09 December 2012 | Opua, New Zealand
03 November 2012 | Kunutu, Vava'u group, Kingdom of Tonga
03 November 2012 | Kunutu, Vava'u group, Kingdom of Tonga
03 November 2012 | Kunutu, Vava'u group, Kingdom of Tonga
03 November 2012 | Neiafu, Vava'u, Kingdom of Tonga
03 November 2012 | Kunutu, Vava'u group, Kingdom of Tonga
03 November 2012 | Falehou, Niuatoputapu, Kingdom of Tonga
03 November 2012 | Tafahi volcano, Kingdom of Tonga
03 November 2012 | Falehou, Niuatoputapu, Kingdom of Tonga
03 November 2012 | Falehou, Niuatoputapu, Kingdom of Tonga
03 November 2012 | Vaipo, Niuatoputapu, Kingdom of Tonga
03 November 2012 | Niuatoputapu, Tonga
21 October 2012 | south side of Samoa.
21 October 2012 | South side of Samoa
21 October 2012 | Apia, Samoa
21 October 2012 | Apia, Samoa
21 October 2012 | Apia, Samoa
15 September 2012 | Suwarrow, Northern Cooks Islands
15 September 2012 | Suwarrow, Northern Cooks Islands
15 September 2012 | Suwarrow, Northern Cooks Islands
A foggy arrival
12 December 2010 | San Diego
Sunny and hot
Arrived in San Diego Dec. 3
32 deg 42.97' N, 117 deg 13.92' W
We left Catalina Is around two in the afternoon heading for San Diego, about a 67 nm trip cleared the south end of Cat Is at sunset and settled in for a long night of motoring in total calm and a nice mellow swell. (Anyone else planning to do this trip would be wise to leave earlier in the season when there is more wind or have a good reliable engine). There was a live firing exercise going on 25 miles distant at San Clemente Island and all night we heard warships on the radio. We arrived off SD in thick fog at about 5AM and so just drifted around till first light before heading for the channel buoy, at this point the fog had cleared enough to see Pt Loma and the entrance markers. We made the first two buoys before the fog filled back in with a vengeance and reduced the viz to less than 10-20 meters. Also at this time the enormous Coast Guard cutter we had glimpsed earlier called on the radio that they were entering the channel and any concerned traffic should let them know on ch16. As we were slightly concerned we called them up and then parked ourselves inches from a port hand channel marker that had just materialized We could hear the engines thumping away as the ship passed but never caught sight of them. Another mile or so into the bay and the fog cleared considerably but the radio was busy with all the traffic, including several warships keeping tabs on each other back in the fog bank. Anyway, we made our way in safely and the fog cleared as we got into the harbour.