Skye Blue sailing - Day 6 towards Niue

Day 6 towards Niue

Skye Blue sailing

Stephen and Malene

Tue 10 Oct 2023 03:41

So where is Niue? And what is it?

It is an island nation, self governing state in association with New Zealand, and has around 1500 people living there - more in New Zealand. It is also part of the Commonwealth.

It is a rocky island and has caves that we will hope to explore.

We have booked a mooring buoy with Niue Yacht Club - NYC - and looking very much forward to visiting!

Hoping to sail the last 340-ish nautical miles as tradewinds are due back. Going through a trough right now, a remarkably dry one (so far ;DD). It has been scorching hot and sunny today so a bit of drizzle would be welcome. Oh! and also to wash the last of the boobie bird mess off....Despite Nicolas best efforts with the Boobie-scare torch (previously known as "the search light") last night, it must have quietly flown in and sat there all night. Had to physically drag it off the bimini 3 times this morning at very first light before it gave up! They have a peculiar voice ;DD

All is well. And clean!

18:04.1531S 164:26.7728W

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2025

Nov 2025

Mon 24 Nov 08:56
Sun 23 Nov 22:54
- One more sleep
- Bertie Time!
Fri 21 Nov 05:03
- Making way
Thu 20 Nov 06:17
- The 21 Run
Wed 19 Nov 04:35
- PS Tartan Army v De rød hvide faner
- 23 degrees
Tue 18 Nov 03:48
- Day One
Mon 17 Nov 03:05
- Open sea
Sat 15 Nov 04:19
- Thinking of departure

Jun 2025

Thu 19 Jun 22:07
- Can almost smell the beer
- the breezy finish!
Tue 17 Jun 23:15
- Fanny the Fender
Mon 16 Jun 20:02
- not the lack of capital letters
- has been a pretty wild few days
Sat 14 Jun 06:51
- Depression out of nowhere
Fri 13 Jun 05:32
- Ready made Lasagne in the sunset - green flash and all!
Tue 10 Jun 05:59
- Sitting tight

2024

Nov 2024

Sun 17 Nov 03:26
- And we are in!
Thu 14 Nov 09:56
- Yellow flag time!
- Land?
Wed 13 Nov 03:52
- The luxury of running water
Tue 12 Nov 03:56
- On Vessels Engaged In Fishing
Mon 11 Nov 04:06
- The small things in life
Sun 10 Nov 04:17
- Hold på hat og briller over stok og sten
Sat 9 Nov 04:01
- Today's wind is tomorrow's mileage
Fri 8 Nov 05:21
- Big Bula Waterpark bouncycastle party
Thu 7 Nov 23:11
- Main up, headsail out - we are off the dock
Fri 1 Nov 01:41
- Getting ready to go South

May 2024

Tue 14 May 23:42
- Skye Blue First impressions of fijiiji
Fri 10 May 05:10
- Getting exited for landfall!
Thu 9 May 03:20
- The beer bottle song
Wed 8 May 04:38
- Poetry challenge. Accepted
Tue 7 May 05:44
- Half way!
Mon 6 May 06:04
- The tale of The Flying Banana
Sun 5 May 05:13
- Champagne sailing!
Sat 4 May 05:10
- Tatties for tea....

Apr 2024

Sun 28 Apr 01:48
- Getting ready to go north soon

2023

Dec 2023

Mon 11 Dec 05:12
- Summer hols!

Nov 2023

Tue 14 Nov 05:28
- Arrived!
Mon 13 Nov 07:27
- Day 10
Sun 12 Nov 06:10
- The Drifters
Sat 11 Nov 07:00
- Day 8
Fri 10 Nov 05:42
- Short and sweet
Thu 9 Nov 03:19
- Birthday at sea!
Tue 7 Nov 20:14
- The World is round and split down the middle
- Phrase of the Day: "This is what sailing is meant to be like!"
Mon 6 Nov 05:08
- After the rain...
Sun 5 Nov 04:32
- Day 2
Sat 4 Nov 01:49
- Day 1 of Tonga to New Zealand
Thu 2 Nov 20:21
- Until next time, Tonga!

Oct 2023

Mon 30 Oct 21:43
- Vava'u cruising
Fri 27 Oct 05:08
- Vava'u
Mon 23 Oct 00:25
- Travels in Time
Sat 21 Oct 23:12
- Niue
Thu 12 Oct 03:00
- Land ahoy... Niue here we come!
Wed 11 Oct 05:41
- Day 7 towards Niue
Tue 10 Oct 03:41
- Day 6 towards Niue
Mon 9 Oct 05:11
- Day 5 towards Niue
Sun 8 Oct 02:15
- Day 4 towards Niue
Sat 7 Oct 04:42
- Day 3 towards Niue
Fri 6 Oct 01:25
- Day 2 towards Niue
Thu 5 Oct 05:27
- Day 1 towards Nuie
Tue 3 Oct 19:05
- Bora Bora

Sep 2023

Wed 27 Sep 16:40
- Raiatea 20/9 - 27/9 2023
- Huahine 17/9 - 20/9 2023
Sun 17 Sep 00:35
- Moorea
Sun 10 Sep 19:27
- Marina de Papeete

