She landed on all four paws. Honey the BoatCat was my midlife crisis. The Italian man I couldn’t resist, the Ferrari I had to have. So it should not be any great surprise that it didn’t work out. Honey is a gorgeous feisty fuzzbot, but, as it turns out, fundamentally unsuited to life on a […]
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Asanvari, Maewo.
Our journey from Pentecost to Maewo was a wet one. The seas were confused and there was wind against tide through the awesomely named Lolvavavana Passage (LOL!). M says it looked a lot worse than it actually was and we expected things to get crazy, but it didn’t happen. Bella Luna sliced through it all […]
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Loltong, Pentecost
Waterfall Bay became a no-anchor zone when we woke up and were sloshing around like we were stuck in a top loader washing machine. Goodbyeeeee, goodbyeeee… We sailed for Lolteng, further up the coast – evil Pandion overtook us with all their sails up. They looked pretty terrific. The good ship Pandion Overtaking… Loltong was vastly more […]
Pentecost. Waterfall Bay.
The sail from Ambrym to Waterfall Bay was a little bit woolly. A lot of wind and spray. M and I were both hopeful that we might be able to anchor in Bay Martelli, right at the base of the island. We sailed in to have a look around, but although it was extremely beautiful, […]
Ambrym. Two good spots.
The last week or so has been a little tricky. The weather is getting progressively hotter and more humid – I nurse an element of dread about sailing north of Santo. Our last anchorage on Ambrym was the goods – one of my favourites so far. It almost obliterated the very recent experience of HOT […]
The villages of Vutekai, Wailep and Hingal. Then Tahi.
It was a brisk sail – we scooted toward Paama with the main reefed and the jib up. The island’s nearest neighbour is the volcano Lopevi – which used to have around 80 inhabitants – but because it kept erupting, they all moved off in 1960 – mostly to Paama and Epi. Only one elderly […]
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Lamen Bay. Epi.
*Note to reader: I have no photos of Lamen Bay! These pictures are from elsewhere on Epi. Huge trees grow at intervals in between the beach and the walking track at Lamen Bay. They were obviously too strong even for Cyclone Pam to mess around with, and the boatkids gravitated towards them as if magnetised […]
Epi Epi Joy Joy. Daisy is Eight.
Revelieu Bay, Epi. Small DB, the sparking fire in the belly of our little family, you are EIGHT. It’s always tricky, the actual birthday DAY. By then you have been counting down for at least three months, ticking off the days. Also conflicted by the fact that you desperately want to be eight, but would […]