July 21 Noumea is a world away from Port Resolution on Tanna Island Vanuatu. We sailed less than 48 hours to get from Tanna to Noumea New Caledonia. We went from real dugout canoes, tree leaf huts, and village living…
July 15 Update
July 15th Tanna Vanuatu was an absolute pleasure to visit. We stopped with the rest of the fleet in a nice anchorage in Port Resolution. We arrived at about midnight. We had way points supplied at the skippers briefing before…
July 10 Update
July 10 The sail to Fiji went smoothly. We made our entry at Savu Savu and filled out what seemed like a lot of forms. The Indian Fijians have a zest of officialdom that I think is a hangover from…
June 22 Update
June 22 =========== Jon and Deborah Turnbull joined us as crew in Tonga a couple of days before Andria arrived. They had a great night when they joined the World Cruising Club dinner. We did some sailing around Tonga before…
June 6 Update
June 6th We did not catch the flight for Garry and Rachel no wind ran out of fuel . ran out of water and food. Bobbed around on a mirror sea for days we had to shoot the Giant Tortoise…
May 24 Update
May 24 Suwarrow was really worth the trip. It is a beautiful island inside a protective reef. The water in the lagoon had the clearest visibility that I have seen on the whole trip. Coconut trees lean out from the…
May 18 Blog update
May 17 Update ============= We are on our way to Suwarrow. This morning I received a nice email from Erich. He and his wife Sabine crewed with us from St Lucia to Tahiti. It was great to hear from him.…
April 29 Update
April 29 Friday We made it to Papeete and arrived at the Marina about 9:00am. This was good as it meant that Erich and Sabine could get the travel agent to book some special package travel deals they were trying…
April 22 Update
April 22 Friday We had a great time at Rangiroa. It was a little less developed than Fakarava and not as well maintained. The Tuamotu Atolls are my favorite place to stop so far on the whole trip. The people…
April 17 Update
April 17 Sunday We made it to Anse Amyot on the Atoll of Toau and got a mooring ball which is good because anchoring is not permitted. The water was clear and I dived down to inspect the mooring line.…