Tanna – Mt. Yasur
Today is Sunday August 22 (Vanuatu time) and we are gently cruising back to Port Vila, our latest adventure coming to a close. We have visited every island in southern Vanuatu except Futuna which has Read More …
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Tanna – To Market in Lenakel
August 7-9 From our one-night stopover in Aniwa we sailed another 5-6 hours to Port Resolution on the island of Tanna, named by Captain Cook after his own ship when he first discovered the island Read More …
Aniwa and Underwater Photography
Erromango Postscript: Last posting I forget to mention a special moment that took place as we returned from a scuba outing at Erromango. Rod, Mike and I were racing across the waves in the big Read More …
Erromango
Today, Saturday August 14, we are settled in a beautiful anchorage by the island of Aneityum, the southernmost point of our explorations before heading back in the direction of Port Vila. The bad weather the Read More …
Catching Up!
Sorry folks – I’ve been very remiss in the blogging department – we arrived in Vanuatu nearly 2 weeks ago and still I am falling into bed around 8 pm each night, occasionally as early Read More …
Where is Vanuatu?
A lot of people have asked, so here is a nice little map to give perspective. Vanuatu is 3/4 of the way from Hawaii to Australia and is made up of over 80 islands of Read More …
Heavy Weather
Click HERE for slideshow We’re packing our bags and Monday afternoon Mike and I will fly off to Vanuatu for our first real cruise aboard AVATAR. Vanuatu, located approximately 1,000 miles from New Zealand and Read More …
Come Along For A Ride!
VIDEO SLIDESHOW Most of this past week has been devoted to last minute fixes, shopping for accessories (like plastic boxes) and slowly moving our belongings aboard AVATAR. Friday Circa is turning us loose. We’ll finish Read More …
Easter Holiday Cruise
I’ve been remiss in the updates, sorry! We’ve kept ourselves fairly busy here. Friday through Monday was a four day holiday weekend here in Whangarei; systems on the boat were working pretty well, so Circa Read More …
New Setsail Blog “Commissioning Chaos”
Hi All, Here’s a post straight from Steve’s blog which is a pretty good description of yesterday’s activities. I hid out in the master cabin reading a book on my iphone. The big breakthrough of Read More …