Aurelia's Web Diary - Approaching Rarotonga

Approaching Rarotonga

Aurelia

Shirley and Michael Webb-Speight

Tue 10 Jul 2007 12:13

POSITION 19:43.00S 159:02.00W

I spoke to Hamish on the Satellite phone today.

He advised that they were approaching the Cook Islands after days of motoring currently making 6.5 knots on 215degT.

Expected landfall in Raro was 0300 NZST – about 12 hours after we spoke.

The wind had only just come up – and unfortunately right on the nose so he expected slow progress for the last 70 miles to the waypoint. Hamish hopes to sort out the issues with the computer so that they can communicate better and get some regular weather downloads on the last leg.

Otherwise all well on board. Given the current weather in NZ I am really glad they are not just off our coast today! (70+ knot winds and over 250mm of rain in Northland today.)

Cheers

Michael

Blog Entries

2007

Aug 2007

Sat 25 Aug 06:44
- Aurelia
Tue 21 Aug 07:26
- tied up in Opua
Mon 20 Aug 22:55
- LAND HO!!
- painfully slow progress
Sun 19 Aug 09:36
- close but so far away
Sat 18 Aug 13:40
- getting closer
Fri 17 Aug 02:25
- Better weather now
Wed 15 Aug 20:14
- POSITION 25:06S 179:31E
- POSITION 23:39S 178:54W
Sun 12 Aug 12:12
- Leaving Tongatapu

Jul 2007

Sat 28 Jul 03:25
- heading round the western side of Tongatapu.
- anchor down
Thu 26 Jul 21:51
- 47 miles to Tonga
- a rough nite
Wed 25 Jul 07:35
- staying north of the course
Mon 23 Jul 21:30
- rolling along at 21 South
Sun 22 Jul 04:43
- Departed Rarotonga bound for Tongatapu
Tue 17 Jul 02:54
- about to depart Rarotonga
Tue 10 Jul 12:13
- Approaching Rarotonga

Jun 2007

Tue 26 Jun 05:15
- NOW IN TAHITI
Mon 25 Jun 11:32
- Lack of comms
Fri 8 Jun 21:22
- In Marquises
Sun 3 Jun 17:46
- almost there
Sat 2 Jun 22:33
- Gettin close

May 2007

Thu 31 May 23:12
- Quick Miles
Tue 29 May 21:47
- rollin on
Sun 27 May 18:44
- Almost halfway across
Sun 20 May 20:21
- No Wind still motoring
Fri 18 May 20:41
- Slow going
Mon 7 May 01:39
- POSITION 004:27.00N 080:35.00W
Tue 1 May 20:11
- going through!!

Apr 2007

Thu 26 Apr 18:50
- Panamar transit
Wed 18 Apr 21:41
- PANAMA ARRIVAL
Wed 11 Apr 13:46
- POSITION 13:48.93N 68:10.0W
Mon 9 Apr 09:45
- POSITION 15:52.26N 61:35.12W LES SAINTES- HAMISH WADE AND AURELIA DEPART

Mar 2007

Tue 20 Mar 13:34
- POSITION 16:13.24N 61:31.80W
Sun 18 Mar 20:14
- POSITION: 15:52.26N 61:35.12W LES SAINTES
Sat 17 Mar 14:45
- POSITION 16:13.24N 61:31.80 POINTE A PITRE, GUADELOUPE
Wed 14 Mar 01:32
- POSITION 17:17.60N 62:43.50W St Kitts
Sun 11 Mar 03:09
- POSITION: 18:27.755N 64:31.596W Marina Cay
Thu 8 Mar 14:20
- CHRISTIANSTED, ST CROIX
Tue 6 Mar 23:02
Mon 5 Mar 15:20
- POSITION 18:23.83N 64:38.16W
Sat 3 Mar 14:12
- POSITION 18:23.83N 64:38.16W - NANNY CAY MARINA

Feb 2007

Wed 28 Feb 04:00
- NANNY CAY MARINA - BVI POSITION 18:23.83N 64:38.16W
Sun 25 Feb 13:12
- POSITION 18:17.81N 65:15.25W Bahia de Almodovar, Culebra, PR
Fri 23 Feb 23:44
- POSITION: 18:18.39N 65:17.96 Culebra Island, Spanish Virgins, Puerto Rico
Thu 22 Feb 12:53
- POSITION 18:26.49N 64:45.04W GREAT HARBOUR YOST VAN DYKE
Tue 20 Feb 14:06
- POSITION 18:30.15N 64:21.56W NORTH SOUND VIRGIN GORDA
Sat 17 Feb 20:47
- POSITION 18:27.67N 64:46.66W GREAT HARBOUR YOST VAN DYKE
Fri 16 Feb 16:18
- POSITION 18:25.41N 64:37.07W VILLAGE CAY ROAD HARBOUR
Mon 12 Feb 01:47
- POSITION 18:23.19N 64:42.17W SOPERS HOLE
Sat 10 Feb 22:13
- POSITION 18:26.80N 64:31.94W TRELLIS BAY
Fri 9 Feb 03:55
- POSITION 18:43.26N 64:22.95W ANEGADA
Thu 8 Feb 02:16
- POSITION 18:27.49N 64:26.46W VIRGIN GORDA
Tue 6 Feb 20:35
- POSITION 18:23.22N 64:42.15W SOPERS HOLE BVI
Mon 5 Feb 22:59
- POSITION 18:21.63N 64:35.06W PETER ISLAND BVI'S
Sun 4 Feb 20:37
- POSITION 18:06.35N 63:03.37W GRAN CAS, ST MARTIN
Sat 3 Feb 14:17
- POSITION 18:02.39N 63:05.62W SIMPSON LAGOON ST MARTIN
Fri 2 Feb 22:38
- POSITION 17:04.54N 61:53.61W JOLLY HARBOUR ANTIGUA
Thu 1 Feb 00:12
- POSITION 17:00.20N 61:45.63W ENGLISH HBR ANTIGUA

