Acrux

Acrux is a 39ft Cavalier, built in 1975 in Auckland, New Zealand of Bob Salthouse design. She competed in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race in 1978 and in her younger years has done many other offshore races and passages. More recently, owners Kat and Seiorse have taken her out of retirement and are currently in Vanuatu and looking to head to Australia shortly for 6 months during the cyclone season.

Posted: Tue, 5 Jan 2016 - 23:51

Arrived in Noumea on Sunday, and treated ourselves to cheeses, french baking and red wine :-) Keen to get moving to Australia but watching what Ula is up to first...

Posted: Sat, 19 Dec 2015 - 15:03

Getting ready to leave Luganville this afternoon for Noumea by Christmas. Wind currently coming from where we want to go but forecast to change to Easterly. We are loaded up with sacks of cacao

Posted: Sat, 21 Nov 2015 - 08:35

Arrived Luganville, Santo on Thursday afternoon. Not the most sheltered anchorage but hopefully sailing to the nearby Malo and Aore islands to find vanilla and cacao today.

Posted: Sun, 15 Nov 2015 - 10:07

Arrived at Port Stanley, Malekula last night. Anchored with SV Messalina in the lee of Norsup Island.

Posted: Fri, 13 Nov 2015 - 13:37

Meskylnes and not a good place to be heard from !

Posted: Tue, 10 Nov 2015 - 13:45

At Port Vila, just about to head to Malakula Island. Should take around 18 hrs, going to sail overnight and get to the south of the island in time for the incoming tide. We'll be sailing with

Posted: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 - 08:57

3pOB from Tanna to Port Vila

Posted: Sat, 24 Oct 2015 - 08:33

trucking to Lanekei today for a music festival

Posted: Fri, 16 Oct 2015 - 08:55

staying put until the tropical depression sorts itself out

Posted: Mon, 5 Oct 2015 - 08:29

arrived Aneityum 1400 Sat, and have a public holiday today monday so not yet checked in

Posted: Sat, 3 Oct 2015 - 09:19

now arriving Aneityum

Posted: Fri, 2 Oct 2015 - 08:35

160bn to Tanna. had 25 kts wind last night, and went through the axis of the trough with a wind change

Posted: Thu, 1 Oct 2015 - 08:35

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Posted: Tue, 29 Sep 2015 - 17:38

Hoping once we get out of Viti Levu's wind shadow the wind will be a bit stronger and not coming from where we want to go! Just about to start the motor to see if we can get out the passage and get

Posted: Tue, 29 Sep 2015 - 08:50

Leaving today from Fiji to Tanna Vanuatu

Posted: Thu, 24 Sep 2015 - 16:16

Watching the weather for the next week as preparing for the Fiji to Vanuatu passage

Posted: Tue, 11 Aug 2015 - 21:49

Happy to have found a reasonably sheltered anchorage with the friendly company of the NZ boat 'Navire' who we have up until now only known through the morning gulf harbour radio net. Planning on

Posted: Wed, 22 Jul 2015 - 18:02

Anchored near Musket Cove

Posted: Sat, 18 Jul 2015 - 07:37

10nm from Navilla Passage. had 20-25 at Kadavu last night

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