Tuuletar

Tuuletar

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Tuuletar is a 44ft Nauticat pilothouse cutter-ketch built by Sitala yacht in Finland 1984. Mark Pitman is the fourth owner having purchased the boat from the previous owners in February 2013 in Scarborough, Brisbane. Starting in late 2013 Mark & Cat sailed her from the Whitsundays to Hobart; across the Tasman to Bluff in March 2014; up the west coast of NZ through Fiordland and then to Fiji and back to NZ for the 2014/15 cyclone season. Previously Tuuletar resided in the USA until it was sailed across the Pacific over the course of three years from 2009 to 2012.

Crew are Mark and Catherine

Recent Updates

Tuuletar - November 21, 2014
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Wind died at 6am this morning and been motoring in calm conditions all day.

Tuuletar - November 20, 2014
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Wind directly on the nose 15-20kts since 8pm last night. We have been slowly reaching westwards to set ourselves up for a southerly reach when the high passes below us. Very slow progress the past ... Read More
Tuuletar - November 18, 2014
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Dak-a-dak-a-dak-a-dak-a-dak. Still motoring. Caught a mahi-mahi at sunrise. Water went completely glassy mid-morning. 150nm in 24 hours.

Tuuletar - November 17, 2014
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Beautiful day of mostly motor-sailing in mostly flat seas and <10kts of breeze. Been making 7kts average today motorsailing with all of our sails up.

Tuuletar - November 16, 2014
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Beautiful day of sailing today in flat seas and 10-14kts of wind. Making up time after a slow night last night.

Tuuletar - November 16, 2014
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Making slow progress as hard on the wind as we can go. Rough seas easing.

Tuuletar - November 16, 2014
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making slow progress in gusty conditions.

Tuuletar - November 14, 2014
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Clearing customs. Getting ready to leave this afternoon.

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