained this
tioned LES’s have decided to upgrade
way which would make helping each
their systems.
other with repair and maintenance easier.
As part of this change the ID numbers
Automatic Weather Stations
(ending with ‘01’) will change into ‘04’.
on ships
A draft document will be finished in a
LES Eik (Oslo) with ID 304 (IOR) is
For some years there are a few countries
few months time. The KNMI will play a
now also operational for OBS’s, alt-
which have automatic weather stations
key role regarding supplying technical
hough these observations will be forwar-
on board ships. These systems vary
specifications. The KNMI interviewed
ded from Norway to the USA.
from simple systems which measure
many people involved, including some
air pressure to enhanced systems which
shipping companies. This information
The old ‘01’- ID numbers of the LES’s
also measure wind speed, temperature,
will also be used to complete the requi-
Southbury and Santa Paula will still
humidity and sea surface temperature.
rements document.
show up in your Inmarsat-C terminal.
The more complex systems also allow
When TurboWin recommends you use
crew members to add visual observati-
After completion of the document, a
Southbury, please use the LES with ID
ons as clouds, sea and swell.
tender will lead to some systems being
104 (AOR-E) or 004 (AOR-W). When
made available to test. Each of the four
it recommends you use Santa Paula,
An European ‘Task Team on ship borne
countries will test a system. After the
please select the LES with ID 204 (POR).
Automatic Weather Systems’ (TT-AWS)
test decisions will be made about which
with members from UK, Germany,
system to purchase.
You are recommended NOT to use LES
France and the Netherlands have had
Eik from IOR in the first place but only
some meetings, the last one in May this
as an alternative. This is because the
year, to discuss requirements. The goal
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INMARSAT-C LAND EARTH STATIONS
ACCEPTING CODE-41 MESSAGES
ATLANTIC OCEAN REGION-EAST (AOR-E)
STATION NAME
COUNTRY
ID.NR
Aussaguel
France
121
Burum (station 12)
Netherlands
112
Goonhilly
United Kingdom
102
Southbury
United States
104
Thermopylae
Greece
120
ATLANTIC OCEAN REGION-WEST (AOR-W)
STATION NAME
COUNTRY
ID.NR
Burum (station 12)
Netherlands
012
Goonhilly
United Kingdom
002
Southbury
United States
004
STATION NAME
COUNTRY
ID.NR
Arvi * India
306
Aussaguel
France
321
Eik (Oslo)
United States
304
Burum (station 12) **
Netherlands
312
Thermopylae
Greece
305
Sentosa
Singapore
328
Yamaguchi
Japan
303
STATION NAME
COUNTRY
ID.NR.
Santa Paula
United States
201
Sentosa
Singapore
210
Burum (station 12)
Australia
212
Yamaguchi
Japan
203
INDIAN OCEAN REGION (IOR)
PACIFIC OCEAN REGION (POR)
* Note: Arvi will accept code 41 reports from within Metarea VIII (N) only.
** Also available: special access code 1241. Your OBS will be routed
to Australia (Perth) instead of the Netherlands.
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Zeer zacht, zeer zonnig en gemiddeld
over het land vrij droog
Rob Sluijter
Klimaatdata en advies, KNMI
Lente 2009
Op één na
zachtste lente
in ruim een
eeuw
Met in De Bilt een gemiddelde temperatuur die is uitgekomen op 10,8 °C
tegen 8,9 °C normaal, eindigde het voorjaar op de tweede plaats in de rij van
zachtste lentes sinds 1901. Op de eerste plaats in deze ranglijst staat de lente
van 2007 met een gemiddelde van 11,7 °C. Analyse van meetreeksen laat
zien dat de opwarming van ons klimaat tot nu toe in het voorjaar het hardst
gaat. Negen van de tien zachtste lentes in ruim een eeuw zijn voorgekomen
sinds 1990.
Temperatuur
Uiteindelijk telde de lente 18 warme
13 vorstdagen. De landelijk laagste tem-
Van de afzonderlijke maanden was april
dagen, tegen 11 normaal.
peratuur van deze lente werd gemeten
dit jaar de spraakmaker. Met in De Bilt
Ondanks het regelmatig warme weer,
in Wijk aan Zee op 21 maart: -5,3 °C
een gemiddelde maandtemperatuur van
vooral in april, ontbrak het lang aan een
12,2 °C tegen 8,3 °C normaal, was het de
thermische uitschieter. Het duurde tot
Zonneschijn
op één na zachtste aprilmaand in drie
25 mei voordat in De Bilt de zomerse
Gemiddeld over het land scheen de zon
eeuwen. Maar ook maart en mei waren
grens van 25,0 °C werd bereikt en
625 uren tegen 485 uren normaal. Daar-
zachter dan normaal. Maart eindigde
overschreden. Dat was tevens de enige
mee was de lente zeer zonnig. In De
met een gemiddelde temperatuur van
zomerse dag deze lente. Die dag werd
Bilt werden 605 zonuren geregistreerd
6,3 °C tegen normaal 5,8 °C, mei met
ook de landelijk hoogste temperatuur
tegen een langjarig gemiddelde van 476
13,9 °C tegen een langjarig gemiddelde
van deze lente gemeten. In Ell werd het
uren.
van 12,7 °C.
toen 28,8 °C.
Daarmee eindigt de lente op de vijfde
Op 3 april werd in De Bilt de eerste
Er waren in De Bilt acht vorstdagen
plaats in de rij van zonnigste overeen-
warme dag van het seizoen genoteerd
(minimumtemperatuur lager dan 0,0
komstige tijdvakken sinds 1901. De
(maximumtemperatuur 20,0 °C of hoger).
°C). Het langjarig gemiddelde bedraagt
zonnigste lente in deze lijst was die van
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1990 met 651 uren zonneschijn.
