| 3Y0Z - EME from Bouvet Island 3Y0Z mission aborted, back to Chilli ! |
| NEWS by PA2CHR, dated 2018-02-03: 3Y0Z mission aborted, back to Chilli ! February 3, 2018, 2000 UTC: During the last 72 hours, we continued to experience the high winds, low clouds, fog and rough seas that have prevented helicopter operations since our arrival at Bouvet. No improvement was predicted in the weather forecast for the next four days. Then, last night, an issue developed in one of the ships engines. This morning, the captain of the vessel declared it unsafe to continue with our project and aborted the DXpedition. We are now on our long voyage back to Punta Arenas. As you might imagine, the team is deeply disappointed, but safe. There is already talk about rescheduling the DXpedition, Bob, K4UEE Ralph, KØ,IR Erling, LA6VM We are all very sorry to hear this ! |