Masterplan
Back in Gulf Harbour after a very enjoyable passage from Ile de Pines.
Stats for passage from Ile de Pines to Opua :-
Duration - 5 days 2 hours
Distance made good 837 nautical miles
Distance logged - 852 nautical miles
Speed
- Maximum boat speed through water 9.02 knots
- Average boat speed through water 7.04 knots
- Average speed over ground 6.84 knots
- Best noon to noon daily run 175 nautical miles
Wind
- Maximum true wind speed 25.1 knots
- Entire trip reaching on port tack with 1 day of motoring at the end of the trip
Back to a favourite place
Looking forward to exploring some Ilots and the reef area for the next couple of days
Back to a favourite place
Lovely walk to Prony Village and onto Rivière Bleu De Prony with great swimming hole
Back in Port Moselle Marina while we fly back to Auckland for a couple of weeks
Idyllic Spot
Might have to spend a couple of days here
Going to chill here for a few days as weather forecast has NE tracking through N to SW and SE with some rain
Cruise ship arrived at Kuto so time for us to depart
Landed a yellow fin tuna on the way here.
Time to chill in paradise for a couple of days
Off to Ile de Pines tomorrow
Back in Port Moselle while we return to Akld for a couple weeks
Have this anchorage to ourselves 😀
Sundowners aboard Activa
Done a few miles in the last few days so going to take some time to chillout in this lovely sheltered anchorage
Avg: 13.1knts
24hr: 314.4nm
Lovely spot. Landed a Albacore tuna on the way
Avg: 2.6knts
24hr: 61.5nm
Great downwind sail with poled out Genoa’s
Had a whale keep us company for a couple of hours 😀
Landed a yellowfin tuna and lost one to a shark
Very pleasant overnight motor & sail from Gadji.
Cystral clear water
Replenished at Vao market this morning and now in Gadji. Delightful spot.
Beautiful spot
Going to check out Vao market in the morning
Great sail down to Ile de Pines in W SW 20-30 G 40
Heading to Ile de Pins tomorrow
In Port Moselle
Back to Akld for a couple of weeks
Lovely spot.
Exploring some new areas north of Noumea
Back in Port Moselle to collect my long stay visa 😀
Water tanks full from a couple of wet days. Sun out today so paddle boarding and walking on the agenda
Masterplan's track from Ile de Pins to Auckland , October 2017
Avg: 3.5knts
24hr: 83.5nm
Cleared in at Auckland Thursday morning, 26 October, and Masterplan is now back at Gulf Harbour. The passage from Ile de Pins to Auckland was 977nm and we averaged 6.7 knots. Great voyage.
Avg: 7.6knts
24hr: 183.3nm
Land ahoy. North Cape in sight at dawn. Heading to Auckland for clearance Thursday
Avg: 7.4knts
24hr: 177.8nm
wet and squally day yesterday with some company from a whale of a while. Now have SSW 15 to 20 knots and sailing with inner Genoa and one reef in the main. Eased sheets and heading in a straight line for Cape Brett
Avg: 7.6knts
24hr: 181.6nm
Having lovely sail with poled out Genoa. Expect to go through the front tonight and get light SW by tomorrow afternoon
Avg: 7.5knts
24hr: 179.9nm
Having lovely sail with poled out Genoa
Avg: 6.5knts
24hr: 155.6nm
Departed Ile de Pines yesterday morning. Had a great sail yesterday and through the night. Now motor sailing with fishing line out
Departing Ile de Pins this morning bound for Auckland
Masterplan - First Blog
New to this system so hopefully got it right
Yup, I haven't heard from
Yup, I haven't heard from here for a while. Hope you guys are doing fine.
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