May 31st, 2011 \”I Get By With a Little Help From My Friends\”…. The Beatles Dear F&F, We\’re in Vuda Point Marina just south of Lautoka where we checked in. I thought this song was appropriate as Kate is from Essex near London. Kate was great in the watch, sailing, cooking, companion and everything else […]
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YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2011/06/09 06:40 LATITUDE: 17-40.82S LONGITUDE: 177-23.19E MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 6 WIND_DIR: 059T CLOUDS: 20% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1011 AIR_TEMP: 26.7C COMMENT: Beach House – Med Moored – Vuda Point Marina….Sandrine, we\’re waiting for you!….Kate\’s Facebooking the \”boys\”….:)
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2011/06/01 10:11 LATITUDE: 17-46.24S LONGITUDE: 177-11.39E MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 6 WIND_DIR: 059T CLOUDS: 90% VISIBILITY: 5 BARO: 1014.6 AIR_TEMP: 24.5C COMMENT: Beach House – MOORED – Malololailai Island (Musket Cove). Kate starts diving tomorrow! (Say Malololailai ten times real fast!…:)
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2011/05/27 02:25 LATITUDE: 17-35.96S LONGITUDE: 177-26.50E MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 6 WIND_DIR: 059T CLOUDS: 20% VISIBILITY: 25 BARO: 1013 AIR_TEMP: 32.8C COMMENT: Beach House – Med Moored – Vuda Point Marina. Windlass and Sail drive repairs. BIG clean up to do as well….
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2011/05/26 03:35 LATITUDE: 17-35.97S LONGITUDE: 177-26.49E MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 12 WIND_DIR: 043T CLOUDS: 30% VISIBILITY: 25 BARO: 1010.6 AIR_TEMP: 30.6C COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Lautoka, Fiji (7 days 20 hours). All checked in, moving to Vuda Point Marina tomorrow for check out of sail drive and a few other \”delightful
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2011/05/26 03:35 LATITUDE: 17-35.97S LONGITUDE: 177-26.49E MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 12 WIND_DIR: 043T CLOUDS: 30% VISIBILITY: 25 BARO: 1010.6 AIR_TEMP: 30.6C COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Lautoka, Fiji (7 days 20 hours). All checked in, moving to Vuda Point Marina tomorrow for check out of saildrive and a few other \”delightful projects\”.
May 25th, (Eastern Hemisphere), 2011 – 8:30 p.m. Our Last Night at Sea…. Conditions: 18 degrees 45 minutes SOUTH 177 degrees 20 minutes EAST Wind: East, 30 knots (It\’s still blowing!) Swell: East, 2 – 2.5 meters (We\’re getting some reef protection) Heading: 340 True Speed: 5.5 knots 3 reefs in the main, no head
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2011/05/23 00:00 LATITUDE: 19-29.99S LONGITUDE: 177-36.52E COURSE: 332T SPEED: 6.0 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 25 WIND_DIR: 101T WAVE_HT: 1.0M WAVE_PER: 8 SWELL_DIR: ESE SWELL_HT: 3.0M SWELL_PER: 8 CLOUDS: 70% VISIBILITY: 18 BARO: 1014.5 TREND: -1 AIR_TEMP: 27.8C SEA_TEMP: 27.8C COMMENT: Beach House – ENROUTE – Lautoka, Fiji. 194 nm day 07 run. 15
May 24th (EASTERN Hemisphere again!), 2011 – 10 p.m. local time. Conditions: 21 deg 20 min SOUTH 178 deg 19 min EAST (zig zagged the date line). Wind: 25 East Swell: 3 meter ESE (more East). Heading: 340 deg T Speed: 8.5 knots (a bit bumpy again, but quite livable) Barometer: 1017 Day 6 run:
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2011/05/24 00:09 LATITUDE: 22-25.27S LONGITUDE: 179-03.28E COURSE: 328T SPEED: 7.5 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 21 WIND_DIR: 104T WAVE_HT: 1.0M WAVE_PER: 8 SWELL_DIR: ESE SWELL_HT: 3.5M SWELL_PER: 8 CLOUDS: 40% VISIBILITY: 20 BARO: 1017.6 TREND: 1 AIR_TEMP: 25.6C SEA_TEMP: 24.4C COMMENT: Beach House – ENROUTE – LAUTOKA, Fiji (change of port for engine room