Ship’s Log

Beach House – Moored – Isle Amedee – New Caledonia….

27 November 2016 (+11 UTC) Dear Friends and Family, We\’ve moved another 17 miles further south than yesterday and are ready to go tomorrow morning for our journey to Lord Howe Island. Conditions will be a bit blustery the first 24-36 hours and then should steadily decrease with winds expected from the East. As we\’re …

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Beach House – MOORED and staging for departure to Lord Howe Island, Australia….

26 November 2016 (-11 UTC) Dear Friends and Family, We had a very nice 10 days or so in New Caledonia with highlights of driving up to the north and taking a one hour ride in a small plane to see the \”Heart of Voh\”. Google this for an interesting aerial view of a mangrove …

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Beaach House – Anchored – Anelghowhat Bay, Anatom Island – Vanuatu….

12 November 2016 (+11 UTC) Eastern Hemisphere Dear Friends and Family, We had a fabulous time seeing the very active volcano, Mt. Yasur which means mountain of God the local language. Sulphur, Steam and Ash were billowing constantly in addition to the red hot lava we could see after dark. We got some really good …

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Beach House – Anchored – Port Resolution, Tanna Island – Vanuatu…..

10 November 2016 (+11 on UTC) Dear Friends and Family, We arrived off the small bay here at 0630 local time. The first issue was that this area is so remote and apparently, the volcanic ash so prevalent that it changes the bottom here often enough that there are actually no depth indications on the …

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Beach House – 100 miles to Vanuatu – expect a.m. arrival…..

09 November 2016 (+12 UTC Eastern Hemisphere) Dear Friends and Family, We had a lovely easy sail all today and last night. We expect more of the same tonight. The nice current push we\’ve had, around 1-1.5 knots has given us a very nice day\’s run of 194 nm. As such, we\’re ahead of schedule …

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Beach House – En Route – Fiji to Vanuatu – A small scare…..

08 November 2016 (+12 on UTC) Dear Friends and Family, We had a slow night with shifting winds. The winds were strong and light and this morning we went through some squalls. Overall, just a normal day. Today, we\’ve had good winds from the port beam and have been flying along. This afternoon however, both …

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Beach House – En Route – Champagne Beach, Yasawa Island Fiji to Port Resolution, Tanna Island, Vanuatu

07 November 2016 (+12 on UTC) Dear Friends and Family, We checked out of Vuda Point, an hours journey north of Port Denerau, 5 days ago and slowly worked our way through the Mamanuca and Yasawa Islands of Fiji. These are the two most Western groups of the chain and along with the Lau (most …

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YotReps: 2016/11/02 03:36:47

AIRMAIL YOTREPS IDENT: N6ABC TIME: 2016/11/02 03:36 LATITUDE: 17-46.22S LONGITUDE: 177-11.42E MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 10 WIND_DIR: NNW CLOUDS: 10% VISIBILITY: 25 BARO: 1012.8 AIR_TEMP: 26.7C COMMENT: Beach House – MOORED – Molololailai Island – Musket Cove – Fiji ————————————————- Do not push the \”reply\” button to respond to this message if that includes the text …

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Beach House – Docked – Denerau Marina – Viti Levu, Fjij…..

27 October 2016 (+12 UTC) We again rose early to go the last 60 miles from the NE of Viti Levu inside the reef system to Denerau Marina near Nadi (pronounced Nandi) on the SE side of the island. Nadi is the second largest city with only Suva the Capital being larger. Viti Levu is …

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Beach House -ANCHORED -NananuThake Motu, Viti Levu, Fiji

26 October 2016 (+12 on UTC) Dear Friends and Family, We departed Savusavu at 0520 this morning in the rain and SSE winds at 20-25 knots. The first few hours wasn\’t much fun, but after that we re-entered the large reef system at Nasonisoni Pass on the south side of Vanua Levu, we had lovely …

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