Day 9
Oyster Moon
Paul Foskett & Rhu Nash
Wed 20 Jun 2012 22:12
Passage To Niue
Day 9, 20 June 2012
We left Bora Bora at 10.00 local time which is - 11 hours (behind) UTC (GMT), on Tuesday the 12 June 12, heading for our next island called Niue.
Day 9
Log reading at noon is 17288
Noon to Noon distance through the water = 159 miles
Distance to go 31 miles
Noon to Noon distance over the ground = 134 miles
The wind maintained about 25 knots, until 00.00 hour and then started to drop ending up at about 15 to 20 knot. This has held right through until noon local time today.
We hope to arrive late Wednesday afternoon or early evening around 18.00 to 19.00
Wildlife report
Again a few sea birds have been seen, and we are also now starting to see flying fish again, but not much else.
Ship report
Karacool (53 foot Cat) has arrived at about 10.30.
No more noon reports, but will give confirmation of arrival.
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