2015 Transatlantic Yacht Race – (June 21st Update) – One reason that this year’s Transatlantic Race may take longer than ones in the past is the presence of icebergs further south in the Atlantic. This will force the fleet to go further east before turning north into the Great Circle Route.
The unusually cold Winters in the Northeast the past two years due in part to trajectory and stratospheric polar vortices. Where cold air usually seen from the Yukon, has shifted and has been trajected from Siberia, causing the usually cold weather in North America, and unseasonably warm weather to Europe.
LATEST ICEBERG BULLETIN
NAVAREA IV
NORTH AMERICAN ICE SERVICE (NAIS) ICEBERG BULLETIN.
1. 210001Z JUN ICEBERG LIMIT ALONG TRACKLINE JOINING
46-37N 053-10W, 42-00N 050-45W, 42-00N 049-30W,
45-30N 043-30W, 48-30N 043-00W, 55-30N 047-00W,
60-00N 057-00W.
2. WESTERN ICEBERG LIMIT ALONG TRACKLINE BETWEEN
50-17N 059-53W AND 49-31N 058-03W.
3. SEA ICE LIMIT ALONG TRACKLINES JOINING:
A. 54-05N 057-25W, 54-55N 054-05W, 56-15N 057-25W,
58-00N 059-00W, 59-20N 059-05W, 61-35N 060-50W,
64-35N 057-50W.
4. REPORT POSITION AND TIME OF ANY ICEBERGS OR
STATIONARY RADAR TARGETS THAT MAY LIKELY BE
ICEBERGS TO THE NEAREST CANADIAN COAST GUARD
MARINE COMMUNICATIONS AND TRAFFIC SERVICE STATION
OR USING INMARSAT CODE 42.
5. CANCEL THIS MSG 220001Z JUN 15.//
Transatlantic Yacht Race Scratch Sheet
Transatlantic Yacht Race Tracker
Published on Mar 10, 2015
Large chunks of ice have been washing ashore in what some people are calling a once-in-a-lifetime sight.