Log Extract 2004

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT NOTICE

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Condor will remain moored at Phuket until the plans for the flotilla are settled.
All details about the craft and her crew will be posted on the LAST POSITION page
At time of writing, David, Claire, Jim & Lolly are safe and unharmed.
Condor is moored, is secure and undamaged and is seaworthy and provisioned.

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Condor has arrived safely and moored at Phuket

The schedule allows of 2 to 3 weeks at this mooring. 

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Condor left Langkawi at 0710 local (UTC+8) on Sat 11 Dec 2004 and arrived at Ko Muk island (much prettier than it sounds) at 17:30 the same day.

Condor left Ko Muk at 0910 local (UTC+8) on Mon 13 Dec 2004 and should arrive at PhiPhi Don at about 1330 the same day.

We'll spend one night there and plan to arrive at Phuket Yacht Haven on Tuesday afternoon.

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Condor arrived at the Langkawi at 0930 local (UTC+8) on Mon 6 Dec 2004.
We'll stay for a few days before moving on to Phuket.
R, David.

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At 1000 local (UTC+8) on Sun 5 Dec 2004.
04.13N 100.25E   Motor/sailing with 9 knots of wind from the SW.
We expect to arrive at the Royal Langkawi Yacht Club AM on Mon 6 Dec.
R, David.

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At 1000 local (UTC+8) on Sat 4 Dec 2004.
02.13N 102.01E   Motoring with no wind.
We expect to arrive at the Royal Langkawi Yacht Club AM on Mon 6 Dec.
R, David.

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Condor left the Royal Singapore Yacht Club at 14:00 local UTC + 8 on Fri 3 December 2004. Expected in Langkawi on Mon 6 Dec.

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Composite report covering period 3 Nov to 10 Nov 2004

Wed 3 November 2004
Condor left Bali at 9:30 local (GMT+8) on Wed 3 November 2004. We're
headed for Nongsa Point but will probably stop for a swim somewhere
close to Nongsa.
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Thu 4 November 2004 10:00 (UTC + 8)
Destination is Nongsa
Name Lat Lon To Dest Run Weather 
Condor 07.08S 114.53E 819 128 SE 9
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Fri 5 November 2004 10:00 (UTC + 8)
Destination is Nongsa
Name Lat Lon To Dest Run Weather Remarks
Condor 05.48S 113.03E 684 136 10 SE ETA Nongsa 14 Nov
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Sat 6 November 2004 10:00 (UTC + 8)
Destination is Nongsa
Name Lat Lon To Dest Run Weather
Remarks
Condor 04.40S 111.19E 560 123 7 SW ETA Nongsa 10 Nov 
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Sun 7 November 2004 10:00 (UTC + 8)
Name Lat Lon To Dest Run Remarks
Condor 03.03S 109.38E 421 139
ETA Nongsa Wednesday. 
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Mon 8 November 2004 10:00 (UTC + 8)
Name Lat Lon To Dest Run Remarks
Calculated ETA
Condor 01.34S 108.20E 305 116 ETA Nongsa Thu 11 AM
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Tue 9 November 2004 10:00 (UTC + 8)
Name Lat Lon To Dest Run Remarks
Condor 00.28S 106.18E 168 137 ETA Nongsa Wed 3 PM
Condor has enough fuel and will bypass Ansunda and should arrive in
Nongsa on Wed PM.
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Condor arrived at Nongsa Point at 1300 local (UTC + 8) on 10 November
2004.
Condor left Nongsa Point at 11:00 Singapore time (UTC+8) on Thu 11
November 2004 and arrived at Republic of Singapore Yacht Club at 15:11
the same day.
We crossed the straight at right angles directly opposite Nongsa.
Looking at the radar or through binoculars was very intimidating but the
actual crossing was straightforward. It was easier to ignore the radar
and do it visually.
Our plan was to turn on a reciprocal course to any approaching ship and
then take it's stern as it passed, but we got lucky and hardly had to
alter course at all.
We then travelled West along the South Singapore coast. This was a zoo
of parked ships and other traffic. 
The shipping and shoreline was spectacular, I've never seen anything
like it.

RSYC marina is first class with great staff, swimming pool bars,
restaurants and the classiest showers I've ever seen.

R, David.

