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Wed 19 Oct 2016 20:32

Dawn revealed the North Cape of NZ. We are currently motorsailing across Great Exhibition Bay heading south. We expect to get into Opua later tonight.

All well on board

Blog Entries

2018

Nov 2018

Fri 16 Nov 19:02
- Minerva and home!
Sat 10 Nov 01:38
- 35:18.917S 174:07.254E
Thu 8 Nov 19:59
- 33:16.293S 175:24.884E
Wed 7 Nov 20:04
- 31:25.830S 176:15.17E
Tue 6 Nov 19:50
- 29:11.563S 177:28.778E
Mon 5 Nov 19:49
- 27:13.211S 179:01.136E
Sun 4 Nov 20:22
- 25:21.461S 179:28.422E
Sat 3 Nov 23:41
- 24:04.032S 179:19.050W
Fri 2 Nov 23:41
- Leaving North Minerva Sunday 4 November

Oct 2018

Tue 30 Oct 23:57
- Delayed in North Minerva until Sunday
Sun 28 Oct 04:30
- 23:37.611S 178:53.909W
Fri 26 Oct 23:27
- 21:35.771S 179:39.023E
Thu 25 Oct 21:50
- 19:05.411S 178:51.157E
Wed 24 Oct 21:02
- Leaving Suva today for North Minerva
Wed 3 Oct 03:03
- Manta & Masi Magic

Sep 2018

Wed 19 Sep 19:17
- 18:07.362S 178:25.491E
Mon 10 Sep 04:00
- Safely arrived in Ono.
Sun 9 Sep 19:21
- Sailing to Kadavu today
Thu 6 Sep 06:16
- Arrived safely in Suva
Wed 5 Sep 23:29
- Arrived safely in Gau
Tue 4 Sep 17:18
- Leaving Koro today
Mon 3 Sep 05:29
- Arrived in Koro safely
Sun 2 Sep 18:28
- Leaving SavuSavu today

Aug 2018

Fri 31 Aug 03:15
- Taveuni and the Rainbow Reef
Sat 25 Aug 03:14
- Arrived back in Savu Savu
Thu 23 Aug 23:42
- Departing Taveuni to Savu Savu
Mon 20 Aug 08:26
- 16:56.068S 179:54.011E Paradise Resort Mooring
Sun 19 Aug 00:31
- Rabi - Republic of reef and rainforest
Wed 15 Aug 00:35
- 16:45.857S 179:46.856W Naiviivi Bay - Qamea
Tue 14 Aug 06:40
- 16:40.941S 179:52.434W Naselesele Point - Taveuni
Mon 13 Aug 05:50
- Katherine Bay 16:31.546S 179:59.379W
Mon 6 Aug 00:57
- Nearly there ........
Sun 5 Aug 04:54
- 16:45.009S 179:53.970E
Sat 4 Aug 19:13
- Leaving SavuSavu
Thu 2 Aug 05:24
- Jesus, shells and cannibals
Wed 1 Aug 20:41
- Savusavu 16:48s 179:16e
- Left today

Jul 2018

Sun 29 Jul 22:56
Sun 22 Jul 23:07
- Arrived Vanua Balavu 17:14.506s 178:58.189w
Fri 20 Jul 19:28
- sailing north 21 July 2018
Thu 5 Jul 01:53
- Safely arrived in Namuka-i-Lau 18:50.854S 178:40.206W
Wed 4 Jul 02:29
- Leaving Vulaga Thursday 5 july

Jun 2018

Tue 5 Jun 04:41
- 19:09.0085s 178:33.910w
Sun 3 Jun 00:05
- Sailing to Fulaga tomorrow
Sat 2 Jun 03:44
- Matuku (and back)
Fri 1 Jun 04:12
- 18:53.268S 178:27.831E

