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Lagoon 400, 40 ft sailing catamaran, 2013.

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Posted: Wed, 19 Sep 2018 - 20:03

day 2 Overnight was sailing under the moon. Wind kept coming and although we had two reefs for better sleep managed 6.9kn average speed. Day started choppy with 3m seas then winds abated and

Posted: Tue, 18 Sep 2018 - 18:15

on the way Sun is about to be gone and we will shorten sails. Comditions are excellent and we are doing 7-8kn whole day in choppy 2 m beam seas with code zero and average 16 kn apparent wind. Night

Posted: Mon, 17 Sep 2018 - 20:40

We are leaving New Caledonia tomorrow 11am local time. Our destination is Bundaberg, 806 NM away, expected to be reached in 5 to 6 days. Forecast is for nice start, then day or two motoring than wild

Posted: Wed, 12 Sep 2018 - 20:18

Weather in New Caledonia is getting nicer and warmer and we have to leave to avoid cyclon season. MetBob that provides routing services for return trip pointed to next tuesday as likely departure

Posted: Sun, 9 Sep 2018 - 00:49

We have now sailed our Lagoon 400 more than 5,000 NM and I would like to record my view on upwind sailing at this point. I was near beginner when boat purchased, and overwhelming view on public

Posted: Fri, 7 Sep 2018 - 21:10

We have now six years old 480 AH GEL batteries (see pic), and capacity has become so small that any day not starting sunny, I have to run generator. So they are likely at the end of life. We have

Posted: Wed, 5 Sep 2018 - 21:14

We made 30 NM passage from Mato island to Noumea with wind behind us. Ideal time to test gennaker and jib in butterfly configuration. With 76m2 gennaker only, we managed around 45% of apparent

Posted: Sun, 2 Sep 2018 - 23:01

We have seen Isle des Pins by car. As it is not allowed to anchor except in one anchorage. By car, we inspected other anchorages and there was no boats. Local people are enforcing no-anchoring rule

Posted: Sat, 25 Aug 2018 - 21:26

It is interesting when one compares sailors coming from different countries. Values can vary vastly, and in unexpected ways. Country where one comes from, definitely has large influence on one's

Posted: Thu, 23 Aug 2018 - 20:34

We have made passage of 40 NM today to Isle des Pins, apparently one of the 10 best island on the globe. No wind, motoring 2/3 of the way, but last 1/3 we managed to sail using gennaker only between

Posted: Tue, 21 Aug 2018 - 21:36

Yesterday night we had experienced strongest sustained winds so far in our sailing career. Overnight it was blowing 40 to 50 kn, maxing to 55 kn. Forecast was up to 25 kn. We are in Mato anchorage

Posted: Sun, 19 Aug 2018 - 21:00

We and Priscalina have come back from Ouvea atoll, overnight passage. Forecast was no wind so expected to motor whole way. Managed to sail during the day using screecher. Reefed sail 2x as night

Posted: Wed, 15 Aug 2018 - 22:36

Sunny weather, infinite trade winds, good company, good food and amazing colours.

Posted: Tue, 14 Aug 2018 - 17:43

From observing other more experienced sailors, got some ideas for boat improvement. One of them is Code 0 sail usage. It took me a while to figure out how to use Code 0 efficiently. The main

Posted: Sat, 11 Aug 2018 - 21:59

We have sailed to Ouvea, around 40 NM. Excitement of the day was whale breached in front of our boat just when exiting anchorage on Lifou. We got the message and did 120 deg turn and cautiously made

Posted: Fri, 10 Aug 2018 - 20:08

We have made passage from Grande Terre , Mato Island to Lifou Island. Around 100 NM in total. From Mato To Havannah passage was nice sailing and observing world pass by. Left Havannah passage at

Posted: Wed, 8 Aug 2018 - 18:08

Currently enjoying calm condition in Southern Lagoon. We are shortly leaving For Loyalty islands. Water temperature there is 2 degrees more which makes lots of difference. Ouvea is the only true

Posted: Tue, 7 Aug 2018 - 21:46

Our daughter Vesna visited us for a week to see what parents are up to. Weather cooperated and she was able to see Noumea, and three coral islands Signal, Amedee and Maitre. We were able to

Amedee island - best water visibility close to Noumea

Posted: Sun, 29 Jul 2018 - 20:53

Francois and Serdar visited us and spent nice and easy weekend with us near Ilot Maitre. Serdar and myself revived good and bad moments from sydney IT contractor life and look forward to exciting

Posted: Thu, 26 Jul 2018 - 22:13

Last couple of days we visited island Kouare which is deep in Southern Lagoon, 40 NM from Noumea. Due to trade winds, we had to sail against weather when going there and easier deep reach when

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