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Composite report covering period 7 Oct to 19 Oct 2004

At 9:37 local (GMT+10) on Thu 7 Oct 2004 10 51 S 136 15 E 
380 miles from Darwin ETA Sat 9th Oct 14:00 Wind E at 9 knots. 
Back to motoring but we have enough fuel to easily reach darwin.
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At 9:50 local (GMT+10) on Fri 8Oct 2004 10 48 S 133 19 E 
207 miles from Darwin ETA Sat 9th Oct 16:00 Wind E at 7 knots. 
We plan to leave Darwin for Kupang on Tue 12 Oct
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Condor arrived in Darwin at 12:37 local (GMT+9:30) on Sat 9 Oct 2004
We plan to leave Darwin for Kupang on Tue 12 Oct
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Condor left Darwin at 11:00 local (GMT+9:30) on Tue 12 Oct 2004
We should arrive in Kupang on Fri 15 Oct
We will leave Kupang as soon as possible and try to catch up with some
of the other BWR boats.
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At 10:00 local (Kupang Time GMT + 9) on Wed 13 Oct 2004 11 34 S 128 12 E 
308 miles from Kupang 
Motoring at 8 knots with 7 knots of wind from the NE 
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At 12:00 local (Kupang Time GMT + 9) on Thu 14 Oct 2004 10 55 S 125 14 E 
129 miles from Kupang 
Motoring at 6.4 knots with 3 knots of wind from the NE 
We should arrive in Kupang at 08:00 on Fri 15 Oct
We will leave Kupang as soon as possible and try to catch up with some
of the other BWR boats.
Dick, thanks for the updates. With a little luck we'll meet you at
Lombok. Where in Lombok?
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Condor arrived in Kupang at 8:30 local (GMT + 9) on Fri 15 Oct 2004
By 18:00 we had completed all paperwork and refueled.
Condor left Kupang at 8:30 local (GMT + 8) Bali time on Sat 16 Oct
We are heading direct for Bali or Lombok. We have 515 miles to go and
should arrive on Tuesday 19 Oct.
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At 0920 local (GMT+8) 17 Oct 2004 09 25 S 120 54 E 348 miles from Bali 
Motoring at 7.2kts in with an 8kts headwind.
We are heading direct for Bali or Lombok. We have 515 miles to go and
should arrive on Tuesday 19 Oct.
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At 1040 local (GMT+8) on Mon 18th Oct 09 11 S 118 04 E 175 miles
from Bali 
Motor sailing at 7.0kts in with 10kts of wind from the SW
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Condor arrive at Bali Marina at 1120 local (GMT+8) on Tue 19 Oct 2004.
Elise was already here and Safari arrived at about 1430.
Dr Bird, St Barbara, New Crusader and Talequa are due in today,
Wednesday.
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R, David.

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Condor is safe on passage for Darwin. 
380 miles from Darwin 
ETA Sat 9th Oct 14:00
Wind E at 9 knots. 
Back to motoring but we have enough fuel to reach Darwin.

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Condor is safe on passage for Darwin. 
571 miles from Darwin 
ETA Sat 9th Oct 17:00
Wind ESE at 19 knots. 
Finally sailing without engine at a decent speed of 7+ knots.

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Condor is safe on passage for Darwin. 
Arrived at Horn Island 10 35 S  142 15 E at 0700 local (GMT+10) on Tuesday 5th October 2004.   
Refuelled and left again at 0930 local the same day. 
ETA at Darwin is late on Saturday 9th Oct.  731 miles to go.

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Condor is safe on passage for Darwin. 
At 10:00 local (GMT+10) Condor at 12 31 S   143 25 E   155 miles from Horn Island.   Wind 14 from SE motoring at 7.2 knots.

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Condor is safe on passage for Darwin. 
Follows now update message from David via satellite link:

We left Cairns at 9:30 local (GMT + 10:00) on Sat 2 Oct 2004. A Big End bearing went on the generator so we decided to have it rebuilt. It took a long time for all the parts to arrive from the US.
At 10:00 local on Sun 3 Oct we were at 14 29 S 144 51 E with virtually no wind.
We are heading directly to Darwin to pick up Claire who is there arranging our Indonesia visas. We will probably stop at Horn Island in the Torres Strait just to pick up fuel. We should arrive at Horn on Tuesday 8:00 and at Darwin on Saturday 9 October at about 20:00. 
We'll either have a very short stay in Darwin just to take on fuel and clear customs or, if we need a break, we'll stay a day or two. We'll probably have to wait until Monday morning for the fuel dock to open anyway.
Regards, David.