May 2018

Wed 30 May 19:21
- 18:59.151s 178:28.973e
Tue 29 May 20:51
- Leaving Matuku tonight back to Kadavu
Tue 22 May 23:12
- 19:09.632S 179:45.122E
Mon 21 May 20:30
- Leaving Suva today
Sun 20 May 03:51
- 2018 Opua to Suva
Sun 13 May 21:27
- 18:08.827S 178:23.763E
Sat 12 May 19:15
- 20:35.114S 178:29.265E
Fri 11 May 19:50
- 22:43.136S 177:55.477E
Thu 10 May 19:52
- 25:04.911S 177:16.946E
Wed 9 May 20:04
- 27:11.238S 176:47.271E
Tue 8 May 19:47
- 29:33.656S 176:03.513E
Mon 7 May 19:35
- 31:42.748S 175:22.051E
Sun 6 May 19:06
- 33:40.648S 174:46.459E
Thu 3 May 00:41
- Arrived in Opua

2016

Oct 2016

Sat 22 Oct 20:24
- The passage home
Thu 20 Oct 19:07
- Opua
Wed 19 Oct 20:32
- (no subject)
Tue 18 Oct 20:24
- Position 19 Oct. 32:44.164S 171:28.624E
Mon 17 Oct 20:48
- Position Tues 18 Oct 30:56.5S 169:25.7E
Sun 16 Oct 21:41
- position 29:12.451S 167:41.790E
Sat 15 Oct 20:49
- position sunday oct 16 27:44.3S 166:42.6E
Fri 14 Oct 21:28
- position fri 25:54S 167:46E
- positiob fri 15 oct 25:54S 167:46E
Thu 13 Oct 20:47
- Position Friday 14 Oct 24:23.52S 168:34.73E
Fri 7 Oct 00:27
- 22:19.989S 166:24.372E Ilot Maitre
Thu 6 Oct 01:12
- 22:17.266S 166:25.982S Noumea
Sun 2 Oct 05:30
- 22:15.680S 166:13.336E Ilot Mbe
Sat 1 Oct 05:36
- 22:17.694S 166:17.402E Ilot Te Ndu

Sep 2016

Sun 25 Sep 03:02
- From the outback to the reef
Mon 19 Sep 01:18
- 22:28.591S 166:27.869E Amedee Lighthouse
Sun 18 Sep 03:46
- 22:42.357S 166:48.671E Ilot Ua
Sat 17 Sep 00:47
- 22:33.155S 166:47.788E Ilot Mato
Fri 16 Sep 06:26
- 22:26.863S 166:48.887E Port Koute - Ile Ouen
Thu 15 Sep 20:35
- 22:21.464S 166:50.552E Ile de Casy
Wed 14 Sep 01:08
- 22:18.164S 166:51.297E Bay Du Carenage
Tue 13 Sep 04:14
- 22:19.942S 166:52.581E Rade Du Nord
Mon 12 Sep 04:30
- Bonjour New Caledonia!
Sun 11 Sep 04:20
- 22:42.289S 167:27.344E Ilot Alcmene / Brosse
Sun 4 Sep 23:27
- 22:40.438S 167:30.437E Baie de St Maurice
- 22:39.504S 167:26.427E Kuto Bay / Kunie ( Ile de Pin )
Sat 3 Sep 05:06
- 22:27.944s 166:48.350e

Aug 2016

Sun 28 Aug 06:21
- New Caledonia 22:16.632s 166:26.422e
Tue 23 Aug 21:27
- Heading to New Caledonia
Mon 22 Aug 03:00
- Snapshots of Vanuatu
Sat 6 Aug 04:13
- The magic island of Ambrym
Fri 5 Aug 00:08
- 17:44.745S 168:18.743E Vila Town
Wed 3 Aug 05:08
- 16:28.099S 167:48.947E Gaspard Bay

Jul 2016

Tue 26 Jul 22:03
- 16:32.117S 167:46.203E Awei Island . Maskelyne's
Fri 22 Jul 07:05
- 16:26.304S 167:47.038E Port Sandwich
Sun 10 Jul 00:42
- 16:08.402S 168:07.098E Ranon Anchorage - Ambryn Island
Sat 9 Jul 03:55
- 15:57.253S 168:11.503E Homo Bay
Mon 4 Jul 02:23
- Grade-taking ceremony

