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Sudoeste

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Sudoeste

Tue Oct 28 10:25 2014 NZDT

GPS: 35 18.78S 174 7.33E

Run: 173.6nm (314.2km)
Avg: 6.5knts
24hr: 155.3nm

Arrived Opua Marina 5am this morning after a very rough and windy last 24 hours at sea. Caught in squash zone with sustained 35kt winds and 50kt gusts. Welcome home! Seriously, very glad to be back in NZ.

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Mon Oct 27 7:35 2014 NZDT

Speed:

5.0kts

knts

GPS: 32 49S 173 47E

Run: 141.9nm (256.8km)
Avg: 6.8knts
24hr: 162.2nm

Weather: 8kts NW, smooth seas, 10% clouds, 1019 baro

Motored along most of yesterday afternoon and last night through the centre of the High. Picked up light NW this morning - now ghosting along at 4-6kts. Expect NW winds to strengthen throughout morning. All well on board. Looking forward to arriving at Opua tomorrow a.m!

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Sun Oct 26 10:35 2014 NZDT

Speed:

6.5kts

knts

GPS: 30 46S 173 40E

Run: 172.7nm (312.6km)
Avg: 6.4knts
24hr: 152.5nm

Weather: 15kts SE, moderate seas, 30% clouds, 1020 baro

Bit of a rough night with squally SE'ers on the nose. Beginning to ease now with the approaching high. All well on board. Looking forward to the final reach home in NWers beginning tonite - hopefully not too strong! Predicted arrival Opua Tues a.m.

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Sat Oct 25 7:24 2014 NZDT

Speed:

6.5kts

knts

GPS: 28 37S 175 08E

Run: 131.8nm (238.6km)
Avg: 5.5knts
24hr: 131.4nm

Weather: 8kts SSW, calm seas, 20% clouds, 1017 baro

Beat all night into light SSW. All good on board. Expecting to meet weak cold front mid-morning. Predicted arrival Opua Tues a.m.

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Fri Oct 24 7:20 2014 NZDT

Speed:

6.5kts

knts

GPS: 26 44S 175 28E

Run: 361.7nm (654.7km)
Avg: 15.3knts
24hr: 368.4nm

Weather: 8kts SSW, calm seas, 70% clouds, 1016 baro

Motored all night into very light SSW. Now on stbd tack into lightSSW. All good on board - looking forward to arriving Opua Tues a.m. See you then Mum!

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Thu Oct 23 7:46 2014 NZDT

Speed:

5.5kts

knts

GPS: 21 30S 175 26E

Run: 40.8nm (73.8km)

Weather: 6kts ESE, calm seas, 10% clouds, 1016 baro

Very pleasant night with light ESE. Ghosted along at 5 to 7kts.

Everyone got good sleep. One other sailing vessel sighted to NW yesterday but no contact able to be made.

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Wed Oct 22 7:40 2014 NZDT

Speed:

6.5kts

knts

GPS: 21 54S 175 54E

Run: 183.2nm (331.6km)
Avg: 7.7knts
24hr: 185nm

Weather: 15kts SE, moderate seas, 90% clouds, 1012 baro

Another rough night beginning with near gale force winds from SE.

Now abating and much more comfortable. Progress continues to be good. All well on board. No other vessels sighted in last 24 hrs. Updated ETA Opua Tues am.

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Tue Oct 21 7:54 2014 NZDT

Speed:

6.5kts

knts

GPS: 19 19S 176 32E

Run: 128.7nm (232.9km)
Avg: 5.5knts
24hr: 131.3nm

Weather: 15kts SSE, moderate seas, scattered clouds, 1012 baro

Bit of a rough night with wind further south than forecast. Progress good though and all good on board. 3 other boats in sight.

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Mon Oct 20 8:23 2014 NZDT

GPS: 17 38.58S 177 23.58E

Weather: Light E, slight seas, light cloud cover, 1013 baro

heading for lautoka today to check out. Â NZ here we come!

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Mon Oct 20 8:05 2014 NZDT

GPS: 17 38.579S 177 23.577E

Back in Saweni to check out. Will head to NZ tonight

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Mon Oct 13 8:12 2014 NZDT

GPS: 17 38.578S 177 23.581E

Run: 48.4nm (87.6km)

Anchored in Saweni Bay. Provisioning & jobs before NZ departure.

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Fri Oct 3 13:25 2014 NZDT

GPS: 16 56.563S 177 21.980E

Run: 9.4nm (17km)

Anchored at the Blue Lagoon. Beautiful here!

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Sat Sep 27 8:50 2014 NZST

GPS: 16 50.781S 177 28.034E

Run: 58.8nm (106.4km)

Anchored at Sawa-I-Lau Is

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Wed Sep 24 8:10 2014 NZST

GPS: 17 18.255S 178 13.030E

Anchored at Nananu - I - ra

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Sudoeste - Nananu-I-Ra

Currently anchored up at Nananu-I-Ra (NE end of Viti Levu). It's reputation as a choice spot for windsurfers and kite boarders is well deserved - it is very windy here!

