PIKUDITU

Sat Dec 1 17:41 2018 NZDT
GPS: 27 52.283S 153 20.129E
Run: 74.8nm (135.4km)
Avg: 3.8knts
24hr: 90.2nm

Pffffffff.........


Fri Nov 30 21:47 2018 NZDT
GPS: 26 47.736S 153 28.318E
Run: 86.2nm (156km)

1826LT. Our last sunset under sail.....


Wed Nov 28 21:21 2018 NZDT
GPS: 25 37.893S 152 58.293E
Run: 16.9nm (30.6km)
Weather: Strong winds. Lots of white sand. Lots of sand flies...

Tue Nov 27 16:55 2018 NZDT
GPS: 25 23.491S 153 01.434E
Run: 59nm (106.8km)

White Cliffs of Fraser Island . At anchor for a change.


Sat Nov 17 19:06 2018 NZDT
GPS: 24 45.703S 152 23.201E
Run: 115.5nm (209.1km)
Avg: 2.7knts
24hr: 64.3nm

Waiting for next weather window AND new genoa/main sail.


Fri Nov 16 0:00 2018 NZDT
GPS: 23 27.137S 151 14.994E
Run: 35.6nm (64.4km)

At 13:50 LT we rounded "The Corn"


Wed Nov 7 1:00 2018 NZDT
GPS: 23 09.638S 150 47.208E
Run: 119.3nm (215.9km)
Avg: 4.2knts
24hr: 101.4nm

waiting for next weather window ( and new sails )


Mon Nov 5 20:46 2018 NZDT
GPS: 21 31.250S 150 12.100E
Run: 68.9nm (124.7km)
Weather: NE 10kn

05.11 16:00LT

No kangos around but whales!


Sat Oct 20 17:11 2018 NZDT
GPS: 21 06.679S 149 13.512E
Run: 85.9nm (155.5km)
Avg: 4.2knts
24hr: 101.5nm

G'day mates. We made it.....


Fri Oct 19 20:52 2018 NZDT
GPS: 20 07.941S 150 02.574E
Run: 27.4nm (49.6km)
Weather: E 8 kn

19/10 18:00 LT

Casper's Sand Cay...!


Fri Oct 19 9:01 2018 NZDT
GPS: 19 50.205S 150 19.439E
Run: 117.8nm (213.2km)
Avg: 4.9knts
24hr: 117.6nm
Weather: E 12 kn

19/10 06:00 LT...

Into the Hydrographers Passage to Mackay at last.


Thu Oct 18 8:59 2018 NZDT
GPS: 18 35.520S 151 33.433E
Run: 111.7nm (202.2km)
Avg: 4.9knts
24hr: 117.4nm
Weather: S 4 kn

18/10 06:00 LT

Little by little...


Wed Oct 17 10:10 2018 NZDT
GPS: 17 22.561S 152 40.625E
Run: 132.2nm (239.3km)
Avg: 5.4knts
24hr: 130.5nm
Weather: SE 7kn

17/10 06:00 LT

slow progress, not much wind from wrong direction...


Tue Oct 16 9:50 2018 NZDT
GPS: 16 14.496S 154 17.190E
Run: 128.9nm (233.3km)
Avg: 9.2knts
24hr: 219.7nm
Weather: S 12 kn

06:00 LT

All well, waiting for sushi...


Mon Oct 15 19:45 2018 NZDT
GPS: 14 50.229S 155 33.580E
Run: 206.7nm (374.1km)
Avg: 3.1knts
24hr: 74.3nm
Weather: SSE 4, SE 5kn

Very little wind, motor-sailing along...

Pos 15/10 06:00 LT


Sat Oct 13 1:00 2018 NZDT
GPS: 12 15.592S 157 07.232E
Run: 185.1nm (335km)
Avg: 47.3knts
24hr: 1134.3nm
Weather: ESE 12kn

18:00 LT Crossing the Coral Sea...


