I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.
[password] waiknot
[position] 35 16.308S 174 09.971E
[status]
Arrived in Bay of Islands in time for lunch after motoring into the wind
all day (again). We are here at last! Will try again with right GPS info!
There were no more excuses, we had arrived in the Bay of Islands with time to spare. Now was the time to attack the navigation lights. We crawled on our hands and knees, pulling and pushing wires that were bundled up in the bilges, tracing which wire was what. Eventually we found the problem.
Somewhere under the motor, the wire to the nav lights had been cut - recently. Why, we don;t know. Next came the challenge of drawing new wire through to connect everything up again. With perseverance and great team work we got it sorted. All working now. By the time we put the boat back together again (3 hours after we started) it was time for a well-deserved gin! In peaceful Paroa Bay for the night, will head over the Opua to join the rest of the fleet tomorrow. Happy Easter!
[password] westie
[status]
:date 23/04/2014
:position 08 07.5N 140 23.9E
Anchored at Sorol Atoll in Yap State, FSM, an uninhabited atoll
[status]
:date 22/04/2014
:position 07 58.2N 141 06.3E
underway from woleai to sorol atoll
[status]
:date 21/04/2014
:position 07 37.6N 142 59.3E
underway from woleai to sorol atoll[END]
[password] waiknot
[position] 35 33.42S 174 30.41E
[status]
Made it from Cape Rodney to Matapouri Bay(just past Tutukaka) and
discovered that we had no manual steering. Ended up on the rocks - sorry
just kidding - just a little screw came out and fixed it.
[blog]
Tomorrow the last bit to Opua, should be there in the afternoon and will
catch up with the rest of the fleet.
Did not have a sail yet, wind on the nose but tomorrow looks like a
good sail to Opua.
Greetings
The Aradonna crew[END]
Tomorrow the last bit to Opua, should be there in the afternoon and will catch up with the rest of the fleet.
Did not have a sail yet, wind on the nose but tomorrow looks like a good sail to Opua.
Greetings The Aradonna crew
[password] waiknot
[position] 36 17.21S 174 48.45E
[status]
Finally cast off the lines from Gulf Harbour. Had a lovely day motor
sailing to Leigh. Treated ourselves to Leigh fish and chips for dinner.
Yum! Will continue north tomorrow.[END]
[password] waiknot
[position] 36 37.19S 174 47.18E
[status]
Sent the first blog on the YIT website and invited family and friends to
take a look![END]
Thanks to all of you who have wished us well and said Bon Voyage! We were planning to head off yesterday, but we've had a few little delays with last minute mechanical jobs and now we have bad weather coming. Such is life! We'll be on our way very soon.
This is the list of wx fax products that SV Chameleon used when on passage and in the Islands. It includes NZ, Australia and Hawaii products.
A one page summary of the various radio and fax frequencies and timetables for weather information. Actually there is a second page for those closing on NZ. You will not hear Gulf Harbour Radio below about 30S due to the skip on the MHz frequency so tune into the Maritime Radio broadcasts. Brett for Opua. Colville for Whangarei and Auckland. Plenty for Tauranga
