[password] Go1ngs@iling
[position] 16 31.9S 167 49.8E
[weather] W's 06 N Baro 1007
[speed] 0.0 Knts
[heading] 000
[status] We have had an interesting trip down the west side of Malakula Island. Last night we anchored in South West Bay. There is a large village (one of three in the bay) that is close to the anchorage and we went ashore and paid our respects to the chief. We also explored the lagoon and had appies with Jim and Debbie from Australia. Today a front was coming through but we forged ahead since strong southerlies are in the forecast for Thursday. The problem with today was that the wind was much stronger than forecast and seemed th head us whether we were heading down from South West Bay or across to the Maskelyne Islands. However we persevered and got to our destination on Uliveo Island by a combination of tacking and then motor sailing 30 degrees off the wind with the staysail up. We have met up with our friends Ian and Wendy on the Cat Outsider who were our leaders on the Makogai school building project of 2016.

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