Entry Date: 12.09.2011, at 05:37:55 hrs (local)

Niuatoputapu - Vavau

Lost Day

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PRID: 10254
LegID: 250
LegNo: 28
Latitude: S015°50.00'
Longitude: W173°41.41'
Day#: 301
Log (Day): 139 nm
Log (Leg): 139 nm
Log (Total): 18722 nm
During our second night at sea the volcano like shape of Tafahi Island can be seen from quite a distance under the light of a full moon. Tafahi is the most northern island of Tonga not far away from Niatoputapu, where we want to clear in. For the last 24 hours of our trip we had to go slow with only little sail to reach the island at day light.

According our logbook supposed to be Monday, September 12th, but not here. We haven´t reached the 180 degrees west yet, but the Kingdom of Tonga has decided to belong to the first countries having the new day, not the last countries on the old day. So we have to cut the 12th of September out of our calendar and write Tuesday, September 13th. The time definition is UTC + 13 hours.