[password] prowler420
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position: 17 10.6604s 179 00.9265w date: 13/08/2014
Left Nakama for Vanua Balavu Bay of Islands after a 4 hour open water bash
into 18kts on the nose. Passing two beautiful isolated islands on the way
and trying to use them for some relief, it was only temporary. As we were
beating to wind ward (using horse power) on the last 5 miles in the spray we
noticed a local long boat battling away so we decided he knows the way into
the tricky entrance. Wrong he was as lost or guessing as we were and noticed
he was too far to port just missing the reef after a sharp turn. Back to the
chart plotter which is out by 100s of meters this added to the confusion.
Stick to those white lead makers like glue.
Well what a spot, it is something out of the ordinary and a very special
place, can not wait to start checking it out over the next week.[END]