Best wishes for a safe ride and hope you are able to establish a new record. All the best.

Bob

Be safe out there.

LATEST UPDATE:

I just left the dock and Chris is still going over everything and making last minute checks.

For something I have been planning since April and hoping to have an opportunity to do a photo shoot at sunset as of today I thought I was going to be stuck with cloud cover. Wouldn't you know, that at 5:30 I rolled into the Liberty State Park and the sun came out. 10 minutes later the boat come up the Hudson River for the shoot. Somebody up there likes me ! :)

Just processing the images now.

I hope to get a few pics online tonight.

Nick Buis from Statement Marine should be in any minute. He will be making the run with Chris.

Game plan for tomorrow.

Shoot the start of the event from land. Once they depart I will be catching up with my chopper.

Unfortunately OBAMA messed up my plans for aerial photos coming out of the harbor, under the Varrazano Bridge and past the Ambrose Light. Therefore I will be flying south and out over 20 miles in search of the Statement boat to catch Aerials Shots in 3 to 4 ft seas which is what to be expected.

Chris wants to thank you all for your support... He can't wait to get started.

Stay tuned !!!

Live tracking = Not so much!
 

Whats going on?

The live video feed isnt(hasnt) been working.

The Spot GPS tracking page was working yesterday/last night but now shows him zig zagging back and forth in the middle of the Atlantic? I hope the web page is wrong!

John

Whats the latest. Jadento is right, looks like they have turned around

acording to spot they are turned around and heading back

Is that correct ?

A part to make the LIVE FEED work had failed before the start. I ended up running the crew over to find another part at the last minute prior to leaving. The power to the LIVE Feed may have been lost after them running so hard.

I haven't had contact since they left.

I hope they will be fine...

I just found this on another site. They may have ran into some bad weather and are trying to outrun it by going around it... ?


NWS ocean prediction center Washington DC 2230 UTC Wed Sep 21 2011
Ccode/1:31:04:01:00/aow/NWS/ccode superseded by next issuance in 6 hours

Seas given as significant wave height...which is the average height of the highest 1/3 of the waves. Individual waves may be more than twice the significant wave height

Securite

North Atlantic north of 31n to 67n and west of 35w

Synopsis valid 1800 UTC Sep 21. 24 hour forecast valid 1800 UTC Sep 22. 48 hour forecast valid 1800 UTC Sep 23.

.Warnings.

...Gale Warning... .Low 51n40w 999 mb moving NE 20 kt. Over forecast waters within 420 nm se and 540 nm SW quadrants winds 25 to 40 kt. Seas 8 to 15 ft. Elsewhere from 40n to 52n E of 50w winds to 25 kt. Seas to 12 ft. .24 hour forecast low E of area 55n27w 992 mb. Over forecast waters within 780 nm SW quadrant winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 8 to 16 ft. .48 hour forecast low E of area 58n24w 980 mb. Over forecast waters from 43n to 61n E of 40w winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 14 ft.

...Gale Warning... .From 60n to 66n between 50w and 56w area of N to NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas to 9 ft. .24 hour forecast within 240 nm SW of a line from 64n52w to 54n40w area of NW winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 8 to 14 ft. .48 hour forecast within 360 nm S of a line from 62n50w to 57n40w area of NW winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 8 to 16 ft.

Think this is another thread on the same topic...more up to date.

http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/g...1-11-a-18.html