Hi All,
I just wanted to post that we are leaving for Port Vila Vanuatu on Saturday May 9 around 8:30am ish….that’s tomorrow for us!! I will be doing a Captain’s Blog so hopefully you can read along as we passage this 1150nm to Vanuatu. It will take us 6+ days @ 7.5 kts. There is some NW winds we want to avoid by going fast in the beginning so for the first 2 days we hope to average 8+ knots…..still not in Bad Bob’s range but we are trying:))))
The weather window is ok….certainly not as good as last year when we left for Fiji. There are some headwinds Tues-Thur but should be mostly in the 5-10kt range which should be fairly smooth for Mystic. But, there probably will be some 10-20G25 kts occasionally and that will remind us we are on a boat. And, there is a big swell all week, 9-15′ but long period and off the aft port quarter (SW)….the 15′ will definitely give Mystic a good roll….joy!!!!
We finally have almost everything done!!!! The delayed shipment from the USA had us working some very long hours for the past 2 weeks and at times we were thinking we need to do something easier. But, most
of the list got done and we are ready!!!
As we start the season here are some links you might want to use:
You can follow our positions: http://www.seleneowners.org//SO_guest_map.php?boatid=51
You can subscribe to the blog @ http://mysticmoonvoyages.com/
You can follow our SPOT track at: http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?&glId=0zXvuE8PaMPz0iuWAOyOd3aI8eQF8JMGO
And a new one this year, Gulf Harbor Radio: we will be sending in a daily position report and a little description of conditions: http://www.yit.co.nz/gulf-harbour-radio
Hope all is well!!
John
Mystic Moon
Here is a map plot of the table of our voyage showing expected weather.
Red arrows along path show winds forecast along the way-one barb is 10 knots and half is 5.
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