Date: 5 December 2023 Sailing from: Luganville, Vanuatu Bound towards: Bali, Indonesia Noon position: Course: 11°7.1’S 128°40.9’E Speed: 6.6 knots Wind force and direction: Force 2 Westerly Seas/swell: <1m WxS Barometer: 1014 Steady Sky: 2/8 ac, cu, sunny Water temperature: 85.3°F Distance made good in 24 hours: 160nm Passage log: 2,445nm Voyage log: 14,354nm Distance …
Date: 4 December 2023 Sailing from: Luganville, Vanuatu Bound towards: Bali, Indonesia Noon position: 10°55.2’S 131°22.6’E Course: W1/4N Speed: 6.3 knots Wind force and direction: Force 1 NxW Seas/swell: <1m SExE Barometer: 1014 Steady Sky: 2/8 cu, ci Water temperature: 86°F Distance made good in 24 hours: 151nm Passage log: 2,285nm Voyage log: 14,194nm Distance …
Date: 3 December 2023 Sailing from: Luganville, Vanuatu Bound towards: Bali, Indonesia Noon position: 10°40.4’S 133°54.3’E Course: W 3/4N Speed: 6.8 knots Wind force and direction: Force 2 WNW Seas/swell: 1m Southwesterly Barometer: 1014 Steady Sky: 6/8 cu, ci, as, sc Water temperature: 85°F Distance made good in 24 hours: 165nm Passage log: 2,134nm Voyage …
Date: 2 December 2023 Sailing from: Luganville, Vanuatu Bound towards: Bali, Indonesia Noon position: 10°36.8’S 136°42.2’E Course: WxN Speed: 6.8 knots Wind force and direction: Force 1 Northerly Seas/swell: calm Barometer: 1013 Steady Sky: 3/8 cu, ac, ci Water temperature: 84°F Distance made good in 24 hours: 164nm Passage log: 1,969 Voyage log: 13,878nm Distance …
Date: 1 December 2023 Sailing from: Luganville, Vanuatu Bound towards: Bali, Indonesia Noon position: 10°37.7’S 139°27.4’E Course: WxN1/4N Speed: 7 knots Wind force and direction: Force 1 NW Barometer: 1013 Sky: 4/8 ac, cu, ci Water temperature: 83°F Distance made good in 24 hours: 170nm Passage log: 1,805nm Voyage log: 13,714nm Distance to next port: …
Picton Castle is through the Torres Strait. Tuesday November 28 – Picton Castle was sailing along blissfully 6 miles north of Eastern Fields, a coral reef or sunken atoll, 100 miles SE of Bramble Cay, and Pandora’s Passage* and on to Bligh’s Entrance to the Torres Strait, the narrow shallow stretch of water separating Papua …
Days just run one into another on a tradewind passage under square sail such as the one we are enjoying now. Apart from wearing ship we barely touch a line for days. Routines become routine. Sun rises and sets, stars come out, moon grows fuller, winds pull us along over gentle seas at a rate …
Date: 29 November 2023 Sailing from: Luganville, Vanuatu Bound towards: Bali, Indonesia Noon position: 9°26.7’S 144°30.8’E Course: NWxN Speed: 3.3 knots Wind force and direction: Force 1 SE Seas/swell: 1m SE Barometer: 1013 Steady Sky: 5/8 st, cu Water temperature: 81.8°F Distance made good in 24 hours: 80nm Passage log: 1,461nm Voyage log: 13,370nm Distance …
Date: 28 November 2023 Sailing from: Luganville, Vanuatu Bound towards: Bali, Indonesia Noon position: 9°53.2’S 145°40.3’E Course: W Speed: 2.7 knots Wind force and direction: Force SSE Seas/swell: 1m SExS Barometer: 1013 Steady Sky: 6/8 cu, ac Water temperature: 80.8°F Distance made good in 24 hours: 65nm Passage log: 1,381nm Voyage log: 13,290nm Distance to …
Separating Australia and Papua New Guinea, the Torres Strait is a narrow archipelago of scattered islands with some fascinating history, cultures and ancestry. Strong currents and blistering hot sun but it leads us to the Arafura Sea, Timor Sea and on towards Bali. When we pass into the Torres Strait we leave the South Pacific …
