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0px; margin-r -------------------------------1157713902 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I am fascinated by these tracks and they triggered something in my memory. In an old edition of Ocean Passages for the World which I used in my professional life, there is a comprehensive chart of sailing ship routes. The recommended route from Atlantic Canada to Tristan da Cunha goes Easterly to South of the Azores, somewhat West of the Cape Verde Islands then curving slightly West to pass close to Recife Brazil. From there a very wide curve to approach Tristan da Cunha from the North West. This gives the most advantageous winds and for a sailing ship would be much faster then a direct route. I will be most interested to see whether the birds continue on that route. Peter Stow Hubbards -------------------------------1157713902 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; charset=3DUS-ASCII"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2900.2963" name=3DGENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=3Drole_body style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY:=20= Arial"=20 bottomMargin=3D7 leftMargin=3D7 topMargin=3D7 rightMargin=3D7><FONT id=3Drol= e_document=20 face=3DArial color=3D#000000 size=3D2> <DIV>I am fascinated by these tracks and they triggered something in my memo= ry.=20 In an old edition of Ocean Passages for the World which I used in my=20 professional life, there is a comprehensive chart of sailing ship routes. Th= e=20 recommended route from Atlantic Canada to Tristan da Cunha goes Easterly to=20 South of the Azores, somewhat West of the Cape Verde Islands then curvi= ng=20 slightly West to pass close to Recife Brazil. From there a very wide curve t= o=20 approach Tristan da Cunha from the North West. This gives the most advantage= ous=20 winds and for a sailing ship would be much faster then a direct route. I wil= l be=20 most interested to see whether the birds continue on that route.</DIV> <DIV>Peter Stow</DIV> <DIV>Hubbards</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML> -------------------------------1157713902--
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