On route again.  I guess the sadder you are to leave, the more you enjoyed being there. It was very hard to leave Niuatoputapu. A low is passing to the south of us and the wind is due to go through the north and west before going SE.  So far it has gone from east […]

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Evidence off Tsumani all round us. Locals have never lost their spirit and looking forward to their sunday worship. Some sailing boats were in this anchorage when the Tsumani hit but were OK. Position: 15° 56′   173° 46′ [-15.941,-173.769]

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Crossed the date line last night and lost Friday 2nd October! Wind did bend round not quite enough so motor-sailing to get in before  dark Position: 15° 46′   173° 49′ [-15.77,-173.82] 16:00 local time, GMT 03:00 Sat Oct 3rd 10 miles to Niuatoputapu Wind: SSE 20 knots Sky:  30% cloud cover

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When we talked to Karen on Red Herring at 18:00 last night it was clear we should take more food to Niuatoputapu as the supply boat hadn’t been for 5 months.  The wife of the beach pub owner drove Mary around to lots of shops to collect bags of rice and flour and change US […]

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Have added a couple of links to our boat position. This will be updated via the Yotreps reporting scheme. Should be there within about 12 hours of our report. See right hand side links. More details on www.pangolin.co.nz

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We are still on our own here in an idyllic anchorage. It was very quiet yesterday as all the schools and businesses were closed in the aftermath of the Tsunami warnings. Savaii had next-to no damage and no tsunami wave on the north coast of Savaii . Upolu didn’t fair as well with lots of […]

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