Category Archives: South Pacific

Treasure Island

The poor weather continued through the morning. I did end up enlisting John on a boat project – that is to replace the port, primary bilge pump(s) and to put in a second switch. The current, normal, set up is … Continue reading

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Sunflower Reef

The morning weather forecast indicated bad weather arriving around midday. We therefore cancelled all thoughts of moving out of Musket Cove and instead decided to use the remainder of the good weather to go snorkeling. Our first target was a … Continue reading

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Musket Cove

The last couple of hours of our passage were spent motoring in increasingly lighter air. We radioed in and secured a mooring ball in advance of learning where best to anchor. With four of us in the dinghy we didn’t … Continue reading

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Off to Musket Cove

After running a clothes wash we did decide to move the boat to a nicer spot nearby. Although the spot turned out to be a little more choppy than where we’d spent the night, it did give John and I … Continue reading

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Diving at the Aclarity Pass and a Damn Fine Curry

Again, in the morning, I picked up Siwa from the village to see if we could find any Mantas. We first called the village at Buliya. The elders had not seen any wisdom in discounting visiting fees for visiting sailboats. … Continue reading

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