A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor.
[password]Tregoning5162
[position]15°56'S173°46'W
[status]Anchored at Niuatoputapu, Tonga (0640 am local; 1740 UTC)
[speed]0.0
[heading]090M
[weather]Wind 14 knots from 090 degrees, 80% cloud cover, bar 1016, temp 27 C
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[password] Doris8503
[position] 25 10 S 157 12 E (17:00 UTC)
[speed] 5-7kts
[heading]245M (COG 248M)
[status] All Well On Board
On passage from Noumea to Brisbane. 287 Miles to go. Finally found wind, sometimes a little too much. Amazing VHF Propogation conditions. At 18:00 Australian time heard Moololobar and Hervie Bay MRCC on Ch 16 loud and clear, followed by Hervie Bay on Ch67 giving weather forecast. Distance approx 320 miles Then during the night two AIS contacts, from ships. One 140 miles away, the other 304 miles.
I am here Lat-24.451378 Lon+152.802982 Alt+038ft GPS Sats seen 06 http://map.iridium.com/m?lat=-24.451378&lon=152.802982 Sent via Iridium GO!
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I am here Lat-24.394403 Lon+152.863093 Alt+006ft GPS Sats seen 08 http://map.iridium.com/m?lat=-24.394403&lon=152.863093 Sent via Iridium GO!
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I am here Lat-24.337287 Lon+152.923508 Alt+017ft GPS Sats seen 09 http://map.iridium.com/m?lat=-24.337287&lon=152.923508 Sent via Iridium GO!
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[password] cloud&sun
[position] 21 41.07S 167 19.57E
[status] Expect to get to Havannah Pass in the morning. Pleasant sailing conditions with minimal seas. Looking forward to first visit to New Cal. Adverse current.
[heading] 196T
[speed] 6
[weather] 14.4 knots ENE. Baro 1020. A few clouds.
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I am here Lat-24.288038 Lon+152.977300 Alt+028ft GPS Sats seen 09 http://map.iridium.com/m?lat=-24.288038&lon=152.977300 Sent via Iridium GO!
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I am here Lat-24.233188 Lon+153.088548 Alt+018ft GPS Sats seen 10 http://map.iridium.com/m?lat=-24.233188&lon=153.088548 Sent via Iridium GO!
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Lat-14deg53'17" Lon+47deg20'28" Alt+062ft GPS Sats seen: 05 2017-09-25 12:09UTC http://map.iridium.com/m?lat=-14.888183&lon=47.341255 Sent via Iridium GO!
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