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Jenni Skrine
Brett Chisholm

Jenni Skrine, Brett Chisholm & 1 other

Friday at 09:31

136.6

NM

1 day 1 hours

Coral Sea to Port-Vila, Vanuatu

Skyler Delaplain

Skyler Delaplain

Friday at 09:37

134.3

NM

23h 26m

Coral Sea to Port-Vila, Vanuatu

Jenni Skrine

Jenni Skrine

21 May 2025 at 12:12

989

NM

4 days 21 hours

English Bay, New Zealand to Sydney, Vanuatu

Brett Chisholm

Brett Chisholm

21 May 2025 at 12:51

983.9

NM

4 days 20 hours

Battleship Rock, New Zealand to Sydney, Vanuatu

Skyler Delaplain

Skyler Delaplain

21 May 2025 at 12:04

Pacific passage

990

NM

4 days 21 hours

Opua, New Zealand to Sydney, Vanuatu

Millie and David

Millie and David

7 August 2024 at 09:38

Vanuatu to Cairns

This passage was a mixed bag. We left Vanuatu in winds of 20-25knots and made excellent speed over the first part of the journey. By the last few days, we had 6-10knots and slowly crawled our way up the east coast past the Great Barrier Reef. In the beginning it was a white knuckle ride. With us only leaving the cockpit if necessary. The waves ranged from 3-4m and occasionally would brake ontop of the solar panels. With the excellent surf we managed a 7knot average. We even had a record breaking 24hours managing 180miles. Just over half way, we had a huge storm. It began with a large clash of thunder, that rattled through the boat. It was then followed by endless rain and an increase in the wind. With the winds reaching over 30knots, we had reefed the main sail and started to furled away the jib. Through the night, we sailed with just the main sail and still managed to maintain speeds of 6.5knots. Penny handled it well and eventually the wind subsided. After the storm the weather was a total contrast. The last few days were light and fair. We have even had to use the engine as the boat speed dropped below 2knots. We arrived in Cairns at 9am and headed into the marina. On arrival, boarder force and customs officers were waiting for us on the dock. They even had a sniffer dog who went around and searched Penny. After the customs team left, we had bio security onboard. They removed any fresh produce that was left from the passage and also checked the boat for infestation. The whole check in process went smoothly and by 11am were free to leave the boat. We cannot believe we have sailed across the South Pacific Ocean. We are immensely proud of this achievement and have loved every second of it! Although it contains many long passages, the islands you arrive at are definitely worth it. It truly is one of the greatest cruising grounds.

5

Vanuatu to Cairns

1351

NM

9 days 2 hours

Port-Vila, Vanuatu to Cairns City, Australia

Millie and David

Millie and David

28 July 2024 at 09:12

Fiji to Vanuatu

This passage was short but sweet. Sometimes we find the shorter journeys harder as you struggle to get into a routine. However this one was very enjoyable. We received our new main sail in Fiji however it was too big, due to an error with the manufacturer. Thankfully as it was the company’s error, they paid for the new sail to be cut down to size. As an added bonus they are making us a new sail (to the correct measurements this time) in Australia. This passage gave us an opportunity to test the newly cut sail and even after that it still didn’t quite fit the boat. However it was nice to have a sail that wasn’t ripped and was a newer material! On the passage we caught a beautiful sail fish. This was our first time catching this type of fish and it was delicious! We enjoyed it as filets and also in a Thai curry. Big blue (our spinnaker) made an appearance again and allowed us to make excellent speed. We love having a kite to be able to increase our SOG (speed over ground) on the lighter days. It also helps to stabilise the boat and stops it wallowing around in the waves. We arrived in Vanuatu at 1:30am and to our surprise the town was still partying! We however went straight to bed. The sea bed had a lot of coral heads so it took us 3 attempts at anchoring. Once we finally got it to hold and we packed away the boat and got into a nice flat bed.

5

Fiji to Vanuatu

526.6

NM

3 days 17 hours

Korosamoa Point, Fiji to Port-Vila, Vanuatu

Chris Petch

Chris Petch

22 July 2019 at 00:00

19054 Mahini Hanse 545

1400.1

NM

17 days 1 hours

Port-Vila, Vanuatu to Bilgola Plateau, Australia

Curtis Thomson

Curtis Thomson

3 August 2024 at 00:00

Tanna to Noumea

260.8

NM

1 day 20 hours

Fetarapa, Vanuatu to Nouméa, New Caledonia

Curtis Thomson

Curtis Thomson

2 August 2024 at 08:00

Lenakal return

54

NM

8h 0m

Yakuveran, Vanuatu

Curtis Thomson

Curtis Thomson

29 July 2024 at 09:00

Tanna

144.8

NM

1 day 1 hours

Port-Vila to Yakuveran, Vanuatu

Curtis Thomson

Curtis Thomson

21 June 2024 at 09:00

Back to Villa

137.2

NM

23h 0m

Îlot Bagatelle to Port-Vila, Vanuatu

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