If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.
[p]Fluenta2014
[pos]23 38.535s 178 55.992w
[w]TWS 8 kts TWD 255T Baro 1015
[s]Anchored in North Minerva waiting for a weather window to Savusavu
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[p]Martin09
[pos]23 55s 148 17w
[sp]6.0 kts
[h]035 T
[w]15-18 kts ENE
[s]Underway to Raivavae. 1018mb. 40% high clouds
wind on the nose
35 miles to go.
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[password] Jackson1
[position] 19 40.2S 178 53.0W
[speed] 3.0knts
[heading] 015T
[status] Enroute Fiji via Minerva Reef. Very light winds last 24 hrs with mix of motoring and sailing at 3 kts. 143 nm to Vanua Balavu, Fiji
[weather] 50% cloud, winds 9 kts S, seas 1.5 m SW swell, 1017 baro.[END]
[password] SYWHYNOT
[position]28 11s 152 01w
[status] Day 15: Slow going... Close hauled, unfavorable winds.
[speed] 3.5
[heading] 114T
[weather] 20knts NE, 2m seas, 80% cloud cover, Barometer steady
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[password} cheznous4000
[position] 19 10 s 178 47 w
[weather] sse 8 kts, 5%, 1016 rising, s swell 0.5m.
[speed] 5
[heading 355
[status] ETA Vanua Balavu Tonga Passage, breakfast tomorrow[END]
I am here Lat-22.770797 Lon+172.073118 Alt000ft GPS Sats seen 08 http://map.iridium.com/m?lat=-22.770797&lon2.073118 Sent via Iridium GO![END]
[s] Position report sent via Iridium GO [END]
[password] Fra17099
[position] 24 25 S 152 54 E
[speed] 6.9
[heading] 233 T
[weather] 3.5 kts W, swell nil, cloud 100% but thin, baro 1012 steady.
[status] all well, 30 miles to Bundaberg, tide just turning in our favour. Thanks for your listening watches and weather info. Will report frontal data later. John[END]
[p]n0tap!wd
[pos]19 50s 178 51w
[sp]3
[h]353m
[w]Wind S 7-9 kts. Clear. 3-4 m swell, ~12 s period. Baro 1015, steady.
[s](Posted at 0545) For those passing Mana Islands close aboard, actual location of westernmost point of Vuatoa Ono reef estimated by radar was 20d 44.7' S 178d 54.6' W.
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