Surreal II - May 24, 2018

By Surreal_II on

[password] pilot25041
[position] 25 21.13s. 146 12.53w
[status] just after the amazing sunset last night we felt there was enough wind to sail, and after setting our sails and turning of the engine we were quite happily trundling along at 5kts, however, our joy was short lived as gradually the breeze died over the coming hours until eventually at 2.30am it was back on with the engine. After a rather slow night, sunrise at 6am was as equally spectacular as the previous sunset, but we still had a glassy sea.

Comms and Passage Planning

By Silver_Light on

Four weeks and we're still not quite on top of our comms and downloads. Nearly there. IridiumGo and PredictWind are great but the setup is something you wouldn't believe. Ian has been working on this almost non-stop. These apps will enable us to download weather forecasts from satellites when on passage or from anywhere in the world. Very slowly, of course. Apparently you start the download, prepare and eat breakfast, then, voila, you have the latest forecast for your specific area in the Pacific Ocean.

Adamite - May 24, 2018

By Adamite on

[password] adv1704E
[position] 22 42.426s 166 48.585e
[speed]
[heading]
[status] Anchored in Ilot Ua about 5 miles from the outer reef. The classic coral atoll with beautiful coral drop off just inshore of boat. Have not seen another boat in couple days. Great swimming inside the reef over white lagoon sand. Maybe get the kite out today? Fingers crossed.....

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Irie II - May 24, 2018

By Irie_II on

[password] Raywoodtexas
[position] 35 43.420s 174 19.552e
[weather] 5knts ne 0.0 METER seas, 00clouds, 1009baro,
[speed] 0.0
[heading] 360t
[status] Working on the list of things to do before departure. Depature Date was Mon. 28th, but long range weather forecast don't look great, so may wait on the next wx window.
960nm to go. 0nm travel. Rumb line 960nm.

Everything Irie, except for the butterflies.

Al
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