Field Trip

Field Trip is and Antares 44i Catamaran that it sailing the South Pacific. We have two kids onboard - Michael (7) and Elizabeth (9). The owners are Mark and Sarah Silverstein.

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Posted: Wed, 25 Oct 2017 - 09:39

The eastern pass is not good for diving. In fact there is not much there at all so we moved to the western pass, and had a GREAT dive. For the first time in a long time we had friends diving with

Posted: Mon, 23 Oct 2017 - 20:14

We arrived safely to Vanimo, Papua New Guinea. We arrived at 6am this morning, got a small bit of sleep, procured our visas for Indonesia from the consulate and checked out of PNG. We leave in

Posted: Sat, 21 Oct 2017 - 10:27

Good to hear them, via relay from Aradonna and know that all is well.

Posted: Thu, 12 Oct 2017 - 08:59

Just in case you think a shark got the main scribe - all is well but their email system is down. Will try and get updates but they are quite a long way away and so they are hard to pick up.

Posted: Wed, 11 Oct 2017 - 09:48

It is a beautiful morning, with sunny skies and light winds. Our friends on s/v Perry arrived yesterday, and we both moved to the eastern pass for diving. It was blowing 15-18kts E yesterday, so

Posted: Mon, 9 Oct 2017 - 10:00

We said our goodbyes last night to the village and plan on leaving this morning for the next village. We won't stay there for more than a day or two before moving to the pass for diving.

Posted: Sun, 8 Oct 2017 - 10:03

It was a beautiful and sunny all day so we spent most of the time in the village with Thomas. He gave us several lobsters that he caught as a gift and we played cards and the kids played football

Posted: Sat, 7 Oct 2017 - 09:18

We had our best visit to a village since we have been cruising. We had good weather and decided to go over to the other atoll via dinghy. We figured they did not get a lot of visitors as there is

Posted: Fri, 6 Oct 2017 - 08:54

It was a busy day. We had three local kids aboard at 8am for school. Their teacher was off the island so a family asked if Sarah could teach the kids fractions. It was a fun morning, with the kids

Posted: Thu, 5 Oct 2017 - 08:39

We moved closer to another village on Mal island. It was a fun day spending time with Thomas and his family. He asked us if we could send an email for him to his friends that were here in 2011. We

Posted: Wed, 4 Oct 2017 - 09:48

They say leave the best for last. The Ninigos are in our top two spots in PNG that we have visited, and we've only been here a couple of days. It's rare to find a place where the locals are so

Posted: Tue, 3 Oct 2017 - 09:51

We finally made it to the Ninigos. We averaged 2.9kts for the entire trip but it was a good trip. The kids loved the overnight drift and thought it was 'cool'. We caught the biggest giant

Posted: Mon, 2 Oct 2017 - 09:18

It has been a slow drift to the Ninigos. We have had zero wind for the past 12 hours and drifted all night. Current is 1.5kts so we are making some progress. It is a glassy lake out here. All is

Posted: Sun, 1 Oct 2017 - 09:30

We had another great day. The reef and anchorage was smooth as glass as we had no wind almost all day with sunshine. We did two dives, and unfortunately they were just average as the visibility

Posted: Sat, 30 Sep 2017 - 10:00

It turned out to be a very nice day. We moved to the NW pass and did two dives and some snorkeling. We saw a large octopus eating something, while three grouper tried to attack the octopus to eat

Posted: Fri, 29 Sep 2017 - 09:03

It rained most of the day so we spent time aboard doing projects. We will go to the NW pass today. Not much else to report other than we are waiting on wind before we head to the Ninigos. All is

Posted: Thu, 28 Sep 2017 - 10:27

We finally had some rain last night with a squall. The s/v Fleur de Passion moved over to our location. It is the largest sailing vessel under the Swiss flag, and has onboard nine crew. They are

Posted: Wed, 27 Sep 2017 - 09:36

The swim with the mantas was excellent. We got some great photos and videos. The big news is we have seen our first yacht in PNG outside of being in Kavieng. There is a 34m wooden schooner that

Posted: Tue, 26 Sep 2017 - 09:03

We have a lot to report this morning. We moved to 'Manta Pass', so we can dive/swim with the mantas one more time. Yesterday morning we did a dive in another pass, and it was outstanding. One of

Posted: Mon, 25 Sep 2017 - 09:21

The pass dive was beautiful. It was a smooth 1kt of current going in, and this made it a nice slow dive, with the ability to actually stop in areas and explore without being swept too quickly

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