Ook voor wat betreft de zonneschijn viel
april het meest op, met gemiddeld over
het land 226 zonuren tegen normaal
162. Maar ook maart en mei waren zonniger dan normaal.
In maart werden 151 zonuren geregistreerd tegen normaal 115, mei kwam uit
op 248 uren tegen normaal 209. Aan
zee scheen de zon het meest. Het zonnigste KNMI-station was Terschelling
met 688 uren zonneschijn. In het zuidoosten scheen de zon een stuk minder.
Het KNMI-station Arcen had de minste
zonuren: 531.
Neerslag
Met landelijk gemiddeld 142 mm tegen
een langjarig gemiddelde van 166 mm
was de lente vrij droog. In maart viel
landelijk gemiddeld 53 mm tegen 65
normaal, in april 22 mm tegen 44 mm
normaal maar de neerslagsom in mei
bedroeg 67 mm tegen een langjarig
gemiddelde van 57 mm. Het droogst
was de lente in Ell met 101 mm, het
natst in Eelde met 181 mm. In De Bilt
werd 133 mm geregistreerd tegen 171
mm normaal.
Meest opvallend waren de zware onweersbuien die in de nacht van 25 op
26 mei over het land trokken. In totaal
werden ca. 69000 ontladingen geregistreerd.
Ook kwamen windstoten voor tot ca. 105
km/uur. Op een aantal plaatsen viel 40
tot 58 mm neerslag. De buien veroorzaakten grote overlast en schade
Over de lente 2008 bedroeg de gemiddelde temperatuur in De Bilt 10,2 °C,
het aantal uren zonneschijn 560 en
de neerslagsom 159 mm. Normaal=het
langjarig gemiddelde over het tijdvak
1971-2000 .
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NW
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MIM
SW
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BEST SHIP 2008
AWARDED
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In keeping with tradition the certificates for best ship have
‘bronze’ certificate. The other two ships will receive their
been awarded. In 2008 the Benguela Stream, the Pelagia
certificate via their company. We congratulate all those
and the ms Rotterdam ended up first, second and third
concerned with this result.
respectively. Unfortunately it was not possible for us to
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go on board either the Benguela Stream or the Pelagia to
Foto: From left to right: Rob Leijen Director Human Recourses
present awards to the masters. But happily we were able
Europe (Holland America Line), Master Henrik Krombeen,
to award the crew from the ms Rotterdam in person. PMO
1st Officer Safety Management Catharine Williams and PMO
René Rozeboom went on board on 24 June to present the
René Rozeboom
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During the past period were 50 M.H. Jansen Certificates awarded for 50 OBS, 4 for 250 and 7 for
500 OBS. Together with the 250 and 500 certificates a set of pens and a coat of arms were awarded respectively as well. The PMO-Office would like to congratulate the officers and apprentices
who have received a certificate from us this time.
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Spliethoff Beheer B.V.
50 OBS:
Drymin V.
Elmedulan A.
Erin H. SPL
Heinmets E.
Kaju R.
Korneev D.V.
)NS
IJK.
Svitzer Ocean Towage B.V.
50 OBS:
Fernandez R.
ISCH
INKL
Rederij Bark Europa B.V.
50 OBS:
Lambarts H.J.
Seatrade Groningen B.V.
50 OBS:
Brosas L.S.
Carro D.
Chuklanov A.
D’yachkov K.
Eli R.
Garganta J.D.
Ivanov D.S.
Karchevskiy a.
500 OBS:
Asentista A.L.
LOG
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Maersk
50 OBS:
Djurhuus H.M.
250 OBS:
Danielsen S.D.E.
500 OBS:
Hansen S.J.
Maersk Ship Management
50 OBS:
Barrameda L.H.
Frehse B.J.
Jellema H.
Koning S.F.
Laere van R.P.
STITUU
Jo Tankers B.V.
50 OBS:
Carado F.
Decana D.Y.
250 OBS:
Coyoca E.
SCH)N
Holland Ship Service
50 OBS:
Costillas W.
Gamos F.W.
Krylov D.S.
NIOZ
50 OBS:
Haaren van J.
Heijman R.P.
Leur de J.E.
Lindenbergh M.H.
OROLOGI
Broere Shipping Services B.V.
50 OBS:
Cox M.M.
Elst van den H.J.
Knol P.L.
500 OBS:
Boer de B.C.
Leeuw de K.
Lok P.H.
+ONINK LIJK.EDERLANDS-ETE
Anthony Veder Rederijzaken
50 OBS:
Guntur M.
Jevglevskis J.
Kapteev A.V.
Lubis J.F.B.
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M.H. Jansen
Certificates
250 OBS:
Brink J.J.
Klaassen S.
500 OBS:
Deelstra T.H.
Glass J.L.
Vroon B.V.
50 OBS:
Corbin J.
Danilovs D.A.
Eremenko D.
Lambid V.R.
Wagenborg Scheepvaart B.V.
50 OBS:
Bangonon H.O.
Berdnikov A.
Corveleijn R.
Feringa M.
Gabica R.
Gelera P.
Guijt R.L.C.
Hovestad S.
+ONINK
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Holiday job
Frits Koek
••• The delta lloyd 1 ••••••
My current holiday job makes a lot of people jealous. In September 2008 Delta Lloyd asked me to do the shore navigation
for their team that sails in the Volvo Ocean Race 2008-2009. It had to be decided overnight because the start was already
in October! I do the work in my spare time and holidays and the weather information I use is from Weathernews in Soest
on one side and from the Volvo organization on the other side. OK, it costs me all my holidays, but I love it. These kinds of
chances are unique.
Within Team Delta Lloyd I do the
research for the weather for every leg
and discuss this at each start of the
leg with the skipper and the navigator.
