YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2010/07/17 20:07 LATITUDE: 17-59.41S LONGITUDE: 162-19.01W COURSE: 269T SPEED: 8.4 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 19 WIND_DIR: 125T WAVE_HT: 2.0M WAVE_PER: 7 SWELL_DIR: NE SWELL_HT: 2.5M SWELL_PER: 7 CLOUDS: 30% VISIBILITY: 20 BARO: 1018.4 AIR_TEMP: 28.3C COMMENT: Beach House – En Route – Palmerston Atoll, 50 miles to go at 10 am local, expect […]
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2010/07/17 11:54 LATITUDE: 18-00.48S LONGITUDE: 161-06.57W COURSE: 315T SPEED: 7.0 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 16 WIND_DIR: 109T WAVE_HT: 1.0M WAVE_PER: 7 SWELL_DIR: ENE SWELL_HT: 2.0M SWELL_PER: 7 CLOUDS: 40% VISIBILITY: 10 BARO: 1017.2 AIR_TEMP: 31.1C SEA_TEMP: 28.3C COMMENT: Beach House – En Route – Palmerston Atoll, about 1/2 way at 2 a.m. Most
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2010/07/17 00:30 LATITUDE: 18-48.34S LONGITUDE: 159-56.05W COURSE: 298T SPEED: 7.2 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 14 WIND_DIR: 081T WAVE_HT: 3.0M WAVE_PER: 7 SWELL_DIR: ENE SWELL_HT: 2.0M SWELL_PER: 8 CLOUDS: 40% VISIBILITY: 20 BARO: 1017.8 AIR_TEMP: 27.2C SEA_TEMP: 28.3C COMMENT: Beach House – EN ROUTE – Aitutaki Atoll to Palmerston Atoll, expect late afternoon, early
Dear F&F, July 15-16, 2010 HOW WE DECIDE WHEN TO LEAVE Thursday, July 15 We must exit this island\’s shallow pass during high tide. The tide gets later by nearly an hour every day. Wednesday July 14 Scott helped lead in our Canadian dock mates on sailboat \”Quickstar\” at 11:40 a.m. Thursday\’s time was 12:30
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Dear F&F, July 13, 2010 Clam Close-Ups Day #18 Aitutaki, Cook Islands I was awake at 6:30 a.m., but it is pretty dark then still, so lingered next to Scott until 7. I asked if he was up for a return trip to the lagoon. We decided it best to get our work done there
Dear F&F, July 12, 2010 Wine & Friends As Scott was focused on uploading the morning weather report via ham radio, as he does nearly every morning…and I am scurrying about making breakfast, making the bed, generally tidying up…I glance out the stern window & see a new catamaran just off our stern. They are
Dear F&F, July 11, 2010 Giant Clam Photo Shoot #1 The day started with Scott re-cementing Natalie\’s loose crown. The procedure was painless & successful. The retired dentist has not lost his touch. During this time (about 8 a.m. local) we were able to glimpse a partial eclipse of the sun. Thin clouds helped veil
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Dear F&F, July 10, 2010 Teking Lagoon Excursion This morning began with Scott assisting Laurel & Hardy to get unstuck from the shallow sand where they were marooned last night. As the water depth grew with the rising tide, Scott was able to give them a nudge with our dinghy to steer them into deeper
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Dear F&F, July 9, 2010 Aitutaki – Generator Success We got the long awaited generator parts 2 days ago, but surprise, surprise it was not as “plug & play” as Scott hoped or was told. Today he received a tech support email from Florida telling us how to re-program the digital brain (replacement part) of
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