Libertalia - October 7, 2015

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Position: 19 21s 169 49w
We can just make out the lights of Niue. We had hoped to visit, but time is not our friend and so we sail past another country just close enough to see.
This has been a very fast trip with ~25knots the entire time and generally from a favorable direction. Haven't calculated yet, but we think the average speed will be 8knots! That is quite something for this boat and a 1200 nautical mile journey!

Escaping from wind

By Aradonna on

It has taken us a few hops to get back from the Saint Vincent Baie area. Each morning we took advantage of the calm winds from 6am to 9am to make another hop before the winds came up and now we are back in civilisation! This bay is ideal as it is only a short walk to the supermaket and it has a nice sandy beach. Today, after restocking supplies at the supermarket, we went back to shore and did some repairs on our dinghy. While the glue set we snorkeled in the bay amongst pretty corals and then lay on the beach soaking up the atmosphere. Many families were having a day at the beach today, playing beach rugby and generally having fun.
Next to us in the bay are friends we met in Vanuatu on Darramy and some other friends we sailed with last season, on Vegas. Great to catch up! The weather forecast is for strong winds for the rest of the week, but at least we have had sunny blue skies each day and it is very pleasant once sheltered from the wind. On the beach today it was just beautiful. The kite surfers and wind surfers further out of the bay are having a ball and it is quite a sight seeing whole flocks of kite surfers flying through the air!

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