Category: 2010 Tahiti – Society Islands – Cook Islands – Tonga to New Zealand Voyage – Position

  • POSITION REPORT

    YOTREPS: YES
    TIME: 2010/08/25 06:34
    LATITUDE: 18-42.01S
    LONGITUDE: 174-01.79W
    MARINE: NO
    WIND_SPEED: 7
    WIND_DIR: 174T
    CLOUDS: 50%
    VISIBILITY: 10
    BARO: 1016.8
    TREND: 1
    AIR_TEMP: 25.6C
    COMMENT: Beach House – MOORED – Port Maurelle, Vavau – Tonga

  • POSITION REPORT

    YOTREPS: YES
    TIME: 2010/08/17 22:31
    LATITUDE: 18-39.11S
    LONGITUDE: 173-59.16W
    MARINE: NO
    WIND_SPEED: 9
    WIND_DIR: 094T
    CLOUDS: 90%
    VISIBILITY: 10
    BARO: 1018.2
    AIR_TEMP: 28.9C
    COMMENT: Beach House -DOCKED – Neiaifu – Vava\’u, Tonga. Awaiting Clearance before moving to a mooring.

  • POSITION REPORT

    YOTREPS: YES
    TIME: 2010/08/17 17:59
    LATITUDE: 18-46.66S
    LONGITUDE: 173-52.07W
    COURSE: 275T
    SPEED: 4.9
    MARINE: YES
    WIND_SPEED: 12
    WIND_DIR: 115T
    WAVE_HT: 0.4M
    WAVE_PER: 5
    SWELL_DIR: E
    SWELL_HT: 1.5M
    SWELL_PER: 5
    CLOUDS: 90%
    VISIBILITY: 10
    BARO: 1016.6
    TREND: 1
    AIR_TEMP: 23.9C
    SEA_TEMP: 25.6C
    COMMENT: Beach House – EN ROUTE – Niue to Vavau, Tonga. Arrival outer reef. Waiting for light to enter.

  • POSITION REPORT

    YOTREPS: YES
    TIME: 2010/08/17 06:35
    LATITUDE: 18-51.05S
    LONGITUDE: 172-55.98W
    COURSE: 274T
    SPEED: 4.4
    MARINE: YES
    WIND_SPEED: 10
    WIND_DIR: 086T
    WAVE_HT: 0.3M
    WAVE_PER: 8
    SWELL_DIR: ESE
    SWELL_HT: 1.5M
    SWELL_PER: 8
    CLOUDS: 100%
    VISIBILITY: 4
    BARO: 1017.5
    TREND: 2
    AIR_TEMP: 23.9C
    SEA_TEMP: 26.7C
    COMMENT: Beach House – EN ROUTE – Niue to Vavau, Tonga. (3/4ths the way). Quickstar & Beaugelais astern. Raining lightly, expect a.m. arrival.

  • POSITION REPORT

    YOTREPS: YES
    TIME: 2010/08/16 18:23
    LATITUDE: 18-55.27S
    LONGITUDE: 171-51.04W
    COURSE: 272T
    SPEED: 5.1
    MARINE: YES
    WIND_SPEED: 7
    WIND_DIR: 059T
    WAVE_HT: 0.1M
    WAVE_PER: 8
    SWELL_DIR: ESE
    SWELL_HT: 1.5M
    SWELL_PER: 8
    CLOUDS: 80%
    VISIBILITY: 15
    BARO: 1016.9
    TREND: 2
    AIR_TEMP: 27.8C
    COMMENT: Beach House – EN ROUTE – Niue to Vavau, Tonga (1/2 Way). \”Quickstar\” & \”Proximity\”? within HAILING distance. Easy night, it\’s a motor boat ride!

  • POSITION REPORT

    YOTREPS: YES
    TIME: 2010/08/16 04:32
    LATITUDE: 18-59.89S
    LONGITUDE: 170-39.87W
    COURSE: 273T
    SPEED: 5.1
    MARINE: YES
    WIND_SPEED: 13
    WIND_DIR: 106T
    WAVE_HT: 0.2M
    WAVE_PER: 8
    SWELL_DIR: SE
    SWELL_HT: 1.5M
    SWELL_PER: 8
    CLOUDS: 80%
    VISIBILITY: 15
    BARO: 1016.4
    TREND: 2
    AIR_TEMP: 25.6C
    COMMENT: Beach House – EN ROUTE – Niue to Vavau, Tonga. Quickstar close enough to lasso! Still motoring on one engine. About 1/4th the way.

  • POSITION REPORT

    YOTREPS: YES
    TIME: 2010/08/15 20:55
    LATITUDE: 19-02.67S
    LONGITUDE: 169-59.28W
    COURSE: 272T
    SPEED: 6.2
    MARINE: NO
    WIND_SPEED: 10
    WIND_DIR: 086T
    CLOUDS: 50%
    VISIBILITY: 15
    BARO: 1017.7
    AIR_TEMP: 25.6C
    COMMENT: Beach House – EN ROUTE – Alofi, Niue – Sailing Solo to Vava\’u Tonga, s/v Quickstar \”buddy boat\”. Cindy will meet me there from Auckland, NZ.

  • POSITION REPORT

    YOTREPS: YES
    TIME: 2010/07/29 08:55
    LATITUDE: 19-31.84S
    LONGITUDE: 169-03.62W
    COURSE: 239T
    SPEED: 8.1
    MARINE: YES
    WIND_SPEED: 19
    WIND_DIR: 092T
    WAVE_HT: 0.5M
    WAVE_PER: 7
    SWELL_DIR: ESE
    SWELL_HT: 2.2M
    SWELL_PER: 7
    CLOUDS: 60%
    VISIBILITY: 20
    BARO: 1019.6
    AIR_TEMP: 25.0C
    COMMENT: Beach House – EN ROUTE – Beveridge Reef to Niue, (2/3rds the way) gybed – expect a.m. arrival

  • POSITION REPORT

    YOTREPS: YES
    TIME: 2010/07/28 20:45
    LATITUDE: 19-57.13S
    LONGITUDE: 167-49.81W
    COURSE: 316T
    SPEED: 7.9
    MARINE: YES
    WIND_SPEED: 15
    WIND_DIR: 093T
    WAVE_HT: 0.5M
    WAVE_PER: 7
    SWELL_DIR: ENE
    SWELL_HT: 2.0M
    SWELL_PER: 7
    CLOUDS: 60%
    VISIBILITY: 20
    BARO: 1019.8
    AIR_TEMP: 26.7C
    COMMENT: Beach House – EN ROUTE – Beveridge Reef to Niue, expect A.M. arrival

  • POSITION REPORT

    YOTREPS: YES
    TIME: 2010/07/25 19:48
    LATITUDE: 20-00.73S
    LONGITUDE: 167-46.67W
    MARINE: NO
    WIND_SPEED: 7
    WIND_DIR: 050T
    CLOUDS: 30%
    VISIBILITY: 20
    BARO: 1020.4
    TREND: 2
    AIR_TEMP: 29.4C
    COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – We\’ll have 8 boats here tonight – Beveridge Reef