2016 May Positions

AIRMAIL YOTREPS IDENT: N6ABC TIME: 2016/05/31 17:48 LATITUDE: 16-51.07S LONGITUDE: 144-41.51W MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 17 WIND_DIR: 191T CLOUDS: 40% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1015.2 AIR_TEMP: 28.9C COMMENT: Beach House -Anchored – Tahanea Atoll – north of center pass Sorry this got out a day late. For those of you who knew my Aunt Barbara Kantro, she …

Beach House Ship\’s Mini Blog & Position Report – Arrival at Tahanea Atoll….. Read More »

AIRMAIL YOTREPS IDENT: N6ABC TIME: 2016/05/23 20:52 LATITUDE: 16-04.26S LONGITUDE: 142-22.04W MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 14 WIND_DIR: SE CLOUDS: 50% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1015.7 AIR_TEMP: 31.1C COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Raroia Atoll just south of Kon Tiki Motu, Tuamotu Islands…. (2 days 18 hours) Nicely, the winds subsided last night down to 12-16 knots. …

Beach House Ship\’s Mini Blog & Position Report – ANCHORED – Raroia Atoll and the Maramu was fortunately a bust! Read More »

AIRMAIL YOTREPS IDENT: N6ABC TIME: 2016/05/22 23:24 LATITUDE: 14-43.71S LONGITUDE: 140-46.50W COURSE: 230T SPEED: 6.9 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 19 WIND_DIR: SE WAVE_HT: 0.3M WAVE_PER: 4 SWELL_DIR: SSE SWELL_HT: 1.7M SWELL_PER: 6 CLOUDS: 80% VISIBILITY: 10 BARO: 1013.6 AIR_TEMP: 30.6C COMMENT: Beach House -En Route – Hiva Oa to Rairoa – Tuamotu Islands – Day 2 …

Beach House Ship\’s Mini Blog & Position Report – En Route Hiva Oa, Marquesas Islands to Rairoa, Tuamotu Islands…… Maramu! Read More »

AIRMAIL YOTREPS IDENT: N6ABC TIME: 2016/05/21 23:25 LATITUDE: 12-34.31S LONGITUDE: 139-46.79W COURSE: 183T SPEED: 6.0 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 11 WIND_DIR: 053T SWELL_DIR: ENE SWELL_HT: 1.0M SWELL_PER: 8 CLOUDS: 20% VISIBILITY: 20 BARO: 1012.6 AIR_TEMP: 33.9C COMMENT: Beach House -En Route – Hiva Oa to Rairoa – Tuamotu Islands – Day 1 – 165 nm (254 …

Beach House Ship\’s Mini Blog & Position Report – En Route Hiva Oa, Marquesas Islands to Rairoa, Tuamotu Islands…… Read More »

AIRMAIL YOTREPS IDENT: N6ABC TIME: 2016/05/20 23:20 LATITUDE: 09-58.36S LONGITUDE: 139-08.84W COURSE: 198T SPEED: 7.0 MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 13 WIND_DIR: E CLOUDS: 20% VISIBILITY: 20 BARO: 1010.6 AIR_TEMP: 33.9C COMMENT: Beach House -En Route – Hiva Oa to Rairoa – Tuamotu Islands After checking in, we did some shopping, maintenance and Nikki did a day …

Beach House Ship\’s Mini Blog & Position Report – En Route Hiva Oa, Marquesas Islands to Rairoa, Tuamotu Islands…… Read More »

AIRMAIL YOTREPS IDENT: N6ABC TIME: 2016/05/17 00:56 LATITUDE: 09-48.20S LONGITUDE: 139-01.86W MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 5 WIND_DIR: S CLOUDS: 75% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1009 AIR_TEMP: 31.1C COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Hiva Oa – Marquesas Islands – Check in tomorrow After two lovely nights and a nice day at Fatu Hiva, we\’ve sailed in tandem …

Beach House Ship\’s Mini Blog & Position Report – Awaiting Check in – Hiva Oa Island – Marquesas Islands….. Read More »

AIRMAIL YOTREPS IDENT: N6ABC TIME: 2016/05/15 06:57 LATITUDE: 10-27.90S LONGITUDE: 138-40.06W MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 3 WIND_DIR: E CLOUDS: 60% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1012.9 AIR_TEMP: 29.4C COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Fatu Hiva – Marquesas Islands – 18.25 days Just a quick update to let everyone know we\’re safely anchored in Hanavave Bay (The Bay …

Beach House Ship\’s Mini Blog & Position Report – Arrived – Fatu Hiva Island – Marquesas Islands….. Read More »

AIRMAIL YOTREPS IDENT: N6ABC TIME: 2016/05/14 18:06 LATITUDE: 10-37.35S LONGITUDE: 137-29.80W COURSE: 254T SPEED: 7.5 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 13 WIND_DIR: E WAVE_HT: 0.3M WAVE_PER: 5 SWELL_DIR: ESE SWELL_HT: 2.8M SWELL_PER: 8 CLOUDS: 40% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1013.9 AIR_TEMP: 32.8C COMMENT: Beach House – En Route – Marquesas Islands – Day 18 – 185 nm Well …

Beach House Ship\’s Mini Blog & Position Report – Almost there! A Big Day…. Read More »

AIRMAIL YOTREPS IDENT: N6ABC TIME: 2016/05/13 18:00 LATITUDE: 10-19.61S LONGITUDE: 134-27.25W COURSE: 256T SPEED: 8.3 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 20 WIND_DIR: ESE WAVE_HT: 0.3M WAVE_PER: 5 SWELL_DIR: ESE SWELL_HT: 2.8M SWELL_PER: 8 CLOUDS: 30% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1013.9 AIR_TEMP: 31.7C COMMENT: Beach House – En Route – Marquesas Islands – Day 17 – 165 nm (245 …

Beach House Ship\’s Mini Blog & Position Report – Steering Update – A big and small day – on the downhill run! to Fatu Hiva….. Read More »

AIRMAIL YOTREPS IDENT: N6ABC TIME: 2016/05/12 18:04 LATITUDE: 10-34.33S LONGITUDE: 131-55.48W COURSE: 265T SPEED: 6.5 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 17 WIND_DIR: ENE WAVE_HT: 0.1M WAVE_PER: 5 SWELL_DIR: E SWELL_HT: 3.0M SWELL_PER: 8 CLOUDS: 30% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1014.1 AIR_TEMP: 31.7C COMMENT: Beach House – En Route – Marquesas Islands – Day 16 – 165 nm Housekeeping: …

Beach House Ship\’s Mini Blog & Position Report – Squalls and Steering…. Read More »