Katie M II

Katie M II

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Katie M II is an 11 m cutter with 2 people on board - Martin and Angela. Construction is a cold molded composite of wood and epoxy.  The boat sailed from Vancouver Canada is April 2011 and went to San Fran, Marquesas, Toamotus, Societies, Sawarrow, US and Western Somoas, New Potatoes and Tonga arriving  in NZ in Nov that same year.  We cruised Fiji in 2012 some of NZ in 2013, In 2014 we again sailed to Fiji and also visited Vanuatu and New Cal before returning to NZ. We coastal cruised in NZ in 2015 and Fiji again in 2016. This was the year we spent 9 days at Makogi helping the Sea Mercy organization rebuild the school that was destroyed in cyclone Winston. In 2018 we are again sailing to Fiji. On this part of the trip we have a third crew member - Kylie Legg will be taking time out from her studies to discover what cruising to the tropics is all about. Later in 2018 Martin and Angela will continue on to Vanuatu and New Cal.

We use 5.4 kts as our passage planning speed (140 nm/day off the wind and ~115/nm/day to windward) - say 125-130 on an average passage.

Recent Updates

Katie M II - February 11, 2020
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We are enjoying cruising first in Queen Charlotte Sound and now in Polorus Sound. It was good to meet up, in person, with Serge on Spirare after being radio friends for the past month. We are now ... Read More
Katie M II - January 25, 2020
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Position as of 1800 Hrs NZ Time. Arrived safely at Waikawa Marina at 0945. Two very nice ladies from Customs and MPI were there to meet as well as a Guy from Port Services to help out afterwards ... Read More
Katie M II - January 24, 2020
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Position as of 1800 Hrs NZ Time. Land-Ho....always an exciting moment after a long passage! I can see Stephens Island and behind that D'urville Island off my starboard bow. Actually it should have ... Read More
Katie M II - January 23, 2020
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Position as of 1800 Hrs NZ Time. Started motoring today at first light. Motor would not start. No matter, switched and started it on the house bank. Got a fishing line out early and was rewarded ... Read More
Katie M II - January 22, 2020
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Position as of 1800 Hrs NZ Time. The front came through at 2230 hours last night. Winds about 25 knots - we were already reefed down so we just rode it out...not to bad. Another good days ... Read More
Katie M II - January 21, 2020
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Position as of 1800 Hrs NZ Time. HEADLINES, HEADLINES, HEADLINES :- Katie M II sails into the roaring 40's (look at the Lat!) Well OK, only just into the 40's and they are not exactly roaring but ... Read More
Katie M II - January 20, 2020
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Position as of 1800 Hrs NZ Time. Great sailing day today. Wind has freed up a touch and apparent wind angle is about 70 degrees. The waves are not adding to our speed (forward of the beam) but ... Read More
Katie M II - January 19, 2020
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Position as of 1800 Hrs NZ Time. I downloaded Gribs when I filed my YIT report yesterday. It was apparent (subsequently confirmed by a weather update from Bob McDavit) that I was going to get winds ... Read More
Katie M II - January 18, 2020
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Position as of 1800 Hrs NZ Time....have changed both my watch and my chartplotter. Mixed bag today up and down my reefs and roller furling with winds from light to squally. The Barometer has now ... Read More
Katie M II - January 17, 2020
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Position as of 1800 Hrs NZ Time. Was hit by a squall of more than 30 knots in the night. I was already sailing with 3 reefs in the main and some rolls in the headsail but a ton of pressure in that ... Read More
Katie M II - January 16, 2020
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Winds were in the 20's last night and we were down to 3 reefs + the staysail. It has moderated and freed up today and there has been some great sailing apart from some thunder / lightening / rain in ... Read More
Katie M II - January 15, 2020
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Position report as of 1600 hrs Sydney time. Customs clearance went smoothly and got out to harbour entrance by 1030 hrs. Currently motor sailing. Great Dolphin encounter a couple of hours ... Read More
Katie M II - January 9, 2020
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This is a test....the position is our anchorage in Sydney and I am verifying I can send position reports for the upcoming voyage to NZ

Katie M II - October 25, 2018
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We arrived at Bundaberg Port Marina at 1045 hrs on Tuesday 23 Oct - total passage time just over six days. The big question is whether we will be able to sleep when the constant throb of the diesel ... Read More
Katie M II - October 23, 2018
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We had some good sailing with ~10-14 kts of SE wind last night then a bit more motoring and now again some reasonable winds - a nice way to end the trip. Only another 30 nm to go and all is well on ... Read More
Katie M II - October 22, 2018
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We had 7-8 kts of wind at 0300 Hrs and were able to get the boat moving reasonably well. The wind speed has fallen to the point we'll have to start motoring again. Hopefully there is a bit more ... Read More
Katie M II - October 21, 2018
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Yesterday's breeze was just teasing us - we sailed for about 3.5 hours and then it was back to motoring. Our previous motoring record for a passage was 90 hours (New Cal to Opua in 2014). That ... Read More
Katie M II - October 20, 2018
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We have been motoring and motor sailing until 0530 hrs but with the dawn has come some light wind forward of the beam that we can do something with so...yippee the motor is off! All is well aboard.

Katie M II - October 19, 2018
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The wind is almost non-existant so we continue to motor. It is a bright clear morning with just a few low clouds. All is well aboard.

Katie M II - October 18, 2018
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We left Numea at 0915 hrs on Wednesday. We had great wind for the first 16 hours - broad reaching at over 7 kts. However, as per the forecast, the wind has died away and we have been motoring since ... Read More

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