YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2012/09/17 01:23 LATITUDE: 11-04.85S LONGITUDE: 102-40.64E COURSE: 266T SPEED: 6.4 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 14 WIND_DIR: ESE WAVE_HT: 0.5M WAVE_PER: 7 SWELL_DIR: SE SWELL_HT: 2.0M SWELL_PER: 10 CLOUDS: 35% VISIBILITY: 20 BARO: 1016.8 AIR_TEMP: 27.8C COMMENT: Beach House – EN Route – Cocos-Keeling Island. Expect 3 day trip, 180 nm run for 24 […]
Bye, Bye Christmas…Onward to Cocos-Keeling…… 17 September 2012 (Eastern Hemisphere) Dear F&F, We spent our last day at Christmas Island doing some emailing and interneting as we\’re getting close to being truly \”off the grid\”. We do expect some wifi at Cocos, but that\’s it for up to 6-8 weeks. We did a driving tour
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It\’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas….. 13-15 September 2012 (Eastern Hemisphere) Dear F&F, We arrived at dawn on the 13th having just passed our friends on s/v \”Ainia\” who left 28 hours before us! We had a record 235 mile day as we benefited form a lovely 2-3 knot current pushing us here.
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YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2012/09/12 23:31 LATITUDE: 10-25.70S LONGITUDE: 105-40.17E COMMENT: Beach House – MOORED – Flying Fish Cove, Christmas Island, 2 days, 20 hours. Nice anchorage We passed s/v \”Ainia\” 5 miles before arrival. Will clear Aussie Customs and enjoy.
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2012/09/12 03:01 LATITUDE: 10-00.19S LONGITUDE: 108-18.56E COURSE: 261T SPEED: 9.4 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 20 WIND_DIR: SSE WAVE_HT: 0.5M WAVE_PER: 7 SWELL_DIR: SSE SWELL_HT: 3.0M SWELL_PER: 10 CLOUDS: 35% VISIBILITY: 20 BARO: 1018.7 AIR_TEMP: 27.2C COMMENT: Beach House – EN-ROUTE – Christmas Island, expect early a.m arrival. We just had the best 24
Sailing Along…..Reflections….. 11 September 2012, (Eastern Hemisphere) Dear F&F, On this ominous date, I am reminded of how big events can be in this world, yet how small we are out here floating upon the vast Indian Ocean. The voyages this season will have \”Beach House\” putting on some real mileage. To recap.. Our first
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YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2012/09/11 04:03 LATITUDE: 09-24.78S LONGITUDE: 112-04.51E COURSE: 260T SPEED: 8.3 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 12 WIND_DIR: SE WAVE_HT: 0.5M SWELL_DIR: SSE SWELL_HT: 1.0M SWELL_PER: 7 CLOUDS: 30% VISIBILITY: 20 BARO: 1017.7 AIR_TEMP: 29.4C COMMENT: Beach House – EN-ROUTE – Christmas Island, Nice sail, 185 nm day 1. 380 to go. Full main and
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2012/09/10 03:00 LATITUDE: 08-54.00S LONGITUDE: 115-10.16E COURSE: 260T SPEED: 8.4 COMMENT: Beach House – EN-ROUTE – Christmas Island, expect 3.5 day trip +/- For a \”fun read\”, see the Welcome Screen/Ship\’s Log at: www.svbeachhouse.com PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL ADDRESS, USE EITHER NIKKI\’S OR THE BOAT ADDRESS WDB5638@SAILMAIL.COM (DO NOT
Leaving Las Vegas 10 September 2012 (Eastern Hemisphere) Dear F&F, Well, \”leaving day\” is always a bit of a challenge; this one was no exception! After taking on and filtering our questionable quality diesel fuel and getting dock sedentary-itis for three weeks. I\’m always a bit in waiting for the \”other shoe to drop\” mode.
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Bali Touring, Getting Ready for Christmas……Part 2 7-10 September, 2012 (Eastern Hemisphere) Dear F&F, We met a few boats who would also be sailing to South Africa, but as it\’s a long long trip, we would mostly not be seeing each other. S/V \”Ainia\” with Bruce and June from Toronto (and crew of two more)
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