Heading for Tonga 16:39.131S 152:31.373W
South Pacific Familyadventure 2008
Claes Brodin
Sat 22 Aug 2009 12:06
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We left Bora Bora at 17.15 local time (-10 hrs
UTC),after a day of preparations and clearing out of French Polynesia with the
Gendarmes at Vaitape(main settlement).Before leaving we said goodbye and
arranged a SSB frequency for daily watch at 18.00 hrs local ships time(04.00
UTC)with Colin and Paul onboard Windriver.
Gribfiles,buoyweather and passageweather.com
predicts light winds from NE,but reality is for the moment(04.00 local
time)light winds from SSE of 6-8 kts.Martin and Thierry are sleeping and there´s
a clear skye with an immense Milky Way.
Our plan will be either heading direct for Neiafu
at Tonga(1300 Nm),or stop halfway at the atoll of Palmerston(Southern Cook
Islands)weather permitting(anchoring at Palmerston has to be done at the SW side
in leeward of the tradewinds but outside the reef since the pass is to
shallow.Few boats ever come to this place inhabited by ancestors of the
englishman Bill Marster).
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