October 23rd, 2016 (+12 on UTC) Dear Friends and Family, Today, we crossed the International Date Line and are now officially in the Eastern Hemisphere! We had a long motor boat ride yesterday from Vanuabalavu to the north tip of Taveuni Island and this morning we left early and headed to the anchorage where we …
Beach House – MOORED – Savusavu – Vanua Levu, Fiji….. Read More »
21 October 2016 (+11 UTC) Dear Friends and Family, This is one of the most stunning anchorages in the South Pacific. Yesterday, we did the hike from the Batavu Bay to look down at this gorgeous setting. There are about 10 large \”mushroom\” like rocks that range in size from a small to a very …
Beach House – Anchored – Bay of Islands, Vanua Balevu….. Read More »
21 October 2016 (+11 on UTC) Dear Friends and Family, We arrived yesterday mid day and found another boat, \”Kinabalu\” with Bob and Judy aboard. They had just arrived from Taveuni, Fiji The sail from the Ha\’apai was quite breezy until we were about 70 miles out and went through a dissipating low pressure system. …
Beach House – ANCHORED – Bavatu Bay, Vanua Balavu Island, Fiji Read More »
AIRMAIL YOTREPS IDENT: N6ABC TIME: 2016/10/15 00:18 LATITUDE: 18-42.03S LONGITUDE: 174-01.79W MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 6 WIND_DIR: SE CLOUDS: 50% VISIBILITY: 20 BARO: 1015.4 AIR_TEMP: 32.2C COMMENT: Beach House – MOORED – Port Maurelle – Vava\’u, Tonga We\’ve done our local shopping and fueled up in Vava\’u. Internet is just \”okay\”. We moved about 5 miles …
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13 October 2016 (+12 on UTC) Dear Friends and Family, We did the trip from \”New Potatoes\” as the cruisers call Niautopotapu in about 25 hours and covered 175 miles – all of it motoring into light southerlies. We beat the re-establishment of the trade winds which was our goal as it would have made …
Beach House – MOORED – Neiafu Harbor Vava\’u, Tonga….. Read More »
12 October 2016 (+12 on UTC) Not across the date line yet, but \”politically\”, we\’re in the Eastern Hemisphere. Dear Friends and Family, We had brief 4 days in Niautoputapu (Forbidden or Secret Island), but it was quite interesting. This island only gets about 20 visiting yachts a year and that\’s a lot more than …
Dear Friends and Family, First, congrats to all our friends in Florida for surviving Hurricane Matthew. We had a report of about 100 mph gusts in Stuart, Florida! Another bit of excitement, we heard a medical emergency on another boat about 500 miles west of us. He was being assisted by the ever present and …
AIRMAIL YOTREPS IDENT: N6ABC TIME: 2016/10/07 00:14 LATITUDE: 13-59.68S LONGITUDE: 172-15.09W COURSE: 217T SPEED: 8.8 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 20 WIND_DIR: SE WAVE_HT: 0.4M WAVE_PER: 6 SWELL_DIR: E SWELL_HT: 1.8M SWELL_PER: 8 CLOUDS: 40% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1013.7 AIR_TEMP: 30.6C COMMENT: Beach House – En Route – Apia, Western Samoa – Niatapatopu, Tonga We\’ll give a …
COMMENT: Beach House – DOCKED – Apia, Western Samoa So far, a very pleasant surprise. We heard the marina wasn\’t particularly nice, but we think it\’s just fine! We got the last slip too! There are only about 8 so far. They are putting in lots more. There is 220V/50 hz power which we can …
Beach House – En ROUTE – Apia, Western Samoa – Now +12 on UTC and skipping a day ahead. We had a nice stop over in Pago Pago, but are glad to be on our way. American Samoa is really sort of a \”shop/fuel/propane – take a quick look around\” and go type of experience. …