2010-08 Niue TOPSIDE
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Welcome to Niue…..
Dear F&F, 29 July 2010 The island of Niue is in free association with New Zealand, one of the many islands of the South Pacific that without outside aid would economically collapse. Most native Niueans have emigrated to New Zealand in search of higher paying better jobs. More Niueans live in New Zealand than Niue
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POSITION REPORT
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2010/07/29 18:55 LATITUDE: 19-03.21S LONGITUDE: 169-55.46W MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 8 WIND_DIR: 075T CLOUDS: 50% VISIBILITY: 20 BARO: 1019.8 AIR_TEMP: 25.0C COMMENT: Beach House – MOORED – Alofi, Niue – 17 boats
POSITION REPORT
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2010/07/29 08:55 LATITUDE: 19-31.84S LONGITUDE: 169-03.62W COURSE: 239T SPEED: 8.1 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 19 WIND_DIR: 092T WAVE_HT: 0.5M WAVE_PER: 7 SWELL_DIR: ESE SWELL_HT: 2.2M SWELL_PER: 7 CLOUDS: 60% VISIBILITY: 20 BARO: 1019.6 AIR_TEMP: 25.0C COMMENT: Beach House – EN ROUTE – Beveridge Reef to Niue, (2/3rds the way) gybed – expect a.m.
Beveridge Reef Exploration…..Disappointment Disolved!
Dear F&F, 27-28 July 2010 After moving to the South East side of the reef for comfort and protection from the \”twitchy\” entrance pass, we deployed the dinghy and started to explore the INSIDE of the west lagoon. First and most notably was the wreck of a small Niuean \”long liner\” (fishing boat), M/V \”Liberty\”.
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POSITION REPORT
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2010/07/28 20:45 LATITUDE: 19-57.13S LONGITUDE: 167-49.81W COURSE: 316T SPEED: 7.9 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 15 WIND_DIR: 093T WAVE_HT: 0.5M WAVE_PER: 7 SWELL_DIR: ENE SWELL_HT: 2.0M SWELL_PER: 7 CLOUDS: 60% VISIBILITY: 20 BARO: 1019.8 AIR_TEMP: 26.7C COMMENT: Beach House – EN ROUTE – Beveridge Reef to Niue, expect A.M. arrival
Beveridge Reef…..Arrival and Initial Disappointment…..
Dear F&F, 23 – 26 July 2010 We left for Beveridge Reef from Palmerston Atoll with a very favorable weather report. As Beveridge Reef is literally a circle of rocks 1500 miles from anywhere (anywhere truly being a relative term!), approaching it in fair weather would be essential. This tiny coral reef, 2 miles long
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POSITION REPORT
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2010/07/25 19:48 LATITUDE: 20-00.73S LONGITUDE: 167-46.67W MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 7 WIND_DIR: 050T CLOUDS: 30% VISIBILITY: 20 BARO: 1020.4 TREND: 2 AIR_TEMP: 29.4C COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – We\’ll have 8 boats here tonight – Beveridge Reef