Jan 2007

Wed 31 Jan 01:23
- Deshaise - Guadeloupe
Tue 30 Jan 18:08
- POSITION 16:13.30N 61:31.78W Pa'PITRE GUADELOUPE
Sat 27 Jan 01:17
- POSITION 15:52.30N 61:35.11W LES SAINTES
Thu 25 Jan 15:12
- POSITION 14:44.36N 61:10.90W
Tue 23 Jan 15:38
- POSITION 14:35.83N 61:04.35W
Sun 21 Jan 12:51
- POSITION 14:05.17N 60:57.62W RODNEY BAY ST LUCIA
Sat 20 Jan 18:22
- POSITION 13:00.61N 61:14.62W BEQUIA
Fri 19 Jan 13:03
- TOBAGO CAYS
Thu 18 Jan 00:34
- POSITION 12:37.85N 61:21.46W TOBAGO CAYS
Wed 17 Jan 01:48
- POSITION 12:34.91N 61:26.27W UNION ISLAND
Sun 14 Jan 03:30
- Prickly Bay
Sat 13 Jan 02:21
- Prickly Bay
Thu 11 Jan 13:32
- GRANADA POSITION 11:59.30N 61:46.00W
Wed 10 Jan 01:02
- going to Granada
Mon 8 Jan 23:00
- NOON POSITION 11:10.48N 60:51.59W
Tue 2 Jan 13:49
- NOON POSITION 13:05.53N 59:37.10W

2006

Dec 2006

Sun 31 Dec 16:16
- NOON POSITION 13:23.43N 57:10.15W
Sat 30 Dec 16:10
- NOON POSITION 13:47.14N 54:36.50W
Fri 29 Dec 15:50
- NOON POSITION 13:54.19N 52:03.70W
- NOON POSITION
Wed 27 Dec 20:19
- NOON POSITION 16:04.53N 47:16.60W
- our whales in mid Atlantic
Tue 26 Dec 16:58
- CHRISTMAS DAY NOON POSITION 17:48.40N 43:04.62W
Sun 24 Dec 20:39
- NOON POSITION 18:22.42N 40:40.44W
Sat 23 Dec 17:22
- NOON POSITION 18:43.67N 38:11.70W
Fri 22 Dec 16:35
- NOON POSITION 18:59.73N 36:05.67W
Thu 21 Dec 14:50
- NOON POSITION 19:04.76N 33:39.30W
Wed 20 Dec 14:07
- NOON POSITION 19:37.14N 31:03.49W
Tue 19 Dec 14:12
- NOON POSITION 19:48.53N 29:00.92W
Mon 18 Dec 17:36
- NOON POSITION 21:21.38N 27:17.06W
Sun 17 Dec 18:20
- NOON POSITION 22:27.32N 25:34.88W
Sat 16 Dec 16:16
- NOON POSITION 23:03.56N 23:29.33W
Fri 15 Dec 14:00
- DAY 3 NOON POSITION 24:04.62N 20:45.99W
Thu 14 Dec 15:53
- DAY 2 POSITION 25:45.35N 18:46.19W
Tue 12 Dec 21:54
- exit La Gomera
Mon 11 Dec 13:49
- Gomera still and no break in the weather
Sun 10 Dec 10:15
- Still in Gomera
Fri 8 Dec 21:10
- La Gomera
Wed 6 Dec 15:50
- Las Palmas still
Tue 5 Dec 18:25
- Las Palmas

Nov 2006

Sun 26 Nov 14:23
- Lanzarote
Mon 20 Nov 15:37
- Santa Maria - Cadiz
Thu 16 Nov 15:34
- Gibraltar 16 Nov
Wed 15 Nov 13:52
- Alhambra, Granada
Sun 12 Nov 14:28
- MAR MENOR
Fri 10 Nov 21:48
- INSTALLMENT 19 - VALENCIA

Sep 2006

Tue 5 Sep 13:37
- Jamie's Journal Extract 1
- Jamie's journal extract 2

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