01 July 2012 (Eastern Hemisphere) Dear F&F, We felt in no rush to leave Gove today as we decided to just go to Elizabeth Bay and stay the night, planning to arrive at Hole in the Wall at the morning slack low tide. We got the expected wind however and decided to press on to […]
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30 June 2012 (Eastern Hemisphere) Dear F&F, Today we were able to get a \”hire car\” as they are called here. A beat up Toyota Hilux. These types of vehicles are referred to in \”OZ\” as \”Utes\”. That\’s for Utility Vehicle. Ours wasn\’t a \”Mine Spec UTE\” according to Nikki (actually is was a beater!),
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YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2012/07/01 09:07 LATITUDE: 11-33.59S LONGITUDE: 136-21.08E MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 25 WIND_DIR: ESE CLOUDS: 70% VISIBILITY: 5 BARO: 1014.7 AIR_TEMP: 25.0C COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Raragla Island, Just beyond \”Hole In the Wall\”…
29 June 2012 (Eastern Hemisphere) Dear F&F, We just arrived in Gove, Northern Territory. The \”NT\” is so remote, it\’s not yet a state! (They\’re working on it!). We are truly in the \”B of B\” (back of beyond) up here. I suspect there are less than 30,000 people (except for Darwin which has 30,000
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YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2012/06/29 01:23 LATITUDE: 12-11.99S LONGITUDE: 136-42.20E MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 4 WIND_DIR: 160T CLOUDS: 50% VISIBILITY: 20 BARO: 1014.6 AIR_TEMP: 27.8C COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Gove Yacht Club, 356 nm/2 days 2 hours… Hot and calm here.
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2012/06/28 23:14 LATITUDE: 12-05.65S LONGITUDE: 136-43.13E COURSE: 222T SPEED: 6.7 MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 4 WIND_DIR: 160T CLOUDS: 50% VISIBILITY: 20 BARO: 1015 AIR_TEMP: 28.3C COMMENT: Beach House – Enroute – Nhullaby Bay, Gove in 2 hours…. now motoring
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2012/06/28 05:31 LATITUDE: 11-43.41S LONGITUDE: 138-00.35E COURSE: 222T SPEED: 6.7 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 15 WIND_DIR: SSE SWELL_DIR: S SWELL_HT: 1.0M SWELL_PER: 6 CLOUDS: 65% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1014 AIR_TEMP: 23.9C COMMENT: Beach House – Enroute – Gove, Expect A.M. arrival……Seas calming
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2012/06/28 03:35 LATITUDE: 11-31.41S LONGITUDE: 138-55.96E COURSE: 259T SPEED: 7.4 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 15 WIND_DIR: SSE SWELL_DIR: S SWELL_HT: 1.0M SWELL_PER: 6 CLOUDS: 75% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1013 AIR_TEMP: 27.8C COMMENT: Beach House – Enroute – Gove, sailing since last night.. Should arrive tomorrow early a.m. A bit bumpy out here….
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2012/06/27 10:03 LATITUDE: 11-03.90S LONGITUDE: 141-00.18E COURSE: 256T SPEED: 5.3 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 10 WIND_DIR: S SWELL_DIR: SSW SWELL_HT: 1.0M SWELL_PER: 6 CLOUDS: 85% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1013.9 AIR_TEMP: 25.6C COMMENT: Beach House – Enroute – Gove, Northern Territory – Australia. Just started sailing… \”on the wind\”…..
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2012/06/27 03:44 LATITUDE: 10-53.65S LONGITUDE: 141-45.35E COURSE: 257T SPEED: 8.1 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 3 WIND_DIR: SE SWELL_DIR: SSW SWELL_HT: 0.5M SWELL_PER: 5 CLOUDS: 50% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1013.5 AIR_TEMP: 30.6C COMMENT: Beach House – ENROUTE – Gove, NT – Australia…Motoring, no wind….. At this speed, 40 hours to go. Hoping for wind….