A-TRAIN

A-TRAIN is a Sundeer60 crewed by owners Gwen and Russ Hobbs

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Posted: Tue, 27 Sep 2016 - 08:09

Wind NW 8, 70% cloud Bar 1011, hot and very sticky. One super yacht with c/w chopper has come and gone, not usual Tonga visitors the super yachts. No petrol at all and rationed fuel up in Vavau

Posted: Sat, 24 Sep 2016 - 06:51

Anchored Pangaimotu, wind WSW 5, 60% cloud, bar 1019 up one.
Five yachts here at the moment, all planning for NZ at some point. All good here in the warm, actually in the Hot.

Posted: Mon, 19 Sep 2016 - 08:20

Light winds and mostly sunny. Warmer past couple of days. Time to break out the shade gear. Looks like back to NZ for radar fix, not going to happen out here. Oh well a stop at Minerva might be in

Posted: Fri, 9 Sep 2016 - 07:14

Bar 1019, wind SE 8, 100% cloud very humid, got the glaze going pretty steady, several days of cloud and showers forecast looks like uv index zero. Caught a nice snapper and brought in to Big Mamas

Posted: Thu, 8 Sep 2016 - 07:32

Bar 1021 90% cloud wind light SE. Calm overnight, back on the radar quest we go.

Posted: Tue, 6 Sep 2016 - 06:36

Still in Tongatapu, learning to relax a little, and, A little more. Really nice day yesterday all chores caught up, perhaps shipping solution for radar will unfold this week. All quotes in the

Posted: Fri, 2 Sep 2016 - 07:20

Anchored Pangaimotu, leading edge of the high definately arrived.

Posted: Wed, 31 Aug 2016 - 07:18

Wind SE 4, calm, 60% cloud, bar 1018, shift overnight from light NE to light SE very heavy dew and RH 92%. 9 yachts at Pangaimotu

Posted: Sun, 28 Aug 2016 - 11:15

Anchored Pangaimotu, Tonga, Some radar progress made and hopefully a solution this week, then wait this next weather system out and see if we can make some miles. It has been mostly cloudy for some

Posted: Sun, 28 Aug 2016 - 11:06

Anchored Paingaimotu, Tonga, Somr radar progress made and hopefully a solution this week, then wait this next weather system out and see if we can make some miles. It has been mostly cloudy for some

Posted: Tue, 23 Aug 2016 - 07:46

Tested YIT App not sure it is working, wind SE 10. 70%cloud cover bar 1021 23C RH 65 not bad.
Photo of last night's cloud formation, very cool.

Posted: Mon, 22 Aug 2016 - 07:10

Wind SE 10 -15, clear skies, couple small cumiies above us with a thick layer surrounding us around the horizon which is the blob moving off we hope. Bar 1021, up 2 overnight.

Posted: Mon, 22 Aug 2016 - 07:04

Wow brightness in the sky after a week of rain at times really heavy. Boat is as clean as it could get and water tanks overflowing. Looks like some clear weather but windy next several days. Forgot

Posted: Sat, 20 Aug 2016 - 07:07

Still at Pangaimotu, radar issue still not quite resolved so we will work on that but weather not quite suitable for the next leg at present so we will wait on that while we work on the radar and get

Posted: Tue, 16 Aug 2016 - 07:32

Will rest in Tongatapu for a few days before the next burst homeward.

Posted: Mon, 15 Aug 2016 - 18:18

Anchored Nukualofa after long upwind slog, but flat safe sleep tonight. AGOB! Many posts on route did not get through, will correct after 16 hours snoring.

Posted: Mon, 15 Aug 2016 - 07:38

Posted: Mon, 15 Aug 2016 - 06:48

What an Idiot! 20 27 S - 175 39 W. That's not Tonga! The more I looked and thought about it, the more I realized, you can't see Tonga from 30 miles away can you? The highest point of land is about

Posted: Mon, 15 Aug 2016 - 05:57

Land HO!I can see Tonga, 21 27 S - 175 44 W. Sighed land just at daybreak under the clouds! Wind now dropped to south of east, pinching up hill in building breeze. Hope we get a land shadow for the

Posted: Mon, 15 Aug 2016 - 03:06

Underway Tonga, 21 42 S - 175 53 W. SE wind came up to 20's and very squally most of the day, reefed down and made some progress, but wind has gone NE now right from Tonga. about 16 hours to go

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