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: Sun, 24 Sep 2017 - 09:39

We moved to the middle pass and did some snorkeling. There are a lot more fish in this pass than the NE corner. The weather looks a little dreary today, so we will have to see how things shape up

Posted: Sat, 23 Sep 2017 - 08:57

We had another gorgeous day. Unfortunately, I got wrapped up in boat projects and spent most of the day changing oil, and fixing a number of small items on the boat. So, the only water time was

Posted: Fri, 22 Sep 2017 - 09:09

It ended up being a beautiful day, with light wind and lots of sunshine. We did a lot of snorkling and decided not to dive as the current was just a bit much and it would not be overly safe without

Posted: Thu, 21 Sep 2017 - 09:33

We said our goodbyes to the village, and moved off to anchor at the NE pass. It is beautiful up here and the water is crystal clear. We will do some more exploring underwater this afternoon after

Posted: Wed, 20 Sep 2017 - 08:21

Finally, the winds have died down, and we will be swimming with the manta rays this morning. It's been a good stay. We prefer to be off the beaten path as the village experience is more genuine and

Posted: Tue, 19 Sep 2017 - 08:30

It was a very windy day yesterday. We had 17-20kts for a lot of the day, and not much rain. We did more fiberglass work and fixed a couple of other items in the village. We still have not had calm

Posted: Mon, 18 Sep 2017 - 09:03

We did some fiberglass work, and spent some time working on a petrol generator. The weather has been rather windy and squally, so we have not done any diving just yet. We hope this will change soon

Posted: Sun, 17 Sep 2017 - 10:06

There is not much to report other than we had a rainy day most of the day, and stayed onboard, read some books and took a nap. We plan on swimming with the Manta rays today, and work on a fiberglass

Posted: Sat, 16 Sep 2017 - 08:45

It was mostly sunny day, and we got a lot of projects completed on the boat. We also delivered the new engine to the village. They were very happy and excited. Today we wil get some more projects

Posted: Fri, 15 Sep 2017 - 08:09

We moved to anchor by the village. It's deep, and we are in 35m of water. We could anchor farther away in about 10-15m, but decided for now to be up closer to the village vs. 1km away. The village

Posted: Wed, 13 Sep 2017 - 22:27

We just arrived safely and dropped the hook. Given the large entrance and open area inside we came in under satellite charts no issues at dusk. We will get some sleep tonight and then head over to

Posted: Wed, 13 Sep 2017 - 15:48

We've had email client issues and were not able to send or receive email for the past two days. Bottom line the email database was corrupt and I had to download a fix over the satellite internet

Posted: Mon, 11 Sep 2017 - 04:30

This anchorage has been just OK, but not great. I came down with a small cold and was not able to dive, so Sarah and Elizabeth decided not to go without me. We have to leave today as the winds are

Posted: Sat, 9 Sep 2017 - 07:45

It was another great day. Junior, the chief's brother wanted to go diving with us. He is a dive master and used to work on a live aboard here in PNG. He had not been diving in a while and had a

Posted: Fri, 8 Sep 2017 - 07:54

The wreck dive here is excellent. It is a very large Japanese armored transport ship that as sunk in an American air raid. We will dive the submarine this morning. The big news about this

Posted: Thu, 7 Sep 2017 - 08:21

Well, we decided to unexpectadly move yesterday before we did any diving. We went ashore to meet the head official (they dont' use chiefs in this village, only government officials). He insisted on

Posted: Wed, 6 Sep 2017 - 09:39

We've moved up north to another nice spot for some diving on the outside of the reef. We had a heck of a messy sail up here. When we left it was 0-5kts of wind, dead calm, and partially sunny

Posted: Sun, 3 Sep 2017 - 11:03

We've been exploring some of the diving around the area. I have a small cold, so I was not able to equalize my ears below 10m. Sarah however was fine, and she ended up doing two dives yesterday

Posted: Fri, 1 Sep 2017 - 10:33

Kavieng has been good. We've met a lot of people here in the past couple of days. Clearance was super easy, the people are very nice, and overall a safe place. We've been gathering local knowlege

Posted: Wed, 30 Aug 2017 - 07:12

We arrived to Kavieng around 1pm yesterday after a great sail. We checked into PNG "officially" and it was the easiest checking we've done. It took about 15 min for customs and immigration

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