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Man and daughter overdue on Tiki 21

Fingers crossed they are all right.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=1...

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Permalink Reply by Ian Bamsey on December 26, 2016 at 5:28pm

I have mine crossed. Let's hope.

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Permalink Reply by Geminidawn on December 28, 2016 at 7:50pm

Sad and I hope they're found alive and well. Looking deeper into it I find it's the same owner of the Tiki 46 Sanyasin that was totally destroyed during cyclone Pam in Vanuatu in 2015.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/87980761/missing-yachtie-spent-mont...

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Permalink Reply by Roger on December 28, 2016 at 9:56pm

The west coast of the North Island is a challenging place to be cruising. It is a lee shore from the Tasman Sea, and all harbors that could provide safe haven have bars that are dangerous when the weather is bad.

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Permalink Reply by Geminidawn on December 29, 2016 at 12:46am

What's the temperature of the air and the water like this time of year?

Roger said:

The west coast of the North Island is a challenging place to be cruising. It is a lee shore from the Tasman Sea, and all harbors that could provide safe haven have bars that are dangerous when the weather is bad.

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Permalink Reply by Roger on December 29, 2016 at 6:46pm

Not sure Gemini, I would have to look it up. But it is Summer of course.

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Permalink Reply by Frank Higgott on December 30, 2016 at 12:45am

The water temp off Kawhia at this time of year would be somewhere between 17 & 20 deg Celsius. The west coast of NZ is not a place to take lightly, it can be a very dangerous place to be on any boat. If you ended up in the water in a survival situation, exposure would take you out fairly quickly at any time of the year.

The plot thickens on this story though...

http://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/national/dad-and-daughter-mystery-mis...

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Permalink Reply by Ian Bamsey on December 30, 2016 at 5:40am

That's warm ?

"... somewhere between 17 & 20 deg Celsius ..

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Permalink Reply by Frank Higgott on December 30, 2016 at 12:33pm

Yeah, that's what I thought. Here is where I got the info from:

http://www.metservice.com/maps-radar/marine-forecast-maps/sea-surfa...

Kawhia is in the yellow/orange band.

We have solar water heating here, when the temp reading on the monitor falls below 25, it's pretty much a cold shower. Also a lifetime of swimming at the various beaches in NZ tells me with out a wet suit you'd probably be dead by the morning.

After saying that though, I am hoping that where ever they are they are safe and warm!

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