Ship’s Log

POSITION REPORT – Beach House – En Route – Isla Gunaja, Honduras to Isla Providencia, Columbia…..

AIRMAIL YOTREPS IDENT: N6ABC TIME: 2016/01/05 05:49 LATITUDE: 16-04.11N LONGITUDE: 084-04.86W COURSE: 107T SPEED: 7.8 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 9 WIND_DIR: WNW WAVE_HT: 0.2M SWELL_DIR: E SWELL_HT: 1.0M SWELL_PER: 6 CLOUDS: 30% VISIBILITY: 10 BARO: 1026.5 TREND: 1 AIR_TEMP: 27.8C COMMENT: Beach House – En Route – Isla Providencia, Columbia We had our first sail of […]

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Beach House – We\’re Off!, Part 3……

January 5th, 2016 (-5 on UTC) Dear Friends and Family (yes, midnight has just arrived as I write!) Happy Birthday Laurie Robertson, wherever you may be! I last left you in 22 knots of wind, sailing West toward \”PGA\” having departed the island of Guanaja in the Bay of Islands, Honduras. We had a lovely

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Beach House – We\’re Off!, Part 2……

January 4th, 2016 (-5 on UTC) Dear Friends and Family, I last left you hanging with the description of the elements needed for a \”weather window\” to get from the Rio Dulce of Guatemala around \”Punta Gracias Adios\” (Thank God Point). We did indeed escape the Rio Dulce, the last hurdle being the very shallow

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Beach House – We\’re Off!, Part 1……

January 4th, 2016 (-5 on UTC) Dear Friends and Family, A whole lots happened since we wrote you just the other day. First, we went to visit friends Peter and Laurie of Switch 51, \”Zia\” and were hoping to have a relaxing New Years Day! Not to be. We leisurely started doing the last minute

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POSITION REPORT – Beach House – Guanaja Island, Bay of Islands, Honduras

AIRMAIL YOTREPS IDENT: N6ABC TIME: 2016/01/04 00:00 LATITUDE: 16-27.35N LONGITUDE: 085-52.17W COMMENT: Beach House – Beach House – ANCHORED – Gunaja Island, Honduras – Bay of Islands The weather window is a bit interesting. If we\’d continued on, we would have been motoring into light to moderate NEasterlies. By waiting here, we should have a

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POSITION REPORT – Beach House – En Route – Guatemala to Isla Providencia, Columbia…..

AIRMAIL YOTREPS IDENT: N6ABC TIME: 2016/01/03 14:09 LATITUDE: 16-11.89N LONGITUDE: 086-57.33W COURSE: 086T SPEED: 6.8 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 7 WIND_DIR: ENE WAVE_HT: 0.7M WAVE_PER: 6 SWELL_DIR: E SWELL_HT: 0.7M SWELL_PER: 6 CLOUDS: 20% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1027.6 AIR_TEMP: 28.3C SEA_TEMP: 26.7C COMMENT: Beach House – En Route – Isla Providencia, Columbia Dear Group! (The Island

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POSITION REPORT – Beach House -"Gringo Bay\”……

YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2016/01/01 04:17 LATITUDE: 15-45.49N LONGITUDE: 088-50.06W MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 4 WIND_DIR: ESE CLOUDS: 50% VISIBILITY: 5 BARO: 1027.6 AIR_TEMP: 26.7C COMMENT: Beach House -DOCKED – Peter & Laurie\’s house in Gringo Bay….. Were tied up to sister ship \”Zia\” here in what we are calling \”Gringo Bay\”. Jennifer\’s Bay is to our

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POSITION REPORT – Beach House – Rio Dulce, Guatemala…..

YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2015/12/31 18:34 LATITUDE: 15-39.37N LONGITUDE: 088-59.63W MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 4 WIND_DIR: ENE CLOUDS: 40% VISIBILITY: 10 BARO: 1025.6 AIR_TEMP: 33.9C COMMENT: Beach House – DOCKED – RAM Marina – ready to depart this afternoon to begin the 2016 season – Frontera, Guatemala Hello F&F who are on our position report – direct!

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Happy New Year from "Beach House" – Rio Dulce, Guatemala…..

December 31st, 2015 (-6 on UTC) Dear Friends and Family! Well, it\’s been a long time since we last checked in with you and this one will be brief. We have had the boat in Guatemala since June and have done EXTENSIVE work aboard \”Beach House\”. We\’ve also been to Skye and Sean\’s Wedding in

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POSITION REPORT – Livingston, Guatemala – Awaiting check in…..

AIRMAIL YOTREPS IDENT: N6ABC TIME: 2015/04/29 14:00 LATITUDE: 15-49.33N LONGITUDE: 088-44.91W MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 4 WIND_DIR: N SWELL_DIR: E SWELL_HT: 0.1M CLOUDS: 85% VISIBILITY: 6 BARO: 1008.1 AIR_TEMP: 29.4C SEA_TEMP: 21.7C COMMENT: Beach House -ANCHORED – Livingston, Guatemala – Awating check in….. We\’re back! The weather wouldn\’t allow us enough time to get to Panama

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