Malakite

Malakite is a 2010 Leopard 46. She was sailed from South Africa across the Atlantic through the Panama Canal and across the Pacific to Australia by her original owners. We Purchased her in November 2012 and sailed her back to New Zealand in December 2012.

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Posted: Tue, 20 Oct 2015 - 00:28

My time on our 6 month South Pacific Rally is coming to a close. I fly out of Noumea tomorrow morning(Tuesday) heading for home. It is with a bit of sadness I leave Malakite but she is in good hands

Posted: Mon, 12 Oct 2015 - 10:21

The Isle of Pines is the most stunning Island. We are anchored in the main bay called Bay de Kuto. We have enjoyed walking around the local village and resorts. Old ruins of a prison that dated back

Posted: Sun, 27 Sep 2015 - 18:11

We stayed at Atoll de Beautemps-Beaupre until last Tuesday as the weather wasn't very good for sailing back to Ouvea. Glen got to have a dive with some other people in the bay. I walked around the

Posted: Mon, 21 Sep 2015 - 13:16

We are looking for a third crew member to crew from Noumea to Opua. Departure date from Noumea is between 18-30 October depending on weather. The passage is expected to take 8-9 days. Please feel

Posted: Sun, 20 Sep 2015 - 16:58

Wow it is hard to believe we have been here in New Caledonia for two weeks already. We had two enforced days on board awaiting clearance from Bio Security. This was a visit of around 5 minutes with

Posted: Sun, 6 Sep 2015 - 10:18

We motored all day yesterday until 6pm when the wind increased and we sailed/motored all the way into Lifou. We had a large sea bird hitch a ride with us for the last 2 miles. He/she just balanced on

Posted: Sat, 5 Sep 2015 - 10:39

The passage from Vanuatu so far has been really good. I went to bed at 1am with about 10 knots of wind and slight seas. The start of the 4am shift was glassy seas and hardly a breathe of wind. It is

Posted: Fri, 4 Sep 2015 - 15:04

We dropped the mooring in Port Vila at 1.45pm local time. Next stop Lifou, New Caledonia. Should take approx 36 hours. 2 sleeps not the 1 sleep I was promised.

Posted: Mon, 24 Aug 2015 - 15:22

After spending one night in Port Vila we decided that was enough and headed out and into Havana Harbour. This is a large harbour with the mainland on one side and two islands on the other side. Quite

Posted: Mon, 17 Aug 2015 - 10:08

We have been in Vanuatu for a week now. We have just picked up a mooring in Port Vila and the time is 6.50am. We have travelled through the night to be as we need to clear immigration!! When we

Posted: Mon, 10 Aug 2015 - 12:32

We have arrived and put the anchor down in Aneityum, Analgawat Bay, Anatom. This is a very quiet peaceful looking village. The village is putting on a feast for us tomorrow, which sounds really nice

Posted: Sun, 9 Aug 2015 - 12:34

145nm to Anatom, Vanuatu. Water, water everywhere. The sun is shining today which is very pleasant. We have been motor sailing for a while then sailing then back to motor sailing. The winds are very

Posted: Sat, 8 Aug 2015 - 12:49

306 nm to Amatom, Vanautu sailing in lumpy seas in 18-20 knots, cloudy with showers today, very heavy rain last night. All well on board.

Posted: Fri, 7 Aug 2015 - 15:08

We have just gone through the Malolo Passage. On the horizon along way off is Vanuatu.

Posted: Tue, 4 Aug 2015 - 08:53

We have been in Musket Cove now since last Thursday. Our departure date was postponed from Saturday 1st August until Monday 3rd August. We are now on standby to leave Friday 7th. There is some

Posted: Thu, 30 Jul 2015 - 09:00

We had a lot of wind around the Yasawa's and were on a schedule to get our guests Pete and Deb back to Musket Cove by Sunday. We left Nanuya and started to make our way to the southern Islands in the

Posted: Thu, 23 Jul 2015 - 21:48

On Tuesday 14th July we left Nananu-I-Cake, and motor sailed around the northern coast of Viti Levu arriving in Musket Cove on Wednesday afternoon. Musket Cove has a new Trader store, boutique and

Posted: Sun, 12 Jul 2015 - 22:16

We have spent a bit of time at Makogai. This is an island approx 48nm from Savusavu. The island was once a leper hospital. There is still all the remains of the concrete buildings that housed all

Posted: Sat, 11 Jul 2015 - 10:12

Jillian dropped Luke and Anton at the Nadi airport and picked up Tania and Owen, returning to Volivoli after midnight after leaving at 4.30pm, over a 3 hour drive each way. Please note there have

Posted: Mon, 6 Jul 2015 - 17:44

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