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Condor set sail today and conditions allowing she will head directly for Darwin with and ETA of 9 or 10 October.
GMT is local time +10 hours

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Condor remains moored at Cairns, Australia.
Will remain here for about another 5-7 days before setting sail for Darwin vie Cape York and Torres Straits. The extended stay here is due to the delay in delivery of a part for the generator.  
Otherwise all is well........
GMT is local time +10 hours

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Condor has arrived safely at Cairns, Australia.
Will remain moored for approx 2 weeks.
GMT is local time +10 hours

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Condor in company with Safari and New Crusader will not call at Vanuatu but will sail directly for Cairns.

To Destination Cairns = 178 n miles 
Daily Run  167 n miles
Wind SE 7k
ETA - Cairns, Australia = 6 August

GMT is local time +10 hours

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Condor in company with Safari and New Crusader will not call at Vanuatu but will sail directly for Cairns.

To Destination Cairns = 345 n miles 
Daily Run  162 n miles
Wind E 6k
ETA - Cairns, Australia = 6 August

GMT is local time +10 hours

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Condor in company with Safari and New Crusader will not call at Vanuatu but will sail directly for Cairns.

To Destination Cairns = 507 n miles 
Daily Run  184 n miles
Wind ESE 16k
ETA - Cairns, Australia = 6 August

GMT is local time +10 hours

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Condor in company with Safari and New Crusader will not call at Vanuatu but will sail directly for Cairns.

To Destination Cairns = 690 n miles 
Daily Run  194 n miles
Wind SE 22k
ETA - Cairns, Australia = 7 August

GMT is local time +11 hours

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Condor in company with Safari and New Crusader will not call at Vanuatu but will sail directly for Cairns.

To Destination Cairns = 884 n miles 
Daily Run  160 n miles
Wind SE 22k
ETA - Cairns, Australia = 7 August

GMT is local time +11 hours

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Condor in company with Safari and New Crusader will not call at Vanuatu but will sail directly for Cairns.

To Destination Cairns = 1209 n miles 
Daily Run  175 n miles
Wind SSE 19k
ETA - Cairns, Australia = 8 August

GMT is local time +12 hours

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To Destination Vanuatu 72 n miles 
Daily Run  145 n miles
Wind SE 16k
ETA - Condor will probably by-pass Vanuatu and head directly for Cairns

GMT is local time +12 hours

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To Destination Vanuatu 218 n miles 
Daily Run  167 n miles
Wind E 18k
GMT is local time +12 hours

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Condor left Musket Cove at 13.47 hrs local on Monday 26 July on passage for Vanuatu.  It is undecided whether to call at Vanuatu or sail directly for Cairns.

GMT is local time +12 hours

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Log Report from David dated 13 July 2004

We arrived at SavuSavu, Fiji at 16:05 local on 2 July 2004 (Local = GMT + 12) 
We left SavuSavu Fiji at 11:00 local on 7 July 2004
We arrived at MusketCove at 13:35 local on Thursday 8 July 2004

On Friday 9th July Claire and I took the ferry to Nadi and got married in the registry office. We held a joint reception with Benno and Margrit Schneider from "Dr Bird" on the night of Monday 13th July. Benno and Margrit were married at Musket Cove on Monday afternoon.

Lolly has now left to look after her daughter's new baby and will be
replaced by Douglas De Couto from now until we reach Cairns.

David.

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We arrived in Neiafu, Tonga at 8:10 local on Tue 22 June 2004 (We've crossed the International Date Line so local time is now GMT + 13). Tonga is East of 180 longitude but the date line goes through 173 West longitude near Tonga.
David.

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To Destination Neiafu in Vavau 154 n miles 
Daily Run  137 n miles
Wind ESE 22k
ETA Monday 11 am (local) = 2100GMT

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To Destination Neiafu in Vavau 291 n miles 
Daily Run  159 n miles
Wind ESE 16k
ETA Monday 21st

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To Destination Neiafu in Vavau 450 n miles 
Daily Run  211 n miles
Wind E 32k
Winds and seas were less than last night but still in the 25-30 knot
range.  

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I have changed the "To Dest" from Niue to Vava'u as that is the proper rally destination.

To Destination 660 n miles 
Daily Run  216 n miles
Wind SE 28k
Our destination is Vava'u 

We had a pretty exciting night with winds averaging 34 knots for the 12 hours and gusting to 46 knots.   The boat seemed to like it better than the crew but we got used to it in the end.   We did a 216 mile day with a maximum speed of 13 knots.  
We have yet to decide but might go directly to Tonga rather than stop at Niue.   It depends on whether we are likely to arrive in Niue in the daytime or not.

