Mark_needler's Web Diary - Day 2 Position Report 32:27.51S 173:13.27E.

Day 2 Position Report 32:27.51S 173:13.27E.

Mark_needler

Professional Skipper

Thu 8 Jan 2009 00:04

Well we are approximately 11 nms SE of North Cape the top righthand corner of the north island of New Zealand for all you none sailors!!, we had to motor for 25hours, the boat speed was exceding the wind speed, since we started the engine. With all the weight on board, we have used quite alot of fuel and are praying for the forecast winds around North Cape and Cape Reinga. We will then head SW to get between two pressure systems and to more favourable winds and hoprfully faster boat speeds. At the moment the forecast through the grib files I download and the prediction I got from Bob Mcdavit in Auckland, seem to agree so all should be well to save some diesel.

Eoin & Ian will be pleased to know that all the systems are working fine the fridge is keeping everything cold and the wind is the only problem we have at the moment.

My 1st Mate James who is susposed to be the ace Kiwi fisherman isnt! and hasn't caught a dam thing in a day, he sucks at it!!..lol Joseph who joined us for the trip is settling in well on board and everything is very relaxed as we approach the northern coast of New Zealand.

The weather is awesum, too hot infact, not a cloud in sight and in the high 20's which is why I am writing this before I get fried out there. Any how I'll update you all tomorrow and hope you are all as much fun.

Cheers

Mark

PS I typed this before the 25hrs was up and James landed a Albacore 10 mins after we finished filling the diesel tank....dam! all good Sushi for lunch.

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2015

Aug 2015

Sat 22 Aug 15:56
Thu 20 Aug 02:25
- Day 5 position 30: 51.89 S 161: 15. 24 E 1200NZT
- Day 4 position 33:31.91 S 169:19.65 E 1200NZT
Tue 18 Aug 18:59
- Day 3 position 33:31.91 S 169:19.65 E 1200NZT
Mon 17 Aug 02:05
Sat 15 Aug 22:41

2014

Jul 2014

Thu 31 Jul 00:56
- Day 8.5 Position 17:44.28 S 168:78.71 E 1200 NZT
Wed 30 Jul 05:13
- Day 8.5 Position 17:44.28 S 168:78.71 E 1200 NZT
Sun 27 Jul 00:55
- Day 6 22:18.18s 170:44.28e
Sat 26 Jul 01:50
- Day 5 24:07.138s 170:24.88e
Fri 25 Jul 03:36
- Day 4 26:18.18s 170:44.28e
Thu 24 Jul 07:01
- Day 3 28:33.52s 171:44.97e
Wed 23 Jul 06:54
- Day 2 30:56.27s 172:32.26e
Tue 22 Jul 02:55
- Day 1 33:21.19 s 173:29.765 e
Fri 4 Jul 00:19
- Day 10 Position 41:08.19 S 173:18.43 E 1200 NZT
Thu 3 Jul 00:15
- Day 9 Position 41:05.33 S 174:27.627 E 1200 NZT
Tue 1 Jul 16:26
- Day 8 Position 41:17.396 S 174:47.048E E 0415 NZT
- Day 7 Position 41:25.58 S 175:52.68 E 1200 NZT

Jun 2014

Mon 30 Jun 00:54
- Day 6 Position 39:28.46 S 176:55.15 E 1300 NZT
Thu 19 Jun 17:39
- Day 5.5 Position 39:28.46 S 176:55.15 E 0615 NZT
- Day 5 Position 39:04.94 S 178:61.3201 E 1200NZT
Wed 18 Jun 00:41
- Day 4 Position 38:11.57 S 178:16.32 E 1200NZT
Tue 17 Jun 00:47
- Day 3 Position 37:34.24 S 176:16.76 E 1200NZT
Mon 16 Jun 01:22
- Day 2 Position 37:36.89 S 176:10.336 E 1330NZT
Sun 15 Jun 01:56
- Day 1 Position 36:00. 29 S 174:43.27 E 1305NZT

