I just finished playing sailor and it turned out OK. We’re on the third night of our passage to Australia, with about 460 miles to go of a 1,200 mile passage. So far, the wind and waves have combined to make it a fast, if lumpy, ride. Fast and splashy. All of the hatches are […]
Month: July 2019
Vanuatu photos
I had more good photos of Vanuatu so I’m just doing an extra post to have somewhere to put them.
Tanna Wild: Ashboarding in Port Resolution
The day after arriving in Port Resolution and doing the night tour of the volcano, we did some adventuring with a new group called Tanna Wild. They took our family, Aurora B’s foursome (Ed, Gemma, Eva, Henry), and the children of Manihi (Patrick, Alec, Max, Daisy) on a multi-faceted adventure tour. We started with a […]
Mount Yasur
The day after we arrived in Port Resolution on the island of Tanna in Vanuatu, we did a tour of Mount Yasur with the World ARC. Here are a few photos.
Musket Cove to Vanuatu
We had a lovely visit with the Hagans who left us a week ago. We went to an island called Mana with them after leaving Volivoli point. Supposedly they were filming Survivor there but had wrapped up the day before so we didn’t see anything related to it. Nikitoo was there and invited us over […]
Fiji 9: Fijian Fourth
July 4, 2019 After leaving Savusavu, we headed to Volivoli Point (the double names continue) where there is a fabulous diving resort run by the same family (probably from New Zealand) for the past 25 years or so. We toured around the area, sampling several swimming locations, and then anchored near Aurora B by the […]
Fiji 8: Off to Viti Levu
July 1, 2019 The sky is infested with stars and the sea is infested with squid! Perhaps they have been there all along but tonight we have spotted them. We normally don’t have the searchlight out on overnight passages but Fiji has particularly tricky waters so Joe was looking at something with our high-powered light. […]