The cabin of a small yacht is truly a wonderful thing; not only will it shelter you from a tempest, but from the other troubles in life, it is a safe retreat.
[password] Saturday
[position] 14°39.62'S 145°27.02'E
[status] all is well
[speed] 0.2
[heading] 249T
[weather] percent cloud cover, Wind 12 E Bar
at 8:09 PM 7/6/2015 utc our position was 14°39.62'S 145°27.02'E SOG 0.2 COG249T WIND E DIR 12[END]
[passowrd] sohappy1
[position] 15 23s 168 07e
[status] Anchored in Asanvari on Maewo
[speed] 0kts
[heading]
[weather] 5-10knts SE in protected bay, 100% cloud cover, light rain
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[password] s0pacmac
[position] 21 19.60s 164 46.64e
[status] 2100 UTC. Calm night behind Ile Grimault. Currently en route Baie Chasseloup, Koumac tomorrow.
[speed] 6.5
[heading] 311T
[weather] 15knts ESE, 2.5m swell from the SE, 80% cloud cover clear south horizon.
Last week marked the 239th birthday of the United States and about 33 for those guys to the north. They didn't start counting until a constitution was signed, whereas we got about a decade and a half jump on that by measuring from sending a nasty note to King George telling him where he could stick his empire. We tried to get Canada involved in the subsequent dust-up, but they weren't nearly as miffed with the British as we were. Although a formal document has served us extremely well, that 15 years of meandering along without one didn't seem to bother many people very much and after all, the U.K. still doesn't have a constitution and they seem to get on OK. Happy birthday guys.
[password] 0202mqpl
[position] 15 00S 158 13E
[speed] 5.5
[heading] 285T
[weather] 15 kn SE, 100% cloud cover (thin), baro 1010, waves 1.5 m
[status] wind dropped at 0400 UTC (15 hours ago).[END]
[password] cosmos13
[position]19 09.0112s 178 33.7557w
[status] Fulaga is amazing!!
We had a good sail to get here, but this place is worth 3 days of beating!!
It will remain in my memories as one of the top (if not the top) cruising destinations.
Yesterday we had Sevusevu with 7 other boats!! We were allocated a host family, Salotte and her husband Mini the carver, very nice people, then we drank kava with the chief (who being old, doesn't drink it any longer....) and a few other top ranking villagers.
