On the 30th of August, Oso left Fiji heading for Vanuatu (the next island group). It took us two and a half days to get to Vanuatu. On the crossing, the ocean (at some times) was as calm as a lake! It was a fairly crossing. I had very little schoo…
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Sunday shakes but no Quakers
Today was a mellow Sunday morning, taking it easy and messing with small boat projects, anchored off a small village in Anatom, Vanuatu. The generator was running and the new batteries were happily charging. When one of our…
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Cruise ships in Paradise
Of course cruise ships go to beautiful places or why else would people go on cruises. But when we read about Vanuatu being one of the most remote and primitive places in the South Pacific, we didn’t think cruise ships would have found it as well. However, a day after arriving at the southern most […]
Beating on Rocks
I spent the afternoon sitting on smooth rocks in the middle of a cool, mountain stream doing laundry with seventeen year old Serafina from the island of Anatom (Aneityum), Vanuatu while Bear played hide-n-seek and swam with six local boys all abo…
A baby
… had to put it up.This will be a happy day at Compass Cay and Wild Tamarind. Will has flown back to the Exumas to complete the project at Wild Tamarind and repair the damage Irene inflicted on the system at Compass Cay. Tucker’s very proud that his …
Hello Vanuatu
We arrived Anatom, Vanuatu at 1230 on Thursday after a great 55 hr / 453 nm passage. There is a large bay fully protected by a barrier reef, so we are settled and looking forward to a smooth calm night. Anatom has only recently b…
Interesting
short films…3 guys, 44 days, 11 countries, 18 flights, 38 thousand miles, an exploding volcano, 2 cameras and almost a terabyte of footage… all to turn 3 ambitious linear concepts based on movement, learning and food into 3 beautiful and compelling…
Passage progress
It’s 4 pm on Wednesday and we have 165 nm to go to Vanuatu. Expect arrival around noon on Thursday. Passage has been good with sunny sky and mild to moderate wind and seas, mostly on the beam. 12kt – 16kt wind…
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