May 1st, 2011 Dear Friends & Family, As you can see from the new homepage of svbeachhouse.com, I have archived our original website to the memory of our voyages. We truly had some of the greatest times of our lives in places like San Benedicto Island riding giant manta rays, swimming with a whale shark […]
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On March 13, 2011, we lost our dearest, sweetest Cindy. Many of you may not know that she was suffering from a very deep depression; most severe since this past November. Despite all help, she decided in her pain she could no longer endure and chose to take her life. Cindy fought as hard as
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YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2010/10/25 13:53 LATITUDE: 36-37.42S LONGITUDE: 174-47.29E MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 5 WIND_DIR: 225T CLOUDS: 10% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1029 AIR_TEMP: 14.4C COMMENT: Beach House – Docked – \”A\” Dock, Gulf Harbour Marina…..Honey, we\’re home!……02:45 a.m. local time
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2010/10/25 09:04 LATITUDE: 36-14.37S LONGITUDE: 174-51.62E COURSE: 148T SPEED: 7.6 MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 7 WIND_DIR: 255T CLOUDS: 10% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1030.5 AIR_TEMP: 16.1C COMMENT: Beach House – En Route – Auckland, NZ – abeam Cape Rodney, Entering Hauraki Gulf – 30 miles to go to Gulf Harbour
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2010/10/25 03:39 LATITUDE: 35-33.74S LONGITUDE: 174-33.24E COURSE: 163T SPEED: 8.2 MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 5 WIND_DIR: 003T CLOUDS: 10% VISIBILITY: 30 BARO: 1030 AIR_TEMP: 24.4C COMMENT: Beach House – En Route – Auckland, NZ – abeam Poor Knights Islands, 70 miles to Gulf Harbour, expect a.m. arrival.
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2010/10/23 12:16 LATITUDE: 35-18.77S LONGITUDE: 174-07.33E MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 4 WIND_DIR: 194T CLOUDS: 10% VISIBILITY: 10 BARO: 1028 TREND: 0 AIR_TEMP: 12.2C COMMENT: Beach House – Docked – Quarantine Dock – Opua, NZ – 1 a.m. local time
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2010/10/23 01:02 LATITUDE: 34-20.44S LONGITUDE: 174-43.85E COURSE: 207T SPEED: 5.7 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 6 WIND_DIR: 146T WAVE_HT: 0.0M WAVE_PER: 0 SWELL_DIR: S SWELL_HT: 0.5M SWELL_PER: 8 CLOUDS: 10% VISIBILITY: 20 BARO: 1027 TREND: 1 AIR_TEMP: 21.1C SEA_TEMP: 17.2C COMMENT: Beach House – En Route – Opua, NZ. Expect midnight landfall. 54 miles
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2010/10/22 03:28 LATITUDE: 32-34.74S LONGITUDE: 175-32.09E COURSE: 180T SPEED: 3.9 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 16 WIND_DIR: 181T WAVE_HT: 0.5M WAVE_PER: 8 SWELL_DIR: SW SWELL_HT: 3.5M SWELL_PER: 8 CLOUDS: 40% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1020 AIR_TEMP: 18.9C SEA_TEMP: 17.8C COMMENT: Beach House – En Route – Opua, NZ, ETA Sunday p.m. local. Para Anchor recovered,
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2010/10/21 00:27 LATITUDE: 32-29.98S LONGITUDE: 175-32.33E MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 23 WIND_DIR: 225T WAVE_HT: 1.0M WAVE_PER: 8 SWELL_DIR: SW SWELL_HT: 4.2M SWELL_PER: 8 CLOUDS: 70% VISIBILITY: 20 BARO: 1017.2 TREND: -1 AIR_TEMP: 18.9C SEA_TEMP: 18.3C COMMENT: Beach House – En Route – Opua, NZ – Hove to para-anchor, wind should start to drop
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2010/10/20 08:50 LATITUDE: 32-34.44S LONGITUDE: 175-36.74E MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 21 WIND_DIR: 210T WAVE_HT: 1.0M WAVE_PER: 8 SWELL_DIR: SW SWELL_HT: 4.0M SWELL_PER: 8 BARO: 1016.3 AIR_TEMP: 14.4C SEA_TEMP: 18.3C COMMENT: Beach House – En Route – NZ – Hove to Sea Anchor 9:30 pm local, all well. Resume after weather passes us by