Aradonna

Aradonna is a Young 43 centre cockpit sloop. Karl and Heather sailed her to Tonga, Wallis and Fiji in 2014. It was an amazing experience! In 2015 we sailed our floating home to Vanuatu and New Caledonia. In 2017 we will sail to Tonga again and on to Fiji to visit the Lau Group.

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Posted: Sat, 18 Nov 2017 - 11:12

Departing New Caledonia in the next hour! Next stop New Zealand.

Posted: Fri, 17 Nov 2017 - 23:36

Kuto Bay, Isle of Pines. After a very long wait, the weather looks pretty good for us to get going tomorrow! We will need to sail east for a few days before heading south so will probably have a 9

Posted: Thu, 9 Nov 2017 - 07:48

Kuto Bay, Isle of Pines. By the time we finished breakfast yesterday the rain had cleared and we had a lovely sunny day. Again! Last night we had coffee on deck while we watched the light show - no

Posted: Wed, 8 Nov 2017 - 07:57

Back in Kuto Bay, Isle of Pines. What is all that wet stuff falling from the sky? We have not seen real rain in the last two months! Thunder rolling in as well. I am sure we had some jobs we were

Posted: Mon, 6 Nov 2017 - 08:06

In Gadji Bay, enjoyed diving at Ilot Ngie yesterday with friends on Seismic Wave. Still waiting for weather to get to NZ, we might be here another week or so!

Posted: Wed, 1 Nov 2017 - 08:09

Now in Kuto Bay, Isle of Pines. A lovely spot to wait for the right weather for our trip to NZ. Pacific Star is next to us, waiting for the same weather.

Posted: Tue, 31 Oct 2017 - 08:50

Have decided to wait for better weather before we depart for NZ, so will head to Isle of Pines today.

Posted: Tue, 31 Oct 2017 - 07:36

We have completed all of our jobs and we are ready to depart for NZ. Left the marina yesterday, sitting at Isle Ouen. Will do final check of weather this morning before we decide on departure today

Posted: Fri, 27 Oct 2017 - 18:21

Now in Noumea and will be here for the next few days as we prepare for departure. Laundry to be done, get a haircut, go to the produce market and supermarket for our last supplies, fuel up our almost

Posted: Fri, 27 Oct 2017 - 07:48

At Amedee. Beautiful sunny day yesterday, saw a couple of dolphins on the way from Kouare. Stopped for a snorkel at Tabu Reef. Very large fish here - some spotted coral grouper well over 1m long

Posted: Thu, 26 Oct 2017 - 07:48

We had an amazing day at Ilot Kouare yesterday. By 8.30am all the clouds had gone, giving us a brilliant blue sky. We went ashore for a walk around the island. The island is only about 400m long and

Posted: Wed, 25 Oct 2017 - 07:48

At Ilot Kouare. Managed to drag ourselves away from Isle of Pines yesterday! Our last night at Isle of Pines was a lovely evening, catching up with friends on Second Wind and Pacific Star, followed

Posted: Sat, 21 Oct 2017 - 11:36

Another sunny day in paradise here at the Isle of Pines. The skipper is doing some maintenance jobs today before we head out for a snorkel later. So I decided to write a blog about what we have been

Posted: Sat, 21 Oct 2017 - 08:12

Kuto Bay, Isle of Pines. Waved goodbye to our friends on Wind Star and Master Plan yesterday morning and the bay emptied out a little. More boats arrived later in the day. We have been here two weeks

Posted: Wed, 18 Oct 2017 - 08:33

Kuto Bay. Enjoyed walking up Pic Nga yesterday. This is the highest point in the Isle of Pines, about 260m high. Nice views. Grey skies today, but at least we are not too far from the bakery!

Posted: Mon, 16 Oct 2017 - 08:18

Back in Kuto Bay. Really enjoyed our couple of days at Gadji, especially the snorkelling at Ilot Ngie, where we saw several large adult yellow boxfish. Outstanding! Along with a clown triggerfish, a

Posted: Sat, 14 Oct 2017 - 08:03

At Gadji Bay, Isle of Pines. Had a lovely sail from Kuto yesterday with dolphins joining us for a while. In the afternoon we snorkelled the drop off on the reef outside Ilot Nene. Teeming with fish

Posted: Fri, 13 Oct 2017 - 08:24

Kuto, Isle of Pines. Will head around to Gadji today for a couple of days.

Posted: Fri, 13 Oct 2017 - 08:15

Kuto, Isle of Pines. Will head around to Gadji today for a couple of days.

Posted: Thu, 12 Oct 2017 - 16:27

Back in Kuto Bay, Isle of Pines. Took Pieter and Sarah around to Vao on Tuesday afternoon and visited the produce market at Vao on Wednesday morning. A nice walk through the village. Returned to Kuto

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