Jun 2016

Sat 25 Jun 21:20
- 15:22.580S 168:07.964E Asanvari
Fri 24 Jun 20:28
- Stepping back in time ....
Mon 20 Jun 07:59
- 15:32.745s 168:08.786e Loltong - north Pentecost
Thu 16 Jun 04:28
- 15:57.261s 168:11.480e Pentecost Island
Tue 14 Jun 03:01
- 16:27.066S 168:13.444E Paama Island
Sat 11 Jun 06:18
- 16:35.788S 168:09.880E Lamen Bay - Epi Island
Fri 10 Jun 05:55
- 17:03.082S 168:22.197E Emae Island
Thu 9 Jun 05:31
- 17:35.191S 168:12.312E
Sat 4 Jun 03:43
- Tanna - It's volcano time!

May 2016

Sun 29 May 02:48
- Aneityum - Vanuatu
- A great start .....
Sat 28 May 23:22
- 17:44.707S 168:18.755E Port Vila
Fri 27 May 04:33
- 18:49.259S 169:00.712E Dillon's Bay Erromango
Mon 23 May 04:44
- 19:31.535S 169:29.791 Volcano time!!
Wed 18 May 23:49
- 20:14.315S 169:46.631E Arrived in Aneityum - Vanuatu!
Tue 17 May 20:33
- 22:46S 170:16E position report navara wednesday 18 May
Mon 16 May 21:20
- 24:58S 170:48E Navara position Tuesday 17 May
Sun 15 May 21:39
- 26:51S 171:31E navara position monday 16 may
Sat 14 May 21:07
- 28:43S 172:35E Navara position Sunday 15 May
Fri 13 May 20:31
- 30:58 S 172:58E saturday 14 May
- 32:44S 173:45E Nice!
Thu 12 May 00:34
- 34:58S 174:08E on our way!

Apr 2016

Fri 29 Apr 03:30
- Opua 35:18.89S 174:07.258E - Waiting (patiently) to sail to Vanuatu

2015

Oct 2015

Tue 27 Oct 22:49
- A fast sail home
Sat 10 Oct 03:41
- On standby in Suva
Mon 5 Oct 04:45
- Namuka-I-Lau

Sep 2015

Thu 24 Sep 02:19
- Vulaga Part 2
- Vulaga Part 1
Wed 23 Sep 02:11
- 18:53.246s, 178:27.835
Tue 15 Sep 22:47
- Staying in Namouka-I-Lau
Tue 8 Sep 02:24
- Namuka-I-Lau 18:50.817s 178:40.224w
Sun 6 Sep 03:53
- Intended Passage

Aug 2015

Sat 15 Aug 03:07
- Safely arrived at Fulaga
Sun 9 Aug 02:53
- See ya Suva!

Jul 2015

Wed 29 Jul 02:47
- Back in Suva!
Sat 25 Jul 02:53
- Island hopping
Sun 19 Jul 23:14
- Vurolevu
Sat 18 Jul 23:13
- Namara
Fri 17 Jul 23:12
- North Astrolabe Reef
Thu 16 Jul 23:10
- Dravuni
Tue 14 Jul 23:09
- Daku
Tue 7 Jul 07:45
- Kadavu - Kava, coral and parrots
Sun 5 Jul 23:08
- Kavala

Jun 2015

Tue 23 Jun 23:07
- Naigoro
Mon 22 Jun 23:01
- Nabouwalu
Sun 14 Jun 07:17
- A week in Suva
- our sail north...