The island is well developed but the resorts are very quiet. There are good walking tracks on the island and some nice beaches, but it's really too windy to enjoy them.

Our neighbors are Knot Tide Down and True Blue.

We plan to visit Raki Raki on Friday for provisions then head out to Sawa-I- Lau in the Read more...

Yasawas on Sunday.

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SEANINE

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SEANINE

Tue Nov 11 20:23 2014 NZDT

GPS: 37 11.869S 175 52.030E

Run: 76.5nm (138.5km)

We had a wonderful sail to Mercury Cove stayed the night and today we sailed down Whangamata. We are in our marina berth. Tomorrow we will be picked up by family to go back to Rotorua.

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Mon Nov 10 9:18 2014 NZDT

GPS: 36 11S 175 19E

Run: 29nm (52.5km)

We arrived at the Barrier at 2230hrs after a great passage. We anchored in Smokehouse Bay . We woke in this paradise, beautiful. Blue sky and light breeze. We will move down to Tryphena harbour, sometime today.

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Sun Nov 9 18:43 2014 NZDT

GPS: 35 55S 174 55E

Run: 61.2nm (110.8km)

We left Whangamumu Bay for the Barrier early am. We are on our homeward journey to Whangamata. Then we will be picked up after finish cleaning C9

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Fri Oct 31 23:19 2014 NZDT

GPS: 35 19s 174 07e

Run: 113.5nm (205.4km)
Avg: 7.7knts
24hr: 184.5nm

Weather: NO WIND, NO CLOUD COVER AND NO SWELL.

YA WE HAVE ARRIVED AT OPUA. IT IS 2300HRS AND DEAD FLAT, NO WIND. GLAD TO BE BACK EXCEPT IT IS VERY COLD.

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Fri Oct 31 8:33 2014 NZDT

Speed:

6.5

knts

GPS: 33 45S 174 43E

Run: 146.8nm (265.7km)
Avg: 6.3knts
24hr: 151nm

Weather: 60%cc, SW11-15, uncomfortable 1m swell, 1016

90 miles to go. yee ha

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Fri Oct 31 8:16 2014 NZDT

Speed:

6.5

knts

Weather: 100% CLOUD COVER, SEA SWELL 1METRE, WIND SW 11-13,

ANOTHER LUMPY NIGHT, LITTLE MORE SLEEP. WE SAILED TILL 0230HRS, NOW MOTOR SAILING. ABOUT 90 NMILES TO RUN TO OPUA. ETA LATE TONIGHT.

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Thu Oct 30 9:13 2014 NZDT

Speed:

5 KNOTS

knts

GPS: 31 38S 174 30E

Run: 6.1nm (11km)
Avg: 9.4knts
24hr: 224.7nm

Weather: 70% CLOUD COVER, SEA SWELL 3 METRES, WIND 15KN SW, BARO 1015

VERY LITTLE SLEEP ON C9 LAST NIGHT, SEA ROUGH AND LUMPY. PUT IN 2ND REEF IN MAIN.

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Thu Oct 30 8:33 2014 NZDT

Speed:

5.3

knts

GPS: 31 33S 174 28E

Run: 205.2nm (371.4km)
Avg: 8.5knts
24hr: 205.1nm

Weather: 20SW rough seas

all is well

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Wed Oct 29 8:32 2014 NZDT

Speed:

7.2ms

knts

GPS: 28 35S 174 19E

Run: 459.6nm (831.9km)
Avg: 6.3knts
24hr: 151.5nm

Weather: 7-8 NW, 30%cc flat seas

sounds nice and good they are motoring to keep speed up

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Wed Oct 29 7:49 2014 NZDT

Speed:

6.8

knts

Weather: 30% cloud cover, wind 7-8nw, sea swell 0.5 from the north

another pleasant night, made bread while on watch, very comfortable so far.

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Tue Oct 28 8:04 2014 NZDT

Speed:

6.5 KNOTS

knts

Weather: CLOUD COVER 20%, SEA SWELL 0.5 METRE, WIND 9KNTS NE

HAD A LOVELY PM AND NIGHT. ENJOYED BBQ STEAK AND SALAD FOR DINNER. STILL NO FISH. NICK DID GET ONE ON THE LINE, BUT LOST IT. WE ARE NOW MOTORING

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Mon Oct 27 8:22 2014 NZDT

Speed:

6.4

knts

Weather: 20% CLOUD COVER/ FINE AND SUNNY/ BARO 1016/ WIND 8KNTS EAST/SEA SWELL 0.5-1 METRE

WE WERE GOING REALLY GREAT, BUT AFTER GETTING WEATHER UPDATE TOLD TO SLOW DOWN. WHICH WE HAVE DONE. IT IS VERY PLEASANT OUT HERE. WE WANT TO MISS THE BAD WEATHER.

