Now in the centre of Noumea, New Caledonia in the Port Moselle Marina. Enjoying all the street activities linked with the Pacific Games. Caught a concert by Gulaan on Friday. Definitely local music origins but combined with western folk music try I think this is about what Mike Chapman would have sounded like if he […]

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We got back on board early afternoon on Monday to find what little wind there was blowing into the anchorage. Giselle was bobbling about irritatingly. Great opportunity to motor quickly down to Havannah Pass to get access to Noumea. Forecast was for very little wind from the normal SE trade wind direction. So what we […]

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On route now to New Caledonia. Will probably stop at Lifou Island today. We need to have daylight and correct tide with us to enter Havannah pass on route for checking in at the capital of Noumea. Weather has amused us. Big banks of clouds and then strong sunshine. 20-25 knots of wind for an […]

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We anchored off Waterfall bay, Vanua Lava, Banks group. There is no road access here. The village and chief are very friendly, also anchored is a boat called Elenya with Tori and Jim aboard, we had managed to beat them at petanque in Luganville. So when the chief says you must ask for what ever […]

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Been on the move now for while doing a circuit of the central islands. Some excellent short sails and some good time ashore. We are now heading north to the Bank Islands

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So you haven’t heard from us for a few days, well the truth is we didn’t want to tap on the keypads incase we woke up this sleepy lagoon anchorage. We arrived through a tricky little entrance, I mean tricky we had to eyeball the bommies and weave around them, even then we only had […]

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Kirsty and Andrew left last Sunday. Plane actually took off a couple of minutes early. They are now in Indonesia. We have stayed here in Luganville. Our first lazy time time since last November. We have snorkeled Million Dollar Point where the Americans dumped into the sea a huge amount of the equipment they had […]

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We have accelerated trade winds at the moment as there is a large high to the the south. The passage here from Mele just north of Port Villa was in 30-35 knots of wind just aft of the beam, so a quick passage. An awkward sea was running rather like the sea between the islands […]

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Visually it was like coming into Oban on a wet day when we entered the Port Vila bay yesterday. Temperatures a bit different with both Sea and air at 28°C. The Convective belt of clouds called the South Pacific Convergence zone has been close for the last few days giving overcast skies and rain. I’m […]

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Arrived at 14:10 local time. Excellent sail for the last 2 days. Captain Cook named the harbour after his ship when he anchored here. The locals eat the first European missionaries and ones sent from Fiji but are really friendly now. Impressive local school for 250 children and the village has about 250 people. We […]

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