Hello Minerva.

By DOMINO on

Arrived South Minerva Reef under cloudy skies and showers, a good excuse to fish outside the reef while waiting for sunny weather... And a good idea too, since we soon got a double hook-up of yellowfin tuna! By 0830, there was a break in the clouds and enough light to go through. We took the northern channel of the pass, reef very visible on starboard, at low tide (using Raoul Island tide table) and headed straight across the lagoon to the anchorage. Note that the light on the rock at the western end does not exist, but there is a new beacon on the east end of the reef, about 6 meter tall, flashing 1"on, 3" off. Biggest crayfish ever!!!! Life's good!

The Southern Cross - May 14, 2016

By The_Southern_Cross on

[password] yppah4187
[position] 33 56.52S 175 13.18E
[weather] 10knts SW, 1m seas, 10% cloud cover, 1017 baro
[speed] 5knts
[heading] 040T
[status] report at 6am NZ time. lovely sailing on one metre seas, last night had one gust of 26 knots and boat speed around 8 knots. Average speed overnight 7 knots. Departed 1445 (NZ time) yesterday. Have travelled 105 nautical miles from Opua and 693 nautical miles to North Minerva Reef
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