Back in Gulf Harbour after a very enjoyable passage from Ile de Pines.

Stats for passage from Ile de Pines to Opua :-

Duration - 5 days 2 hours

Distance made good 837 nautical miles

Distance logged - 852 nautical miles

Speed

- Maximum boat speed through water 9.02 knots

- Average boat speed through water 7.04 knots

- Average speed over ground 6.84 knots

- Best noon to noon daily run 175 nautical miles

Wind

- Maximum true wind speed 25.1 knots

- Entire trip reaching on port tack with 1 day of motoring at the end of the trip

Back to a favourite place

Looking forward to exploring some Ilots and the reef area for the next couple of days

Back to a favourite place

Lovely walk to Prony Village and onto Rivière Bleu De Prony with great swimming hole

Back in Port Moselle Marina while we fly back to Auckland for a couple of weeks

Idyllic Spot

Might have to spend a couple of days here

Going to chill here for a few days as weather forecast has NE tracking through N to SW and SE with some rain

Cruise ship arrived at Kuto so time for us to depart

Landed a yellow fin tuna on the way here.

Time to chill in paradise for a couple of days

Off to Ile de Pines tomorrow

Back in Port Moselle while we return to Akld for a couple weeks

Have this anchorage to ourselves 😀

Sundowners aboard Activa

Done a few miles in the last few days so going to take some time to chillout in this lovely sheltered anchorage

Lovely spot. Landed a Albacore tuna on the way

Great downwind sail with poled out Genoa’s

Had a whale keep us company for a couple of hours 😀

Landed a yellowfin tuna and lost one to a shark

Very pleasant overnight motor & sail from Gadji.

Cystral clear water

Replenished at Vao market this morning and now in Gadji. Delightful spot.

Beautiful spot

Going to check out Vao market in the morning

Great sail down to Ile de Pines in W SW 20-30 G 40

Heading to Ile de Pins tomorrow

In Port Moselle

Back to Akld for a couple of weeks

Lovely spot.

Exploring some new areas north of Noumea

Back in Port Moselle to collect my long stay visa 😀

Water tanks full from a couple of wet days. Sun out today so paddle boarding and walking on the agenda