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To Destination 630 n miles 
Daily Run  139 n miles
Wind ESE 17k
Our destination is Niue.  

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To Destination 769 n miles 
Daily Run  148 n miles
Wind E 9k
Our current destination is Niue.   But we might change to Tonga
depending on where the other boats are at the time.

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To Destination 917 n miles 
Daily Run  144 n miles

Our current destination is Niue.   But we might change to Tonga
depending on where the other boats are at the time.

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Condor left Raiatea at 13:06 local on 13 June 2004.   We're headed
either for Niue or Tonga depending on the location of the other boats at
the time.   We seem to be only a couple of days behind some of the other
boats.

We spent a week in Raiatea fixing a serious generator problem.   A salt
water hose just above it had been leaking and dripping salt water into
the electrical control panel.   Eventually it shorted out with a puff of
smoke and the generator stopped producing electricity.   This meant we
could not make water or charge batteries because the engine alternator
failed a week ago but that has now been replaced too.   One of the brass
terminals had melted completely, the insulation had burned away on many
of the wires and one or two wires themselves had melted.   The biggest
problem was that we had to lift it (340 pounds) and rotate it through 90
degrees to get at the wiring.   None of the windings or transformers had
been damaged and we had enough wire to replace those that have been
damaged.   We used most of our supply of heat shrink tubing to replace
the insulation.   Anyway its now working OK and the salt water leak has
also been fixed. 

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Condor left Raiatea at 10:53 local on Wednesday 26 May 2004 and arrived
at Bora Bora on 14:43 the same day. (Local time is GMT - 10 hours).

Condor left Bora Bora at 12:00 local on Thursday 3 June 2004 and
arrived back in Raiatea at 15:51 the same day. (Local time is GMT - 10
hours).

We had to return to Raiatea because of a problem with the generator
which the boatyard there should be able to fix. We'll leave from here
to Rarotonga as soon as the generator is working again. We'll probably
end up a few days behind the rest of the rally but shou;d easily catch
up by Tonga.

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Condor left Huahine at 9:30 local on Friday 21st May 2004 and arrived at Raiatea at 14:40 the same day. (Local time is GMT - 10 hours).

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Condor left Papeete, Tahiti at 15:30 local Friday 14th May 2004 (0130
GMT Sat 15th) and arrived at Moorea at 17:38 local the same day.

Condor left Moorea at 06:15 local Sunday 16th May 2004 (1615 GMT) and
arrived at Huahine at 16:17 local the same day.

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Condor has arrived and moored at Papeete, Tahiti.

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Condor has set sail for Tahiti
Condor left Rangiroa at 9:50 local 1950GMT on Thu Apr 29 2004.   We
should arrive in Papeete, Tahiti around noon tomorrow. Wind is from the
East at 20 knots giving us a groundspeed of 9.0 knots.

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Arrived and moored safely at Rangiroa

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On Passage from Nuku Hiva to Rangiroa
Miles to go: 80
Miles last 24 hrs: 176 
Wind: 10 E
ETA: Tuesday 20 April
Message from David: We can't make Rangiroa before dark so we'll slow down to get there at slack water about midday tomorrow Tuesday.
All proceeding according to plan

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On Passage from Nuku Hiva to Rangiroa
Miles to go: 256
Miles last 24 hrs: 166 
Wind: 20 E
ETA: Mon 19 April
All proceeding according to plan

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On Passage from Nuku Hiva to Rangiroa
Miles to go: 421
Miles last 24 hrs: 148 
Wind: 12 NE
ETA: Mon 19 April
All proceeding according to plan

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Condor sets sail from 
Nuku Hiva, Marquesas, French Polynesia en route for Rangiroa

Course map will be updated tomorrow following first position report

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Arrived and Moored - Nuku Hiva, Marquesas, French Polynesia

Condor was the 5th rally boat to arrive in Nuku Hiva, Marquesas at 07:05  local 1635 GMT on Wednesday 7th April 2004.   
By 8:00 Thursday 6 other boats had arrived.   
The other 9 should arrive in the next few days.

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Miles to go: 129
Miles last 24 hrs: 150 
Wind: 14 ENE
ETA: Wed 7 April 7 a.m.
We're in 6th place.
All proceeding according to plan

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Miles to go: 279
Miles last 24 hrs: 151 
Wind: 9 NE
ETA: Tue 7 April 2 a.m.
We're in 6th place.
All proceeding according to plan

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