babelfish

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Owner / Skipper:
tony zwig

Nationality:
canadian

Make / Model:
najad 511

LOA (feet):
51

One Line "Mission Statement":
chasing the sun down from LA to NZ 2007

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Previous Diary Entries

Date			Subject	Position
2007
	Oct 2007
		Wed 31 Oct 21:38	tied up in Auckland and a rest for babelfish	36:50.25S 174:44.92E
		Tue 30 Oct 03:54	can't resist theurge to sail; babelfish heads out to sea again	35:22.57S 174:29.25E
		Sun 28 Oct 23:44	8am fij itime (9am NZ time) babelfish ties up at Opua customs wharf	35:18.83S 174:07.34E
		Sun 28 Oct 19:34	5 miles to go	35:12.21S 174:08.36E
		Sat 27 Oct 19:31	one more thing	32:21.10S 174:03.12E
		Sat 27 Oct 18:50	175 miles to go	32:12.88S 174:02.80E
		Fri 26 Oct 18:00	dolphins at the beach	29:19.60S 173:54.80E
		Thu 25 Oct 20:44	Yes it's true; we are motoring	26:57.00S 173:12.00E
		Thu 25 Oct 00:04	lion king
		Wed 24 Oct 18:53	good morning thurs at 5am	24:25.00S 174:01.00E
		Tue 23 Oct 20:50	second day was better	22:31.00S 175:38.60E
		Mon 22 Oct 22:05	left yesterday at 11am	19:52.58S 176:04.50E
		Sun 21 Oct 18:59	today is the day, we think	17:46.27S 177:22.90E
		Sat 20 Oct 19:33	crew bio for bruce bussin	17:46.27S 177:22.90E
		Sat 20 Oct 19:28	still waiting, so, a day at the beach	17:46.27S 177:22.90E
		Fri 19 Oct 19:18	waiting for better weather	17:46.27S 177:22.90E
		Thu 18 Oct 18:57	arrival by plane in fiji	17:46.27S 177:22.90E
		Wed 03 Oct 21:04	another day in paradise	17:47.50S 177:11.00E
		Tue 02 Oct 20:49	paradise beheld	17:47.30S 177:11.50E
		Mon 01 Oct 20:00	anchored in lautoka	17:36.06S 177:26.45E
	Sep 2007
		Sun 30 Sep 22:06	transited navula reef into the sunny west side after 18 hrs	17:53.93S 177:14.01E
		Sat 29 Sep 23:13	Arrived Suva in Fiji (2nd Attempt)	18:07.38S 178:25.30E
		Sat 29 Sep 23:01	Sunday morning in Suva in the rain	18:07.38S 178:25.30E
		Fri 28 Sep 22:47	arrived Fiji at Suva	18:06.00S 178:30.00E
		Thu 27 Sep 21:58	100 miles to fiji	19:05.98S 179:56.97W
		Thu 27 Sep 04:57	extra report today; halfway to fiji	19:33.35S 178:00.57W
		Wed 26 Sep 19:45	good bye Tonga	19:41.65S 176:57.98W
		Tue 25 Sep 19:23	lots happened on only 30 miles	19:56.60S 174:42.90W
		Mon 24 Sep 18:20	an even shorter trip	19:43.93S 174:18.27W
		Sun 23 Sep 18:00	early start at 6am Sun and glorious sail	19:40.26S 174:17.40W
		Fri 21 Sep 21:28	Slipped the bonds of our mooring and returned to babelfish's natural motion; that of the sea	19:52.21S 174:28.31W
		Thu 20 Sep 13:55	Ken Worth's Bio
	Jul 2007
		Mon 30 Jul 17:16	Tonga Trip
		Fri 06 Jul 06:54	niafu tonga arrival	18:44.00S 174:00.00W
		Thu 05 Jul 16:33	FISH! and internatonal dateline crossed	18:29.90S 173:56.90W
		Thu 05 Jul 00:11	bad winds?	18:34.00S 172:10.00W
		Tue 03 Jul 23:55	tonga almost in sight	18:21.70S 169:34.80W
		Tue 03 Jul 12:50	whales and time changes and international dateline	19:04.00S 168:19.60W
		Mon 02 Jul 17:52	rock and rolly trip	19:40.90S 165:40.10W
