Duet on Passage
22:16:60S 166:26:40E Numea. Wednesday 23rd July 2008. When we tell our friends that we are cruising in the Pacific they all think that it is, well, peaceful – no it isn’t. It took us 4 days to cover 734 miles from Fiji to New Caledonia which works out as an average speed of 7.6 knots. [...]
Duet on Passage
21:15:02S 171:40:25E Day three. The wind and seas have moderated and we continue to make excellent progress. We have already hit the magic 200 nm days run. We are disappointed not to be able to contact Russell Radio, could it be propagation? We are in contact with friends sailing from Australia also on route to [...]
Duet on Passage
18:59:10S 175:05:38E You have to have a plan B. We departed Fiji with all intention of heading to Opua, New Zealand. The weather looked pretty good, 20 knots from ESE. However the grib files were not telling the truth. Once out of the pass the wind was SE and 25-30+ with even higher gusts. It [...]
Duet on Passage, Fiji
17:46:27S 177:22:91E Fiji Bula! We arrived on Monday 7th July at about 6 in the morning through the pass. For the last 3 days we’d had gale force winds, heavy squalls and very rough seas. We had a triple reefed main and staysail and Duet was flying. We were exhausted by the motion and thoroughly [...]
Duet ll on passage day 7
20:15:55S 176:27:54E The sea temperature has risen from 10 degrees to 25 in the last couple of days. We have seen little of the sun and even less of the stars. The nights have been as black as a witches tit. There have been achingly long hours of light winds and motoring under a sullen [...]
Duet on Passage, day 3
30.22.65S, 174.05.71E We left Opua on Monday in light winds with a huge, confused swell left over from the gales. Our first problem happened just after midnight of the first night. There was a loud bang and the yankee was over the side. At first I thought the forestay had gone but thankfully it was [...]
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