Aurelia

She is a lovely Beneteau Oceanis 473 *

Recent Updates

Posted: Mon, 25 Jun 2018 - 12:30

After a whole night of into-wind sailing, we are closer to our destination. Everyone is fine. Small staysail has bee put up. We are trying generator at the moment. This is just a quick update

Posted: Sun, 24 Jun 2018 - 17:24

BBQ dinner!

Posted: Sun, 24 Jun 2018 - 12:39

We have to motor again, not only for the batteries but there is no wind again! Updated grib files shows we are in a no-wind zone. The whole crew has had a shower and all on board are fresh and

Posted: Sun, 24 Jun 2018 - 12:09

glassy water

Posted: Sat, 23 Jun 2018 - 16:21

Just another afternoon update , we have a pleasant breeze southwestly at around 17 knots. M and T are busy at minor fixings, D and me are just eating apples and enjoy the journey. We had a reef on

Posted: Sat, 23 Jun 2018 - 13:12

All good on board. NZ has disappeared into the clouds on the horizon. First 24 hours run 154NM - did a lot of motor sailing no have 17 hours clocked on engine time so far. Now sailing in perfect

Posted: Sat, 23 Jun 2018 - 13:12

All good. We disappeared from NZ land horizon

Posted: Sat, 23 Jun 2018 - 08:06

sorry, forgot to put our position on, here it is :position 34 56.01s 174 07.03e

Posted: Sat, 23 Jun 2018 - 08:03

First sunrise on the trip to Vanuatu! Wind drops since mid night, we tried serval times to sail but most of the time we are still motoring. The forecast says the wind is shift towards northwest

Posted: Fri, 22 Jun 2018 - 16:01

Need land connection for photos so far as I understand