2012

Aug 2012

Thu 23 Aug 21:18
- Day 11 Position 17 44.608 S 169 17.393 E 0714NZT
- Day 10 Position 19 39.443 S 169 26.364 E 1200NZT
Wed 22 Aug 08:57
- Day 9 Position 22 04.064 S 169 33.393 E 1200NZT
Tue 21 Aug 00:12
- Day 8 Position 24 31.559 S 170 06.197 E 1200NZT
Sun 19 Aug 23:26
- Day 7 Position 26 25.565 S 171 30.268 E 1200NZT
- Day 6 Position 28 45.756 S 172 09.431 E 1200NZT
Sat 18 Aug 00:14
- Day 5 Position 31 00.408 S 173 20.068 E 1200NZT
Fri 17 Aug 00:20
- Day 4 Position 33 19.836 S 174 11.447 E 1200NZT
Thu 16 Aug 01:19
- Day 3 Position 35 42.182 S 174 39.254 E 1315NZT
Wed 15 Aug 01:29
- Day 2 Position 35 50.29 S 174 28.13 E 1315NZT
Tue 14 Aug 02:17
- Day 1 Position 35 50.29 S 174 28.13 E 1315NZT

May 2012

Mon 28 May 04:32
- Day 10 Position 33 50.49 S 151 13.043 E 1200NZT
Sun 27 May 00:12
- Day 9 Position 34 07.86 S 154 21.49 E 1200NZT
Sat 26 May 10:10
- Day 8 Position 34 05.148 S 156 04.309 E 1200NZT
Fri 25 May 22:51
- Day 7 Position 34 04.141 S 158 05.157 E 1200NZT
Thu 24 May 03:05
- Day 5 Position 34 05.5 S 158 31.1 E 1200NZT
- Day 6 Position 34 06.8 S 161 24.688E 1200NZT
Wed 23 May 19:21
- Update
Tue 22 May 00:14
- Day 4 Position Report 34 11.586 S 167 42.76 E 1200NZT
Sat 19 May 23:56
- Day 2 Position Report 36 50.304 S 174 45.048 E 1200NZT
- Day 1 Position Report 36 50.304 S 174 45.048 E 1200NZT

Mar 2012

Thu 15 Mar 22:07
- Day 14 Position Report 34 55.945 S 178 14.08 E 1200NZT
Wed 14 Mar 23:05
- Day 13 Position Report 33 59.74 S 179 02.82 W 1200FPT
Tue 13 Mar 22:25
- Day 12 Position Report 32 48.88 S 176 19.33 W 1200FPT
- Day 11 Position Report 31 59.14 S 173 50.66 W 1200FPT
Sun 11 Mar 22:18
- Day 10 Position Report 30 39.26 S 171 13.30 W 1200FPT
Sat 10 Mar 22:11
- Day 9 Position Report 29 32.46 S 168 28.42 W 1200FPT
Fri 9 Mar 22:27
- Day 8 Position Report 27 59.44 S 165 36.31W 1200FPT
Thu 8 Mar 23:39
- Day 7 Position Report 26 27.68 S 163 38.2W 1330FPT
Wed 7 Mar 22:39
- Day 6 Position Report 24 51.67 S 161 03.30W 1200FPT
Tue 6 Mar 22:39
- Day 5 Position Report 23 16.56 S 158 37.67W 1200FPT
Mon 5 Mar 22:06
- Day 4 Position Report 20 11.26 S 153 37.35W 1200FPT
Sun 4 Mar 23:54
- Day 3 Position Report 20 11.26 S 153 37.35W 1200FPT
- Day 2 Position Report 18 45 S 154 42 W 1230FPT
Sat 3 Mar 00:12
- Day 1 Position Report 17 32.41 S 149 34.937 W 1400FPT
Thu 1 Mar 23:16
- Day 0 Position Report 17 32.41 S 149 34.937 W 1300FPT

2011

Oct 2011

Sat 22 Oct 20:40
- Day 43 Position Report 21:13.60 S 159:46 W 1045CIT
Mon 17 Oct 06:26
- Day 38 Position Report 08 58.78 S 158 03.125 W 1000CIT
Mon 10 Oct 18:01
- Day 31 Position Report 08 58.78 S 158 03.125 W 1000CIT
Mon 3 Oct 01:43
- Day 24 Position Report 08 58.78 S 158 03.125 W 1100CIT

Sep 2011

Wed 28 Sep 21:51
- Day 19 Position Report 08 58.78 S 158 03.125 W 1100CIT
Tue 27 Sep 00:33
- Day 17 Position Report 08 57.93 S 158 03.18 W 0200CIT
- Day 17.1 Position Report 08 58.78 S 158 03.125 W 0930CIT
Sun 25 Sep 22:24
- Day 16 Position Report 09 28.59 S 159 11.69 W 1200CIT
- Day 15.1 Position Report 10 18.29 S 160 53.10 W 1200 CIT
Sat 24 Sep 17:09
- Day 15 Position Report 10 25.33 S 160 02.00 W 0900 CIT
Tue 20 Sep 09:06
- Day 10 Position Report 10 25.33 S 160 02 W 2300 CIT
Thu 15 Sep 22:08
- Day 6 Position Report 11 25.70 S 160 54.81 W 1200 CIT
Wed 14 Sep 22:10
- Day 5 Position Report 13 55.3 S 160 32.75W 1200 CIT
Tue 13 Sep 22:06
- Day 4 Position Report 16 19.45 S 160 11.35W 1200 CIT
Mon 12 Sep 18:31
- Day 3 Position Report 18 52S 159 48W 0930CIT
Wed 7 Sep 19:28
- Day 2 Position Report 18 52S 159 48W 1400CIT
Thu 1 Sep 01:22
- Day 1 Position Report 18 52S 159 48W 1600CIT

