Maunie of Ardwall

Maunie is a cutter-rigged Vancouver 38 Pilot sailed by Graham and Dianne Keating from Dartmouth, England. We left the UK in September 2012 and after spending our third summer in New Zealand we spent the 2016 season in Vanuatu and 2017 in Australia, heading south for Sydney and then Tasmania. In 2018 we took the tough decision to ship Maunie back to the UK to resume working careers but we'll continue to sail her from her mooring in Dartmouth. Length: 11.6m Beam: 3.7m Displacement: 10,150kg Sail number: 6 MMSI Number: 235072013 AIS: Yes (transmit and receive)

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Posted: Tue, 5 Jul 2016 - 08:00

An 03.00 alarm call and we left the anchorage at 03.40, sailing in company with Iolea for Port Vila on Efate. Good sailing but wind's right on our stern again so goose-winged and rolling a little

Posted: Tue, 5 Jul 2016 - 07:34

on route Erromango to Port Vila Efate

Posted: Mon, 4 Jul 2016 - 07:36

a less exposed anchorage and in fact quite pleasant - Erromango

Posted: Sun, 3 Jul 2016 - 19:54

A very pleasant two hour coastal sail this morning saw us arrive in Ponamias Bay on the North coast of Erromango. Anchored in 10 metres of crystal clear water with the beautiful bay to ourselves. We

Posted: Sun, 3 Jul 2016 - 09:09

A fabulous sail from Tanna with the Parasailor flying all the way. Only down side was the failure to land the fish that we hooked (and it was a big one!) A rolly night in Dillons Bay anchorage on the

Posted: Sat, 2 Jul 2016 - 07:32

the rip up the mountain last night was in great conditions. Awesome. Off today to Erromango. P Resolution is a bit choppy.

Posted: Fri, 1 Jul 2016 - 10:00

Anchored in Port Resolution (just a long, shallow bay) in Tanna, with 9 other boats here (several flying Q flags having arrived from New Caledonia). We had a great sail yesterday with the Parasailor

Posted: Fri, 1 Jul 2016 - 07:36

about 10 boats in Port Resolution Tanna

Posted: Thu, 30 Jun 2016 - 12:41

On passage from Aneityum to Port Resolution, Tanna, ETA 15.00 Lovely sailing with the Parasailor, in company with Iolea and Bright Angel after a rolly night in the anchorage as the front went over

Posted: Thu, 30 Jun 2016 - 07:39

off to Tanna today

Posted: Wed, 29 Jun 2016 - 09:24

Still in Aneityum but loving it - excellent snorkelling, good walking and very friendly people. 6 boats here, all waiting for a front to cross us tonight to bring a return to SSE winds for the next

Posted: Wed, 22 Jun 2016 - 08:02

Can see Bright Angel entering the Aneityum anchorage

Posted: Mon, 20 Jun 2016 - 03:39

Arrived safely in Aneityum, with a minor drama of a fouled headsail furler requiring Graham to scale the mast in 25 knots to clear a wrapped spinnaker halyard. However, we are delighted to be

Posted: Sun, 19 Jun 2016 - 06:52

Feels as though we are on the home straight now - 130nm to go to Aneityum and we have a lovely 0.7 knot favourable current pushing us along. Good sailing through the night, though we put in two reefs

Posted: Sat, 18 Jun 2016 - 07:15

Yesterday saw the flying of the Parasailor before we erred on the cautious side and returned to full white sails when the wind increased. Yesterday afternoon we had the excitement of three to four

Posted: Fri, 17 Jun 2016 - 08:05

Good sailing yesterday but with some rain squalls. Sailed into upper level trough last night so wind died and we started motoring at 0430 NZST. Hoping for the return of the breeze later today. All

Posted: Thu, 16 Jun 2016 - 07:07

Good sailing but pretty rolly downwind. A few rain squalls last night saw winds up to 30 kts and seas build to 3m +. Will go back to goose-winged sails this morning (even more rolly) for a better

Posted: Wed, 15 Jun 2016 - 07:08

The second day has seen us start to settle in to life on board. We kept ourselves busy deciding to sail with the yankee and pole but then switched to the Irish Flag spinnaker; unfortunately this

Posted: Tue, 14 Jun 2016 - 07:14

A good start to the passage. Left Opua at 10.30 yesterday and flew the spinnaker until 17.00 when it all became a bit too sporting for that kind of bravado. Rolly downwind sailing but all very well

Posted: Mon, 13 Jun 2016 - 10:01

Hurrah! Cleared out of customs and we'll be leaving in 30 minutes.

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