Anahata
Safely tied up at Bay of Islands marina. Arrived yesterday at 10am. Thank you Gulf Harbour for support and info on the way. Very relieved to get in before the storm.
Avg: 5.8knts
24hr: 140.4nm
Thanks you for the help during this drama filled trip.9nm from None Pin at 0545 this morning.
Avg: 4knts
24hr: 95.2nm
all good Opua 135nm ETA 3-6am
Avg: 7.1knts
24hr: 169.9nm
talked about the need for easting until the front comes
Avg: 5.2knts
24hr: 124.2nm
29 49S 175 02E Wind ESE 13-15 kts SOG 5.5kts COG 171T seas 1m. Trying get easting in today before front tomorrow. Target 33S 176E
Avg: 4knts
24hr: 95.5nm
all well. Nothing has broken for 24hours!
Avg: 6.9knts
24hr: 164.8nm
via InReach. Tube on monitor paddle sheared at bolts on tube. Must have hit something. (These are designed to give way). have affected repair. All good.
Avg: 7.2knts
24hr: 173.8nm
radio still not great but with help from Aradonna we got it.
Avg: 13.7knts
24hr: 329.6nm
Via Margarita relay. and from david via InReach Found problem with steering. Last link of chain to swage cable broke. and from David Will try and repair this morning. Boat self steering by herself.
Later . Steering problem fixed. 3 links in steering chain broke. had to shorten it by 8 inches and extended cable to quadrant using dynema line. While down below in lazzarette David foubd a bad SSB connection so we should hear him tomorrow. Speed now up to 7.5
Avg: 7.1knts
24hr: 170nm
Lost steerage steering cable in pedestal broke. Will try fix in morning
via relay from pilgrim. All well on board but I am worried about the radio TX quality
picked up mooring in denarau for monitor repair.
Monitor wind self steering broke just before I was due to leave Denarau for NZ. Having it repaired on Monday. Will reassess weather window at that time.
final preparation of Anahata as i prepare to depart tomorrow friday from Denarau, fiji to Opua, NZ. will be sailing solo on this trip.
at anchor in Saweni bay prepping the boat for sail to NZ.
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left Wallis 1pm yesterday and on passage back to Fiji
Avg: 6.6knts
24hr: 159.1nm
wonderful sail overnight and 30m to go to Futuna
just north of Taveuni on way to Futuna.
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