I use the available climatology and the
most recent forecasts that I can get
hold of. Delta Lloyd pays my trips to
all the ports around the world, which
is another nice part of the job. After
all the current race is from Alicante
(Spain) to Cape Town (S. Africa),
Kochi (India), Singapore, Qingdao
(China), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil),
Boston (USA), Galway (Ireland),
Marstrand and Stockholm (Sweden)
and finishes end June 2009 in St.
Petersburg (Russia). Among those
are still a few ports I haven’t visited,
yet… Unfortunately, besides the work
with the team in every port, only a
little spare time is left. If the start is
on a Saturday, I arrive on Thursday
and leave already on Sunday. In some
cases even Saturday evening.
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Fired
Since Delta Lloyd only entered the
race one month before the actual
start of it, the preparation was
somewhat ‘undersized’. Delta Lloyd’s
goal was not to win this race, but to
gain experience. In the Netherlands
Delta Lloyd is the main sponsor of
several sailing events and its goal is
to participate seriously in the next
Volvo Ocean Race in three years. That
goal needs the necessary experience.
Finishing in St. Petersburg and
demonstrating a well sailed race
– perhaps even a podium place or
two – should take care of enough
enthusiasm in the Netherlands to join
the race in three years time.
The boat that Delta Lloyd got her hands
on is the last race’s winner, the ABN
AMRO ONE. Apparently a secondhand boat, but certainly one that can
seriously battle with the other boats.
Obviously it is difficult to assemble
a good qualified crew for such an
important race on such short notice.
In this world the sailors usually have
signed contracts for longer periods.
Nevertheless, Delta Lloyd succeeded
to complete a group of good sailors.
The only thing that lacked was the
experience to sail together in one
group. Fortunately these men are
used to sail on different boats and
in different teams. The first leg, from
Alicante to Cape Town, was also their
first practice trip on which the team
learned a lot. In the following legs the
experience only got bigger. Because
it was not possible to recruit all the
crew members for the whole race, the
crew changed quite often. Also the
opinions on board were not always in
phase. Sometimes that caused crew
members to be fired. In Singapore
this happened to the navigator, Matt
Gregory (USA). Differences in opinion
••••• Volvo Ocean Race 2008-2009 •••••
between him and the skipper (Roberto
Bermudez de Castro aka Chuny –
Spain) were the reason that Matt was
sacked. A tough decision, because
where do you get a new navigator
on such short notice. Hopes were at
Wouter Verbraak, after all the team
he worked for (Team Russia) quitted
the race due to financial problems.
Unfortunately Wouter already had
other plans; he was sailing a race from
Cape Town to Rio de Janeiro. Chuny
suggested asking me for the job as
navigator. After all I sailed one leg
before in one of the previous versions
of the race (Whitbread Race 19971998) and, on top of that, we wan
that leg… The question reached me 10
days prior to the start and it was clear
from the beginning: I was going to sail
again. It promised to become a tough
leg and from that point of view I was
not so anxious to go. The greater part
of the leg was sailing upwind against
the North East monsoon, followed by
a big storm. The trip from Singapore
to Qingdao was estimated at eleven
days (± 2.400 miles). My previous
experience lasted only a little longer
than three days…
‘Dangerous Grounds’
Team Delta Lloyd’s start in Singapore
on Sunday 18 January, was not their
best. After all, manoeuvring with this
type of boats is not as easy as in a
dingy. Nevertheless, we were chasing
the opposition and did not give away
much. Soon it started to blow and
that is sensed very well on board.
They sail 15 knots fairly easy and that
is not comfortable with head winds
and waves. Pitching and hitting the
waves very hard happened every ten
to fifteen minutes. Not very relaxed
on these ‘Spartan’ carbon fibre ships.
It shook and bounced in all directions.
This lasted a few days and finally I got
used to it. Still, these types of boats
remain very noisy en wild on which
there are only a few quiet moments.
To try and get some sleep is also a
challenge. Get your moments when
you can. You may have to wait a long
time for the next possible moment.
After a few days sailing the long term
forecast announced some heavy
weather. The organization had an
eye for that as well and put an extra
way point on the route. We were
now forced to keep the Philippine
coast. Personally I regretted that, but
supposedly, the organization had more
and better information that eventually
led to this solution. On the approach
of the way point I expected less wind
nearer to the shore. The two Ericsson
boats went that way and proved this
to be correct. More offshore, however,
we were forced to sail through an
area that is described in the chart
• • MIM July 2009 ••••••
17
fibres with a lamination layer on both
sides. The violent movements of the
sails that are all in the wind make the
layers to separate from each other.
This process is called de-lamination.
In our case it ripped a great part of the
mainsail. On top of that the boom fell
on one of the steering wheels, which
broke on the impact. This was bad
news. At that very spot we were not
able to do anything but fortunately we
were close to the Philippine shore and
could possibly find some shelter. After
a quick decision the trysail was hoisted
and a route to the nearest shore was
plotted. The shelter was found in a
small secluded bay near the village
Salomague. Within 24 hours we fixed
the mainsail and the steering wheel
and were able to continue the race.
•••••••••• Start leg four: Singapore - Qingdao •••
Among the opposition the high wind
speeds had made more victims.
Telefonica Black was with major
damage on her way back to Manila.
Puma also sought shelter from the
storm to recover and the Green
Dragon found the same bay for
repairs as we did. After our repairs we
rejoined the race and were sailing in
a fifth position. We still had to fight
for some places higher on the leader
board and that is exactly what we were
going to do.
•••• Frits Koek navigates the Delta Lloyd 1 •••••
as ‘Dangerous Grounds’. The many
shallows, shoals and uncharted parts
did not look very attractive. Also we
met a lot of drift wood. Some of which
were tree trunks with a diameter of 1
meter. Luckily we did not see them
during the night and we sailed on
with high speeds. On Friday one of
the helmsmen noticed that we hit
something, probably a piece of wood.