		Sun 01 Jul 18:12	what is where and when is when?	19:07.14S 163:31.10W
	Jun 2007
		Sat 30 Jun 20:04	pacific is again terrific	18:49.30S 160:53.65W
		Fri 29 Jun 17:58	another hard night	19:18.57S 154:54.24W
		Thu 28 Jun 17:38	ecch	19:18.14S 154:56.20W
		Wed 27 Jun 18:42	on the deep blue
		Mon 25 Jun 23:29	we arrive at BORA BORA	16:30.00S 151:45.00W
		Sun 24 Jun 22:36	can almost see bora bora	16:54.82S 151:33.60W
		Sun 24 Jun 03:52	babelfish returns to sea	17:26.80S 149:54.70W
		Wed 20 Jun 17:37	Links to Hawaii to Tahiti Videos
		Wed 20 Jun 17:00	Pictures from Los Angeles to Hawaii
		Sat 02 Jun 05:38	TAHITI!!!	17:32.50S 149:35.00W
		Fri 01 Jun 06:20	onto marlon brando's island	15:27.80S 149:03.60W
	May 2007
		Thu 31 May 09:05	dangerous tuomoto archipeligo	13:02.00S 148:01.00W
		Wed 30 May 10:40	a hitachhiker	10:02.00S 148:15.30W
		Tue 29 May 09:01	porpoises!	7:15.40S 148:21.10W
		Mon 28 May 08:45	music by the moon and stars	4:17.00S 148:08.60W
		Sun 27 May 13:59	anolther gorgeous night in paradise	2:39.40S 148:02.10W
		Sat 26 May 15:58	crossed the equator!	0:00.01S 148:15.28W
		Sat 26 May 02:29	absolutely gorgeous sailing	1:26.50N 148:37.97W
		Thu 24 May 22:41	settling in	7:33.90N 150:01.89W
		Thu 24 May 20:59	There is still no wind	4:28.42N 148:58.10W
		Wed 23 May 19:22	Continuing South	6:30.00N 149:30.00W
		Mon 21 May 22:16	sunny on thom's birthday	10:39.08N 152:07.53W
		Mon 21 May 00:15	subdued on board	12:48.77N 153:32.66W
		Sun 20 May 08:59	hard day on the ranch	15:11.74N 154:25.22W
		Fri 18 May 22:46	going again to Tahiti; again and can you have a gooseneck without a goose	18:04.33N 155:44.44W
		Thu 17 May 01:38	continuing se	19:49.81N 156:24.54W
		Wed 16 May 01:00	babelfish relaunched and departs	20:59.44N 157:39.40W
		Fri 11 May 15:16	Tristan Jenkin Bio
		Wed 09 May 21:09	Sam Bussin Bio
		Wed 09 May 21:09	David Bussin - Bio
	Apr 2007
		Sun 29 Apr 19:24	tied to shore	21:19.23N 157:53.50W
		Sun 29 Apr 03:48	so close, yet...	21:20.00N 157:23.00W
		Sat 28 Apr 03:12	land fever raging	21:29.42N 154:36.35W
		Fri 27 Apr 01:55	Thursday bios	21:35.80N 151:49.60W
		Thu 26 Apr 01:40	day 12	23:01.01N 149:40.21W
		Wed 25 Apr 00:57	(no subject)
		Tue 24 Apr 01:41	cruising to paradise	22:53.08N 143:53.05W
		Mon 23 Apr 00:56	day 11 and babelfish news
		Sun 22 Apr 02:24	day 9	22:22.50N 137:58.70W
		Sat 21 Apr 03:55	day 8	24:07.81N 136:50.70W
		Fri 20 Apr 02:22	eventful night and day with spinnaker	24:30.82N 134:34.44W
		Thu 19 Apr 00:34	day 6	24:40.96N 131:49.49W
		Wed 18 Apr 00:56	gybed south to keep the wind
		Tue 17 Apr 00:23	Gorgeous Intro to Trade Winds	28:14.78N 127:42.75W
		Mon 16 Apr 01:30	Big Swell!	29:37.85N 124:53.22W
		Sun 15 Apr 00:45	a first and long night
		Sat 14 Apr 01:26	finally under way	33:18.90N 118:52.12W
		Sat 07 Apr 01:48	Another Hurdle
		Tue 03 Apr 16:40	Photos of Babelfish on arrival in LA
		Tue 03 Apr 16:39	Photos of Babelfish
	Mar 2007
		Fri 30 Mar 20:02	Getting Ready	33:58.71N 118:27.31W
1970
	Jan 1970
		Thu 01 Jan 01:00	(no subject)