YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2012/06/21 04:20 LATITUDE: 11-57.42S LONGITUDE: 143-12.53E MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 12 WIND_DIR: SE CLOUDS: 60% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1013.7 AIR_TEMP: 28.9C COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Margaret Bay, Cape Grenville…. I\’m going to start putting these notes on the home page at: www.svbeachhouse.com They will be the new \”blog of the day\” …
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2012/06/20 05:46 LATITUDE: 12-35.60S LONGITUDE: 143-24.46E MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 17 WIND_DIR: ESE CLOUDS: 100% VISIBILITY: 10 BARO: 1014.7 AIR_TEMP: 23.9C COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Portland Roads, nice sail, cloudy, drizzle….. 60 miles in tandem with s/v \”Kakadu\” from NZ. Cape Grenville tomorrow. Getting close to \”The Top\”…
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2012/06/19 04:56 LATITUDE: 13-29.44S LONGITUDE: 143-43.36E COURSE: 019T SPEED: 1.6 MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 24 WIND_DIR: ESE CLOUDS: 85% VISIBILITY: 10 BARO: 1015.9 AIR_TEMP: 26.7C COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Morris Island, NOW, LOTS of Wind!… One hour before we arrived, the wind went from zero to 25 out of the ESE. …
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2012/06/18 07:38 LATITUDE: 14-10.74S LONGITUDE: 144-13.78E MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 5 WIND_DIR: ESE CLOUDS: 15% VISIBILITY: 20 BARO: 1017.2 AIR_TEMP: 26.7C COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Owens Passage, Flinders Island… We had such a great sail that we arrived at Ninan too early, pressed on to Cape Melville, but the anchorage was …
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2012/06/16 04:11 LATITUDE: 14-39.66S LONGITUDE: 145-27.16E MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 16 WIND_DIR: SSE CLOUDS: 85% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1016.8 AIR_TEMP: 25.0C COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Lizard Island The resort seems to be open? 7 other sail and 2 power boats here. Anchored in 6 feet (1.9 meters). We will probably stay …
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2012/06/16 01:08 LATITUDE: 14-56.72S LONGITUDE: 145-24.30E COURSE: 006T SPEED: 7.7 MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 22 WIND_DIR: SSE CLOUDS: 75% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1018.8 AIR_TEMP: 23.3C COMMENT: Beach House – EN-ROUTE – Lizard Island, Abeam Cape Flatery… Nice sailing today, 20-25 knots from the stern. Comfortable going with full main and genoa on the …
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2012/06/14 05:33 LATITUDE: 15-27.79S LONGITUDE: 145-14.65E MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 15 WIND_DIR: SE CLOUDS: 10% VISIBILITY: 30 BARO: 1014.8 AIR_TEMP: 25.6C COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Endevour River, Cooktown….. We are next to the sand bar where Captain Cook careened \”Endevour\” for 45 days while doing repairs. The river is very shallow, …
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2012/06/11 06:55 LATITUDE: 16-29.15S LONGITUDE: 145-27.56E MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 10 WIND_DIR: SSE CLOUDS: 10% VISIBILITY: 30 BARO: 1014.4 AIR_TEMP: 26.7C COMMENT: Beach House – DOCKED – Port Douglas Marina, Port Douglas… The weather has turned very nice for the moment. We motored here in little wind. Only 36 miles. Will stay a …
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2012/06/07 07:15 LATITUDE: 16-55.06S LONGITUDE: 145-46.88E MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 10 WIND_DIR: SSE CLOUDS: 20% VISIBILITY: 20 BARO: 1012.4 AIR_TEMP: 21.1C COMMENT: Beach House – DOCKED – Marlin Marina, Cairns. Our longest day….. We left Dunk Island at 0630 this morning. We found the resort closed and effectively destroyed by last year\’s Cyclone …
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2012/06/06 03:08 LATITUDE: 17-56.00S LONGITUDE: 146-08.22E MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 10 WIND_DIR: SSE CLOUDS: 0% VISIBILITY: 30 BARO: 1014.4 AIR_TEMP: 24.4C COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Brammo Bay, Dunk Island….. Well after seeing the crocodile last night as we arrived we were treated to a wonderful sunset and moon rise behind \”The …