Bouvet Island News

The saga of reaching Bouvet goes on... SAD NEWS. Excerpts from a very long press release dated March 26th, the 3Y0I team was just 70 nautical miles off Bouvet Island, and the ship was "hit by a series of 11+ meters (36+ ft) tall waves + wind exceeding 83 knots/h (approx. 160 km/h). The fierce oceanic forces swept past the upper deck, taking one of the radars, including VSAT, VHF and HF marine antennas, off the mast and throwing them all overboard. The hit was so hard the vessel tilted as much as 45°." On March 27th, it was reported that all team members and crew were safe, but "with lack of the most important navigational tools, the captain declared it was not safe to navigate and they needed to go back to Cape Town to secure both all participants on the board, their equipment and the vessel's gear." Also from press release, the 3Y0I team stated that the the "3Y0I Expedition is NOT cancelled – we don't give up that easily".... The "3Y0I’s events will be long discussed and analyzed by the Team to 'attack' the island one more time – as soon as possible –again all marked with 'safety-first' principles." To read the complete Press Release #4 written by Stan, SP8S, the 3Y0I Press officer, see: https://bouvetoya.org/3yoi-postponed While this was being written, two more press releases were posted (one short and one very long) by Stan, SP8S, on March 28th. They contain more details about what happened and an audio conversation with Dom, 3Z9DX, on 20 meters. They can be read at: Press Release #5 (HAMS SIMPLY ROCK!) -- https://bouvetoya.org/hams-simply-rock Press Release #6 (3Y0I TO BE CONTINUED!) -- https://bouvetoya.org/3yoi-to-be-continued As of press time, the "Atlantic Tuna" was reported to be in a middle of another storm. The "Atlantic Tuna" can be tracked at the following Web sites: https://www.vesselfinder.com/?imo=7225051 https://www.marinetraffic.com/ en/ais/details/ships/shipid:5786633/mmsi:601070100 https://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp? glId=0tARRAqk3ftzEN8 piDb2UOWqGrnOX349o For more details and updates, we suggest to watch the following Web pages: 3Y0I Bouvetoya Web site: https://bouvetoya.org Rebel DX Group Web site: https://www.rebeldxgroup.com 3Y0I_JA Support Team Web site: http://jouban.jp/3y0i_ja (For JA stations) 3Y0I Bouvetoya on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bouvetoya.org Rebel DX Group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rebeldxgroup Bouvetoya Twitter: https://twitter.com/Bouvetoyaorg via OPDX