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Legacy is a Catalina 38 (S&S), Monohull, Sloop, Fin Keel

Rich and Cyndi are bipeds from Southern California on an open-ended cruise.

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Legacy - May 9, 2015
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Motoring in light winds. No help from sails this morning. Pretty nice ride. 688 miles to Noumea, but looking at turning towards Fiji. Stay tuned.

Legacy - May 8, 2015
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Rough ride last night but OK. What the current taketh away, the current givveth back, it seems. We lost 42 miles to current our first day and gained 25 of that back last night with 3 and 4 knots with ... Read More
Legacy - May 7, 2015
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<p>Nice motorsailing yesterday in light wind. Rough sail last night.</p>

Legacy - May 6, 2015
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Departing Sydney for Noumea this morning. Warm air, warm water, here we come! We'll check in here daily (communications permitting) and report weather along the passage.

Legacy - May 3, 2015
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Sittin' in Sydney, waiting for weather. We're looking at Wednesday (5 May) now for our passage to Noumea. Fingers are crossed. Boat is mostly ready.

Legacy - January 10, 2015
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After an overnighter, we're tied up at the Southport Yacht Club just across from Surfer's Paradise. It wasn't a long trip, but what it lacked in excruciatingly long hours, it made up for in rough ... Read More
Surfer's Paradise in the distance as we approached
Legacy - January 4, 2015
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We're tucked in a berth in Mooloolaba (ma-loo-la-Baahr). Weather permitting (as always), we'll head south on Friday - Southport hopefully. Happy New Year!! (the photo is from the show just a two ... Read More
Legacy - December 22, 2014
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We're at anchor in the river in Bundaberg. We'll clear customs tomorrow. Rough day today. Don't want to think about it now. Want to drink and then sleep!

Legacy - December 22, 2014
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We've had a strong current (two knots) pushing us north all night. See more on Passage Brain at www.twoatsea.com. We're 34 miles out from our turn north of Sandy Cape. Then it's about 50 miles to ... Read More
Legacy - December 21, 2014
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The wind filled in yesterday morning and we're having a great sail - flying along. The wind's been mostly 15 to 20 and is down a bit now. We did a 158.8 mile run in 24 hours. That's fast for us ... Read More
Legacy - December 20, 2014
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Motoring in almost no wind and glassy seas. Sky is clearing a bit. We thought we might have some rain last night but it didn't happen. It's so nice out here. I love it like this. In about 20 miles ... Read More
Legacy - December 19, 2014
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Wind's dropping off as expected and the motor is running. Seas are getting pretty calm. Sky is mostly clear but we're expecting it to cloud up as we enter a trough/low/front? but no real wind ... Read More
Legacy - December 18, 2014
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We're having a really nice ride (knock, knock, knock - sound of knuckles meeting kwood ;-). We've motor sailed all but three hours of the last 24 and have made 145 miles. I might not hate sailing so ... Read More
Legacy - December 16, 2014
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We're in Noumea, leaving for Bundaberg tomorrow at first light. We're looking forward to what looks to be a mostly windless, calm passage. Oh no, have I gone and done it now?

Legacy - December 1, 2014
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We're in New Caledonia! We're sitting here with our Q flag flying, sipping a nice white wine. Hopefully we'll get checked in tomorrow.

Legacy - December 1, 2014
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Wind's still been up around 17 knots and now, instead of trying to squeeze every last fraction of a knot out of Legacy, we've been trying to slow her down to make the flood tide at Havannah pass ... Read More
Legacy - November 30, 2014
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Quiet out here with just us and a few thousand of our closest friends (I hope the picture of the cruise ship shows up on this post). We're motor-sailing to try to keep up the speed so that we can ... Read More
Legacy - November 29, 2014
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Squally night last night with the wind up and down. We ended up motor sailing to make life simpler. This morning, the wind is more steady and the sky more clear. We have 302 miles to go to Havannah ... Read More
Legacy - November 28, 2014
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Seas are moderating and it's getting to be less uncomfortable. Making great speed. Burnin' up the miles and the Mecklezine. Can someone please remind me why we do this!?

Legacy - November 27, 2014
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Not the most comfortable passage so far, but not too bad either. We're making good speed.

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