Aurelia

She is a lovely Beneteau Oceanis 473 *

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Posted: Sun, 16 Sep 2018 - 11:33

Now tied up in Marsden Cove Marina - an uneventful motor sail down the Northland coast saw us arriving at the Q dock at 12 noon. Customs and MPI very friendly and efficiently dealt with us in about

Posted: Fri, 14 Sep 2018 - 13:30

Great to see three Kings and North Cape on our starboard bow around 0900 this morning. Another night of motor sailing in less than 8kts of breeze from the SE - right on the nose. We are not unhappy

Posted: Thu, 13 Sep 2018 - 13:12

Great progress over night and this morning in ever decreasing wind. PredictWind tells us we are on the edge of a large hole with no wind - mostly motoring from here. Distance to North Cape is about

Posted: Wed, 12 Sep 2018 - 22:57

Big day today diving south between a couple of strong wind areas - PredictWind doing a great job of finding our way in tricky conditions. Feel we have overcome the last major weather obstacle and

Posted: Tue, 11 Sep 2018 - 13:42

bright and sunny today after a night of dark and rainy squalls. At times we were forced to head off to the east to run away from the big ones - up to 38kts on the wind dial. Currently charging

Posted: Mon, 10 Sep 2018 - 14:18

well the front arrived in the early hours of the morning - 38kts with torrential rain for about an hour. Made for some excitement with the dog watch. Morning came and we have 30kts on the beam with

Posted: Sun, 9 Sep 2018 - 12:03

sorry - didn't update position on previous post....now have 147 miles since departure - slow going with much motor sailing involved. The lights of Prony Bay finally disappeared over the horizon

Posted: Sun, 9 Sep 2018 - 11:57

now have 147 miles since departure - slow going with much motor sailing involved. The lights of Prony Bay finally disappeared over the horizon astern in the early hours of the morning. Crew

Posted: Sat, 8 Sep 2018 - 10:21

heading out shortly through the reef via Canal di Woodin taking advantage of the falling tide and assisting current ?Next stop is Whangarei

Posted: Thu, 6 Sep 2018 - 19:27

now anchor down at a deep bay on the south side of Canal Di Woodin - Baie Ire. Very close to the location of our encounter with the cruise ship on the way in. Not a soul in sight. Sunset just off

Posted: Mon, 3 Sep 2018 - 14:03

now moored at the Q dock in Port Moselle. Spent a pleasant evening motoring through the inner passages - encountered a cruise ship in Canal Woodin - she would have been as long as the passage was

Posted: Sun, 2 Sep 2018 - 12:27

motoring under bright sunny skies and zero wind. The sea is glassy calm and 24deg. We are finally all catching up on sleep after an uneventful night - ran out of wind around 1500 yesterday and have

Posted: Sat, 1 Sep 2018 - 13:12

under way at 1700hrs yesterday headed for Noumea. Rough start with 3/4 of creep feeling unwell. Winds and sea eased overnight with gorgeous easy sailing conditions by dawn. Wind is ESE 10 sea slight

Posted: Sat, 1 Sep 2018 - 12:21

under way at 1700hrs yesterday headed for Noumea. Rough start with 3/4 of creep feeling unwell. Winds and sea eased overnight with gorgeous easy sailing conditions by dawn. Wind is ESE 10 sea slight

Posted: Sun, 15 Jul 2018 - 00:00

now on the mooring at PV

Posted: Fri, 29 Jun 2018 - 14:09

We have arrived at Lenakel / Tanna Island! A little bit tired but excited to be here. Total distance covered 1281.9 NM in 7 days 3 hours 45mins. The last 24 hours have been busy - we have hand

Posted: Wed, 27 Jun 2018 - 12:00

A gibe at 7:40am, now the wave is behind us pushing forward to Vanuatu. M is doing minor fixing with D's help. Mr. T is make beer bread!! Hopefully we will get Tanna on Friday! Yeah

Posted: Tue, 26 Jun 2018 - 17:21

Just in case the update at lunch time with image upload has not show up. We have had another beautiful day. Preparing dinner and waiting for the sunset. Engine is on for 2 hours just for battery

Posted: Tue, 26 Jun 2018 - 17:15

Just in case the update at lunch time with image upload has not show up. We have had another beautiful day. Preparing dinner and waiting for the sunset. Engine is on for 2 hours just for battery

Posted: Tue, 26 Jun 2018 - 12:12

Weather is perfect - we re now over 1/2 way and it feels like a downhill run all the way from here. Bright sunshine and a few fluffy clouds. Some of the crew are in shirts and shorts as the temp is

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