Apr 2011

Thu 28 Apr 05:21
- Day 28 SY Forté position 38:51 .49S 144:54.51E
Wed 27 Apr 02:18
- Day 27 SY Forté position 38:54 .82S 145:36.92E
Tue 26 Apr 04:07
- Day 26 SY Forté position 38:35 .18S 148:30.11E
Mon 25 Apr 04:01
- Day 25 SY Forté position 37:04 .36S 149:54.3E
Sat 23 Apr 01:03
- Day 25 SY Forté position 37:04 .36S 149:54.3E
Fri 22 Apr 00:19
- Day 24 SY Forté position 35:30 .09S 150:44.9E
Thu 21 Apr 00:46
- Day 23 SY Forté position 33: 32.39S 155:06.7E
Tue 19 Apr 00:11
- Day 21 SY Forté position 32: 13.92S 157:18.05E
Mon 18 Apr 04:36
- Day 20 SY Forté position 31: 33.14S 159:04.42E
Wed 13 Apr 23:32
- Day 16 SY Forté position 31° 33.14S 159° 04.42E
- Day 15 SY Forté position 32° 01.6S 160° 55.6E
Tue 12 Apr 00:42
- Day 14 Forte position 32° 43. 37S 163° 33.7E
Mon 11 Apr 00:18
- Day 13 Forte position 33° 17. 68S 166° 43.71E
Sun 10 Apr 00:10
- Day 12 Forte position 33° 44.8 3S 169° 09.87E
Sat 9 Apr 00:02
- Day 11 Forte position 34° 18.15 S 172° 11.2E
Fri 8 Apr 02:02
- Day 10 Forte position 35°18.78S 174°07.34E
Fri 1 Apr 02:40
- Day 2.5 Forte position 35°18.78S 174°07.34E

Mar 2011

Thu 31 Mar 23:07
- Day 2 Forte position 35°02.56S 174°22.11E
- Day 1 Forte position 36°32.07S 174°53.16E

Feb 2011

Fri 25 Feb 00:00
- Day 18 Mustang position 34°19.66 S 174°06.59E
Thu 24 Feb 04:03
- Day 17 Mustang position 34°46.21 S 174°22.59E
Wed 23 Feb 23:55
- Day 16 Mustang position 34°15.15 S 172°34.05E
Tue 22 Feb 01:37
- Day 15 Mus tang posit ion 34°10. 04S 171°1 6.37E
Mon 21 Feb 23:40
- Day 14 Mustang position 34°27.21 S 169°38.09E
Sun 20 Feb 01:21
- Day 13 Mustang position 34°23.31 S 167°00.40E
Sat 19 Feb 01:04
- Day 12 Mustang position 34°07.88 S 165°16.62E
Fri 18 Feb 00:00
- Day 11 Mustang position 33°19.36 S 163°51.44E
Thu 17 Feb 23:39
- Day 10 Mustang position 32°11.53 S 161°47E
Wed 16 Feb 22:15
- Day 9 Mustang position 33°38.08 S 160°30.25E
Mon 14 Feb 23:54
- Day 8 Mustang position 33°33.22S 159°04.4E
Fri 11 Feb 02:55
- Day 4 Mustang position 33°33.22S 159°04.4E
Thu 10 Feb 05:07
- Day 3 Mustang position 33°00.27S 157°18.21E
Wed 9 Feb 05:13
- Day 2 Mustang position 33°58.42S 154°51.54E
Tue 8 Feb 07:27
- Day 1 Mustang position 38:15.54S 144:40.27E

