24 November 2016 | 26 41.15'S:153 7.72'E, Mooloolaba, Australia
13 November 2016 | 25 54.12'S:153 01.72'E, Tin Can Bay, Australia
12 November 2016 | 25 31.69'S:152 57.91'E, Fraser Island, Australia
31 October 2016 | 24 45.38'S:152 23.72'E, Bundaberg, Australia
30 October 2016 | 23 52'S:153 55'E, On Passage - Noumea, New Caledonia to Bundaberg, Australia
29 October 2016 | 23 28'S:156 47'E, On Passage - Noumea, New Caledonia to Bundaberg, Australia
28 October 2016 | 22 57'S:159 54'E, On Passage - Noumea, New Caledonia to Bundaberg, Australia
27 October 2016 | 22 40'S:163 13'E, On Passage - Noumea to Australia
26 October 2016 | 22 22'S:166 10'E, On Passage - Noumea to Australia
18 October 2016 | 22 16.60'S:166 26.40'E, Noumea, New Caledonia
17 October 2016 | 21 37'S:168 13'E, between Vanuatu and New Caledonia
14 October 2016 | 19 31.57'S:169 26.66'E, Port Resolution, Tanna I, Vanuatu
14 October 2016 | 19 31.57'S:169 26.66'E, Port Resolution, Tanna I, Vanuatu
14 October 2016 | 19 31.90'S:169 26.98'E, Mt. Yasur, Tanna I, Vanuatu
12 October 2016 | 19 31.58'S:169 29.65'E, Port Resolution, Vanuatu
09 October 2016 | 20 14.36'S:169 46.63'E, Aneityum, Vanuatu
03 October 2016 | 20 14.36'S:169 46.63'E, Aneityum, Vanuatu
02 October 2016 | 19 39'S:172 03'E, On Passage from Fiji to Vanuatu
01 October 2016 | 18 43'S:174 16'E, On Passage from Fiji to Vanuatu
27 September 2016 | 17 40.88'S:177 23.16'E, Vuda Marina, Fiji
The Peace of the Night Watch
11 March 2007 | Off The Coast of Guatemala
Mark
It's about 0117 local time and I've got the midnight to 4am shift. It's not so bad. I sit in the pilothouse or on the bow and watch the world go by. The wind is light to non-existent and I'm steering directly into a rising half moon. The swells are less than two feet and the trawler is just gliding along with only a soft rumble to let you know the engine is there. In fact, the water passing by the hull is louder than the powerplant beneath me. I'm about nine miles off the coast right now and can see faint lights in the distance. Not the lights of large cities like further North, but the small lights of isolated settlements. Now that we're into Central America the cities are smaller, and fewer.
The change in boat traffic as we crossed the border was immediate. While still in Mexico there were many fishing boats of all sizes. As soon as we crossed the border the traffic disappeared. We're all alone out here except one faint blip on the radar ten miles outside of us.
For now, all is peaceful on my night shift. I'll check the gauges, monitor the radar, maybe read a bit. At 4am John will relieve me and I can get some welcome sleep.