[password] zara1010
[position]20 57.923s 164 39.472e
[status] Voh
Been trying to get united with a package of spares to make a few repairs - yesterday we had confirmation that it had been delivered to a coffee museum in Voh.
Leaving Koumac we beat in 25kn SE to the nearest bay - this is the place where an aerial view of the mangroves at low tide reveal the perfect heart that Yann Arthus-Betrand took such a beautiful photo of for his 'Earth from the Air' book. Hitched out to the town this morning and opened our 'care package'.

[position]20 56.467s 164 33.009e
[status] Dugong to starboard
:date 23/10/2013
Whilst navigating the tight channel to Baie de Chasseloup in 30kn wind we were distracted by a brown shape - huge turtle was the first thought - but not oval - shark is my next thought - but no fin, then the shape surfaces about 4m from the cockpit and it's a dugong! We saw it's whiskery mouth and small eye, the brown dumpy body clearly visible through the surface, it was lovely and soft looking. The it disappeared and we refocused on the whereabouts of buoys and reefs as we sped through the channel at 7kn .

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