2010

Dec 2010

Mon 20 Dec 21:30
- Day 19 Johnny be Goode position 38:15.54S 144:40.27E
Sat 18 Dec 02:28
- Day 18 Johnny be Goode position 38:37.02S 148:22.47E
Fri 17 Dec 01:23
- Day 17 Johnny be Goode position 38:37.02S 148:22.47E
Thu 16 Dec 01:30
- Day 16 Johnny be Goode position 37:01.38S 151:31.56E
Thu 9 Dec 23:04
- Day 10 Johnny be Goode position 37:01.38S 151:31.56E
- Day 9 Johnny be Goode position 36:47.41S 154:35.29E
Tue 7 Dec 23:12
- Day 8 Johnny be Goode position 36:27.26S 157:50.08E
Mon 6 Dec 23:07
- Day 7 Johnny be Goode position 36:13.10S 160:21.07E
Sun 5 Dec 22:39
- Day 6 Johnny be Goode position 35:37.22S 163:07.45E
Sat 4 Dec 23:39
- Day 5 Johnny be Goode position 35:14.54S 165:58.24E
Fri 3 Dec 23:18
- Day 4 Johnny be Goode position 34:52.36S 168:50.42E
Thu 2 Dec 22:42
- Day 3 Johnny be Goode position 34:19.29S 171:30.21E
Wed 1 Dec 23:04
- Day 2 Johnny be Goode position 34:51.44S 174:05.55E
- Day 1 Johnny be Goode position 36:50.53S 174:46.26E

Jun 2010

Thu 3 Jun 14:34
- Day 2 SY Pimpernel position 38:46.53S 173:57.28E
Wed 2 Jun 05:53
- Day 1 SY Pimpernel position 40:25.53S 173:14.56E
Tue 1 Jun 10:49
- Day 1 Position Report S41:15.826 E173:16.761 2249NZT

May 2010

Tue 11 May 11:31
- Day 9 SY Magic Roundabout position 17:44.39S 168:18.27E
Mon 10 May 06:27
- Day 8 SY Magic Roundabout position 22:15.755S 168:43.386E
Sun 9 May 07:14
- Day 7 SY Magic Roundabout position 22:30.801S 169:25.583E
- Day 6 SY Magic Roundabout position 25:06.746S 170:12.129E
Fri 7 May 07:49
- Day 5 SY Magic Roundabout position 26:54.21S 171:01.497E
Thu 6 May 06:16
- Day 4 SY Magic Roundabout position 28:55.057S 171:0054.342E
Wed 5 May 22:32
- Day 3 SY Magic Roundabout position 31:00.177S 172:37.805E
Tue 4 May 06:06
- Day 2 SY Magic Roundabout position 33:05.128S 17:34.022E
Sun 2 May 22:52
- Delivery of Oceanswatch SY Magic Roundabout position 35:18.684S 174:07.192E

2009

Jan 2009

Tue 20 Jan 02:20
- Day 13 Position Report 38:15.83S 144:40.111E 1420NZT
Mon 19 Jan 12:00
- Day 12 Position Report 38:57.86S 147:18.10E 1200NZT
Sat 17 Jan 21:44
- Day 11 Report 37:04.3S, 149:54.5E 0900 NZT
Fri 16 Jan 03:50
- Day 9 Position Report 37:05.426S 149:55.785E. 1930 hours NZT 15/01/09
Tue 13 Jan 23:09
- Day 8 Position Report 38:04.29S 153:52.21E. 1200 hours NZT
Mon 12 Jan 23:24
- Day 7 Position Report 38:35.26S 157:21.31E. 1200 hours NZT
Sun 11 Jan 23:57
- Day 6 Position Report 38:30.801S 160:34.879E. 1200 hours NZT
- Day 5 Position Report 37:44.327S 163:44.991E. 1200 hours NZT
Sat 10 Jan 00:10
- Day 4 Position Report 36:53.452S 167:05.105E. 1200 hours NZT
Thu 8 Jan 23:10
Wed 7 Jan 02:45
- Day 1 Position Report 36:22.43S 174:53.28E - Delivery of Yacht Akatea to Melbourne from Auckland

2008

Nov 2008

Sun 23 Nov 03:03
- none

Sep 2008

Tue 23 Sep 09:50
- Day 10 Position Report 33:55.14.S 151:15.58E
Sat 20 Sep 11:11
- Day 7 Position Report 31:40.S 159:12E
Tue 16 Sep 22:29
- Day 3 Position Report 33:50.94S 169:05.206E
- Day 2 Position Report 33:50.897S 171:59.676E
Mon 15 Sep 04:42
- Day 1 Position Report 35:18.796S 174:07.326E

