Yesterday, 18th March 2010 marked Jessica's 5th month at sea since departing Sydney on 18th October 2009. While getting very close to being halfway over the Indian Ocean, Jessica and Ella's Pink Lady have just crossed the 17,250nm mark of their voyage.
To help celebrate her 5 month milestone, Jessica enjoyed a brief conversation via satellite phone with the Master of the Queen Mary 2, Captain Nick Bates. Whilst en-route to Mauritius, having left the Port of Fremantle, Western Australia a few days ago, the passengers and crew of the QM-2, most of whom are Australians, passed on their message of support to Jessica.
Jessica and Ella's Pink Lady are currently experiencing an uncomfortable 4-metre "leftover" swell after a gale that passed through yesterday with 40knot winds. Conditions have improved today however, but they are still rolling along on a 4-metre swell.
According to the EPL Team's current estimates, Jessica is hoping to pass under Cape Leeuwin in about three weeks time. From Cape Leeuwin they are expecting that Jessica would take a further month to reach Sydney.
Team EPL further stated that unfortunately for all the West Australian supporters hoping to catch a glimpse of Jessica as she passes under Cape Leewuin, she is expected to be sailing a long distance south of the Coast, making any visual contact impossible.
I'm sure many Western Australians will have a light on for you Jessica and will be there with you in spirit as you pass under our great state.
I'll leave a Tilley lamp burning for you on the shore at Cape Leeuwin.
Hi Sam,
ReplyDeleteYou have excelled yourself on this one. I am in awe of your capacity to find just the right components for the image and to merge them so well into an expressive whole.
Jess will love it.
cheers
Mike (Avoca Beach, NSW)
Hi Sam,
ReplyDeleteWhat can I say?
That'd make a great print for a Tea Towel.
Another ripper, keep it up.
Hoo Roo ☺☺☺
03-18-10 @06:21
ReplyDeleteThat was great, but how did you get a picture of Captain Bates so quick?
Jessica will treasure this.
Michael
Good one Sam, as always!
ReplyDeleteNice picture of Jesse as well. I am always amazed at how different Jesse looks in different pictures. This is an indication of what an interesting person she is IMHO
It would be interesting to see EPL next to QE2 for scale. What's the longitude of Cape Leeuwin?
Richard in Maryland
Hi sam,
ReplyDeleteI meant QM2 of course. Here is a link that shows the scale
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.gadling.com/media/2007/05/qm2.jpg
Regards,
Richard in Maryland
Great art work! Don't think you have done it any better!
ReplyDeleteWe all love it.....keep it up!
Janell in Oklahoma,USA
Hi Sam !
ReplyDeleteGreat job.
For those of you in the states, when you see Tilley Lamp, think Coleman Lantern.
Georgia Guy
Hello everyone,
ReplyDeleteFor those of you who saw the previous picture last night and came back to have another look and noticed its a different picture, that's because it is.
My apologies to you and, more importantly, to both the Queen Mary 2 and Queen Elizabeth 2 for getting their pictures mixed up.
It suddenly dawned on me, "what's wrong with this picture?" and it wasn't until I had both ladies beside each other that the differences became very obvious. They're not exactly identical twins, are they? :-))
Thankyou everyone for all your very nice comments and kind words of support. I hope you continue to enjoy viewing these little "time frames" of Jessica's journey as much as I enjoy creating them.
Stay well and bye for now.....Sam
Fantastic again, Sam. It really would have been exciting for all of the passengers and crew to be able to see Jess and EPL. It’s too bad that she won’t pass close enough to Cape Leeuwin to see her. I figured that if she did, you would probably climb the lighthouse to get the best view. I know I would.
ReplyDeleteThanks and take care, my friend.
Mark
Hi dear Sam,
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your wonderful new collage depicting a very memorable event in Jesse's voyage.
I realise I'm a little ahead of myself, but I'd love to see the look on the faces of Jesse's grandchildren as she shares your 'Voyage Art' with them!
OH MY GOSH, HOW DO YOU DO IT???!!!! LOVE IT!! YOU'VE THOUGHT OF EVERYTHING!!! KEEP UP THE GREAT VOYAGE ART, SAM . . . YOU HAVE A LOT OF FANS WHO ARE FOLLOWING YOUR EVERY CREATION, AND JUST WAITING FOR MORE!!
ReplyDeleteCarol Florida U.S.A.
Hi Sam,
ReplyDeleteI held back and refused to point out the error.
Sometimes us smarta@@es need to hold back so that they have at least a couple of friends to talk to. This would be an even better you know what, lol.
Hey, talking about dawn,
Did you know that there was this boy that sat up all night wondering where the sun had gone?
Then it DAWNed on him. Hoo Roo ☺☺☺
Yes Magpie, teatowel... I know. :-)) Love ya!
ReplyDeleteRichard, thanks... Cape Leeuwin is 115deg08'10"E (+/-).
Collette, thanks...I love your cats!
Georgia Guy, thanks...Yes! "Coleman" tilley.
Mike, Michael, Tony, Janell, Mark, Carol...THANKYOU SO MUCH!
Watch this space...I have a surprise for you.
Have a great day everyone...Love, Sam XX
I love surprises. I can't wait, Sam.
ReplyDeleteMark
Hey, Sam . . . we're WAITING!!! (just like little kids!)
ReplyDeleteCarol Florida U.S.A.
As I'm back tracking and making comments in any old order!....I agree with Mike at the top, in fact everyone's commnets I agree with!...so there's more to say...
ReplyDeleteNow to start printing...from what I can see you've done 32 Voyage Art Pieces, so far!