13 December 2016 (+11 UTC) CONGRATS to Nikki on completing her circumnavigation! COMMENT: Beach House – Moored – Newcastle, Australia More later, quite a rough last 30 hours! Safe arrival. We\’re at the Quarantine Buoy awaiting check in first thing tomorrow (Wednesday morning TIME: 2016/12/13 01:31 LATITUDE: 32-56.34S LONGITUDE: 152-30.64E COURSE: 267T SPEED: 7.7 MARINE: …
Beach House – Safe Arrival – Newcastle, Australia….. Read More »
Dear Friends & Family, We\’re about 1/2 way to the East Australian Coast and are still motoring in now calm seas and very light winds. This will all change by this afternoon! A strong northerly flow will begin around dark tonight and continue for the next 48 hours and strengthen. This is likely due to …
Beach House – En Route – East Coast Australia – May go to alternate Newcastle? Read More »
11 December 2016 (+11 UTC) Eastern Hemisphere Dear Friends and Family, After waiting 24 hours for a very strong SW system to pass Lord Howe, we were stuck behind the reef and didn\’t feel safe to exit the Lagoon at Lord Howe. Conditions calmed over night and we\’re now en route to the Great Southern …
Beach House – En Route to the Great Southern Land…. Read More »
02 December 2016 (+11 UTC – Eastern Hemisphere) Dear Friends and Family, We have have arrived after an almost exactly 4 day trip. Yesterday and last evening, the seas were calm with a 2.5 meter (8 foot) and 1.5 meter (5 foot) swell from two different directions, but flat seas. We motored the last 28 …
Beach House – MOORED – Lord Howe Island – Gorgeous!…. Read More »
01 December 2016 (+11 UTC) Dear Friends and Family, The last 24 hours was a turning point as the winds finally began to lighten and the seas calmed down. We are now in very light air and motor sailing directly to Lord Howe which is 185 miles to our SSW. We expect to arrive there …
30 November 2016 (+11 UTC) Dear Friends and Family, Just as we were preparing this report, we\’ve \”seen\” what we believe is a cargo vessel on our AIS system. He\’s going 20 knots and the opposite direction about 15 miles to our left. This is the only vessel we\’ve seen on the trip and I\’m …
Beach House – En Route New Caledoinia – Lord Howe Island Island – Day 2 – 172 nm Read More »
27 November 2016 (+11 UTC) Dear Friends and Family, We\’ve moved another 17 miles further south than yesterday and are ready to go tomorrow morning for our journey to Lord Howe Island. Conditions will be a bit blustery the first 24-36 hours and then should steadily decrease with winds expected from the East. As we\’re …
Beach House – Moored – Isle Amedee – New Caledonia…. Read More »
26 November 2016 (-11 UTC) Dear Friends and Family, We had a very nice 10 days or so in New Caledonia with highlights of driving up to the north and taking a one hour ride in a small plane to see the \”Heart of Voh\”. Google this for an interesting aerial view of a mangrove …
Beach House – MOORED and staging for departure to Lord Howe Island, Australia…. Read More »
12 November 2016 (+11 UTC) Eastern Hemisphere Dear Friends and Family, We had a fabulous time seeing the very active volcano, Mt. Yasur which means mountain of God the local language. Sulphur, Steam and Ash were billowing constantly in addition to the red hot lava we could see after dark. We got some really good …
Beaach House – Anchored – Anelghowhat Bay, Anatom Island – Vanuatu…. Read More »
10 November 2016 (+11 on UTC) Dear Friends and Family, We arrived off the small bay here at 0630 local time. The first issue was that this area is so remote and apparently, the volcanic ash so prevalent that it changes the bottom here often enough that there are actually no depth indications on the …
Beach House – Anchored – Port Resolution, Tanna Island – Vanuatu….. Read More »