Eagle's Wings

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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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Eagle's Wings - August 23, 2017
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Left Suva this afternoon and on our way to Port Vila. Light rain as we left. It was so dark that we thought we were having our own eclipse. Small squalls throughout the day so wind up and down ... Read More
Eagle's Wings - August 6, 2017
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We sailed to Suva today from Beqa and had great wind for most of the trip. Much better trip than we were expecting. Suva Harbor is very dirty. A big slick (diesel or gasoline) floated by after we ... Read More
Eagle's Wings - August 5, 2017
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We moved around the corner to Malumu Bay in Beqa. We'll sail to Suva tomorrow and spend a few days provisioning and doing errands before checking out for Vanuatu.

Eagle's Wings - August 5, 2017
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We did 2 shark dives with Beqa Lagoon Resort yesterday and they were fantastic. Saw a tiger and lots of bull sharks, huge schools of snappers, remoras, bannerfish, etc... plus an enormous giant ... Read More
Eagle's Wings - August 2, 2017
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Moved back to Beqa Island and are anchored near Beqa Lagoon Resort. We're scheduled to do the shark dive on Friday. Hard to leave Yanuca, though. Very accessible dive sites there with beautiful fans ... Read More
Eagle's Wings - July 31, 2017
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Yanuca island. on the west side of beqa lagoon

Eagle's Wings - July 26, 2017
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Moved over to west side of Yanuku. A film crew was here making a movie called Adrift, based on the book Red Sky in Mourning. We had to move the boat several times to get out of the way of filming

Eagle's Wings - July 25, 2017
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Moved over to west side of Beqa, just off RaviRavi village.

Eagle's Wings - July 24, 2017
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Sailed to Beqa today. Had nice run and caught a mahi mahi on the way. Anchored in Malumu Bay.

Eagle's Wings - July 21, 2017
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Moved back to anchorage in Nabouwalu Bay yesterday after wind shift to the NE made the other anchorage too rough. Nabouwalu Bay is protected from all directions except WNW.

Eagle's Wings - July 16, 2017
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As of 2017-07-16 01:00 UTC: Moved around the corner earlier today.

Eagle's Wings - July 14, 2017
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As of 2017-07-14 02:00 UTC: Arrived at Ono Island after an overnight sail from Koro Island. Very quiet and peaceful here. Will do Sevusevu tomorrow.

Eagle's Wings - July 14, 2017
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As of 2017-07-13 14:00 UTC: On our way from Koro to Ono. Very pleasant sailing conditions in light wind and minimal waves. A small passenger ship is doing donuts in front of us. Not sure what they ... Read More
Eagle's Wings - July 9, 2017
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Sailed to Koro Island today. Plan to see some friends here.

Eagle's Wings - June 18, 2017
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As of 2017-06-18 05:30 UTC: Sailed until 6 am local time today and hove to for 6 hours. We made our way up to Savusavu and anchored about 5:15 pm local time. A very nice trip. The most wind we saw ... Read More
Eagle's Wings - June 18, 2017
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As of 2017-06-17 13:00 UTC: Shook out the third reef during the day and let the boat stretch her wings a bit. We expect to arrive near Savusavu this morning and will heave to for a chunk of the day ... Read More
Eagle's Wings - June 17, 2017
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As of 2017-06-16 13:00 UTC: After several hours of super sailing, we decided to slow down to arrive later in the day on Sunday in Savusavu. Now sailing with triple reefed main and no headsail. Caught ... Read More
Eagle's Wings - June 16, 2017
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As of 2017-06-15 13:00 UTC: Wind picked up yesterday morning (local time) and we started sailing again. Caught 3 fish (all skip jacks) as we passed to the west of S Minerva Reef. Kept only one. Still ... Read More
Eagle's Wings - June 15, 2017
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As of 2017-06-14 13:00 UTC: Another placid day of motorsailing. Wind backing around and increasing so we should be sailing again soon. No bites on the fishing lines today.

Eagle's Wings - June 14, 2017
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As of 2017-06-13 13:00 UTC: Motorsailing in light wind. We lowered the mainsail during the day in order to replace our new main halyard with the old halyard. The cover of the new halyard is too ... Read More

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