Amazing Grace

Amazing Grace is a Tashiba 40 with John and Leilani on board.

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Posted: Wed, 23 May 2018 - 07:43

good radio signal from John

Posted: Tue, 22 May 2018 - 17:39

1700 hrs 22 May 2018. After being at sea for 4.5 days I must report a depressing observation: we have seen absolutely no dolphins. When Leilani and I first sailed from Hawaii through the S

Posted: Tue, 22 May 2018 - 06:36

0600 22 May 2018. Motor went back on at 0330 this morning. Up to then we were getting sailable llight E winds of 7-10kts. Then we fell into a windless hole. At 0600 we arose out of the hole to

Posted: Mon, 21 May 2018 - 06:24

0600hrs 21 May 2018. Been motoring 14.5 hrs, with more to go. Zero wind, ocean inky smooth, clear, cloudless sky, 1014 on the Bar. Course is 022T on the rhumbline to Minerva. Averaging 5.8kts.

Posted: Sun, 20 May 2018 - 17:48

1700 20 May 2018. The day started with more sterling S. Pacific sailing. W wind 9-13kts, gusting to 15kts, beam reaching. Clear skies, flat seas, 1014 on the Bar. You're probably getting tired of

Posted: Sun, 20 May 2018 - 06:18

0600 20 May 2018. I have to keep pinching myself to make sure I'm not dreaming. Another night of wonderful sailing. W winds on the beam at 12-15kts, smooth seas with just 0.5mtr swell, clear sky

Posted: Sat, 19 May 2018 - 18:09

1800 18 May 2018. Another great sailing day. A bit livelier today than yesterday. Had 15-18kts WNW with gusts to 21kts. Made great headway. Toronui is paralleling us within VHF range, so spoke

Posted: Sat, 19 May 2018 - 06:42

0600 19 May 2018. After benign first day, had a busy first night which included about 7hrs motoring from 1900, and then several sail changes rest of night, from putting up to taking down sails as

Posted: Fri, 18 May 2018 - 18:12

It is 1800hrs 18 May, and we have been out for 9hrs since leaving Gulf Harbour. Could not have asked for a nicer start. Have had 10-13 kts wind from W so have been on beam reach all day with all 3

Posted: Tue, 15 May 2018 - 16:25

Hello all. We continue to wait for a weather window to sail to Fiji. Nothing looks flash at this time. Will keep you advised. In meantime, I was interviewed on Hawaii program called Law Across

Posted: Sun, 6 May 2018 - 08:06

The house has been emptied and cleaned to rent out; all our wordly possessions are crammed into a 3.5m x 4m storage box; boat is stuffed to the cabin top with 18-months of supplies, we've moved onto

Posted: Sun, 5 Nov 2017 - 15:37

Finally arrived home today. Left Bay of Islands at 1500 yesterday. Motored all night 103nm, in flat seas and light breeze, arriving in our Gulf Harbour marina berth at 0730. The big clean up of

Posted: Wed, 1 Nov 2017 - 08:14

Arrived Opua at 0900 on 31 Oct, exactly 8 days after leaving Savusavu. It was our fastest passage to date. Couple of stats: 1175NM, ave speed 6.1 kts. Sea conditions after first 2 days were

Posted: Mon, 30 Oct 2017 - 08:26

arriving midday tomorrow in sporty conditions.

Posted: Sat, 28 Oct 2017 - 08:29

Have had these conditions for two days and would realy like an improvement. Hoping for Tuesday pm arrival in opua

Posted: Fri, 27 Oct 2017 - 20:33

It's now 1700hrs 27 Oct. For last 24 hours we've had steady 17-21kt winds from 140. Heading has been 200T, with average speed 6-6.2kts. In order to keep sails full and not beat too much, we have

Posted: Thu, 26 Oct 2017 - 20:18

This is being sent with my updated 1800 report as propagation was bad this morning. It's 0500 26 Oct. Last night went through front. Had rain with wind speed in low 20's with a few gusts to 27kts

Posted: Thu, 26 Oct 2017 - 20:15

It's now 1800 25 Oct. You're getting two of these today. An earlier one I did at 0500 this did not go out due to bad propagation. So this one will cover what's happened since this morning.

Posted: Thu, 26 Oct 2017 - 08:23

got the front last night.. very light radio transmission

Posted: Tue, 24 Oct 2017 - 20:36

Able to sail first 12 hrs after leaving Savusavu yesterday. At 2100 last night wind went very 6-8kt out of NNE with a 2mtr E swell. Motoring since then until now (1930 24 Oct). With good sailing

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