YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2012/06/21 04:20 LATITUDE: 11-57.42S LONGITUDE: 143-12.53E MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 12 WIND_DIR: SE CLOUDS: 60% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1013.7 AIR_TEMP: 28.9C COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Margaret Bay, Cape Grenville…. I\’m going to start putting these notes on the home page at: www.svbeachhouse.com They will be the new \”blog of the day\” […]
20 June 2012 (Eastern Hemisphere) Dear F&F, We found the \”divers grave\” on Morris Island. Unfortunately in great disrepair. As there was apparently once a crocodile sighted here, we did not venture into the scrub. Unfortunately, an incredible amount of plastic flip flops and bottles are littered everywhere on these otherwise pristine sand islets throughout
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2012/06/20 05:46 LATITUDE: 12-35.60S LONGITUDE: 143-24.46E MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 17 WIND_DIR: ESE CLOUDS: 100% VISIBILITY: 10 BARO: 1014.7 AIR_TEMP: 23.9C COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Portland Roads, nice sail, cloudy, drizzle….. 60 miles in tandem with s/v \”Kakadu\” from NZ. Cape Grenville tomorrow. Getting close to \”The Top\”…
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2012/06/19 04:56 LATITUDE: 13-29.44S LONGITUDE: 143-43.36E COURSE: 019T SPEED: 1.6 MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 24 WIND_DIR: ESE CLOUDS: 85% VISIBILITY: 10 BARO: 1015.9 AIR_TEMP: 26.7C COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Morris Island, NOW, LOTS of Wind!… One hour before we arrived, the wind went from zero to 25 out of the ESE.
June 19, 2012 (Eastern Hemisphere) Dear F&F, One hour before we arrived, the wind went from zero to 25 out of the ESE. We are snuggly anchored behind Morris Island with a 200 foot Tug boat behind us. We may go ashore for a quick visit to this very small sand island with one palm
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2012/06/18 07:38 LATITUDE: 14-10.74S LONGITUDE: 144-13.78E MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 5 WIND_DIR: ESE CLOUDS: 15% VISIBILITY: 20 BARO: 1017.2 AIR_TEMP: 26.7C COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Owens Passage, Flinders Island… We had such a great sail that we arrived at Ninan too early, pressed on to Cape Melville, but the anchorage was
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2012/06/16 04:11 LATITUDE: 14-39.66S LONGITUDE: 145-27.16E MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 16 WIND_DIR: SSE CLOUDS: 85% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1016.8 AIR_TEMP: 25.0C COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Lizard Island The resort seems to be open? 7 other sail and 2 power boats here. Anchored in 6 feet (1.9 meters). We will probably stay
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2012/06/16 01:08 LATITUDE: 14-56.72S LONGITUDE: 145-24.30E COURSE: 006T SPEED: 7.7 MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 22 WIND_DIR: SSE CLOUDS: 75% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1018.8 AIR_TEMP: 23.3C COMMENT: Beach House – EN-ROUTE – Lizard Island, Abeam Cape Flatery… Nice sailing today, 20-25 knots from the stern. Comfortable going with full main and genoa on the
There are no SHIPS BLOGS associated with this PHOTO GALLERY…..I must have been lazy those two weeks?….:-)
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2012/06/14 05:33 LATITUDE: 15-27.79S LONGITUDE: 145-14.65E MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 15 WIND_DIR: SE CLOUDS: 10% VISIBILITY: 30 BARO: 1014.8 AIR_TEMP: 25.6C COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Endevour River, Cooktown….. We are next to the sand bar where Captain Cook careened \”Endevour\” for 45 days while doing repairs. The river is very shallow,