<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif;font-size:large">Calma, leiam tudo e não se fiquem pelos cabeçalhos.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif;font-size:large">A expedição foi _ADIADA_<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif;font-size:large">
<p>3YØI Press Release #4<br>
March 27, 2019</p>
<h2>3YØI POSTPONED</h2>
<p>And yet! After dramatic events <a href="https://bouvetoya.org/bouvet-vs-hams-20/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">earlier today</a>,
the captain of the MV Atlantic Tuna had to take a difficult but
responsible decision to take a course back to Cape Town, South Africa.
But the 3YØI Expedition <span style="color:rgb(153,51,0)"><strong>is NOT cancelled</strong></span> – we don’t give up that easily </p>
<p>I just had a long conversation with Dom 3Z9DX on board on the MV
Atlantic Tuna. The seas calmed down enough to let them do a proper
technical inspection of damages caused by the severe cyclonic storm last
night. Here are more details on the latest dramatic events.</p>
<p>On March 26, 2019, the vessel had been approaching a cyclonal storm
wandering nearby Bouvet Island. The captain analyzed the latest weather
reports indicating a chance to break through the storm – it hadn’t been
that strong at that time. Unfortunately, the storm developed and
intensified in a matter of an hour. Around 5-6 o’clock GMT, just 70
nautical miles off Bouvet island, the ship has been 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° (but that’s still safe in terms of the vessel’s
construction).</p>
<p>EACH AND EVERY TEAM / CREW MEMBER IS FINE, FEELING OK AND SAFE!</p>
<p>With lack of the most important navigational tools, the captain
declared it’s not safe to navigate and they need to go back to Cape Town
to secure both all participants on the board, their equipment and the
vessel’s gear. In addition, all forecasts for coming hours are not
positive. The Team totally relies on the captain’s decisions – he has
more than 20 years of sailing experience in similar areas on both
hemispheres. The Team did not try to push things forward and they all
followed the captain’s order and agreed it’s better to postpone plans
for safety reasons.</p>
<p>The ship is now heading back for Cape Town, South Africa, and once
back it will go through a process of all necessary repairs and technical
inspections. Once the Team estimates the necessary time to fix
everything at the ship, another decision will be taken: to return to
Bouvetøya in yet April, or to postpone the expedition for next coming
season. Nevertheless…</p>
<h1><strong>THE DXPEDITION IS <span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">NOT</span> CANCELLED!</strong></h1>
<p>Regardless of the final outcome of our attempts, it’s clear that
activating Bouvet Island is one of the most difficult and the most
dangerous undertakes of the ham radio – and not only – history. Yet, the
3YØI’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.</p>
<p>The Team has dedicated more than 4 months living in Cape Town, right
next to the vessel, to prepare things in person. We have sacrificed
Christmas time and spent that special time without our families. And
yet, have spent an enormous amount of our private funds to make it all
happen for the ham radio’s sake. But we don’t give up, and we all know
we gained your trust in our current and future ham radio attempts. We
really appreciate that!</p>
<p>Until now, Bouvet Island vs. Hams 2:0! But that’s just the first half
of the show. Long live the ham radio legacy and its supporters!</p>
<p>Stan SP8S<br>
The 3YØI Press officer<br><br><br><br></p>
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<br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 11:28 PM João Costa > CT1FBF <<a href="mailto:ct1fbf@gmail.com">ct1fbf@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Defitivamente a "coisa" está a começar a estar amaldicoada. <div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Tenho muita pena pelo nosso colega <span style="background-color:rgb(243,243,243);color:rgb(29,29,29);font-family:Montserrat,sans-serif;font-size:20px;line-height:26px;text-align:center">José Araújo (CT1DSV), que era para mim o mais importante nesta DXpedicion. </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size:20px;line-height:26px;color:rgb(29,29,29);font-family:Montserrat,sans-serif;text-align:center"><br></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size:20px;line-height:26px;color:rgb(29,29,29);font-family:Montserrat,sans-serif;text-align:center">Os organizadores da DXpedicion anterior devem sentir que o futuro veio lhe dar alguma razão. O sitio é simplesmente terrivel em todos os aspectos e depois deste desaire, que para alguns tinha desde o principio muita coisa para correr mal, não vejo quem se queira meter numa aventura igual, a começar pelo seu astronomico custo.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size:20px;line-height:26px;color:rgb(29,29,29);font-family:Montserrat,sans-serif;text-align:center"><br></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size:20px;line-height:26px;color:rgb(29,29,29);font-family:Montserrat,sans-serif;text-align:center">João Costa (CT1FBF) </span></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">A qua, 27/03/2019, 22:18, CT1FOQ - Rodrigo Nunes (Rod) <<a href="mailto:ct1foq@gmail.com" target="_blank">ct1foq@gmail.com</a>> escreveu:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://dx-world.net/e51dom-mm-voyage-to-bouvet/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=e51dom-mm-voyage-to-bouvet" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://dx-world.net/e51dom-mm-voyage-to-bouvet/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=e51dom-mm-voyage-to-bouvet</a> <div> <br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail-m_6842869048509299959m_3287419309025411927gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>73 de</div><div><br></div><div><i style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#0000ff">Rodrigo Mata Nunes<b> (Rod)</b> - </font><b><font color="#0000ff">CT1FOQ / CS25FOQ</font></b></i></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font size="1"><font color="#0000ff">Tesoureiro da A.R.C. - </font></font></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255);font-size:x-small">Associação de Radioamadores de Coimbra</span></div><div><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=10HM3TwjSGXdDorb9_lQy61QiQ8diW1lt&revid=0B-Vmum8p4ta-UjRPOUNZTzhSWEdYT3dqSHpDdDV3ajBnUU9vPQ" width="49" height="96"><br><i style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b><font color="#0000ff"><br></font></b></i></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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