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Beach House – ANCHORED – Pago Pago, American Samoa…..

25 September 2016 (-11 UTC) COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Pago Pago, American Samoa (total run 149 miles – 23 hours) We had a brief spat of wind last night, but a false alarm and as such we ended up motoring the entire distance from Rose Atoll to Pago Pago, American Samoa. Pago Pago …

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Beach House – EN ROUTE – Pago Pago, American Samoa

AIRMAIL YOTREPS IDENT: N6ABC TIME: 2016/09/25 07:34 LATITUDE: 14-25.16S LONGITUDE: 169-27.57W COURSE: 275T SPEED: 6.9 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 16 WIND_DIR: ENE WAVE_HT: 0.1M WAVE_PER: 10 SWELL_DIR: E SWELL_HT: 1.2M SWELL_PER: 10 CLOUDS: 80% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1012.3 AIR_TEMP: 28.3C COMMENT: Beach House -EN ROUTE – Pago Pago, American Samoa (68 miles to go) We departed …

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Beach House -ANCHORED- Rose Island, Rose Atoll, American Samoa….MAGIC!

AIRMAIL YOTREPS IDENT: N6ABC TIME: 2016/09/22 20:00 LATITUDE: 14-32.88S LONGITUDE: 168-08.89W MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 7 WIND_DIR: N CLOUDS: 25% VISIBILITY: 20 BARO: 1013.3 TREND: 1 AIR_TEMP: 32.2C COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Rose Island, Rose Atoll, American Samoa What a Magic Place! We were met by dozens of Boobie Birds outside the reef for …

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Beach House – Departed Suwarrow for Rose Atoll……End Day 1

AIRMAIL YOTREPS IDENT: N6ABC TIME: 2016/09/21 19:02 LATITUDE: 13-51.31S LONGITUDE: 165-33.63W COURSE: 255T SPEED: 6.5 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 10 WIND_DIR: NNE SWELL_DIR: ENE SWELL_HT: 1.3M SWELL_PER: 10 CLOUDS: 15% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1013.3 TREND: -1 AIR_TEMP: 32.2C COMMENT: Beach House -En Route – Suwarrow Atoll, Cook Islands – Rose Atoll, American Samoa (154 miles to …

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Beach House – Departed Suwarrow for Rose Atoll……

20 September 2016 (-10 on UTC) Dear Friends and Family, We spent three days and nights in Suwarrow and overall it was quite interesting. One of the big attractions for the cruising crowd is to walk in the steps of the late Tom Neale. Neale was a Kiwi ex-pat who had moved to French Polynesia …

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Beach House – Ship\’s Mini Blog and Position Report….Bora Bora to Suwarrow, Cook Islands….. Day 4 and arrival – What a night!

AIRMAIL YOTREPS IDENT: N6ABC TIME: 2016/09/17 02:52 LATITUDE: 13-14.91S LONGITUDE: 163-06.47W MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 9 WIND_DIR: E CLOUDS: 85% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1011.6 AIR_TEMP: 32.2C COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Suwarrow Atoll, Cook Islands ————————————————- Do not push the \”reply\” button to respond to this message if that includes the text of this original …

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Beach House – Ship\’s Mini Blog and Position Report….Bora Bora to Suwarrow, Cook Islands….. Day 4 and arrival – What a night!

AIRMAIL YOTREPS IDENT: N6ABC TIME: 2016/09/17 02:52 LATITUDE: 13-14.91S LONGITUDE: 163-06.47W MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 9 WIND_DIR: E CLOUDS: 85% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1011.6 AIR_TEMP: 32.2C COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Suwarrow Atoll, Cook Islands Sorry if you received this twice. It was prematurely sent! Our last day at sea was a doozy! Despite weather …

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Beach House – Ship\’s Mini Blog and Position Report….Bora Bora to Suwarrow, Cook Islands….. Day 3

AIRMAIL YOTREPS IDENT: N6ABC TIME: 2016/09/15 19:53 LATITUDE: 14-25.02S LONGITUDE: 159-59.21W COURSE: 304T SPEED: 6.9 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 17 WIND_DIR: E WAVE_HT: 0.2M WAVE_PER: 8 SWELL_DIR: E SWELL_HT: 2.2M SWELL_PER: 8 CLOUDS: 65% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1016 TREND: 1 AIR_TEMP: 29.4C COMMENT: Beach House – En ROUTE – Bora Bora to Suwarrow (Day 3 – …

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Beach House – Ship\’s Mini Blog and Position Report….Bora Bora to Suwarrow, Cook Islands….. Day 2

AIRMAIL YOTREPS IDENT: N6ABC TIME: 2016/09/14 20:06 LATITUDE: 15-34.86S LONGITUDE: 157-24.56W COURSE: 291T SPEED: 7.0 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 22 WIND_DIR: E WAVE_HT: 0.7M WAVE_PER: 6 SWELL_DIR: ESE SWELL_HT: 2.7M SWELL_PER: 6 CLOUDS: 30% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1017 TREND: 1 AIR_TEMP: 29.4C COMMENT: Beach House – En ROUTE – Bora Bora to Suwarrow (Day 2 – …

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AIRMAIL YOTREPS IDENT: N6ABC TIME: 2016/09/13 19:57 LATITUDE: 15-29.81S LONGITUDE: 154-14.74W COURSE: 272T SPEED: 7.8 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 21 WIND_DIR: ESE WAVE_HT: 0.5M WAVE_PER: 8 SWELL_DIR: ESE SWELL_HT: 1.7M SWELL_PER: 8 CLOUDS: 25% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1018.7 TREND: 1 AIR_TEMP: 30.0C COMMENT: Beach House – En ROUTE – Bora Bora to Suwarrow, Cook Islands (Day …

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