Eagle's Wings

Eagle's Wings is a 60' Sundeer, designed by Steven Dashew and built by TPI in Rhode Island (USA). Ken and Beth have owned her since 2000 and have been cruising since 2004.

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Posted: Fri, 22 Jun 2018 - 19:36

We Were jostled by a 6.1 magnitude earthquake this morning (at about 8:13 am local time) while we were on our boat on a mooring here in Port Vila Harbor. We thought we were being hit by something

Posted: Wed, 20 Jun 2018 - 17:15

Arrived in Port Vila this morning (local time). Great to be back in Vanuatu.

Posted: Wed, 20 Jun 2018 - 07:12

Getting close to Port Vila. Should arrive today. Saw a very strange cloud streak in the sky to the east just after sunrise yesterday. The streak started just above the eastern horizon and continued a

Posted: Tue, 19 Jun 2018 - 06:39

Sailing nicely in light wind using Monitor windvane. If all goes well we should make it to Port Vila tomorrow. Spotted glow from the volcano at Tanna off in the distance (saw it through night vision

Posted: Mon, 18 Jun 2018 - 06:42

Finally sailing again! Motorsailed for most of the day but shut the engine off last night as the wind started to pick up. Super sailing conditions with very slight seas. Last evening, we sailed by

Posted: Sun, 17 Jun 2018 - 06:39

Another beautiful day of motoring. The southern cross is disappearing below the horizon (just the last two stars of the tail are still poking up). We put out a scrap of sail last evening to catch a

Posted: Sat, 16 Jun 2018 - 06:33

Motoring in light winds. Installed new motor for autopilot but new motor still running hot. Planning more tests today. Very calm conditions, blue sky. Water temp steadily increasing every day. Saw

Posted: Fri, 15 Jun 2018 - 06:39

Motoring with all sails down. We had an autopilot failure this evening but are able to use the autopilot to control the rudder directly (which puts less strain on the autopilot motor). Rudder

Posted: Thu, 14 Jun 2018 - 06:39

Motorsailing. Looke like we will be motoring for the foreseable future, as we don't see any good sailing wind in the forecasts. Hoping to get north of that low due next week over Vanuatu. But also

Posted: Wed, 13 Jun 2018 - 06:48

Left this afternoon from Marsden. Wind was 15-20 when we left and seas were not bad (1-2 meters). We were chased by a squall after we exited Marsden, but it squeaked by behind us, so we didn't get

Posted: Tue, 12 Jun 2018 - 11:48

Went down the river this morning to Marsden Cove. Planning to leave this afternoon for Vanuatu.

Posted: Wed, 15 Nov 2017 - 22:12

Had nice sail from Tutukaka to Bream Head today and went up the river to Riverside. Great to be back!

Posted: Tue, 14 Nov 2017 - 18:45

Sailed down the coast to Tutukaka from Opua today. Very nice sailing conditions in 10-15 knots from the ENE.

Posted: Tue, 7 Nov 2017 - 22:39

Got a great boost from the wind this morning and were able to make Opua and get cleared late afternoon. We'll be in Opua for a few days before heading south to Whangarei. Very good trip. New watch

Posted: Tue, 7 Nov 2017 - 08:09

Wind has backed around and we're sailing again. Hope to make Opua today if all goes well.

Posted: Mon, 6 Nov 2017 - 06:51

Motorsailing into light winds. Passed through a weak trough last night. Wind shifted all around and we had some rain, but otherwise it wasn't too bad. Ken lost a boat shoe overboard. At least he

Posted: Sun, 5 Nov 2017 - 06:51

Wind held for longer than we expected and had nice sailing conditions all day. Turned on the motor early this morning as wind backed and lightened. Full moon making night watch keeping much easier.

Posted: Sat, 4 Nov 2017 - 07:06

Picked up some nice wind overnight and having a good beam reach at the moment. We know it won't last and expect to have to motorsail again.

Posted: Fri, 3 Nov 2017 - 07:09

On our way to NZ from Isle of Pines. Light winds, so motorsailing to keep speed up. We're trying new watch schedule at night (8 on/ 8 off). Will see how it goes. Weather very benign for departure.

Posted: Thu, 2 Nov 2017 - 11:20

Leaving today for New Zealand. Had several nice dives at Gadji. Hard to leave this place!

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