Part 3b: Pages 249 - 293

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Part 3b: Pages 249 - 293 Part 3b: Pages 249 - 293 From Portugal From Portugal to to Canary Islands Canary Islands

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Part 3b: Pages 249 - 293. From Portugal to Canary Islands. Colin and Julie leave Portugal. At the Tagus Harbour, getting ready to leave. Under the shadow Of the monument to Magellan, the first person to circumnavigate the globe, they set out into the Atlantic Ocean. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Transcript of Part 3b: Pages 249 - 293

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Part 3b: Pages 249 - 293Part 3b: Pages 249 - 293

From PortugalFrom Portugal

to to

Canary IslandsCanary Islands

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Colin and Julie leave Colin and Julie leave PortugalPortugal

Under the shadowOf the monument to Magellan, the first person to circumnavigatethe globe, they set out intothe Atlantic Ocean.

At the Tagus Harbour, getting ready to leave

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• Passing Cape de Passing Cape de Roca and heading Roca and heading into open oceaninto open ocean

• Seeing the coast of Seeing the coast of Portugal disappear Portugal disappear into the distanceinto the distance

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Why go south?Why go south?

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The CompetitionThe Competition

• The Ocean Rowing The Ocean Rowing Society Society discourages Colin discourages Colin and Julieand Julie

• Throws support Throws support behind Erden Eruc behind Erden Eruc and Tim Harveyand Tim Harvey

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Frightened by a FreighterFrightened by a Freighter

• Colin and Julie Colin and Julie about to be hit about to be hit by a freighterby a freighter

• The ship, named The ship, named NorcaNorca, was 180 , was 180 metres longmetres long

• Ship passed within Ship passed within 30 centimetres of 30 centimetres of their boattheir boat

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Hurricane VinceHurricane Vince

• On Julie’s birthday, On Julie’s birthday, the two found out the two found out about a hurricane, about a hurricane, formed near formed near Madeira, which was Madeira, which was moving toward themmoving toward them

• Hurricane about 600 Hurricane about 600 nautical miles awaynautical miles away

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Hurricane Vince, cont’d...Hurricane Vince, cont’d...

• Colin and Julie Colin and Julie contacted Dean contacted Dean Fenwick, who told Fenwick, who told them that the them that the hurricane was moving hurricane was moving east-northeasteast-northeast

• Hurricane had formed Hurricane had formed in waters cooler than in waters cooler than 24 Celsius24 Celsius

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An Update...An Update...The National Hurricane Center in Miami informed Julie and Colin that nothing had changed with the hurricane, except that it was much closer Hurricane classified as

a full-fledged hurricane, and was heading straight for the Ondine (now only 300 nautical miles away)

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An Anxiety-filled NightAn Anxiety-filled Night• Calculated the storm Calculated the storm

would pass closest to would pass closest to them by about 11 them by about 11 p.m.p.m.

• Ondine Ondine tilted 90 tilted 90 degreesdegrees

• By 11 p.m., Colin and By 11 p.m., Colin and Julie were covered in Julie were covered in bruisesbruises

• By 3 a.m., the worst By 3 a.m., the worst was overwas over

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The Canary Islands: Finally The Canary Islands: Finally Some Land in Sight!Some Land in Sight!

• Canaries are a chain Canaries are a chain of volcanic islandsof volcanic islands

• About 60 kilometres About 60 kilometres off the coast of off the coast of Africa, extending 500 Africa, extending 500 kilometres kilometres

• Subtropical latitude Subtropical latitude of about 28 degreesof about 28 degrees

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A Dorado = Delicious DinnerA Dorado = Delicious Dinner

• As Colin and Julie As Colin and Julie approached the approached the Canary Islands, they Canary Islands, they caught a doradocaught a dorado

• The dorado landed The dorado landed on their dinner on their dinner plates that night, plates that night, along with along with vegetables and vegetables and mashed potatoes mashed potatoes

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Nearing Islands of Nearing Islands of Fuerteventura and Gran Fuerteventura and Gran

CanariaCanaria

Gooseneck Barnacles

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Fuerteventura and Gran Fuerteventura and Gran CanariaCanaria

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Tim and Erden: Technical Tim and Erden: Technical Difficulties Difficulties

• Tim and Erden were Tim and Erden were unsuccessful in unsuccessful in getting their boat getting their boat placed in a freighterplaced in a freighter

• Winds finally Winds finally switched, and Tim switched, and Tim and Erden were able and Erden were able to leave from to leave from Cascais, a port along Cascais, a port along the Lisbon Coastthe Lisbon Coast

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Alone at Sea, yet again...Alone at Sea, yet again...

Ten days after Ten days after leaving the leaving the Canaries, Colin Canaries, Colin and Julie had and Julie had only seen one only seen one freighter.freighter.