One of the speedometers (a small
paddle wheel) was hit by it and broke
off. The collision did not seem to
have damaged much more. We sailed
along the way point (South Rock /
18
••••• MIM July 2009 • ••
Scarborough Reef ) in fourth position
which gave a boost to the crew on
board. We literally were in the middle
of the fleet of seven participating
boats...
Indescribable
Meanwhile the wind increased and it
made sense to put a reef in the mainsail,
maybe even two, considering the
forecasted wind. Unluckily something
went wrong. Reefing is done with the
bow into the wind. The mainsail is all
in the wind and that is a vulnerable
position. The sails are made of carbon
Crossing Luzon Strait (between
the Philippines and Taiwan) was
very rough. High speed head winds
from NE’ly directions sent us to the
Taiwan shore. There we tacked to
the east, followed by another tack to
the north, again. At that moment we
were making 7 to 9 knots on a triple
reefed mainsail and a storm jib.
Wind speeds increased to 25 to 35
knots with wave heights around 4 to
5 meters. Sometimes we experienced
a following current up to 3 knots.
With this wind speed and direction
the waves soon became steep and
uncomfortable and seemed to come
from all directions. The blows we took
in this chaotic wave field sometimes
were indescribable.
Lamination sounds
On one of the inspection rounds we
noticed a crack in one of the frames
in the bow section. We contacted the
builder and he guaranteed us that this
was not a big issue. Apparently this
frame was inserted afterwards as an
extra frame. However, within 24 hours
more cracks appeared in this frame,
and additionally strange noises were
heard. The boat specialist on board
recognized it as the-lamination
sounds. Apparently the hull on the
outside, near the cracked frame, was
de-laminating. This caused the foam
core to absorb water. A part of the
hull felt like a waterbed… At that very
moment we could have hit a wave that
would have smashed a serious hole in
the hull. Quickly it was decided to find
a good refuge to assess the damage.
The nearest port was Keelung in north
Taiwan. ‘Only’ 65 miles from our
position, but with the storm jib and
trysail we were only able to sail at 5
knots. Still another 12 hours before
we could reach safety. I contacted the
Taiwanese Search and Rescue and the
Coastguard. They sent out a cutter
to accompany us for ‘just in case’. A
comforting feeling. On board all was
prepared for a possible ‘abandon
ship’. Everybody slipped into their
survival suit and all safety equipment
was prepared and ready to be used.
On Wednesday morning at 07:00
hours we sailed into Keelung harbour.
We were accompanied by drizzle and
apparently it was a national holiday
in Taiwan. Chinese New Year was
not where we were waiting for. All
authorities were closed and after
several phone calls we were able to
step ashore.
Volvo Ocean Race Crew List Leg Four: Singapore Qingdao
DELTA LLOYD
1. Roberto Bérmudez de Castro/ESP – skipper
2. Frits Koek/NED - navigator
3. Sander Pluijm/NED -MCM
4. Stuart Wilson/NZL – watch captain
5. Guillermo Altadill/ESP – watch captain
6. Andre Fonseca/BRA - helmsman
7. David Pella/ESP – trimmer/pitman
8. Edwin O’Connor/IRL – trimmer
9. Martin Watts/GBR – trimmer
10. Gerd-Jan Poortman/NED – bowman
11. Morgan White/AUS - bowman
On:
Frits Koek/NED – navigator
Guillermo Altadill/ESP – watch captain
Andre Fonseca/BRA – helmsman
David Pella/ESP – trimmer/pitman
Blow in the face
Off:
Matthew Gregory/USA - navigator
Later that week
the Team Delta
Lloyd’s
Ryan Houston/NZL
– watch
captain show what we were able to do. We had
Peter Van Nierkerk/ NED – helmsman
specialistsEduard
arrived
concluded
that a good chance to become third in this
vanand
Lierde//NED
– helmsman
there was too much damage to the leg, but we were racing and that race
ERICSSON 4
boat to1.safely
Torbencontinue
Grael/BRA -racing.
skipper The was discontinued - just like that.
2. Jules Salter/GBR - navigator
piece of3. wood
that
we
had
Guy Salter/GBR - MCM collided
4.
Brad Jackson/NZL
watch captain
with was apparently
the –cause
of all
5. Stu Bannatyne/NZL – watch captain
the problems.
It was decided
6. Dave Endean/NZL
- pitmanto quit Photo’s: Rick Tomlinson and Sander
7. Horacio Carabelli/BRA - trimmer
the current
leg to
Qingdao
and put the Pluijm. With thanks to Volvo Ocean
8. Tony
Mutter/NZL
- trimmer
Joao Signorini/BRA
trimmer
boat on9.transport
to Rio -de
Janeiro. Race and Team Delta Lloyd.
10. Ryan Godfrey/AUS - bowman
11. Philthat
Jameson/NZL
– bowman
This meant
the boat
was not
sailing
in
the
leg
from
China
to
Brazil.
No changes
For the sailors this was an absolute
blow in the face, but inevitable. The
team recovered in Rio and prepared
for the rest of the race. Considering the
little time we had for our preparations
ahead of the race, this was the best
option.
For me the stop in Taiwan was the
end of my adventure as a navigator.
I returned home and prepared for the
next assignment, the research for the
leg from Rio to Boston, starting in
the beginning of April. All in all it was
an impressive experience, one that I
will not forget very soon. On one side
it certainly is a privilege to be in the
middle of these kinds of races. On
the other side it was a situation that
I surely wanted to skip. The most
frustrating was that we could not
• • MIM July 2009 ••••••
19
Greenpeace ship to the
Greenland Petermann
Glacier
Scientists have warned that two of the largest
Greenland glaciers are near to breaking apart. A
piece as big as Manhattan broke lose from the
Petermann Glacier last July. NASA satellite images
show a hole on the glacier edge which might
possibly be an indication of a new and much
bigger crack. To protect the glacier ice against
further melt off experts covered a 8000 square
metre area of Greenland with a synthetic fleece.
