Passage from Opua to Noumea
‘Paralysis by analysis’ is a figure of speech we have come to understand all too well when considering ‘weather windows’ for our ocean passages. It is so easy to over […]
Tag Archives: Cruising
Northward Bound
I know, I know- you have wondered what has become of Stars End 2? Have we become marooned on a reef or have we simply blended into village life on […]
Paul & Jenny’s visit to Fiji
Frank & I stood on the beach at Nanuya Island Resort in the northern Yasawa Islands, watching the seaplane slowly motor away from the beach, then struggle to take off […]
Port Vila to Fiji
This is a belated update as we have been so busy since arriving in Fiji, and I have not wanted to spend the time on my computer. However, my sense […]
Port Vila
We have been in Port Vila for almost 2 weeks, and now that Frank has fit the new freshwater pump that arrived a couple of days ago from Australia, we […]
Port Resolution to Port Vila!?
Through our contact person at customs in Port Vila, Stanley, we had organized permission for Frank to take a bus ride from Port Resolution to Lenakel in order to clear […]
I survived the trek to Happy Land!
The next morning, we were on the beach by 7am, ready for the long trek up the steep hillside to Happy Land, some 6 or 7 kms on the top […]
Ponyelongi – Erromango
Our 2 day stay at Ponyelongi (spelt Pongkil on our charts, but Ponyelongi by Chief ‘Jif” Jerry Tiki) will no doubt remain one of the highlights of this entire cruising […]
ERROMANGA OR NOT TO ERROMANGA!
After the fiasco of clearing in at Lenakel on Tanna, Frank & I were torn whether to take a few days out to recuperate from our rough passage to Vanuatu, […]
Noumea to Vanuatu
After clearing customs at Noumea, we spent a total of 3 nights gradually wending our way down the west coast of New Caledonia to the Havannah Channel, from where we […]
