Hello all... Glenn is still busy working on Learjet in New Zealand. Several recent requests have been made for an update on his status. Hopefully he will ...
Learjet
Learjet@...
Mar 21, 2006 12:19 am
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G'Day Mates, Hello readers. Back on the air. It has been a long and eventful summer here in New Zealand. Will write more about it later. Renee and I are...
Learjet
Learjet@...
May 12, 2006 2:54 pm
173
Hello Readers, We are in Bay of Islands, Opua, New Zealand. Working hard to finish final preparations. We were set to depart on the 1000 mile passage to Fiji...
Learjet
Learjet@...
May 12, 2006 9:40 pm
174
Hello Readers, Expected to leave here (Opua) tomorrow am. But the weather gods are calling for gusts to 40 kts from the SW and 20 ft seas north of the north...
Learjet
Learjet@...
May 14, 2006 5:51 pm
175
Hello Readers, This report is being sent at 0900 17-May-2006, NZST. We are committed to departure about our noon, 0000 17-May UTC. Weather looks good for...
Learjet
Learjet@...
May 17, 2006 6:12 am
176
G'Day, At 0130 18-May NZST (1330 17-May UTC) our position is S 34 06.3 E 174 20.8. Full main and jib. True wind 15 kts at about 140 degress relative, from SSE....
Learjet
Learjet@...
May 17, 2006 8:52 pm
177
G'Day, At 1930 18-May NZST (0730 18-May UTC) our position is S 32 26 E 174 32. Full main and jib. True wind 10-15 kts SE to SSE. Doing about 7 kts boat speed....
Learjet
Learjet@...
May 18, 2006 4:04 pm
178
G'Day, At 1830 20-May NZST (0630 19-May UTC) our position is S 27 39 E 176 20. Single reefed main and staysail. True wind 15-20 kts E to ENE. Doing about 7 kts...
Learjet
Learjet@...
May 20, 2006 5:24 pm
179
At 0800 21-May NZST (2000 20-May UTC) our position is S 26 17 E 176 39. Single reefed main and staysail. True wind 15-20 kts ENE. Doing about 7 kts boat speed....
Learjet
Learjet@...
May 21, 2006 3:41 am
180
G'Day Mates, At 1800 22-May NZST (0600 21-May UTC) our position is S 23 09 E 177 30. Full main and jib. True wind 10 kts E. Doing about 6 kts boat speed. 250...
Learjet
Learjet@...
May 22, 2006 2:32 pm
181
G'Day Mates, At 2230 22-May NZST our position is Suva Harbor, Fiji. (S 18 07 E 178 25). Total distance for the passage was 1178 miles. The wind piped up to...
Learjet
Learjet@...
May 24, 2006 3:33 pm
182
G'Day Mates, All is well here. The documentation requirements for checking into Fiji and moving about are rather more complicated than I have ever encountered ...
Learjet
Learjet@...
May 29, 2006 4:50 pm
183
G'Day Mates, We are on our way to Beqa. This is a small island SE of Suva Fiji. We will stay there the night at a different anchorage than we stayed at before....
Learjet
Learjet@...
Jun 6, 2006 12:35 am
184
G'Day Everyone, ... We are presently off the eastern side of Kadavu, visiting the Namalata Reef. S 18 59 E 178 10. ... On our way from Suva to Kadavu, we...
Learjet
Learjet@...
Jun 20, 2006 3:11 pm
185
G'Day All, ... We are presently at the island of Totoya in the Moala Group in the Southern Lau in Fiji.... S 18 57 W 179 49. ... I have not written in quite...
Learjet
Learjet@...
Jun 30, 2006 2:52 am
186
Hello Readers: My night vision monocular is going kaput. Looking for a replacement. None of my sources carry night vision equipment any more. Apparently ITT is...
Learjet
Learjet@...
Jul 22, 2006 6:06 pm
187
Hello Everybody, We are presently in Savusavu, Fiji, which is the largest city on Vanua Levu, the second largest island in Fiji. My guess is that Savusavu is ...
Learjet
Learjet@...
Aug 2, 2006 3:09 am
188
Thank you everyone for your generous offers to help out with shipping the blood meters to Fiji. I've got my volunteer! I appreciate all your offers! Cheers, ...
Learjet
Learjet@...
Aug 4, 2006 1:28 am
189
G'Day, Haven't written for a while. Getting quite a backlog of things to write about! We are presently on route to Vutuna and/or Wallis and/or W. Samoa and ...
Learjet
Learjet@...
Aug 8, 2006 2:47 pm
190
G'Day, At 9-aug 0000 utc (9-aug 1200 NZ time) position was S 15 25 W 177 44. We are 70 miles from Futuna, 160 from Wallis and 340 from Western. Samoa. The...
Learjet
Learjet@...
Aug 9, 2006 3:57 am
191
G'Day, All is well. At 0800 12-aug fiji time (2000 11-aug utc) we are off the n. coast of western samoa near the channel between the two islands. On our way to...
Learjet
Learjet@...
Aug 12, 2006 2:11 am
192
G'Day, All safe in sound in Pago Pago Harbor. This time the weather behaved as the various weather charts predict. Phew -- thought I was loosing it. So, we had...
Learjet
Learjet@...
Aug 18, 2006 3:48 pm
193
G'Day, On passage from Pago Pago American Samoa to Vava'u Tonga. At 1920 27-aug NZST (0720 27-aug UTC) position was S 15 12.7 W 171 42.16. Wind and seas bigger...
Learjet
Learjet@...
Aug 28, 2006 12:27 am
194
G'Day Mates, All is well here. Wind and seas have calmed down a bit. No longer blowing 25 gusting 30, with rough seas making the going uncomfortable. We...
Learjet
Learjet@...
Aug 28, 2006 4:00 pm
195
Howdy, Arrived outside Vava'u just after dawn this morning. Lovely day sailing yesterday, and last night - Seas more mellow. We were greeted by whales as we...
Learjet
Learjet@...
Aug 29, 2006 5:28 pm
196
Hello Everyone, We are officially here, in Neiafu, Vava'u Group, Tonga. I like this place. I was in Vava'u last year for 4 weeks, very much enjoyed it, and...
Learjet
Learjet@...
Aug 31, 2006 5:58 am
197
G'Day Mates, Flashback a couple weeks. "Every Friday" afternoon there is a yacht race in the main harbor in Vava'u. Ha. In the roughly 2 months that I was...
Learjet
Learjet@...
Oct 31, 2006 4:15 pm
198
G'Day Everybody, It has been almost two months since I have written -- a long time. I have been in Vava'u, Kingdom of Tonga, for almost exactly two months. A...
Learjet
Learjet@...
Nov 1, 2006 4:46 pm
199
G'Day Mates, We are still in the northern group of the Ha'api. There is a huge high pressure system rolling through south of us. It's counterclockwise wind...
Learjet
Learjet@...
Nov 8, 2006 3:47 am
200
G'Day Mates, Still in the Lifuka Sub-Group of the Ha'api Group of Tonga. The wind is abating because the Big Fat High to south has finally moved past. It's...
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