On 11 June the Greenpeace vessel Arctic Sunrise
sailed for a four month trip to this Petermann
Glacier with on board scientists and journalists.
A few days before departure the master contacted
the PMO-Office asking if contributing weather
observations during the journey would be
••••••• Touching the Petermann Glasier carefully •••
appreciated. It certainly will, so PMO René
Rozeboom and MIM editor Peter Westenbrink went
to the Amsterdam Oranjehaven to equip the ship
for its expedition. In one of the next issues of MIM
we hope to have a report from Master Pete Willcox
about his experiences on this important voyage.
••• The Arctic Sunrise making itself ready for sailing off ••
20
••••• MIM July 2009 • ••
results, The list always refers to the past 12 months.
2008
2009
June July
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
April May
AALSMEERGRACHT PCAM 10
2
27
34
24
24
33
30
18
22
62
11
ACHTERGRACHT
PCCL 29
29
46
53
59
34
22
34
24
21
79
103
ADMIRALENGRACHT PCDE 23
38
6
61
51
23
26
47
30
20
53
81
ADRIATIC
PJHB 0
8
18
8
33
13
37
29
26
35
53
39
AFRICABORG
PHMH
48
78
41
29
14
39
63
79
106
37
ALBLASGRACHT
PCIG 22
6
29
21
27
27
10
29
33
25
12
0
ALEXANDERGRACHT PCKU 44
35
32
31
24
50
26
18
80
41
26
22
AMERICABORG
PHKT 16
36
43
27
57
1
47
29
19
9
0
0
AMSTELGRACHT
PCPR 18
26
11
17
8
28
12
8
14
73
15
0
ANJELIERSGRACHT PCGQ 37
18
79
25
23
24
7
36
3
0
0
0
ANKERGRACHT
PCQL 0
33
21
21
130
90
106
110
8
17
0
10
ANTILLA
PJJI
51
12
3
5
3
21
24
18
1
21
42
25
APOLLOGRACHT
PCSV 59
19
63
73
53
71
27
22
9
19
25
22
ARCHANGELGRACHT PCTG 14
28
0
18
57
32
0
28
8
50
24
18
ARNEBORG
PHHD 22
34
31
31
42
38
46
59
54
9
31
7
ARTISGRACHT
PCUI 31
78
31
34
43
46
28
13
32
50
38
56
ARUBA
PJJH 46
75
8
72
84
19
36
43
9
0
51
0
ASIABORG
PHIW 0
11
7
13
8
15
40
34
26
47
31
31
ASIATIC
C6KE3 51
47
67
53
68
63
45
44
25
9
9
6
ATLANTICBORG
PHNG 88
81
52
64
53
34
43
43
29
42
72
71
ATLASGRACHT
PCVX 0
12
24
26
17
42
53
82
43
17
14
8
AVATAQ
PFPT 30
0
0
0
0
0
0
21
34
16
27
3
BASTIAAN BROERE PCZM 15
0
5
4
1
0
19
11
27
3
15
20
BENGUELA STREAM PENR 87
104
150
129
150
137
118
48
38
10
29
19
BERGE PACIFIC
LAIK5
73
24
64
62
0
30
74
BERGE STAHL
LATO2 52
61
45
35
61
46
55
29
68
60
0
15
BUZZARD BAY
A8JH8 51
46
42
27
31
27
0
10
35
67
54
31
COLD STREAM
PJRH 35
17
27
9
24
55
59
48
25
11
19
23
COMOROS STREAM A8IP4 6
15
17
21
21
8
21
10
43
70
91
58
COOL EXPRESS
PDKK 48
60
30
19
15
20
27
17
21
22
12
21
CORAL CARBONIC
TBWA05 56
68
52
38
23
46
58
31
37
33
63
38
CORAL FAVIA
TBWA08 45
2
0
31
59
51
20
4
0
13
24
54
CORAL ISIS
gestopt TBWA18 0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
CORAL MEANDRA
TBWA09 57
9
27
32
24
5
2
0
2
13
3
4
CORAL METHANE
0
0
CORAL MILLEPORA TBWA10 27
27
4
69
146
98
88
57
121
44
59
50
CORAL OBELIA
TBWA06 104
107
71
49
90
80
87
54
51
58
41
16
CORAL PALMATA
TBWA16 61
37
92
77
41
37
24
31
25
18
14
5
CORAL PAVONA
ELXG9 9
9
6
22
42
37
32
22
25
15
11
28
CORAL RIGIDA
TBWA15 9
17
11
13
7
3
4
16
28
36
42
21
CORAL RUBRUM
TBWA13 15
20
29
12
0
12
11
9
8
44
35
22
DANIELLA
PDNN 22
45
14
50
42
69
45
47
56
21
65
9
DUTCH AQUAMARINEPCHS 58
31
7
42
32
18
75
40
45
173
144
34
DUTCH EMERALD
PCIP 29
36
42
34
36
100
31
93
25
113
55
23
DUTCH FAITH
PDTM 0
0
15
4
0
0
2
5
0
0
2
3
DUTCH MARINER
PDTT 27
11
18
28
10
2
4
10
2
13
14
14
DUTCH MATE
PDTQ 10
0
5
0
37
24
0
24
14
4
25
0
DUTCH NAVIGATOR PDTP 24
43
28
48
54
33
26
27
33
27
36
51
DUTCH PROGRESS PDTV 24
22
16
2
6
1
0
0
15
10
0
2
DUTCH SPIRIT
PDTO 69
2
19
54
14
11
43
5
2
14
39
15
EAGLE BAY
A8JH7 17
28
20
4
13
31
62
51
31
30
72
67
EDAMGRACHT
PDWZ 46
61
66
47
48
66
60
86
96
75
46
4
EDISONGRACHT PDUJ 69
0
0
0
0
0
0
37
35
39
13
5
EDITH MAERSK
OXOR2
8
39
25
27
39
59
53
EEMSGRACHT
PDXQ 6
3
1
27
12
37
59
58
39
38
46
4
EENDRACHT
PDVN 0
14
12
1
9
35
9
0
14
33
3
4
EGELANTIERSGRACHTPDWT 46
79
49
30
19
4
2
49
59
77
5
1
