The 2024 long outback trip has been completed and the clean-up has commenced. There is a considerable amount of cleaning to be completed and I won’t start writing about the trip until that has been done.
Meanwhile our eldest grandson has departed Opua, NZ for the capital of Tonga, Nuku'alofa, on his steel ketch, SB Cowrie accompanied by his girlfriend and a 3rd crew member. Cowrie was built in Cornwall, UK in 1991 and sailed to NZ via the Falkland Is and Cape Horn.
They are using the “blackbox” navigation system I assembled using a Raspberry Pi4 and I’ve been slightly worried about the reliability of the system.
He sent us a link to MapShare which allows us to monitor their course. A couple of screen dumps are attached below.
It appears after 10 days at sea they have reached Minerva Reefs anchoring inside North Minera Reef.
The reefs only appears above the waterline at low tide and is a well used resting point for yachts heading to Fiji or Tonga. The north reef also provides a relatively safe anchorage during bad weather.
I’d better get back to cleaning. More to follow!
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Tonga, in my earlier years I went to Tonga with a boyfriend, not the most sucessful holiday I must admit. The mosquitos loved me, and I had bites turning to welts as big as saucers everywhere, ended up getting medical care.
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