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The Pacific Crossing Guide

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Thursday 17 November 2016

The latest edition of ‘The Pacific Crossing Guide’ written by Kitty van Hagen and published by the Royal Cruising Club Pilotage Foundation has hit the shelves. We were pleased to be able to contribute to this voluminous work which not only covers places to visit in the Pacific but provides a wealth of information on…

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Behold Coconuts – loving Niue!

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Thursday 4 September 2014

Adina finally got to take a break from sailing through the so called ‘Dangerous Middle’ of the Pacific Ocean after 7 days at sea. We arrived in Niue just after midday on Sunday 17th August and radioed the port officials knowing full well it was a Sunday and no work is carried out due to…

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Day 2 Niue to Tonga – the day that never was

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Monday 25 August 2014

The wind never stopped and we never slowed. It gusted and died down and gusted and calmed down and so on. The sea state picked up and, while a little lumpy with 2-3m swells on the beam, Adina tore through it. Come 6pm we started applying the brakes and got rid of sail to time…

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Day 1 Niue to Tonga and a little dilemma

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Sunday 24 August 2014

Friday 3pm local time we left the wonderful little country of Niue. Five days there, we’ll write more on it later, save to say we had a fabulous time. But some big seas are forecast to come in which would make sitting on the mooring buoys in Niue very uncomfortable. Five boats left, all timing…

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Day 9 and 10 Bora Bora to Tonga via Niue – Niue on the horizon

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Monday 18 August 2014

Day 9 dawned with grey skies, the threat of lots of breeze and some decent swell to go with it. It’s rather like that hard run or cycle you’ve done – you’re pretty exhausted and want the end but up ahead is a hill. Our hill arrived with 14-15 knots of wind with constant gusts…

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Day 8 Bora Bora to Tonga via Niue – The Beast

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Sunday 17 August 2014

Day 8, dawn rose and we knew we were approaching the infamous South Pacific Convergence Zone – the so-called Beast! In technical terms easterly winds from the tropics collide with more southerly winds bought on from down south. At times all is calm but at times there is a right old argument between the two…

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Day 7 Bora Bora to Tonga via Niue – the three nicest points of sail…

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Friday 15 August 2014

Day 7 and come dawn the seas had settled and we were sailing upwind ticking along at 4-5 knots. Nothing special but considering we were meant to be in light winds and motoring it was a rather pleasant surprise. Having mentioned our three worst points of sail it seems only fair to mention our three…

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