Category: Position Reports

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

YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2011/10/08 00:00 LATITUDE: 22-17.29S LONGITUDE: 166-26.12E MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 6 WIND_DIR: 165T CLOUDS: 90% VISIBILITY: 10 BARO: 1013 AIR_TEMP: 31.1C COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Baie L\’Orphelinat – New Caledonia

YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2011/10/08 00:00 LATITUDE: 22-19.85S LONGITUDE: 167-03.71E COURSE: 297T SPEED: 6.9 MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 1 WIND_DIR: 353T CLOUDS: 90% VISIBILITY: 10 BARO: 1013 TREND: 1 AIR_TEMP: 23.3C COMMENT: Beach House – EN ROUTE – Port Vila, Vanuatu to Noumea. Entering Havannah Pass, New Caledonia. Noumea around noon local time.

YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2011/10/08 00:00 LATITUDE: 21-41.48S LONGITUDE: 167-24.47E COURSE: 193T SPEED: 4.1 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 10 WIND_DIR: 064T WAVE_HT: 0.0M WAVE_PER: 0 SWELL_DIR: ENE SWELL_HT: 0.5M SWELL_PER: 8 CLOUDS: 90% VISIBILITY: 10 BARO: 1013 AIR_TEMP: 22.2C SEA_TEMP: 25.0C COMMENT: Beach House – EN ROUTE – Port Vila, Vanuatu to Noumea. 44 miles till reef entrance. Have cleared Loyalty Islands. Will enter at first light. Very calm conditions. Expect check in by 2pm local time on our Monday. Kay off watch, now feeling very well!

YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2011/10/08 21:00 LATITUDE: 20-27.45S LONGITUDE: 167-40.37E COURSE: 191T SPEED: 6.5 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 13 WIND_DIR: 099T WAVE_HT: 0.5M WAVE_PER: 8 SWELL_DIR: E SWELL_HT: 1.7M SWELL_PER: 7 CLOUDS: 70% VISIBILITY: 10 BARO: 1015 TREND: 1 AIR_TEMP: 26.7C SEA_TEMP: 25.0C COMMENT: Beach House – EN ROUTE – Port Vila, Vanuatu to Noumea. 166 nm day one run. A few ships, another boat. Not rushing, expect early a.m. arrival at reef system tomorrow. We\’ll sight Loyalty Islands in a few hours. Kay doing much better!