Category: 2011 Positions

YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2011/10/27 06:04 LATITUDE: 27-26.65S LONGITUDE: 153-06.43E COMMENT: Beach House – DOCKED – Rivergate Marina – Brisbane, Australia. All checked in….The Puddle has been Jumped……Drinking a toast to Cindy, thanks for the wine Jerome and Nathalie. Dinner with s/v \”Dream Caper\” from San Rafael, California

YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2011/10/26 20:50 LATITUDE: 26-48.97S LONGITUDE: 153-10.68E COURSE: 263T SPEED: 7.4 MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 15 WIND_DIR: 186T CLOUDS: 100% VISIBILITY: 10 BARO: 1017 AIR_TEMP: 21.1C COMMENT: Beach House – ARRIVAL – Moreton Bay Outer Buoy – Brisbane, Australia. A bit nasty still from the frontal passage last night. Should check in with Customs in about 6 or 7 hours. It\’s a very big bay!

YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2011/10/25 21:02 LATITUDE: 26-36.43S LONGITUDE: 156-14.20E COURSE: 266T SPEED: 6.0 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 7 WIND_DIR: 039T WAVE_HT: 0.1M WAVE_PER: 8 SWELL_DIR: E SWELL_HT: 1.0M SWELL_PER: 8 CLOUDS: 70% VISIBILITY: 10 BARO: 1016 TREND: 1 AIR_TEMP: 26.1C SEA_TEMP: 22.2C COMMENT: Beach House – EN ROUTE – New Caledonia to Brisbane, Australia. Day 4 run, 170 nm. Now motoring, 165 nm to go. Should be at Moreton Bay outer buoy in 24 hours. (8 a.m. local time). Then 40 miles to Aust. Customs dock; Brisbane River-Rivergate Marina. Overcast, weak Low pressure system just coming off the coast.

YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2011/10/23 00:00 LATITUDE: 26-01.66S LONGITUDE: 159-10.24E COURSE: 224T SPEED: 7.0 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 15 WIND_DIR: 071T WAVE_HT: 0.1M WAVE_PER: 8 SWELL_DIR: ENE SWELL_HT: 1.2M SWELL_PER: 8 CLOUDS: 35% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1018 AIR_TEMP: 26.1C SEA_TEMP: 23.3C COMMENT: Beach House – EN ROUTE – New Caledonia to Brisbane, Australia. 325 nm to go. 160 nm day 3 run. Expect Thursday, 27th arrival, late p.m. Spinnaker up last 18 hours with pole to weather. Beautiful evening, ideal conditions. Wind expected to go north during the day, we will then gybe to starboard.

YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2011/10/23 21:26 LATITUDE: 24-40.36S LONGITUDE: 161-40.59E COURSE: 253T SPEED: 7.7 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 20 WIND_DIR: 090T WAVE_HT: 0.5M WAVE_PER: 8 SWELL_DIR: E SWELL_HT: 2.8M SWELL_PER: 8 CLOUDS: 25% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1022 AIR_TEMP: 23.9C SEA_TEMP: 23.3C COMMENT: Beach House – EN ROUTE – New Caledonia to Brisbane, Australia – End Day 2, 170 nm run. 490 to go. Expect Thursday arrival. Conditions very nice. Shook out 2 reefs and furled staysail. Now have full main and poled out genoa. Spinnaker may? go up if wind lightens. About 70 hours to Moreton Bay, Brisbane.

YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2011/10/22 22:21 LATITUDE: 23-49.67S LONGITUDE: 164-31.62E COURSE: 250T SPEED: 7.4 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 22 WIND_DIR: 097T WAVE_HT: 0.5M WAVE_PER: 7 SWELL_DIR: ESE SWELL_HT: 2.8M SWELL_PER: 8 CLOUDS: 70% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1022 AIR_TEMP: 23.9C SEA_TEMP: 23.3C COMMENT: Beach House – EN ROUTE – New Caledonia to Brisbane, Australia 170 mile first day.

YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2011/10/22 04:00 LATITUDE: 23-09.60S LONGITUDE: 166-40.42E COURSE: 251T SPEED: 7.1 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 20 WIND_DIR: 113T WAVE_HT: 0.5M WAVE_PER: 8 SWELL_DIR: ESE SWELL_HT: 2.8M SWELL_PER: 8 CLOUDS: 30% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1020 TREND: -1 AIR_TEMP: 23.3C SEA_TEMP: 23.9C COMMENT: Beach House – EN ROUTE – New Caledonia to Brisbane, Australia

YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2011/10/21 19:09 LATITUDE: 22-39.58S LONGITUDE: 167-26.43E COURSE: 135T SPEED: 0.0 MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 15 WIND_DIR: ESE CLOUDS: 30% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1020 AIR_TEMP: 21.7C COMMENT: Beach House – PREPARING TO DEPART – Baie du Kuto, Isle of Pines to Brisbane, Australia. Expect 5 day passage. Wind is down and has turned East!

YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2011/10/12 05:11 LATITUDE: 22-17.30S LONGITUDE: 166-26.12E MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 6 WIND_DIR: 164T CLOUDS: 50% VISIBILITY: 20 BARO: 1016 AIR_TEMP: 28.9C COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Baie L\’Orphelinat – Dinner with s/v \”Na Maka\” – Jerome, Nathalie and kids