‘Good morning! We have sort of arrived in New Zealand, it’s a pancakes and fruit kind of morning, are you awake?’ When Dante came in to wake our cabin up, he set the tone for the day. ...
Good day, Our progression south is clearly noticeable in temperatures: they have gone down, the clothes people wear: they cover more. The time the sun takes to go below the horizon: It is longer. And so a few...
Good day, This was a glorious day. The wind has found us, something just below 20 knots, from the north. Earlier we were making 8 knots occasionally, now 6-6,5. So still best well good. In the morning, at...
Good day, After motoring through last night, my watch today started with preparing for setting sails. That kept the voyage crew and the permanent crew busy until coffee time. After that the sails came up....
Yesterday, we did some great sailing. But it was not enough, and at some moment we came below the speed of 4 knots. For the moment that is the number below which the yellow canaries get to sing their song. And sing...
It was an early start for me, Nadia, coming into cabin 9 announ cing it was time for a trawl. We hadn’t had much opportunity for plastic fishing in the preceding days and, with land in sight , we would...
Our final day in Vanuatu found us anchored off the island of Tanna. While customs and immigration were due to clear us out in the afternoon, the voyage crew had other plans. For months, the office had been researching...
Raining dugongs and turtles , all day. Now we know why Vanuatu is so lush green. We awoke at the sight of our first landing. Champagne beach! But as soon as we brought our first zodiac ashore, we were met with Champagne...
La ho! Vanuatu is in sight. As we approached the outer islands, the winds dropped and it was time for our engines to take over, guiding us deeper into Vanuatu. The air was thick of excitement, what wonders would...
Up goes the anchor and out we go to sea. Here we come Vanuatu! The past few days have been a mix of big swells, a fast paced Europa, hitting speeds up to 10 knots and the ever present charm of seasickness....