Author Archives: Peter Rossin
May 25 23 39S 158 35 W
May 25 23 39S 158 35 W At 0800 this morning, Iron Lady is 1584 nautical out of Whangarei and roughly 600 from Papeete. Assuming current rate of progress, see should make Papaeete Monday afternoon. Current conditions are as follows. … Continue reading
May 23 25 52S 162 16W
TIme is 0900. Iron Lady is currently 1365 miles out of Whangarei and out the front window, Papeete is about 3 days away. Barometer is 1021 and rising, winds are WNW at a gentle 10 knots, scattered clouds and the … Continue reading
May 22 – 27 18 S 164 51W
1200 position is 2 18 S 164 51 W. COG 046. 228 Nautical noon to noon run or 9.5 knots average. Barometer 1019 steady, winds NW 20 to 25. Seas 2 to 3 meters from the NW and confused. Sky … Continue reading
May 21 – 29 29 S 169 10 W
Thought I would delve in to the topic of weather a bit. We have all kinds of resources available to us – a professional router, weather fax, and grub files from a variety of sources. It turns out, however, that … Continue reading
May 20 31 degrees 04 S 172 Degrees 36 W
The above is our noon position as of May 20, 2013. Current distance out of Whangarei is 706 nautical yielding an average daily run just shy of 240 nautical or 10 knots. Engine revs 1650, fuel burn about 5.7 GPH … Continue reading
Lines on Papaeete
After roughly 11 days at sea and 2251 nautical miles from Whangarei NZ to Papeete Tahiti, Iron Lady is resting comfortably at Marina Taina. I have been doing posts during our transit and Steve Dashew was kind enough to put … Continue reading
Internatational Dateline
In just about 1 hour we will cross the international dateline and our longitude will go from east of Greenwich to west of Greenwich. After a bit of discussion in the salon, we figured out that this will mean we … Continue reading
Cleared Out to Papaeete
Roger, Steve’s friend and our third for the voyage to Tahiti arrived Friday night and we scheduled our clearance for Saturday at 10 AM. On nights before a passage, I don’t sleep particularly well and this time was no exception … Continue reading