Year TwoDate: 17/10/2009 14:00Weather: niceLocation: Coffs HarbourAuthor: PeterWe are home. We arrived at midday on thursday after a colourful sail. When planning a passage, you can check alot of different places to find out what weather you can expect. These are usually good for the first three days but after that anything can happen. Once again this was the case with the last...
Year TwoDate: 10/10/2009 18:00Weather: roughLocation: Coral Sea (23 37.380' S, 163 57.433' E)Log: 10530 nmAuthor: PeterWe have left New Caledonia and are currently on our way back to Aus. We have been sailing upwind now for the last day and a bit and it is not the most comfortable with a big sea running from the south west and 25 knots over the...
Year TwoDate: 4/10/2009 13:30Weather: slightly overcast and coolLocation: Baie Nord (22 20.033' S,166 52.673' E)Log: 10300 nmAuthor: PeterWow what a change of scene. We have been cruising some quiet anchorages and small communities for the last few months. Then comes the shock of New Caledonia on a Saturday morning. We woke up early to the sound of a constant stream of boats passing...
Year TwoDate: 2/10/2009 14:00Weather: Blue skiesLocation: Noumea (22 16.967' S,166 38.26' E)Author: PeterWe arrived in New Caledonia late on thursday night. After entering the reef in the dark we sailed until about 25nm short of Noumea and laid the anchor so that we could get some sleep. We awoke to some breathtaking scenery that was very different to what we had seen in...
