Here is the watch schedule and task list we kept for the 6-day passage from Tonga to New Zealand.
| Hours | Watch | Task | Time | Radio Freq | Notes |
| 0900 | ALAN
Morning |
Check engine fluids | 0900 | Log entries hourly and at any major event or change.
Don’t forget to take some photos and video.
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| 1000 | Radio Check-in: CMR-4 | 0930 | 12365 | ||
| 1100 | Make lunch | 1145 | |||
| 1200 | LIZA
Noon |
Noon Plot & Log | 1200 | ||
| 1300 | Run genset | 1300-1600 | |||
| 1400 | Check rigging, lines | 1500 | |||
| 1500 | ALAN
Afternoon |
Check battery banks | 1500 | ||
| 1600 | Stop genset | 1600 | |||
| 1700 | LIZA
Evening
|
WXFX PSA | 1705 | 9980.6,11088.1 | |
| 1800 | Make dinner | 18:30 | |||
| 1900 | ALAN
Midnight
|
Vagabond Net Check-in | 1900 | 4417 | |
| 2000 | |||||
| 2100 | |||||
| 2200 | |||||
| 2300 | WXFX PSA | 2310 | 9980.6,11088.1 | ||
| 2400 | Midnight plot | 0000 | |||
| 0100 | Run genset | 0000-2000 | |||
| 0200 | LIZA
Dawn
|
Run genset | 0200-0300 | ||
| 0300 | Check battery banks | 0300 | |||
| 0400 | |||||
| 0500 | |||||
| 0600 | WXFX Sfc Analysis | 0605 | 9980.6,11088.1 | ||
| 0700 | Vagabond Net Check-in | 0700 | 4417 | ||
| 0800 | Make coffee | 0745 |
