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Palmerston

The wind kept up from the previous nights increase allowing us to make good time. About 10 miles out from Palmerston we contacted the island on the VHF to inform them of our impending arrival. We were notified that we would be met by a boat on our approach who would guide us to our […]

33nm to go

Another slow day. At times the wind dropped to 5 knots so we put in about 4 hours of motoring to keep moving. Overnight we saw a number of showers on the radar (much like the previous night). These we are keen to avoid. Apart from getting wet we experience changes in wind direction and […]

Slow Passage to Palmerston

And there I was worrying about arriving Tuesday/Wednesday night. Now we’re hoping just to arrive during the day on Wednesday. Our average speed over ground for the trip so far is 4.1 knots but right now we’re down to 3kts in 8kts of wind. Overnight we had some patches of rain to avoid but nothing […]

Last Day in Aitutaki

Sunday morning saw us visiting the church slightly south of the Post Office. The main church was still being renovated so the service was held in the church hall which was a fair size in of itself. The locals turned out in their Sunday best with a large number of individually unique hats in play. […]

Shopping / Gardens

On Saturday morning we went ashore to get fuel, water and some shopping. We also popped by to see Bill at the ABC store to give him some files on a USB stick he was interested in. There we arranged to visit his gardens in the afternoon.

Once the shopping was done we filled our […]