Aug 2023

Mon 28 Aug 20:08
- 24 hours underway towards Tahiti
Sun 27 Aug 23:26
Sun 20 Aug 19:02
- Toau
Sat 19 Aug 19:13
- Toau Pass 15/8/23
- Faaite Pass
Mon 14 Aug 17:55
- Tahanea
Sat 12 Aug 19:18
- On the road qagain...
Tue 8 Aug 23:54
- Makemo off grid again
Wed 2 Aug 18:58
- Winds passing

Jul 2023

Fri 28 Jul 20:18
- More photos. Special thanks to Patricia and Drew
- Raroia - we are staying! :D
Sun 23 Jul 03:13
- Raroia, Tuamotus! Google Earth it!
Sat 22 Jul 01:40
- Not much to write home about
Thu 20 Jul 22:21
- Plodding on
Wed 19 Jul 20:23
- And we are off
Mon 17 Jul 18:25
- Vaitahu Bay 14/7 - 17/7 2023
Tue 11 Jul 03:45
- Tahuata and recovering
Sun 2 Jul 22:38
Sat 1 Jul 00:20
- Reflections of a journey

Jun 2023

Fri 30 Jun 02:13
- Same same
Wed 28 Jun 21:49
- Time Lords
Tue 27 Jun 23:28
- Do not mention the a-word!
- The Creation of the Milky Way - or How To Use the Breakfast Scale for Navigation
Mon 26 Jun 00:25
- Ruhetag
Sun 25 Jun 00:06
- And I would sail 10.000 miles...
Fri 23 Jun 22:05
- Hard at work!
Thu 22 Jun 22:53
- Flyvefisk i leg
Wed 21 Jun 20:46
- On lines
Tue 20 Jun 23:09
- If it hasn't fallen over yet, it won't
Mon 19 Jun 22:16
- Not worried about the fuel situation today!
Sun 18 Jun 21:46
- Ækvator!
Sat 17 Jun 21:51
- Happy Days
Fri 16 Jun 20:45
- Bin day
Thu 15 Jun 21:56
- We have been freed!
Wed 14 Jun 18:45
- "Fixing a hole...."
Tue 13 Jun 21:05
- Boobies
Mon 12 Jun 21:56
- What was that!
Sun 11 Jun 19:20
- Take away tonight!
Sat 10 Jun 21:01
- Wind of change of winds
Fri 9 Jun 19:17
- Same same
Thu 8 Jun 21:20
- A good drying day
Wed 7 Jun 18:43
- The Pacific is like a box of chocolates....
Tue 6 Jun 21:17
- Straight lines
Mon 5 Jun 17:58
- Getting to know the Pacific
Sun 4 Jun 17:24
- Squally, squally night....
Sat 3 Jun 18:59
- You call that rain...?!
Fri 2 Jun 17:39
- Upwind sailing
Thu 1 Jun 18:18
- We are off!

Apr 2023

Sat 8 Apr 02:25
- We have arrived - apologies for the delay in posting!
- 9:22.1002N 79:57.0483W
Thu 6 Apr 07:37
- Panama!
Wed 5 Apr 19:00
- 10:10.1562N 78:42.5715W
- S... happens ;D
Tue 4 Apr 13:45
- Moonlight and sunshine
- Corners
Mon 3 Apr 17:28
- 12:45.3339N 74:29.2171
- It's the Crinan Canal for me.... ;0)
Sun 2 Apr 12:57
- Sunday sailing
- (no subject)
Sat 1 Apr 15:28
- Uneventful
- 16:27.6112N 68:47.0472W

Mar 2023

Fri 31 Mar 15:16
Thu 30 Mar 17:39
Wed 29 Mar 14:19
- Heading towards Panama tomorrow

2022

Dec 2022

Tue 13 Dec 07:08
- Land ohoy! final ARC blog
Fri 9 Dec 12:56
- The Skye Blue Penultimate Countdown
Wed 7 Dec 12:44
- It's a wonderful world.....
Mon 5 Dec 15:24
- Skye Blue Christmas Cheer
- Skye Blue Christmas Cheer
Sun 4 Dec 11:13
- Skye Blue "To motor or not to motor, that is the question"
Fri 2 Dec 12:20
- Skye Blue into squalls and beyond
Thu 1 Dec 13:09
- Skye Blue cruising in company of friends

Nov 2022

Wed 30 Nov 13:55
- Skye Blue World Cup crew
Tue 29 Nov 11:26
- Skye Blue Scenes - camera, light, action!
Mon 28 Nov 15:24
- Skye Blue gelling crew
Sun 27 Nov 13:42
- Mindful Moments
Sat 26 Nov 16:35
- Skye Blue sailing ARC'22
Fri 25 Nov 15:27
- Skye Blue Songs from the Sea
- Skye Blue provisioning
Wed 23 Nov 16:30
- Skye Blue under the stars
Tue 22 Nov 17:04
- From acceleration zone to champagne sailing
Sun 13 Nov 09:40
- Where we are 13/11/2022
- Hello from Skye Blue

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