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

Last New Zealand Blog – We Hope!

10 May 2014 | Viaduct Harbor, Auckland NZ
Clear blue and calm - John

Beautiful Weather for our eparture today.

Today is our Sunday, May 11, 2014 and please accept our apologies for not blogging for several days. We have been preparing the boat for the journey to Fiji. Yep we think we are as ready as we can ever be. All the provisions are now complete and stowed. We refueled this morning at 0800 and were back at our slip by 0845 in plenty of time to do some final cleanup and stowing of miscellaneous stuff before the customs guys showed up. They came aboard at 1000 sharp and were very nice and pleasant. We completed our checkout of the country in about 45 minutes and they gave us another hour and a half to depart.

Since the last blog, we picked up Walt at the airport on Tuesday and have been constantly on the go ever since. We also caught up with Jeff and Melody from Double Diamond who are moored here in Viaduct Harbor. Had beer and dinner a couple times and last night we did it one more time.


A beautiful night last night in downtown Auckland. But it is starting to get chilly, especially at night - time to head north to warmer climes!


We never get tired of this view. Gorgeous!


Sky Tower Close Up

The weather window looks good for a trip up to Minerva Reef before heading to Fiji. For a perspective Minerva Reef is about 850 nautical miles from here heading a little more towards Tonga than Fiji and Fiji will be another 400 after that but more on the trade winds. Also if you read our blog on our way down here to New Zealand, you know we stopped at Minerva but only had a very short time to stay there because of a threatening low pressure that kicked a whole bunch of boat's hind ends. Anyway if we can we really want to go back, only we might try to his the Southern reef.

One last thing before saying ado for the journey. We bottled the beer and put the brewing kit to bed in the port forepeak.

With that said, look for our blog on the high seas starting tomorrow.



John & 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