EGMONDGRACHT
PDWG 16
32
28
32
34
19
46
55
29
48
59
72
ELANDSGRACHT
PDYI 46
18
5
0
0
0
1
80
58
15
33
7
ELLY MAERSK
OXHY2
47
65
51
32
22
10
16
ELSEBETH
A8IO2 21
7
29
60
63
25
43
45
23
56
34
40
ELVIRA
A8IP2 40
38
22
23
7
21
24
40
51
49
45
31
EMERALD
A8IP3 13
17
31
22
12
23
0
52
23
47
31
3
EMMAGRACHT
PDYX 0
0
0
0
1
8
13
22
8
62
61
70
EMMA MAERSK
OYGR2
0
27
23
34
36
19
21
ERASMUSGRACHT PDYV 37
11
13
10
29
25
21
7
23
48
38
38
ESMERALDA
A8IN8 47
53
39
37
58
60
61
83
51
51
21
4
• • MIM July
Total
297
533
459
299
534
241
429
284
230
252
546
226
462
277
404
480
443
263
487
672
338
131
120
1019
327
527
421
352
381
312
543
303
0
178
0
790
808
462
258
207
217
485
699
617
31
153
143
430
98
287
426
701
198
250
330
134
420
470
263
243
446
391
274
245
160
300
565
2009 ••••••
21
2008
June July
Aug
Sep
2009
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
April May
EUROGRACHT
PDZR 0
64
42
51
28
72
53
29
35
55
EUROPA
PDZS 0
0
0
50
56
51
65
67
49
60
EVA N A8Q J7 46
28
10
28
48
50
42
35
23
52
EVELYN MAERSK
OXHV2
19
53
47
13
0
FAIRLANE
PBFW 14
41
31
32
12
6
22
17
1
6
FAIRLIFT
PEBM 18
0
19
12
18
4
17
48
31
28
FAIRLOAD
PEBP 25
13
0
15
43
52
86
65
54
75
FAIRMAST
PHEB 56
45
57
48
50
33
9
9
12
52
FAIRPARTNER
PHEC 0
0
2
60
14
6
11
27
39
39
FALCON BAY
A8JI2 56
59
70
17
17
19
9
23
9
24
FLINTERDUIN
PEBT 0
0
0
0
0
0
0
49
56
48
HAPPY BUCCANEER PEND 28
36
30
44
20
41
23
19
39
34
HAPPY RANGER
PCER 39
37
36
7
2
18
6
13
4
3
HAPPY RIVER
PCAW 64
210
216
25
99
74
42
55
62
109
HAPPY ROVER
PCBZ 61
69
47
61
39
63
35
33
57
56
HAWK BAY
A8JH9 42
36
50
39
46
47
37
6
11
40
HOLLAND KLIPPER PESF 51
11
23
63
15
52
37
15
17
82
IVER EXACT
PHJV 5
60
33
35
38
22
45
74
80
77
IVER EXCEL
PCBU 53
54
35
35
63
73
77
51
52
59
IVER EXPERIENCE
PECF 12
12
2
10
5
7
7
68
64
23
IVER EXPERT
PCEX 34
47
45
40
44
20
38
15
23
18
IVER EXPORTER
PFBF 52
67
55
32
34
11
47
54
40
60
JACOBUS BROERE
PEYU 5
17
16
11
19
1
29
0
7
13
JO CEDAR
PFDI 20
15
28
37
5
60
2
18
48
29
JO SELJE
PFEI 70
39
13
90
13
8
35
44
25
19
JO SPRUCE
PFAS 19
23
17
53
51
4
27
77
43
45
JO SYCAMORE
LAOO5 20
31
36
49
48
27
38
43
45
42
JO SYPRESS
PFSK 0
35
33
53
0
37
34
4
37
22
JOHANNES MAERSK OWFDZ 15
37
26
14
41
17
31
55
32
32
JOINT FROST
PJOJ 23
11
30
19
39
0
0
0
48
78
JUMBO CHALLENGER PHED 4
9
19
32
3
16
12
15
5
46
JUMBO JAVELIN
PHEG 0
0
0
28
37
57
36
11
9
7
JUMBO SPIRIT
PFFH 0
0
6
31
39
28
0
0
0
18
KLIPPER STREAM
PHBO
0
189
199
177
128
LAURA MAERSK
OWKI2
LICA MAERSK
OWAY212
26
71
53
43
85
65
58
62
107
LOMBOK STRAIT
A8IO3 0
0
40
32
3
0
0
0
0
66
LONDON
PCBI 0
32
67
0
69
92
9
0
0
2
LUZON STRAIT
A81O4 0
2
20
21
7
15
10
16
18
20
MAERSK INNOSHIMA PHPP
0
0
34
79
13
73
MAERSK INVERNESS PBDH 0
0
62
82
64
34
54
58
60
0
MAERSL IZMIR
PHOB
0
0
69
56
65
21
40
37
MAERSK KALMAR
PDHP 43
24
38
52
50
36
37
15
36
32
MAERSK KAMPALA PFDH 26
43
50
49
8
33
65
32
18
39
MAERSK KIMI
PDHO 42
26
40
16
21
14
39
51
34
62
MAERSK KLAIPEDA PBAS 54
23
40
35
34
39
20
23
23
35
MAERSK PALERMO PHDW 62
16
54
65
77
49
41
60
62
44
MAERSK PEMBROKE PDHY 51
58
50
51
63
71
74
74
49
51
MAERSK PENANG
TBWA0160
53
53
49
60
49
50
53
35
57
MAERSK SALALAH
PHPG
23
29
29
16
28
26
40
MAERSK SALINA
PHPR
53
49
MAERSK SAVANNAH PHPS
7
30
20
13
18
MAERSK STEPNICA PHNH 20
32
33
35
41
39
23
25
20
23
MAERSK STOCKHOLMPHPQ
39
14
18
37
18
19
16
MAGDALENA GREEN PBCK 69
90
0
6
10
5
4
23
48
17
MAKIRI GREEN
C6VX8 19
41
46
40
50
7
22
5
13
33
MARINUS GREEN
PECS 23
4
2
53
26
51
38
51
27
17
MARISSA GREEN
PBAG 61
20
8
7
47
58
75
6
56
50
MARLENE GREEN
PBCJ 0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
17
29
MERINO EXPRESS DYKY 32
54
85
50
64
42
36
43
23
22
MIGHTY SERVANT 1 PJVZ 30
102
100
0
0
19
35
41
6
63
NASSAUBORG
PHDU 28
53
66
65
76
73
71
76
115
85
NICKERIE
PJJL
0
13
7
31
21
17
83
16
38
79
NLL BARENTSZ
PHKL 11
16
27
23
32
20
30
38
23
22
NLL MERCATOR
PCIM 22
40
25
38
28
20
27
