Explore Sailing Voyages in Vanuatu 🇻🇺

Run north to Luganville today. 12-15?knots on our tail. Occasional gusts to 22 made flying the ParaSailor a bit risky. OCEAN doesn’t like DDW very well without the kite, so it was a bit of a slog with the sails slapping and the tackle banging about. I guess it can’t all be perfect, but we can dream… Check out of Vanuatu tomorrow. Next stop- Mackay in Australia. Weather window looks good for a crossing.

Started with delightful ParaSailor run, but wind built too much. We hit 11 knots (AWS was too much, though). Pretty place.

Motored. Glass. No wind.

Light winds. Perfect for a lazy ParaSailor day. Averaged 6 knots in about 10 knots of wind DDW. Close to flat seas. That’s what we’re talking about!

Amazing crossing! This was as close to a perfect weather window as one will get coming north from NZ this time of year! 7.6 knot average. 20-25 knot wind from 120-135° TWA, on starboard the whole way! Waves 3-5m following virtually the whole way. Surfed up into the teens regularly. A bit bumpy, but eminently manageable. Put up the sails initially with a single reef in the main and jib fully deployed, then double reefed the main and triple reefed the jib in the middle of the second day as the wind built. Then didn’t touch the sails the rest of the entire trip! The new autopilot system worked flawlessly, the boat stayed dry, the food was epic. The only bummer was we got strep throat a couple of days prior to departure from NZ, and were pretty sick for several days. Thankful for antibiotics! Anchored in Port Vila harbor at the Q buoy at precisely 5pm! Perfect time for the beer! The crew is happy, we can’t wait to clear customs and get to diving!