38"14'S:175"41'W
Gold Braid
Martin,Peter,Damian
Mon 7 Jan 2008 22:32
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So, wecrossed the date line (theoretical) on the
7th -we are not to concerned about the political date line which does a kink
about here to include the Chayam Islands in NZ's time zone. After much debate we
decided the the day became yesterday - 6th - and the time became an hour
earlier to negate NZ summer time. We change boat time to another hour earlier
when we get to 172.30 deg. W. We didn't get round to deciding whose watch
was the hour shorter! The confusion almost caused so to miss our schedule
chat and weather forcast with Meri, a lady who runs a communication net on HF
radio (SSB) under the name Bluff Fishermans Radio from, surprisingly, Bluff,
Invercargill. Meri has been a good friend to Gold Braid for several years
and,husband Ian chuafered us about when we docked at Bluff in 2005 to get a
damaged sail stitched up.
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