Freyja IV

Freyja IV is a Tayana 52. It is the home of Darren, Kris, Jay and Nate. We have returned to the Australian coast after a 2015 season in New Caledonia and Vanuatu. We plan on getting down to Sydney (at least) prior to returning to Brisbane early in 2016.

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Posted: Tue, 10 Nov 2015 - 15:38

Motored down to Pelican Bay with the offshore lure out the back. No bites. Australian fish think we are a joke (or maybe the lure was too big for inshore fishing but probably the former). Thursday is

Posted: Fri, 6 Nov 2015 - 10:32

Trundled down from Bundaberg to the Sandy Straits yesterday and are currently anchored at Gary's. Altogether too much motoring yesterday with Hervey Bay putting on the usual annoying swell that we

Posted: Tue, 3 Nov 2015 - 10:53

Still at Bundy. Now rested and starting to get the itch to move again. We have taken the opportunity to complete some boat maintenance and are just waiting on the re-installation of the 140amp

Posted: Wed, 28 Oct 2015 - 06:39

Return to motoring after some off and on sailing over the last 24 hours. Dropped and secured the mainsail just off the continental shelf due to a looming (and quite spectacular) storm cell in our

Posted: Tue, 27 Oct 2015 - 07:13

Motoring. Calm seas, not much wind and still heading towards Bundy, beautiful big yellow moon.

Posted: Mon, 26 Oct 2015 - 07:32

No frolicking dolphins, but the skipper did notice the first whales, and tells us that "spot the whale, and they buy the ale", looks like I will be shouting first round. Overall fast passage, more

Posted: Sat, 24 Oct 2015 - 14:38

Perfect day inside the reef with a light wind blowing and crystal clear water. It seems that another few boats have turned up and anchored off in the distance. We are preparing the boat once again

Posted: Thu, 22 Oct 2015 - 14:32

Still at Chesterfield Reef, enjoying the fishing and calm weather today. Departure date for Bundaberg is now Sunday as that is when we should get some useful winds again. PLEASE NOTE: As of today we

Posted: Mon, 19 Oct 2015 - 13:47

Well here we are! parked in crystal clear turquoise waters inside a remote reef. If you ignore the enormous shark that just swam past, this perfectly fits the tropical paradise postcard picture. A

Posted: Mon, 19 Oct 2015 - 06:29

Captain and crew are ready for different conditions after 4 days of "5 baggie days". Arrival at Chesterfield Mon morning.

Posted: Sun, 18 Oct 2015 - 06:08

Persistent current from SSW of 1.5 to 2 knots, slowing progress. All well. Expect arrival at Chesterfield Mon morning.

Posted: Sat, 17 Oct 2015 - 06:59

Lumpy but good progress.

Posted: Fri, 16 Oct 2015 - 06:55

All OK

Posted: Wed, 14 Oct 2015 - 17:26

Departing Big Bay tomorrow morning for passage to Bundaberg via Chesterfield Reef. Will attempt to send daily updates early each morning. Bob McDavitt is doing the weather routing for us. Good to

Posted: Tue, 13 Oct 2015 - 09:22

Visited Luganville yesterday after a 2 hour overland trip (each way)in the back of ute. Needless to say, not all of the road is paved. We had another 9 guys and cargo in the back to keep us company

Posted: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 - 09:17

Life has settled into a routine here in Big Bay while we wait for a weather window to head back to Australia (possibly via Chesterfield Reef). The boys have been attending the local school while we

Posted: Mon, 5 Oct 2015 - 09:25

Still in Big Bay and expecting to be here for several more days while the wind continues to blow. If we don't get a substantial break in the weather we may miss our opportunity to get to the Bank

Posted: Sat, 3 Oct 2015 - 08:53

After a more detailed review of the weather yesterday we decided to change anchorages. Looks like we may get upwards of 25 knots for the next several days. Hog Harbour may have been OK but we expect

Posted: Fri, 2 Oct 2015 - 08:56

Continuing our final journey north along the Vanuatu island chain. We cleared out of Luganville yesterday and will complete final country clearances at Sola in a couple of weeks. We are currently

Posted: Sun, 27 Sep 2015 - 14:51

Luganville seemed to have gone mad (in a nice sort of way) yesterday when we went into town. We soon found out why. The national soccer grand final was being held that afternoon in the town's one and

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