15/06/2012, Passage To Niue
Position 17 31.60S 157 36.80W
Passage To Niue
Day 4, 15 June 2012 We left Bora Bora at 10.00 local time which is - 11 hours (behind) UTC (GMT), on Tuesday the 12 June 12, heading for our next island called Niue.
Day 4
Log reading at noon is 16532
Noon to Noon distance through the water = 140 miles Distance to go 703 miles
Noon to Noon distance over the ground = 131 miles The wind has maintained 12 to 16 knots
We kept the bag of fear (The Parasailor ) up until 17.00 and then changed to the cruising shoot as the wind moved more on to the beam. We have kept this combination up for the full 24 hours, and as can be seen from our travelled distance we have made much better progress.
The wind / weather forecast is for the wind speed to stay the same over the next few days, so our passage speed should be maintained, we hope!!
Wildlife report
Just a few sea birds, but nothing else.
Ship report
Karacool (53 foot Cat) is now 16 miles ahead of us.
Next report at noon on the 16 June 12
14/06/2012, Passage To Niue
Position 17 11.22S 155 21.80W
Passage To Niue Day 3, 14 June 2012
We left Bora Bora at 10.00 local time which is - 11 hours (behind) UTC (GMT), on Tuesday the 12 June 12, heading for our next island called Niue.
Day 3
Log reading at noon is 16392
Noon to Noon distance = 106 miles
Distance to go 834 miles
The wind has increased to 12 to 16 knots.
We now have just the bag of fear up (The Parasailor ) and a very small amount of main to balance the boat, and we are making between 5 to 7 knots in the right direction. The wind / weather forecast is for the wind speed to stay the same over the next few days, so our passage speed should be maintained, we hope!!
Wildlife report
Just a few sea birds, but nothing else.
Ship report
Karacool (53 foot Cat) is now 19 miles ahead of us.
Next report at noon on the 15 June 12
13/06/2012, Passage To Niue
Position 16 52.33S 153 40.38W
Passage To Niue
Day 2, 13 June 2012
We left Bora Bora at 10.00 local time which is - 11 hours (behind) UTC (GMT), on Tuesday the 12 June 12, heading for our next island called Niue.
Day 2
Log reading at noon is 16286
Noon to Noon distance = 110 miles
Distance to go 933 miles
Very light winds at present which are between 8 to 11 knots, We now have just the genoa up and a small amount of main to balance the boat, and we are making between 4 to 4.5 knots in the right direction.
The wind / weather forecast is still for the wind speed to increase over the next few days, so our passage speed should increase, we hope!!
Wildlife report
Just a few sea birds, but nothing else.
Ship report
Karacool is level pegging with us at present just off to our starboard side.
Next report at noon on the 14 June 12
12/06/2012, Passage To Niue
Position 16 31.50S 151 56.31.50W
Passage To Niue Day 1, 12 June 2012 Start Day
We left Bora Bora at 10.00 local time which is - 11 hours (behind) UTC (GMT), on Tuesday the 12 June 12, heading for our next island called Niue.
Day 1
Log reading at noon is 16176
Distance to go 1100 miles
Very light winds at present which are between 8 to 11 knots, We have the cruising shoot up and are making between 4 to 4.5 knots in the right direction. The wind / weather forecast is for the wind speed to increase over the next few days, so our passage speed should increase, we hope!!
Next report at noon on the 13 June 12
09/05/2012, Rangiroa
Position 14 57.895S 147 38.471W
We are anchored in the Pacific Atoll of RANGIROA (in the Archipel Des Tuamotu) opposite the VERY SMART Kia Ora Village Hotel.
We arrived on Friday the 4th May 12. At 09.30 we entered the pass Reianui, and then picked our way through the coral heads across the atoll to anchor off the Kia Ora Village Hotel. We had a trip to the Blue Lagoon on Sunday to swim with the sharks (pictures to follow), followed by dinner in the Kia Ora Village Hotel Sunday evening.
We are leaving for Tahiti today Wednesday the 9th May. Should get there in about 48 hours or so.
More news to follow when we get WI-FI in Tahiti
03/05/2012, Passage To The Hiva Oa in the Marquesas Islands
Position 14 32.48S 146 21.604W
We are anchored in the Pacific Atoll of AHE (in the Archipel Des Tuamotu) opposite the village main of Tenukupara. We arrived on Tuesday the 1st May 12. At 07.20 we entered the pass Reianui, and then picked our way through the coral heads across the atoll to anchor off the village. It was blowing 20 knots plus as we came into anchor but since then it has been very calm. In fact you would think you were on land as no rolling or rocking from side to side.
We spent a couple of hours wandering around the village, that including having burger and chips at a snack bar. The village has about 200 people yet there is still a snack bar. Then it was back to our respective boats and we were all in bed by 8pm zzzzzzzzzz.
Wednesday 2nd May
Spent the morning cleaning the water line of the boat. We have acquired a very nice fury jacket. In the afternoon arranged to meet a pearl farmer (well Annie did with her superb French). Annie bought a black pearl necklace then she and Stephen went back to Karacool to do some trading with pearl farmer's daughter and friend whilst Paul and I attempted to chat to her Mum and Dad. Annie ended up with more pearls. Meanwhile in my pigeon French we found out that it took about 3 years before the pearls could be harvested. They also crop sea cucumbers (big black ones apparently). They boil for 10mins and then lay out in the sun for a week. They sell these for 5000 pacific francs per kilo (about 140 pc fr to the £) on and thence to the Japanese / Chinese market. They also crop cobra for 1500 pc fr per kilo. The market for black pearls is declining apparently.
Had a duck BBQ on board in the evening.
Thursday 3rd May
Anchor snagged on coral so Paul had to dive down and disentangled it. I smoked about 10 fags during the process. We are off to Rangiroa on the afternoon tide and should reach there tomorrow morning.
