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Nautical Treasure (Wellington) Mystery Cache

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Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Nautical Treasure is booty from the sea.
The Geocache coordinates point to Seafood Plus in Miramar. Other than the connection to booty from the sea, Seafood Plus has nothing to do with this Geocache.


Complete the following 4 pirate phrases to assist in the search for the Nautical Treasure 'map'.

NB: All characters are intentionally missing from the pirate phrases below. Guessing phrases or searching on Google will probably not solve this puzzle. Doing more geocaching will provide the answers.

1: __ __ __ __   __ __ __   __ __ __ __ __ __

2: __ __ __ __ __   __ __ __   __ __ __ __ __ __

3: __ __ __ __   __ __ __ __ __

4: __ __ __ __ __   __ __ __   __ __ __ __ __ __ __

The location of the Nautical Treasure 'map' is determined by replacing each character in the coordinates below with it's total number of occurrences in all 4 pirate phrases above.

Map coordinates:
S 41° ME.FHL
E 174° TE.FWE

You can check your answers for these coordinates at Geochecker.com.


Once you have found the Nautical Treasure 'map', count the following 'map' features to discover values to replace in the Nautical Treasure 'mole' coordinates:

A = # of palm trees + # of ship masts
B = # of parrots
C = # of path circles
D = # of path junctions - # of footsteps on island
E = # of flags
F = # of x marks the spot

Also, referring to the total number of occurrences in all 4 pirate phrases, substitute the following in the Nautical Treasure 'mole' coordinates:

x = # of character K
y = # of character S + # of character L

Mole coordinates:
S 41° FD.xAE
E 174° EC.yCB

You can check your answers for these coordinates at GeoChecker.com.


When you have found the Nautical Treasure 'mole', complete the following statements to discover values to replace in the Final coordinates:

Q1: There are 3 layers of __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ in support at the 'mole' coordinates.
                           1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8

Q2: Looking down the 'mole' you see a view of __ __ __ __   __ __ __ __ __ __.
                                               9  0  7  6    3  8  4  2  5  1

NB: For letters repeated in the coordinates, convert them in the order they appear in the word.

Final coordinates:
A1: S 41° SS.AAN
A2: E 174° LW.SNI

You can check your answers for these coordinates at GeoChecker.com.


Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Cvengr Cuenfr Chmmyr - Frg fnvy va lbhe fuvc, or thvqrq ol gur yvtugubhfr, fgbc va gur onl sbe fhccyvrf, naq ba lbhe jnl bhg bs gur uneobhe orjner bs gur errs; Svany - fgnaq ba envyvat, ybbx oruvaq 703712.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)