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In the last few years I have become more involved in the Salty Dawg Sailing Association <\/a>and will be participating in their spring rally<\/a> north from Tortola. My\u00a0plan is to participate in some of the events over the next few days leading up to a planned departure on or about May 15th. \u00a0A really neat feature of this event is that you can track the fleet as they make their way north on a dedicated page for the rally.<\/p>\nThis link will take you to a shared page<\/a> that will show all participants. \u00a0To see the group, as they make their way north, all you need to do is to put “SDR” in the group section on the left (see below) and then select the days that you want to see the positions for. \u00a0 Once we leave, you can put in a range of 05\/15\/2017 to the current day and then see the track of the fleet for the entire rally period to date or just the dates that you want to track the fleet for. \u00a0You can also focus on a single vessel on the right and look at that track only. \u00a0 This is what the page looks like. \u00a0I think it’s pretty neat.\u00a0 I also have a dedicated page on my blog “where in the world is Pandora<\/a>” that will allow you to track our progress with a new position report every two hours while I am underway. Or, you can go right to the shared page\/map for Pandora herself by clicking here<\/a>. \u00a0This page includes the track that Brenda and I took over the winter so you can see that we covered a lot of ground. \u00a0Here’s a screenshot of\u00a0what that page looks like, actually. So, that’s the plan and if you check back as we get closer to departure, I’ll report more on our plans. \u00a0 As always, you can sign up on the home page to get a message when I post so you’ll have the latest.<\/p>\n I also plan on posting to my blog via the SSB radio most days while we are underway so you’ll be able to “be there” with us, minus the motion sickness, and follow how we are doing.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_0098.png\")
Anyway, it’s a nice feature and a fun event. \u00a0I’ll be leaving Tortola on our about May 17th, after my crew arrives so you’ll be able to follow Pandora on that map too. \u00a0 The boats in the fleet are going to a number of areas such as Bermuda, Hampton VA, as well as areas in New England so they will be quite spread out.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_0099.png\")
It’s neat that you can also zoom-in and right click on any individual position report and see the actual speed for us at that point. \u00a0We may not have\u00a0much wind, unlike the gales that carried Pandora south in January, according to the long range forecast so we might be going pretty slow. \u00a0Of course, as Chris Parker, our weather router would say, “that’s a long way out, so conditions may (probably) change”.<\/p>\n