Jun 2008

Sun 8 Jun 12:39
- Day 12 Position Report 08:54.56N 079:31.04W
Sat 7 Jun 17:08
- Day 11 Position Report 07:28.045N 080:01.269W
Fri 6 Jun 16:56
- Day 9 Position Report 05:27.757N 081:49.604W
Wed 4 Jun 20:15
- Day 6 Position Report 08:54.56N 079:31.04W
- Day 6 Position Report 08:54.56N 079:31.04W

2007

Dec 2007

Sun 2 Dec 03:30
- Day 101 Position Report 27:12.523S 153:05.656E

Nov 2007

Fri 30 Nov 01:07
- Day 99 Position Report 22:41.468S 151:08.420E
Tue 27 Nov 01:18
- Day 96 Position Report 16:50.548S 145:51.708E
Sun 25 Nov 08:06
- Day 93 Position Report 15:04.253S 145:23.202E
Sat 24 Nov 02:11
- Day 93 Position Report 11:00.314S 142:49.170E
Thu 22 Nov 02:13
- Day 91 Position Report 11:00.314S 142:49.170E
Thu 15 Nov 00:38
- Day 82 Position Report 10:59.152S 142:39.624E
Mon 12 Nov 05:09
- Day 79 Position Report 10:46.672S 139:24.837E
Sat 10 Nov 02:56
- Day 77 Position Report 10:46.480S 134:23.843E
Sat 3 Nov 04:08
- Day 70 Position Report 12:03.179S 125:47.561E
Thu 1 Nov 05:28
- Day 68 Position Report 11:24.090S 121:10.842E

Oct 2007

Mon 29 Oct 22:17
- Day 66 Position Report 09:23.180S 116:37.121E
Fri 26 Oct 02:17
- Day 62 Position Report 05:45.013S 111:49.038E
Tue 23 Oct 06:14
- Day 60 Position Report 03:50.520S 107:43.75E
Sun 21 Oct 06:14
- Day 58 Position Report 00:00.1S 104:49.6E
Sat 20 Oct 14:37
- Day 57 Position Report 01:13.2N 103:49.6E
Thu 18 Oct 05:34
- Day 55 Position Report 02:28.03N 101:31.16E
Tue 16 Oct 09:56
- Day 53 Position Report 06:11.6936 099:53.529E
Sun 7 Oct 09:00
- Re: Day 44 Position Report 06:17.631N 099:41.836E
Fri 5 Oct 08:42
- Day 42 Position Report 05:52.898N 093:24.321E
Wed 3 Oct 08:46
- Day 40 Position Report 05:31.225N 087:29.083E
Mon 1 Oct 06:50
- Day 38 Position Report 04:49.153N 080:02.721E

Sep 2007

Sun 23 Sep 10:28
- Day Thirty Postion 04 10'55"N 073 30'114"E - 1500 Local Time (GMT +400) SOG 0.0knts
Fri 21 Sep 10:54
- Day Twenty Nine Postion 06 51'18"N 067 50'54"E - 1450 Local Time (GMT +400) SOG 8.1knts
Wed 19 Sep 06:30
- Day Twenty Seven Postion 9 33'38"N 062 26'37"E - 0830 Local Arabian Time (GMT +0300) SOG 8.5knts
Mon 17 Sep 13:16
- Day Twenty Five Postion 12 02'17"N 057 22'13"E - 1508 Local Arabian Time (GMT +0300) SOG 8.9knts
Sun 16 Sep 10:27
- Day Twenty Four Postion 13 42'50"N 054 35'17"E - 1209 Local Arabian Time (GMT +0300) SOG 7.3knts
Fri 14 Sep 10:21
- Re: Day Twenty two Postion 13 18.12N 048 25.19E - 0703 Local Arabian Time (GMT +0300)
Sun 9 Sep 09:15
- Day Nineteen Postion 16 15.131N 041 02.540E - 1116
Fri 7 Sep 15:25
- Day Eighteen Postion 20 48.971N 038 32.455E - 1230
Wed 5 Sep 10:36
- Day Sixteen Postion 25 42.382N 035 40.178E - 1200

Aug 2007

Mon 27 Aug 17:13
- Day Six Postion 29 57.029N 032 34.712E - 0000
Sat 25 Aug 16:46
- Fw: Day Five Postion 30 35.100N 032 16.347E - 0000
Thu 23 Aug 09:18
- Re: Day Four Postion 31 15.373N 032 18.957E - 0000
Wed 22 Aug 12:47
- Re: Day three Postion 32 07.071N 031 50.837E - 1440
Tue 21 Aug 11:42
- Day two Postion 34 25.995N 030 06.207E - 1330
Mon 20 Aug 14:50
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