2009-07 & 08 & 09 Tuamotu Atolls TOPSIDE
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POSITION REPORT
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2009/07/20 23:37 LATITUDE: 16-03.84S LONGITUDE: 145-37.10W COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Fakarava North, Iles Tuamotus (sent via Winlink K6CYC MDR, CA)
Passage from Nuka Hiva Marquesas to Fakarava Atoll, Tuamotus…..
Dear F&F, July 17-20, 2009 The first 24 hours was great. I think any of you would have enjoyed the ride. Then it got more \”boisterous\” as Scott calls it. Rough & bumpy. Too intense wind & sea for me to enjoy being outside. Nice & dry & comfy inside. We had several rain squalls
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POSITION REPORT
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2009/07/20 16:16 LATITUDE: 15-41.03S LONGITUDE: 145-15.80W COURSE: 231T SPEED: 6.7 COMMENT: Beach House – EN ROUTE – Entering Tuamotu Islands – Abeam Kauehi & Aritika, destination Fakarava, ETA Noon Local time, -10 UTC
POSITION REPORT
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2009/07/20 01:45 LATITUDE: 14-54.49S LONGITUDE: 144-06.10W COURSE: 232T SPEED: 6.3 COMMENT: Beach House – EN ROUTE – Diverted to Fakarava, Expect Noon Arrival
POSITION REPORT
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2009/07/19 17:00 LATITUDE: 14-04.70S LONGITUDE: 143-31.03W COURSE: 214T SPEED: 7.0 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 23 WIND_DIR: SE WAVE_HT: 0.6M WAVE_PER: 8 SWELL_DIR: S SWELL_HT: 1.8M SWELL_PER: 08 CLOUDS: 90% VISIBILITY: 10 BARO: 1014.2 AIR_TEMP: 25.6C SEA_TEMP: 27.2C COMMENT: Beach House – EN ROUTE – Kauehi Island, Tuamotus – 140 miles to go, Monday
POSITION REPORT
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2009/07/18 15:30 LATITUDE: 11-44.13S LONGITUDE: 141-56.73W COURSE: 207T SPEED: 6.6 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 15 WIND_DIR: ESE WAVE_HT: 0.6M WAVE_PER: 8 SWELL_DIR: ESE SWELL_HT: 1.8M SWELL_PER: 08 CLOUDS: 60% VISIBILITY: 20 BARO: 1013.8 AIR_TEMP: 27.8C SEA_TEMP: 27.2C COMMENT: Beach House – EN ROUTE – Kauehi Island, Tuamotus – 197.2 nm/24 hours, avoided ship,
Quotations from \”Fatu-Hiva\”, by Thor Heyerdahl…..
Dear F&F, July 17, 2009 I finished reading this book as we departed the Marquesas & set sail for the Tuamotu Islands. Some of you may be more familiar with the book, Kon Tiki Expedition\”, written by the same author. Thor and wife Liv left their home in Norway to live a primitive lifestyle on
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POSITION REPORT
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2009/07/17 17:07 LATITUDE: 09-10.25S LONGITUDE: 140-16.55W COURSE: 212T SPEED: 9.5 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 20 WIND_DIR: ESE WAVE_HT: 0.6M WAVE_PER: 8 SWELL_DIR: ESE SWELL_HT: 1.8M SWELL_PER: 08 CLOUDS: 40% VISIBILITY: 30 BARO: 1013.9 AIR_TEMP: 30.0C SEA_TEMP: 27.2C COMMENT: Beach House – EN ROUTE – Kauehi Island, Tuamotus
Daniel\’s Bay, Nuku Hiva…..
Dear F&F, July 15-16, 2009 – Hike to Waterfall It was only 1 hour motoring around to the next protected anchorage, but I felt pretty bad from the motion of the ocean. It is a lovely spot, very tranquil. I was kind of lethargic the rest of the day. Scott decided to bake bread! Never
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