Nikki transiting the Panama Canal – March 2016 Hello Old Friends…. It’s been quite awhile since I last posted to the home page of svbeachhouse. It is with great sadness that I must post the recent loss of my love of the past seven years, Nicola Woodrow. Very suddenly, Nikki began symptoms of what we […]
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16 April 2017 We\’ve had an incredibly busy last 4 months since our arrival and tomorrow we start the next great adventure! We\’ll be DRIVING our Ford Everest SUV from Sydney to Perth with stops in Canberra, Melbourne (a quick flight to Tasmania!) and then on toward Adelaide and across the Great Nullarbor Plain to
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AIRMAIL YOTREPS IDENT: N6ABC TIME: 2016/12/16 06:25 LATITUDE: 33-39.43S LONGITUDE: 151-18.09E MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 3 WIND_DIR: ENE CLOUDS: 100% VISIBILITY: 4 BARO: 1007.2 AIR_TEMP: 21.1C COMMENT: Beach House – MOORED – Pittwater, Northern Sydney En route now to Sydney Harbor ————————————————- Do not push the \”reply\” button to respond to this message if that includes
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13 December 2016 (+11 UTC) CONGRATS to Nikki on completing her circumnavigation! COMMENT: Beach House – Moored – Newcastle, Australia More later, quite a rough last 30 hours! Safe arrival. We\’re at the Quarantine Buoy awaiting check in first thing tomorrow (Wednesday morning TIME: 2016/12/13 01:31 LATITUDE: 32-56.34S LONGITUDE: 152-30.64E COURSE: 267T SPEED: 7.7 MARINE:
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Dear Friends & Family, We\’re about 1/2 way to the East Australian Coast and are still motoring in now calm seas and very light winds. This will all change by this afternoon! A strong northerly flow will begin around dark tonight and continue for the next 48 hours and strengthen. This is likely due to
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11 December 2016 (+11 UTC) Eastern Hemisphere Dear Friends and Family, After waiting 24 hours for a very strong SW system to pass Lord Howe, we were stuck behind the reef and didn\’t feel safe to exit the Lagoon at Lord Howe. Conditions calmed over night and we\’re now en route to the Great Southern
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02 December 2016 (+11 UTC – Eastern Hemisphere) Dear Friends and Family, We have have arrived after an almost exactly 4 day trip. Yesterday and last evening, the seas were calm with a 2.5 meter (8 foot) and 1.5 meter (5 foot) swell from two different directions, but flat seas. We motored the last 28
Beach House – MOORED – Lord Howe Island – Gorgeous!…. Read More »
01 December 2016 (+11 UTC) Dear Friends and Family, The last 24 hours was a turning point as the winds finally began to lighten and the seas calmed down. We are now in very light air and motor sailing directly to Lord Howe which is 185 miles to our SSW. We expect to arrive there
30 November 2016 (+11 UTC) Dear Friends and Family, Just as we were preparing this report, we\’ve \”seen\” what we believe is a cargo vessel on our AIS system. He\’s going 20 knots and the opposite direction about 15 miles to our left. This is the only vessel we\’ve seen on the trip and I\’m
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28 November 2016 (+11 UTC) Dear Friends and Family, We are under way as of 0930 local time this morning. Conditions are boisterious as expected. We believe the winds and seas will start to move aft the beam by tomorrow morning, but in the meantime, it\’s a bit of a Mr. Toad\’s Wild ride! Gray
Beach House – En Route – New Caledonia to Lord Howe Island, Australia… Read More »