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Sun Oct 26 7:45 2014 NZDT

Speed:

7.3

knts

GPS: 22 00S 175 21E

Run: 196.2nm (355.1km)
Avg: 8.1knts
24hr: 194.7nm

Weather: CLOUD COVER 15%, WIND 11KNOTS, BARO 1014

LOVELY NIGHT, GENTLE SEAS, GOT THE FISHING LINE OUT. SUN UP MOTOR SAILING

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Sat Oct 25 7:34 2014 NZDT

Speed:

6.3

knts

GPS: 19 24S 176 34E

Run: 116.2nm (210.3km)
Avg: 7knts
24hr: 167nm

Weather: 100% cloud swell 2-3 metres SE16-18 Bar 1012

rough seas progressing ok. all well on board

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Fri Oct 24 14:51 2014 NZDT

GPS: 17 50.9S 177 15E

Run: 18.8nm (34km)
Avg: 7.2knts
24hr: 173.2nm

Just cleared customs at Lautoka Easy as head for Navula pass to Opua

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Fri Oct 24 12:15 2014 NZDT

GPS: 17 37S 177 24E

Run: 18.7nm (33.8km)

Just cleared custom at Lautoka. On our way with Nick, Trudi and Fraser

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Wed Oct 22 7:58 2014 NZDT

GPS: 17 45.036S 177 09.194E

Run: 3.1nm (5.6km)

cloud 2-3 kts E 1014 moved to Tropica resort for a change �still would like to leave Friday or sat

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Sun Oct 19 18:53 2014 NZDT

GPS: 17 46.18S 177 11.8E

Run: 12.3nm (22.3km)

Overcast 16kts had a couple of nice days at Musket getting boat prepared Trudi �doing �passage meals . Hopefully Fraser to arrive Wednesday for �for Friday depart �but still depends on weather Gurus

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Thu Oct 16 22:10 2014 NZDT

Speed:

knts

GPS: 17 46.361s 177 22.977e

Run: 15.9nm (28.8km)

Weather: not for sailing to Nz

in Denarau Marina, got sails repair, and found we have a faulty battery.

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Tue Oct 14 10:22 2014 NZDT

GPS: 17 33.54S 177 28.37E

Run: 52.7nm (95.4km)

Low cloud 5kts ESE ahd agreat time at Yadua great snorkeling with sharks and turtles did trip around island in dinghy to do sevusevu now on our way to Denarau to prepare for trip home

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Sat Oct 4 9:04 2014 NZDT

GPS: 17 18.847S 178 13.758E

Run: 0.5nm (0.9km)

SE 8-10kn70%cloud moved still at anchor to Rakiraki yesterday to stock up weather still not great

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Mon Sep 29 9:17 2014 NZDT

GPS: 17 18.525S 178 13.431E

Run: 47.6nm (86.2km)

Cloud70%5-10NE baro.1015 very warm

back at Nananu I Ra Lisahas tooth problems of to Lautoka to sort

had a smooth motor up from Makongi caught a nice Mahimahi

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Fri Sep 26 11:31 2014 NZST

GPS: 17 26S 178 56E

Run: 11.9nm (21.5km)

Makongi

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Fri Sep 26 11:29 2014 NZST

No position sent.

At Makongi50%cloud 12 knots SE on dinghy

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Mon Sep 22 14:54 2014 NZST

GPS: 17 35.745S 178 59.468E

Run: 23.2nm (42km)

Just arrived here beautiful 90% cld 12-15Knts SE

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Thu Sep 18 14:50 2014 NZST

GPS: 17 48.630S 178 43.245E

Run: 0.1nm (0.2km)

Still enjoying Leleuvia great snorkelling

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Sat Sep 13 14:30 2014 NZST

GPS: 17 48.624S 178 43.339E

Run: 5.7nm (10.3km)

Weather: Wind 12-15 k SE, cloud cover 30%

Enjoying Leleuvia,�This island is magic. The �people are so welcoming to yachties, beautiful colourful coral. And heaps of fish. Swim club has started again

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Thu Sep 11 16:47 2014 NZST

GPS: 17 44.344S 178 45.887E

Weather: 5-10knts ENE 80%cloud

Enjoying Levuka

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Sorceress

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Sorceress

Mon Nov 10 6:10 2014 NZDT

GPS: 17 40.829S 177 23.201E

Leaving Fiji on November 11th for New Caledonia.

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Maxi Jazz

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Maxi Jazz

Sun Aug 10 0:00 2014 NZST

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We are currently in Smugglers Cove Fiji 10th August 2014:Weather is sunny warm, great surf, calm sea with good sea breezes getting upto 16knts when heading out to Cloud Break. We would to join for when returning to NZ thanks

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