Rockall, EU-189

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Izgleda da je iznenada najavljena expedicija na Rockall island (MM0RAI/p) ipak bila prvotravanjska šala.
Iako se dečki spremaju, od toga još nema ništa.



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Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Landing on Rockall impossible
The skipper of the "Elinca" did not allow a landing on Rockall.
The waves are too high; even launching a Zodiac is impossible.
A very sad Theo, ON4ATW told us at 09.00 UT they will have to come back to Scotland. "The weather is worsening by the hour and the weather forecast for the coming days does not give any hope" he told us by satphone. For tomorrow 5 Bft winds are forecasted with gusts up to 80 km/h.
We are all very disappointed that after all these preparations a landing was not possible. However we learned a lot about all the aspects of putting up a DXpedition. One way or another this knowledge will be used.