25
30
23
NOVA CALEDONIA 9HIH5 33
6
22
31
44
0
96
108
19
44
NOVA TERRA
C6IZ7 34
38
10
0
54
11
20
11
4
1
22
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47
66
26
55
61
21
16
74
25
79
53
12
12
139
62
38
23
55
51
52
28
37
5
22
31
19
58
4
38
53
48
26
21
96
25
62
61
0
5
69
40
51
36
22
34
60
34
36
57
37
60
21
23
36
21
43
32
65
51
8
104
62
89
8
29
33
0
42
112
61
67
69
6
42
78
34
19
29
73
16
43
60
45
38
67
54
21
33
61
35
65
30
46
75
5
12
39
51
46
54
124
67
69
58
0
7
42
40
66
37
40
30
44
66
55
59
18
50
30
25
39
16
53
25
57
21
1
26
29
25
20
15
44
0
Total
518
576
449
254
312
222
486
523
257
401
235
399
193
1138
643
437
427
591
657
283
385
550
158
349
417
424
512
264
350
340
260
257
197
913
92
713
260
271
141
310
494
405
436
425
409
430
630
683
635
246
212
139
339
236
309
372
349
510
118
460
526
799
419
270
322
480
183
2008
June July
Aug
Sep
2009
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
April May
NOVA ZEELANDIA
PJHA 54
56
1
26
35
18
0
0
0
ORANJEBORG
PIAG 25
9
30
34
39
48
23
10
0
PACIFIC
PGQI 23
11
15
46
41
74
44
58
88
PELAGIA
PGRQ 37
110
101
93
135
163
195
125
170
POLARSTREAM
DDBR27
7
9
0
48
73
55
0
35
PRINCE OF SEAS
A8JI5 73
75
15
15
7
14
27
35
35
PRINSENBORG
PBJF 22
62
16
2
18
44
16
19
107
PRINS J. W. FRISO
TBW07 43
28
23
36
52
46
37
29
17
RHONEBORG
PEDS 0
0
0
15
16
33
14
8
0
ROTTERDAM
PDGS 96
16
64
144
154
114
118
132
143
ROTTERDAM (smitwijs)PHPO 0
76
63
20
60
58
14
51
42
ROYAL KLIPPER
PCIH 93
81
82
80
76
99
85
76
73
RUHR NEU
A8KU7
18
19
15
28
49
SAIMAAGRACHT
PHCQ 33
51
49
73
12
35
37
49
109
SAMPOGRACHT
PHDL 41
42
47
33
32
15
41
33
34
SANTA LUCIA
A8IP5 65
39
38
45
53
34
27
52
46
SANTA MARIA
A8IN7 16
19
39
66
62
56
13
4
8
SCHELDEGRACHT
PFAQ 15
6
14
14
31
26
42
77
42
SCHIPPERSGRACHT PCGR 75
30
36
7
0
0
2
31
4
SINGAPORE
PHHB 33
49
16
5
87
11
70
25
0
SINGELGRACHT
PCGM 35
38
7
20
20
46
26
35
31
SLOTERGRACHT
PDBP 6
30
27
37
37
13
62
47
55
SLUISGRACHT
PFBE 23
54
55
56
58
37
47
52
40
SNOEKGRACHT
PCHF 15
7
42
44
77
32
17
34
39
SPAARNEGRACHT
PDBO 10
32
35
33
37
21
14
45
1
SPIEGELGRACHT
PCEO 14
31
20
48
21
49
36
22
41
SPRING BOB
PCBT 42
61
56
20
49
32
36
45
54
SPRING BOK
PBFM 53
33
46
46
44
48
40
51
52
SPRING DELI
PJFF 45
30
14
40
31
15
44
23
0
SPRING PANDA
PHQX 43
58
59
51
33
25
0
17
33
SPRING TIGER
PCBV 24
76
56
49
33
19
30
37
56
SPUIGRACHT
PBBB 59
49
32
53
68
72
76
63
41
STAD AMSTERDAM PECA 11
22
25
2
5
17
32
8
13
STADIONGRACHT
PDBY 54
42
20
35
28
10
11
2
19
STATENGRACHT
PHAQ 17
24
26
38
19
21
18
72
47
STELLA NOVA
PHQW 25
50
29
38
47
5
11
31
3
STELLA PRIMA
PHEA 1
0
0
79
68
33
26
30
7
STELLA WEGA
PHHQ 12
27
43
12
28
52
6
0
0
SUOMIGRACHT
PHBT 32
28
21
7
30
11
49
38
70
TIMCA
PHFL 27
53
57
45
36
54
58
49
38
TIMOR STREAM
A8IN9
TRACER
PHAC 0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
9
TRAMPER
PHAA 102
68
3
11
6
49
59
99
57
TRANSPORTER
PHAL 0
0
0
45
32
24
52
45
6
TRAVELLER
PHAM 53
32
69
7
0
26
54
83
18
UAL ABERDEEN
PBHZ 6
51
35
15
30
8
35
74
26
UAL TEXAS
PBEN 1
0
35
58
22
3
1
10
31
UMIA VUT PFQE 43
0
0
0
0
1
47
50
48
Totaal
5340 5664 5580 5946 6262 5882 6420 6660 6168
0
25
34
99
5
33
44
49
0
71
39
80
73
96
84
35
46
51
2
0
30
30
38
40
31
14
53
59
23
65
64
71
14
6
28
35
22
0
38
56
26
8
16
50
51
12
75
69
7035
0
45
39
156
12
30
18
27
1
2
52
57
34
68
33
64
61
46
12
0
12
23
20
41
76
16
31
11
15
52
76
57
57
14
22
11
33
0
53
34
56
5
43
68
48
22
73
58
6974
23
25
4
153
17
15
32
10
3
83
65
52
22
21
20
82
16
50
10
0
27
5
23
56
117
10
0
12
15
25
65
53
3
26
70
9
36
0
9
58
22
18
66
51
8
27
90
57
6127
Total
213
313
477
1537
268
374
400
397
90
1137
540
934
258
633
455
580
406
414
209
296
327
372
503
444
452
322
479
495
295
461
585
694
209
267
402
294
335
180
386
565
104
40
579
373
449
341
399
373
73219
ROYAL NAVY - From the participating navy vessels 310 observations were received by GTS.
The Fleet
