Historic schooner nina

SV Nina - Lost at sea

By tboodro

  • Departure

    SV Nina departs Opua for Newcastle.

  • SPOT Location

    SPOT location logged

  • SPOT Location

    SPOT location logged

  • SPOT Location

    SPOT location logged

  • Encountered storm system

    Low pressure system had winds of up to 70mph

  • "storm sails shredded, now going bare poles 310 degrees, 4 knots, will update course info @ 6PM"

    Last communication Text assumed to be from crew member Evi. Undelivered message not found until July 3rd.
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    Light S/SE winds would have blown them North

  • More nasty weather

    A front coming in from the west would have hit at night and bad weather would have continued throughout the day.
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    Winds shift to blow them in an East/North East direction.

    Slightly stronger W/SW winds from a passing front
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    Winds shift to blow them North/North East again

    Behind the front, winds shifted from the S/SW
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    Light S winds pushing them North

  • Week 1 ends - Drift potential ~170nm

  • Bad weather

    A squall would have hit them in the middle of the night.

  • Mysterious phone call to captain's Mom.

  • More bad weather

    Bad weather continues to bring N/NW winds that would have pushed them to the south/south east.
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    Winds calm down, turn WNW blowing them to the East

  • Should be around Norfolk Island area by now.

  • Week 2 ends - Drift potential ~340nm

  • Winds shift to WSW around Norfolk Island, taking them north east

  • Search : N/NE of New Zealand *They could have been here*

    The fact that they weren't spotted in this area could mean that they were blown further north when storm winds split in 2 directions (SW and NW) around Norfolk Island back on the 20th. They should have been here had they been in the NW wind coming around the south of Norfolk.

  • Week 3 ends - Drift potential ~510nm

  • Search : Northern New Zealand to Australia

  • Search : North New Zealand shoreline

  • Search : New Zealand coast

  • Search : North East of Northland

  • Search : E/NE Northcape

  • Search : SE & SW of Norfolk Island

  • Week 4 - Drift potential 680nm

    At this point they are definitely past Norfolk Island possibly drifting towards New Cardonia or Fiji.

  • Week 7 - Drift potential 1000nm