Schooner Nina - MERGED 3 THREADS

[Friend of Nina]

Thanks for pictures. Hope to keep thread going so if any boats doing the crossing will look out for her!

[bazzer]

CNN also have picked up the news

[mrohr]

Spent a jolly rum soaked evening on her with her Jamacian delivery crew one night in the Bahamas back in the early eighties.Lovely old aristocrat .I was led to believe she was the same Nina mentioned in Allard Coles in his 'Heavy Weather Sailing" classic.
I'm not 100% convinced that last sentence is accurate given the circumstances in which it was delivered; perhaps Friend of Nina could clarify her history.

[barnakiel]

Originally Posted by Friend of Nina

Another update. Says June 4th, rough, winds 80kts gusting to 110kmh, swells to 8m. Wasn't she still ok on June 13 so survived the June 4th storm?? Cherie

I am not clear - was there a TS/TC there?

BTW knots 80 = km/h 150. Thus "gusting 110 kmh" a possible miss-spelling? Otherwise 80kts a misspelling.

Other than a localised tropical wx event, 80 kts highly unlikely. I assume then we should read "80 km/h (43kts) gusting 110 km/h" (59kts). Right, wrong?

b.

[Celestialsailor]

I hope everyone is ok on Nina. Someone just sent this to me...

7 aboard US schooner missing in South Pacific

[rfnk]

Does seem inconsistent. However the wind speeds may not be overstated. NZ has had winds of up to 200 kmh very recently, not related to tropical cyclones. Tasman lows at this time of year frequently produce winds well over 50 knots.

Rick

[rfnk]

All local marine rescue stations in NSW have been asked to look out for Nina today. I'd assume that would also be the case in Queensland, Victoria and Tasmania.
Rick

[barnakiel]

Hey but someone posted on another thread that a signal has been picked from her around Lord Howe! It says she is OK.

Correct?

b.

[category4jay]

Originally Posted by barnakiel

Hey but someone posted on another thread that a signal has been picked from her around Lord Howe! It says she is OK.

Correct?

b.

Lets all hope she is ok and dodging the storm.

[rfnk]

No confirmed position since 4 June according to NZ and Australian SAR authorities. So I think the Lord Howe info is probably incorrect.

This report seems to provide a coherent sequence of known events:
Missing US Schooner: Fears For Seven On Board | World News | News | 3FM Isle of Man radio station - on-air, online, on Apple and on Android

Rick

[bazzer]

I don't want to sidetrack the other Nina thread, so I'll ask my question here. What is the correct action that should be taken by the skipper of a 70ft schooner given 50knot winds on the nose and 20-30 foot seas? Drop all sails and put out a sea anchor? Run the engine and get a couple of knots on the quarter? Run up storm sails?
Having watched the sydney Hobart race video I'm in all of some of the boats and sad for those that didn't make it.

[mbianka]

Originally Posted by Celestialsailor

I hope everyone is ok on Nina. Someone just sent this to me...

7 aboard US schooner missing in South Pacific

Just picked up on this too. I thought they were heading to port. But, sounds like they are still out there and just having communications problems I hope.

[David_Old_Jersey]

Nothing new, but this the link to the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) that shows the text of the current (latest) Maritime Safety Information broadcast current at 271730 UTC JUN 13 (*see DOJ Note below):

Maritime Safety Information

As this page will change every day(?), on 27 June 2013 it reads:

"Part 1. Distress, Urgency, CQ and Safety Messages:

PAN PAN
FM RCC AUSTRALIA 260143Z JUN 2013 AUSSAR 2013/4000
TASMAN SEA
RCC AUSTRALIA REQUESTS INFORMATION REGARDING SIGHTINGS OR COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE WHITE AND GREEN 60FT SCHOONER RIGGED VESESL 'NINA'. THE VESSEL HAS 7 POB, AND WAS ON A VOYAGE FROM OPUA NEW ZEALAND TO NEWCASTLE AUSTRALIA, LAST KNOWN POSITION 33-50S 169-41E 04 JUNE 2013.
REPORTS TO THIS STATION OR RCC AUSTRALIA VIA TELEPHONE +61262306811 INMARSAT THROUGH LES BURUM (POR 212,IOR 312), SPECIAL ACCESS CODE (SAC) 39, HF DSC 005030001, EMAIL: rccaus@amsa.gov.au OR BY FAX +61262306868.
NNNN"


*DOJ Note: Per the same page: The date-time format used is "ddhhmmZ mon yy", where "Z" indicates UTC.

[Tim R]

Does anyone know of a good weather map archive source for those waters? Something that shows the winds/seas they would have from June 4th till now? I found some good sources for US weather but nothing down there.

[lyndamcginley]

My husband is a meteorologist and just looked at the map for the 4th. The best source is www.bom.gov.au. Archive weather maps is what you are looking for.