Mana Wai
FollowMana Wai is a Passport 40, one of Bob Perry's most storied designs. Built in the the heyday of the Ta Shing Taiwanese boatyard, she has made three sets of owners very happy since the mid eighties. She's a cutter rig with beautiful teak joinery, a great galley and both fast and sea kindly. She's registered in New Zealand and is currently cruising around the Pacific Islands with plans to travel the world.
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Mana Wai - September 30, 2018
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The sun roared up out of the mercury ocean this morning into a cloudless sky. No wind either. Been on the motor for an eternity (anything beyond 30mins motor is an eternity), coming up to 24 hours ... Read More
Mana Wai - September 30, 2018
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The sun roared up out of the mercury ocean this morning into a cloudless sky. No wind either. Been on the motor for an eternity (anything beyond 30mins motor is an eternity), coming up to 24 hours ... Read More
Mana Wai - September 30, 2018
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The sun roared up out of the mercury ocean this morning into a cloudless sky. No wind either. Been on the motor for an eternity (anything beyond 30mins motor is an eternity), coming up to 24 hours ... Read More
Mana Wai - September 29, 2018
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Saturday afternoon out in the big blue. Activity on board is restrained to lolling around reading and some downward dogging by Pat on the stern. Just makes me nostalgic for Die Hunds. Lord Robert ... Read More
Mana Wai - September 29, 2018
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Saturday afternoon out in the big blue. Activity on board is restrained to lolling around reading and some downward dogging by Pat on the stern. Just makes me nostalgic for Die Hunds. Lord Robert ... Read More
Mana Wai - September 28, 2018
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Champagne sailing on the good ship Mana Wai but unfortunately without the libation. Tea instead, but the progress made in Southern Queensland artisan brewing will be investigated before too long now ... Read More
Mana Wai - September 27, 2018
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Greetings landlubbers, Andy here. It?s been two nights out at sea. An exercise in holding one?s guts together while marveling at the experience of a perpetually moving world. The flying fish and ... Read More
Mana Wai - September 26, 2018
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Back out innit again. This time it?s PJ, Andy Lang and Lord Robert the Davy. Left Noumea yesterday afternoon in a stiff breeze bound for Gladstone...out past the Amadee Lighthouse on the edge of the ... Read More
Mana Wai - September 26, 2018
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Back out innit again. This time it?s PJ, Andy Lang and Lord Robert the Davy. Left Noumea yesterday afternoon in a stiff breeze bound for Gladstone...out past the Amadee Lighthouse on the edge of the ... Read More
Mana Wai - August 2, 2018
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. Made it. The last bit was horrible really and didn't have the energy to post. The accumulation of smaller tirednesses becomes an exhaustion management issue after 7 days, and I wasn't managing ... Read More
Mana Wai - July 30, 2018
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6.30am and it?s about to rain. Doesn?t so much rain here as torrent. Like Kim Dotcom with a 1gb feed. There was no glorious downhill run as presaged in last Pollyanna post. Had a frustrating couple ... Read More
Mana Wai - July 28, 2018
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Great watching the lunar eclipse from the high seas this morning. It happened as dawn broke so the moon was low and huge and fraying slightly at the edges. Spectacular. Yesterday was all out ... Read More
Mana Wai - July 28, 2018
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Great watching the lunar eclipse from the high seas this morning. It happened as dawn broke so the moon was low and huge and fraying slightly at the edges. Spectacular. Yesterday was all out ... Read More
Mana Wai - July 28, 2018
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Great watching the lunar eclipse from the high seas this morning. It happened as dawn broke so the moon was low and huge and fraying slightly at the edges. Spectacular. Yesterday was all out ... Read More
Mana Wai - July 27, 2018
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Onwards we go. We have sails, a compass, a chart and 4 iThings, all with gps. If all the instruments give up we will continue to plot our position and bearing to Noumea. New Cal. Is a big target. 24 ... Read More
Mana Wai - July 27, 2018
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Onwards we go. We have sails, a compass, a chart and 4 iThings, all with gps. If all the instruments give up we will continue to plot our position and bearing to Noumea. New Cal. Is a big target. 24 ... Read More
Mana Wai - July 26, 2018
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We?ve hit the doldrums, glassy sea from horizon all around to the horizon again, and we have a problem. Motor running BUT not necessarily charging the batteries. Regulator is ambivalent about ... Read More
Mana Wai - July 25, 2018
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Easing is the theme. Fine weather, fair winds easing from the port rear-quarter and easing seas. Roast vege dinner, panoramic cumulus sunset and an albatross. Caught 3rd stripped tuna and politely ... Read More
Mana Wai - July 25, 2018
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Easing is the theme. Fine weather, fair winds easing from the port rear-quarter and easing seas. Roast vege dinner, panoramic cumulus sunset and an albatross. Caught 3rd stripped tuna and politely ... Read More
Mana Wai - July 25, 2018
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Easing is the theme. Fine weather, fair winds easing from the port rear-quarter and easing seas. Roast vege dinner, panoramic cumulus sunset and an albatross. Caught 3rd stripped tuna and politely ... Read More