YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2011/05/26 03:35 LATITUDE: 17-35.97S LONGITUDE: 177-26.49E MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 12 WIND_DIR: 043T CLOUDS: 30% VISIBILITY: 25 BARO: 1010.6 AIR_TEMP: 30.6C COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Lautoka, Fiji (7 days 20 hours). All checked in, moving to Vuda Point Marina tomorrow for check out of saildrive and a few other \”delightful projects\”. […]
May 25th, (Eastern Hemisphere), 2011 – 8:30 p.m. Our Last Night at Sea…. Conditions: 18 degrees 45 minutes SOUTH 177 degrees 20 minutes EAST Wind: East, 30 knots (It\’s still blowing!) Swell: East, 2 – 2.5 meters (We\’re getting some reef protection) Heading: 340 True Speed: 5.5 knots 3 reefs in the main, no head
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2011/05/23 00:00 LATITUDE: 19-29.99S LONGITUDE: 177-36.52E COURSE: 332T SPEED: 6.0 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 25 WIND_DIR: 101T WAVE_HT: 1.0M WAVE_PER: 8 SWELL_DIR: ESE SWELL_HT: 3.0M SWELL_PER: 8 CLOUDS: 70% VISIBILITY: 18 BARO: 1014.5 TREND: -1 AIR_TEMP: 27.8C SEA_TEMP: 27.8C COMMENT: Beach House – ENROUTE – Lautoka, Fiji. 194 nm day 07 run. 15
May 24th (EASTERN Hemisphere again!), 2011 – 10 p.m. local time. Conditions: 21 deg 20 min SOUTH 178 deg 19 min EAST (zig zagged the date line). Wind: 25 East Swell: 3 meter ESE (more East). Heading: 340 deg T Speed: 8.5 knots (a bit bumpy again, but quite livable) Barometer: 1017 Day 6 run:
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2011/05/24 00:09 LATITUDE: 22-25.27S LONGITUDE: 179-03.28E COURSE: 328T SPEED: 7.5 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 21 WIND_DIR: 104T WAVE_HT: 1.0M WAVE_PER: 8 SWELL_DIR: ESE SWELL_HT: 3.5M SWELL_PER: 8 CLOUDS: 40% VISIBILITY: 20 BARO: 1017.6 TREND: 1 AIR_TEMP: 25.6C SEA_TEMP: 24.4C COMMENT: Beach House – ENROUTE – LAUTOKA, Fiji (change of port for engine room
23 May, (Less than 20 miles from the Eastern Hemisphere), 2011 – 9 p.m. Local Time Conditions: 23 deg 54 min South 179 deg 30 min WEST Wind: 15 to 25 knots, ESE Swell: 16 feet, 4 meters ESE Heading: Changed course to 315 T, we\’ve changed ports to Lautoka, Fiji (near the repair yard
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YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2011/05/23 00:17 LATITUDE: 24-35.62S LONGITUDE: 178-41.41W COURSE: 002T SPEED: 7.1 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 22 WIND_DIR: 126T WAVE_HT: 1.0M WAVE_PER: 8 SWELL_DIR: ESE SWELL_HT: 3.5M SWELL_PER: 8 CLOUDS: 40% VISIBILITY: 20 BARO: 1019.3 TREND: 1 AIR_TEMP: 24.4C SEA_TEMP: 23.9C COMMENT: Beach House – ENROUTE – POSSIBLE COURSE CHANGE TO LAUTOKA, Fiji. 175 nm
May 22nd, (Staying with this date though we are currently in the WESTERN Hemisphere), 2011 – 11:30 p.m. local time Conditions: 26 deg 13 min South 178 deg 15 min WEST Wind: ESE, 25-35 knots Swell: ESE, 3.5 meters, bumpy! (Kate\’s getting the adventure she came out here for!) Heading 020 True Speed: 6.2 knots
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2011/05/20 00:00 LATITUDE: 27-23.19S LONGITUDE: 179-25.73W COURSE: 021T SPEED: 9.2 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 25 WIND_DIR: 118T WAVE_HT: 1.0M WAVE_PER: 8 SWELL_DIR: ESE SWELL_HT: 3.5M SWELL_PER: 8 CLOUDS: 40% VISIBILITY: 20 BARO: 1027.3 TREND: 1 AIR_TEMP: 22.2C SEA_TEMP: 21.1C COMMENT: Beach House – ENROUTE – Savusavu, Fiji. If we can make Minerva before
May 21st (Eastern Hemisphere – but not for long!), 2011 Conditions: Bumpy!… 28 deg 57 min South 179 deg 43 min East Wind: 23-30 knots ESE: We\’re in the trade winds now, re-enforced by the South Pacific Convergence Zone fronts to our north. Swell: ESE, 2.5 – 3 meters Temp: 66 degrees F – 18.9