Attitude

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Attitude is a 48 foot fiberglass monohull, heavy displacement ocean cruiser. We have sailed her for 11 years in the Caribbean and Pacific. We spent the past 2 years in Australia and will soon be heading for NZ.

Recent Updates

Attitude - November 20, 2014
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MADE IT! LONG night hand steering! waiting for customs! OH NO FISH!

Attitude - November 19, 2014
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SLOWLY sailing , 135 more miles under the keel ! ETA still Thursday early...THERE ARE NO FISH in the Tasman Sea!! We will keep trying 3 lines out again

Attitude - November 18, 2014
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eta thursday/ tomorrow at 0830.

Attitude - November 18, 2014
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Another SUNNY day! slowly making our way, logged in 130 miles. ETA Thursday morn,(wed night FAMILY). 3 lines out again and fingers crossed.

Attitude - November 17, 2014
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<p>Motor on soon as wind dropping. Eta Thursday am.&nbsp;</p>

Attitude - November 17, 2014
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Sailing away even have some sun today! logged in 160 more miles, I can picture hot long showers and sleeping all night! ETA late Wed 19th or we slow up and pull in at daybreak Thurs 20th :)

Attitude - November 16, 2014
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made it thru the front that had 35-45kts but all is well

Attitude - November 16, 2014
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Pass the half way mark WHOO HOOO,chalk up another 155 miles! Waiting for a front to pass over then all will be great. Aretha (our autopilot) is in a mood,she often decides enough is enough and stops ... Read More
Attitude - November 15, 2014
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Still SAILING covered 170 more miles :) No fish , lots of reading! So far so good.

Attitude - November 14, 2014
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plan to continue ene to about 166e then head for N Cape. Autopilot is a bit fractious but OK at the moment

Attitude - November 14, 2014
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<p>motor off :) SAILING for 22 hrs.. nice sail . Even had a great night to star watch. Moving along ,all good BUT no fish :( covered 177 more miles!</p>

Attitude - November 13, 2014
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all well except theylost a big mahimahi on the transom yesterday, will turn NE in 40nm

Attitude - November 14, 2014
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uneventful motor sail 23 hrs we covered 180 miles. Awesome Older Adult Albatross(wow book cant just say old has to OLDER poor guy) following us for awhile. Just lost a big Mahi at the transom(bad ... Read More
Attitude - November 12, 2014
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<p>have a good current</p>

Attitude - November 12, 2014
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ROUND 2: heading for Opua again will leave Coff's around 2 pm local time Wed 12th...

Attitude - November 10, 2014
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made it into Coff's Harbor, did laundry,washed the salt off Attitude & will shop tomorrow then maybe off again on Wed 12th... Weather looks BETTER

Attitude - November 9, 2014
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4 hours from Coffs. will try again after a short break!

Attitude - November 9, 2014
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Beautiful full moon night, nice slow sail ,today again awesome sunny day and slow sail to get into Coff's Monday morn. Where was this weather before??? 3 lines out waiting for fish. All good here ... Read More
Attitude - November 8, 2014
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Sailing nicely to Coffs. 150nm to go.

Attitude - November 8, 2014
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Yes that position is correct! We did a u turn! We were 350 miles into our route to New Zealand when we heard a severe change in weather on our approach to NZ. It would mean 6+ meter seas and 40kt ... Read More

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