Category: Voyages

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!

YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2011/10/08 03:05 LATITUDE: 18-21.79S LONGITUDE: 168-06.83E COURSE: 186T SPEED: 5.8 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 9 WIND_DIR: 120T WAVE_HT: 0.5M WAVE_PER: 8 SWELL_DIR: ESE SWELL_HT: 1.0M SWELL_PER: 7 CLOUDS: 70% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1015 TREND: 1 AIR_TEMP: 30.0C SEA_TEMP: 26.7C COMMENT: Beach House – EN ROUTE – Port Vila, Vanuatu to Noumea, New Caledonia. Kay a bit under the weather, but doing okay!

YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2011/10/07 20:25 LATITUDE: 17-44.89S LONGITUDE: 168-18.61E MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 8 WIND_DIR: 117T CLOUDS: 50% VISIBILITY: 10 BARO: 1014 TREND: 1 AIR_TEMP: 27.8C COMMENT: Beach House – PREPARING – To leave from Port Vila – Vanuatu to Noumea – New Caledonia (About 50 hours). Winds lightening, small seas. Volcano at Tanna was amazing! (USE SAILMAIL TO WRITE BACK, NOT THIS ADDRESS)

YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2011/10/01 06:14 LATITUDE: 17-44.89S LONGITUDE: 168-18.61E MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 6 WIND_DIR: 094T CLOUDS: 85% VISIBILITY: 5 BARO: 1013 AIR_TEMP: 27.8C COMMENT: Beach House – MOORED – Paray Bay, Port Vila, Vanuatu