May 2015

Sat 23 May 02:54
- 35:18S 174:07E

2013

Oct 2013

Mon 21 Oct 22:18
- Tutukaka
Fri 18 Oct 05:26
- 33 04S 174 09E
Tue 15 Oct 05:13
- 27 32S 175 31E
Mon 14 Oct 05:20
- 25 10.782S 175 36.787E
Sat 12 Oct 22:32
- 21 53S 176 01E
Thu 10 Oct 05:56
- 17 40.920S 177 23.164E Vuda Point Marina

Sep 2013

Thu 26 Sep 06:49
- 17 46.358S 177 22.950E Port Denarau
Fri 20 Sep 00:34
- 17 47.501S 177 08.029E. Roro Reef
Thu 19 Sep 01:42
- 17 45.088S 177 09.117E Walu Bay
Wed 18 Sep 01:43
- 17 40.697S 177 06.332E. Mana Island
Tue 17 Sep 05:20
- 17 21.661S 177 08.190E Kuata Island
Sun 15 Sep 04:16
- 17 09.489S 177 12.262E Cuvu Bay Naviti Island
- 17 11.041S 177 10.675E Nanuyabalavu Is
Sat 14 Sep 20:40
- 17 27 562S 177 02 702E
Mon 9 Sep 06:51
- 17 46.299S 177 11.590E. Musket Cove
Sat 7 Sep 06:13
- 17 46.360S 177 22.936E Port Denarau Marina
Thu 5 Sep 05:20
- 17 40.927S 177 23.159E IN Vuda Marina
Wed 4 Sep 23:55
- 17 41.177S 177 22.920E. Vuda Marina
Tue 3 Sep 05:01
- 17 54.933S 177 16.718E Momi Bay
Mon 2 Sep 04:35
- 18 15.718S 177 52.110E Vunaniu Bay

Aug 2013

Thu 22 Aug 06:32
- 18 07.413S 178 25.413E Suva town
Wed 21 Aug 04:05
- Levuka - Fiji's "almost capital"
Tue 20 Aug 04:17
- 17 41.285S 178 50.349E Levuka
Sun 18 Aug 03:59
- 17 26.541S 178 57.171E Makogai
Sat 17 Aug 03:15
- time to run south with the trades
Fri 16 Aug 03:24
- 16 48.656S 179 17.241E intended passage
Mon 5 Aug 06:03
- 16:46.648S 179:20.106E Savusavu

Jul 2013

Wed 31 Jul 07:49
- 16 45.046S 179 53.953E Viani Bay
Mon 29 Jul 04:11
- 16 44.595S. 179 46.136W
Sun 28 Jul 04:32
- 16 43.866S 179 44.641W Matagi
Sat 27 Jul 04:26
- 16 45.150S 179 06.531W Welagilala
Thu 25 Jul 22:03
- Intended passage 27-28 July
Wed 24 Jul 02:38
- 17 11.420S. 178 57.154W little bay
Sun 21 Jul 19:38
- 17 10.929S 179 00.175W Bavatu Harbour
Sun 14 Jul 22:32
- 1 month in Fulanga - wish it had been longer .......
Sat 13 Jul 03:05
- 17 13.203S. 178 57.984W. Vanua Balavu
Fri 12 Jul 04:44
- 18 12.657S 178 50.519W Lakeba
Thu 11 Jul 06:25
- 18.50.829S 178.40.215W Nomuka-I-Lau

Jun 2013

Mon 24 Jun 23:45
- 19.09.083S 178.33.639W Fulanga - Southern Lau
Tue 18 Jun 23:22
- 19.09.577S 179.45.112E Matuku
- Departing Suva for the Lau Group 18.07.349S 178.25.564E
Sun 16 Jun 09:18
- 18.07.340S 178.25.577 Suva
Sun 9 Jun 03:44
- 18.53.272S 178.27.830E
Sat 8 Jun 04:54
- Bula from Kadavu - Little New Zealand
Thu 6 Jun 09:07
- 19.02.817S 178.09.434E
Wed 5 Jun 05:40
- 19.00.382S 178.09.484E
Mon 3 Jun 22:11
- 18.58S 178.16E
- 18.58.973S 178.25.145E

May 2013

Sun 26 May 02:55
- 18.54.873S 178.29.510E
Thu 23 May 22:36
- 18.51.728S, 178.30.891E
Tue 21 May 07:17
- Kadavu 18.53S 178.27E
Sat 18 May 23:20
- BULA BULA - 1 week in Suva 18.07S 178.25E

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