Navire

Pacific 38 sloop. Sailed to Fiji, Rotuma, Tuvalu, Kirbati and Majuro in the Marshall Islands. Staying there until April 2017. Crew David Mason and Janet Nixon

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Posted: Mon, 1 May 2017 - 22:15

ghosted along all day at 2.5 knots under spinnaker. Lovely. Now motoring.

Posted: Sun, 30 Apr 2017 - 21:54

The fair breeze blew The white foam flew The furrow followed free We were the first that ever burst Into that silent sea Down dropped the breeze The sails dropped down 'Twas sad as sad could be And

Posted: Sat, 29 Apr 2017 - 20:42

Greetings from the South Pacific. We're over the equator. All well. Janet slowly finding her sea legs. Cheers David

Posted: Fri, 28 Apr 2017 - 18:54

Greetings from the equator, nearly. Another starry night and sunny day. We're making good progress, more than a quarter of the way to Wallis, but expect our pace to slow gradually. All good. Cheers

Posted: Thu, 27 Apr 2017 - 21:24

Day 3 and trucking along well. Closing in on latitude of Tarawa, Kiribati. Janet suffering sea sickness. Luckily I'm doing fine. Great weather - sunny days, starry nights. No moon for a few more

Posted: Thu, 27 Apr 2017 - 20:45

We are underway. Its been pretty windy, up to 30 knots easterly last night. I'm still seasick so will write more when feeling better.
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Janet

Posted: Mon, 17 Apr 2017 - 13:27

position 07 06.182n 171 22.427e The preparation goes on. We found out we could stay 14 days beyond our visa expiry which we were delighted about. We can now leave late enough to avoid the hurricane

Posted: Tue, 21 Mar 2017 - 17:57

position 07 06.182n 171 22.427e Hello dear friends, Suddenly, after lingering here for over a year it is only weeks till we sail south. I feel ready to move on again. And David nearly ready to move

Posted: Mon, 13 Feb 2017 - 14:57

Feb 13 The offshore preparation has started in earnest. David is sanding our tatty cockpit in preparation for applying non-slip paint, essential at sea for wet conditions. I have just finished sewing

Posted: Wed, 8 Feb 2017 - 17:27

Three months till we head south! We have internet again and a friend on shore kindly lets us sit on her deck with our laptops and use her FAST internet connection. So now I can post regularly. We

Posted: Sat, 7 Jan 2017 - 20:24

You know you are in a third world country when you have no internet for nearly a month. The undersea internet cable is damaged. It was going to take a week to repair. We can live without it for seven

Posted: Fri, 23 Dec 2016 - 13:57

Church crawl IGNORE THIS IF YOU ALREADY RECEIVED IT. I AM RESENDING IT AS IT DID NOT SHOW UP ON THE SITE 12 months. We've been here nearly 12 months! Time to move on. But we can't leave yet as we

Posted: Fri, 23 Dec 2016 - 13:33

Writers Block "Janet, why aren't you posting on the sailing blog?" several people have asked. Its the sad story of writers block I think. Lack of access to internet hasn't helped but also being up

Posted: Fri, 23 Dec 2016 - 12:51

position 07 06.182n 171 22.427e Church crawl 12 months. We've been here nearly 12 months! Time to move on. But we can't leave yet as we have to wait out the South Pacific Hurricane season. Cast off

Posted: Sat, 12 Nov 2016 - 20:30

And so we begin our homeward journey south. This is as far away as we will go. Ailuk was at 10 degrees north and over the next 12 months we head back to New Zealand via Majuro and Fiji. We left Ailuk

Posted: Mon, 7 Nov 2016 - 21:42

Ailuk is gorgeous. We've been here two weeks now and I'm really enjoying being in the 'rural' Pacific again. This little village is beautifully kept, with none of the rubbish that adorns much of the

Posted: Sat, 22 Oct 2016 - 07:21

We made it to Ailuk. We found the passage hard going despite good sailing weather. Navire has suffered from ten months on a mooring. Despite through testing of all systems before we left we have

Posted: Thu, 20 Oct 2016 - 04:27

0200 Thursday October 20 We creep through the empty ocean lit only by the nearly full moon. We finally got away from the clutches of Majuro yesterday. Very light winds but I don't want to run the

Posted: Tue, 18 Oct 2016 - 05:57

October 17 Tomorrow we hope to head offshore for a 200 mile sail to Ailuk, an outer island of the Marshall Islands. It is the first time we have been offshore in 10 months. We arrived back in Majuro

Posted: Thu, 15 Sep 2016 - 14:48

And a final update of the Canada trip to get us back to Majuro. You know sometimes the trouble with traveling is the actual travel. The trip back took us a couple of days, losing a day across the

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