Fri Oct 12 21:05 2018 NZDT
GPS: 09 55.439S 158 27.318E
Run: 144.6nm (261.7km)
Avg: 2.9knts
24hr: 68.9nm
Weather: ESE 15 kn

Bye bye Solomons, Aussies...here we come!


Wed Oct 10 18:41 2018 NZDT
GPS: 08 14.470S 157 11.754E
Run: 38.8nm (70.2km)

After a long absence , on our way again !


Mon Jun 18 21:33 2018 NZST
GPS: 07 56.81S 156 42.74E
Run: 221.5nm (400.9km)

Nice Marine facility here, doing some maintenance.


Thu Jun 14 0:00 2018 NZST
GPS: 4 45.476S 157 01.820E
Run: 189.5nm (343km)
Weather: SE Monsoon, squalls

Very friendly (Polynesian) PNG paradise atoll


Wed Jun 6 20:29 2018 NZST
GPS: 3 20.457S 154 40.619E
Run: 145.3nm (263km)
Weather: ESE 5 kn

06:00 at anchor again in Nuguria, unloading our 2 friends, 1 daughter, 1 uncle, 520 kgs of rice, flour, sugar, 2 bicycles, 1 lawnmower, etc.


Mon Apr 23 19:13 2018 NZST
GPS: 05 26.637S 154 40.281E
Run: 145.4nm (263.2km)

At anchor without us. Skipper 19/ 04 evacuated to Townsville Australia for hyperbaric treatment. Good improvement ( 23/04 )


Wed Apr 11 0:00 2018 NZST
GPS: 03 20.407S 154 40.619E
Run: 146.6nm (265.3km)
Weather: Light Nly wind

Very nice people! Polynesian (!) bucket list!


Sun Apr 8 0:00 2018 NZST
GPS: 03 09.018S 152 33.682E
Run: 46.7nm (84.5km)
Weather: Calm

Nice anchorage


Fri Apr 6 18:25 2018 NZST
GPS: 02 49.508S 151 58.074E
Run: 83.6nm (151.3km)

after a bottom scrub ....on our way to Solomon Islands


Sat Mar 17 1:00 2018 NZDT
GPS: 02 35.132S 150 46.864E
Run: 402.4nm (728.3km)
Avg: 4.2knts
24hr: 100.6nm

back in "modern" times. Still paradise.


Tue Mar 13 1:00 2018 NZDT
GPS: 01 33.075S 145 02.879E
Run: 61.3nm (111km)

bucket list atoll. manta's


Sun Mar 11 1:00 2018 NZDT
GPS: 01 21.818S 144 10.849E
Run: 253.2nm (458.3km)

lots of floating tree trunks. hit one. OK . Atoll paradise.


Wed Feb 21 23:14 2018 NZDT
GPS: 02 32.327S 140 42.569E
Run: 364.8nm (660.3km)
Avg: 3.1knts
24hr: 74nm

Waiting for PNG visa in formerly Hollandia


Sat Feb 17 1:00 2018 NZDT
GPS: 03 21.451S 135 29.265E
Run: 197.7nm (357.8km)

visa "problems ". Looking for whale sharks to swim with !


Wed Jan 31 19:26 2018 NZDT
GPS: 00 52.378S 134 04.182E
Run: 135.8nm (245.8km)

getting permits to dive with the whale sharks


Sun Jan 28 1:00 2018 NZDT
GPS: 00 21.107S 132 10.492E
Run: 72.1nm (130.5km)

greetings from Amsterdam


Tue Jan 23 20:36 2018 NZDT
GPS: 0 56.64486S 131 19.00896E
Run: 99.4nm (179.9km)

Preparing for long passage to Solomons , Louisiades ,Cairns.


Fri Jan 5 22:24 2018 NZDT
GPS: 00 29.212N 131 10.514E
Run: 80.7nm (146.1km)

At anchor Pulau Ayu. First cat around?


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