During the second quarter of 2009 six ships stopped making observations: the Nova Friesia, the Karla
Omayra, the Hedwig Oldendorff, the Super Servant 3, the Super Servant 4 and the Dutch Pilot.
We would like to welcome three new ships: the Coral Methane, the Laura Maersk and the Ardea.
A fourth ship, the Arctic Sunrise, will do obs temporary.
Change of names: none.
The Dutch VOS-fleet is made up of 181 Selected Ships and 31 Royal Navy ships.
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10
TOP
RANKING
2009
The Top 10 list looks at the calander year.
There will always be a difference in number of OBS’s with the list of results.
January Sum
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
KLIPPER STREAM
ROTTERDAM
PELAGIA
ANKERGRACHT
NOVA CALEDONIA TRAMPER
DUTCH EMERALD
EDAMGRACHT
TRAVELLER
ATLASGRACHT
196
134
122
103
101
95
92
83
81
79
March
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
24
KLIPPER STREAM
PELAGIA
ROTTERDAM
NASSAUBORG
DUTCH AQUAMARINE
EDAMGRACHT
SAIMAAGRACHT
DUTCH EMERALD
IVER EXACT
LICA MAERSK
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128
99
71
85
173
75
96
113
77
107
196
134
122
103
101
95
92
83
81
79
Febuary Sum
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
KLIPPER STREAM
PELAGIA
ROTTERDAM
NASSAUBORG
EDAMGRACHT
CORAL MILLEPORA
SAIMAAGRACHT
TRAMPER
IVER EXACT
ROYAL KLIPPER
Sum
501
391
348
276
256
254
253
230
228
225
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
KLIPPER STREAM
PELAGIA
DUTCH AQUAMARINE
HAPPY RIVER
ROTTERDAM
NASSAUBORG
SAIMAAGRACHT
EDAMGRACHT
HAWK BAY
LICA MAERSK
177
170
143
115
96
121
109
57
80
73
373
292
277
191
179
175
157
152
151
144
April
Sum
96
156
144
139
2
62
68
46
113
62
597
547
400
363
350
338
321
300
294
287
May Sum
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
KLIPPER STREAM
PELAGIA
DUTCH AQUAMARINE
ROTTERDAM
HAPPY RIVER
NASSAUBORG
LICA MAERSK
EUROPA
IVER EXACT
SAIMAAGRACHT
?
?
?
124
153
34
83
43
29
69
112
67
21
721
700
434
433
406
367
356
351
350
342
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
July Sum
August Sum
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
September Sum
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
October Sum
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
November Sum
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
?
?
?
?
June Sum
December Sum
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
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On the
rocks
Henk Eijkenaar, master of the Flinterduin, took
these pictures on June 7th east of Belle Island
Strait, New Foundland. ‘Even in the summer we’ve
found some ice for our whisky, been noticed by
friendly eyes and had to sail in reverse now and
then to avoid a Titanic effect’, he wrote to the
PMO-Office. Here, at the office, after a heated
discussion about the sunspot cycle, some cooling
down was very welcome and led to the unanimous
decision to publish these pictures.
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Ship tracks in the northern
Pacific Ocean photographed
by the Terra satellite
on March 4th 2009
ATTENTIE * ATTENTION!
LES EIK (Noorwegen) en ARVI (India)
We vragen jullie vriendelijk doch nadrukkelijk om
weerwaarnemingen NIET via EIK (AORE: 104) te
versturen maar dat alleen te doen als alternatief.
Gebruik ARVI (IOR: 306) alleen binnen METAREA 8
(NOORD) te gebruiken. Zo wordt voorkomen dat de
rederijen voor de verzendkosten opdraaien.
LES EIK (Norway) and ARVI (India)
We kindly but expressly ask you NOT to send any
weather observations through EIK (AORE: 104) in
the first place but only as alternative. Please use
ARVI (IOR: 306) only within METAREA 8 (NORTH).
This will help shipping companies avoid being invoiced for these transmission costs.
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