2012 Australia – Indonesia – Indian Ocean to South Africa Positions

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YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2012/11/11 09:42 LATITUDE: 15-50.07S LONGITUDE: 045-30.74E COURSE: 238T SPEED: 6.9 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 13 WIND_DIR: NW WAVE_HT: 0.2M WAVE_PER: 4 SWELL_DIR: W SWELL_HT: 0.5M SWELL_PER: 6 CLOUDS: 20% VISIBILITY: 25 BARO: 1015 AIR_TEMP: 31.7C COMMENT: Beach House – EN ROUTE- Richard\’s Bay South Africa!….. A change of plans! The weather looks as […]

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YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2012/11/09 12:05 LATITUDE: 15-43.67S LONGITUDE: 046-18.94E COURSE: 108T SPEED: 0.6 MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 15 WIND_DIR: W CLOUDS: 50% VISIBILITY: 20 BARO: 1011.1 AIR_TEMP: 31.7C COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED- Mahajunga, Madagascar…. One day only! Much more infrastructure than Hellville. The port is very industrial. Very shallow anchorage with strong tidal flow. We\’re

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YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2012/11/08 11:18 LATITUDE: 15-16.51S LONGITUDE: 047-04.29E MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 9 WIND_DIR: NW CLOUDS: 40% VISIBILITY: 20 BARO: 1011.6 AIR_TEMP: 31.1C COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED- Nosy Longany, Madagascar….desolate! We\’re about 5 miles inside the entrance behind a lovely little point; a small small village is here. It\’s blowing 17 knots outside, but

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YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2012/11/06 12:57 LATITUDE: 14-53.54S LONGITUDE: 047-20.25E MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 8 WIND_DIR: W CLOUDS: 40% VISIBILITY: 25 BARO: 1013.3 AIR_TEMP: 32.8C COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED- Moramba Bay, Madagascar This is the cove of the Indiri Lemurs. They are the largest of all the lemur species and are supposed to look like a

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YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2012/11/05 12:30 LATITUDE: 14-05.82S LONGITUDE: 047-54.36E COURSE: 077T SPEED: 2.4 MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 10 WIND_DIR: W CLOUDS: 25% VISIBILITY: 20 BARO: 1013.2 AIR_TEMP: 32.2C COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED- Berangomaina Bay, Madagascar Internet! Lovely, very protected…Sunflower is at Baramahamay Bay… Will head to Moramba Bay tomorrow….

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YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2012/11/04 10:30 LATITUDE: 13-32.13S LONGITUDE: 047-59.84E MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 11 WIND_DIR: NNW CLOUDS: 50% VISIBILITY: 20 BARO: 1015.1 AIR_TEMP: 32.2C COMMENT: Beach House -ANCHORED- Russian Bay, Madagascar Beginning the last big leg of this season\’s journey. About 1500 miles to go! This part of the journey is in three stages. First, Nose

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YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2012/11/02 10:53 LATITUDE: 13-18.09S LONGITUDE: 048-10.64E MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 14 WIND_DIR: SW CLOUDS: 50% VISIBILITY: 20 BARO: 1013.4 AIR_TEMP: 31.1C COMMENT: Beach House-ANCHORED-Back at Sakatia Island, Sakatia Island Resort Glad to be out of \”Hell\”…:-)

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YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2012/11/01 07:48 LATITUDE: 13-26.49S LONGITUDE: 048-21.05E MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 8 WIND_DIR: NW CLOUDS: 10% VISIBILITY: 20 BARO: 1015.5 AIR_TEMP: 32.8C COMMENT: Beach House -ANCHORED- Nose Komba Island. We\’ll head back to Sakatia tomorrow Glad to be out of \”Hell\”!ville…

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YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2012/10/29 13:12 LATITUDE: 13-24.37S LONGITUDE: 048-17.04E MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 8 WIND_DIR: W CLOUDS: 40% VISIBILITY: 20 BARO: 1012.3 AIR_TEMP: 30.6C COMMENT: Beach House -ANCHORED- HELLville, Nose Be Island – Madagascar Check in tomorrow…..Now we can truly say, \”We\’ve been to Hell!\”…:-)

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YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2012/10/26 13:05 LATITUDE: 13-17.90S LONGITUDE: 048-10.63E MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 13 WIND_DIR: 205T CLOUDS: 60% VISIBILITY: 20 BARO: 1012.5 AIR_TEMP: 30.6C COMMENT: Beach House -ANCHORED- Sakatia Island, Sakatia Island Resort. We\’ll go ashore tomorrow. Watching the weather for possible TS/TC (hurricane) forming 700 miles to our NE in about three days. Let\’s hope

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