Adventures of Fly Aweigh: Niue to Tonga - Day 2
8/5/2010
We're not really sure what day it is because we can't find any accurate depictions of the exact position of the International Dateline on board, so we are just floating somewhere between the 3rd and the 5th of August.
Other than some squalls, some rain and the subsequent loss of all of our wind, not much has happened todayWe've been looking for the capsized catamaran but no sightings, although it was sort of weird that the weather got dark and stormy just north of the boats' last reported position.
There is is still some daylight left, we may see it yet, but our calculations have it almost to Tonga by now if the 1-knot NW current was anywhere near accurate
Similar articles
SailBlogs
Adventures of Fly Aweigh: Niue to Tonga - Day 1
On the road again. Had a big brekkie and a flat white, bought some t-shirts, checked out with Immigration and Customs, said goodbye to Mamata at the Yacht Club and "see you in Neiafu" to our friends,...
SailBlogs
Adventures of Fly Aweigh: Tonga to Fiji - Day 1
We decided to take it on the nose -- or the stern, to be more accurate -- and head for Fiji despite a frisky wind forecast for tomorrow. We slid out of Neiafu Harbor just after lunch, waving at our f...
SailBlogs
Adventures of Fly Aweigh: Tonga to Fiji - Day 3
Well, yesterday's cereal didn't make it past late afternoon, marking an historic occasion for me: I've held a non-barfing record since 1962, and been quite proud of it, I must say. But yesterday I le...
SailBlogs
Adventures of Fly Aweigh: Tonga
(Last night) We are 20 miles from the Kingdom of Tonga, visible in the darkness only because a soft light glows on the horizon -- the late-night lights of a small Tongan town, although I'm not sure wh...
SailBlogs
Adventures of Fly Aweigh: Beveridge to Niue
Ah, finally: a nice sailing day. After a few hours at sea the wind is starting to pick up, the surface of the ocean is mostly smooth with big, lazy swells that gently lift the boat up for good view f...