Adventures of Orcinius

11 September 2015 | HOME - Vancouver WA
24 August 2015 | 46 11.4'N:123 51.4'W, Port of Astoria Marina
22 August 2015 | 46 42.0'N:132 09,4'W, 330 West of CR Bouy, Astoria
21 August 2015 | 46 41.8'N:136 13.8'W, 500 West of Astoria
20 August 2015 | 46 22.82'N:140 28.00'W, East end of High
20 August 2015 | 46 22.80'N:140 28.32'W, Middle of High Same as Fish
20 August 2015 | 46 22.79'N:140 28.57'W, Middle of High
20 August 2015 | 46 22.7'N:140 30.2'W, 675 Miles West of CR
20 August 2015 | 45 57.6'N:144 54.0'W, East End of the High
18 August 2015 | 44 38.2'N:147 57.0'W, 1000 NM to Astoria
18 August 2015 | 43 31.0'N:150 28.0'W, 1126 NM to Astoria
17 August 2015 | 41 40.1'N:153 00.1'W, 1200 miles West of Astoria
16 August 2015 | 39 30.1'N:154 53.1'W, West end of the North Pacific High
15 August 2015 | 37 34.5'N:156 00.0'W, 1011 North of Oahu
15 August 2015 | 37 04.5'N:156 23.0'W, 983 North of Oahu
14 August 2015 | 34 12.3'N:157 26.1'W, 800 North of Oahu
13 August 2015 | 31 50.0'N:158 06.5'W, 650 North of Oahu
12 August 2015 | 29 02.0'N:158 51.0'W, 330 North of Oahu
11 August 2015 | 26 32.0'N:158 59.0'W, 330 North of Oahu
09 August 2015 | 23 44.1'N:158 49.4'W, 140 N of Oahu

Leaving this Paradise for Another

04 September 2012 | 19 47.4'S:168 23.4'W, Beverage Reef
Lisa
Back to Civilization

The beautiful water of Beveridge Reef was amazing. There was a ring of bright blue water that surrounded the inner edge of the reef for a few hundred yards - on the bottom of it was soft sand with 9-11 feet of depth. From there, the sand bottom dropped off immediately to 35 feet - where you see the darker blue water that made up most of the interior of the atoll. To think that only a few people have ever seen this place - I bet more people have climbed to the top of Mount Everest than have sailed to Beveridge Reef! And to approach it from the sea was fascinating. Out in the middle of this vast ocean, suddenly appears a thin strip of bright blue water on the horizon. Then the thin blue swath becomes larger until you can finally make out the breaking waves on the surrounding reef. I could not get a picture to capture everything. It was too cool. I think it would be cool if someone could look on Google Earth and see if Beveridge Reef can be seen from the sattelite imagery there - if you can see it, please let us know! If you use a location near 20:00.978S and 167:45.746W that should get you in the ball park.

We didn't get to explore it as we would have liked - there was a cool wreck sticking out of the water on the eastern edge of the reef. And the fish are suppose to be incredible - plentiful and huge, with no fear of people. But the weather just didn't want to cooperate. Bob and Ann came over on Saturday night for quesadillas and an enthralling game of Smart Ass! Then they had a most exciting dingy ride back to their boat in 25 knot winds in the dark. They had come over in their full up fowlies because it was such a wet ride over, but it was even worse for them getting back home. I had them wear a couple of our life jackets just in case! Fortunately, they made it back safe and sound, but that was the last we saw of them until this morning - it was just too windy out to make a safe dingy ride between boats in the evening.

So unfortunately, it is time to depart Beveridge Reef. The clock is a tickin, and we still have a stop in Niue before making our way to Tonga. John made some delicious quiches this morning, then we all weighed anchor around 11:30am. We had a little GPS anomaly that was affecting our heading on the way out the passage. Luckily, I had saved our incoming path through the passage on my iPad and we were able to use it to navigate our way, as well as follow Charisma safely out of the atoll. John had been mucking with a bunch of wiring yesterday, and whala - our true heading was all dorked up from some sort of NEMA data being routed thru the wrong thingy. But as always, John was able to debug the problem and had it all fixed before too long. We have about a 24 hour run to Niue, where we will probably spend at least 3-4 days. All for now!

Lisa
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Vessel Name: ORCINIUS
Vessel Make/Model: Lagoon 440
Hailing Port: Vancouver, Washington
Crew: John LeDoux & Lisa Danger
About:
Sailing since the mid 90's. Prior to this trip, 4 sailing adventures from Vancouver WA to the San Juan and Gulf Islands in the Straits of Juan de Fuca. Bought ORCINIUS in West Palm Beach Fl in April 2010. Sailed her South through the Panama Canal and back up the West coast to home port. [...]
Extra: Lisa is the real captain. I have never been at the helm when docking or anchoring, she has a great touch to docking.
Home Page: www.orcinius.com

Who: John LeDoux & Lisa Danger
Port: Vancouver, Washington