Day 3
Oyster Moon
Paul Foskett & Rhu Nash
Wed 5 Sep 2012 23:25
Passage to Port Moselle, New Caledonia
Day 3
We left Fiji at 13.30 local time on Monday the 3 September 2012, after clearing out with the Customs office in Lautoka, Fiji. We are heading for our next island called New Caledonia for the Port Moselle.
Day 3
Log reading at noon is 18608
Noon to Noon distance 115 miles
Distance to go 415
Winds increased as the night passed with a maximum of 45 knots at around 06.00
Very big sea with about a 4.5 m swell developed.
>From about 10.00 the wind has dropped and we now have about 10 to 15 knots.
Shipping
We would appear to be on a main shipping route with two cargo ships and one tanker passing us during the last 24 hours, all heading for FIJI
Next report at noon on the 6th September 2012
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