Sel Citron

Sel Citron (Salt Lemon in French) is a Catana 521 catamaran, registered in Sydney, Australia. Her Australian owners, Damian Clark and Kerry Lorimer, purchased her in 2012 and are now cruising the western Pacific, based in NZ over the cyclone season.She is an easy boat to spot: she has a black mast and window covers and her hulls are street-sign yellow. Our blog is www.selcitron.com.

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Posted: Thu, 8 Dec 2016 - 14:48

A wet night of motoring, and a foggy, chilly morning: welcome to Inzud! Touched down on the Q dock at Opua at 11.50am NZ time. Irene and Lionel from Kiapa there to take our lines - thank you! Cleared

Posted: Wed, 7 Dec 2016 - 20:27

Several of our emails went missing inexplicably yesterday.... We motor-sailed through the afternoon and evening. All good until the 2am change of watch when we tried to shake out the reef and

Posted: Mon, 5 Dec 2016 - 10:57

Missed doing an update yesterday afternoon, sorry. We kept 2 reefs in the main until mid afternoon, then shook one and continued with full genoa. Very pleasant sailing with a low swell - just wish it

Posted: Sun, 4 Dec 2016 - 10:27

A boisterous time with TWS 15-30k SSE and us as hard on the wind as we can without making it too uncomfortable. Slowing the boat down to that end: 2 reefs in the main and sometimes down to the

Posted: Fri, 2 Dec 2016 - 18:57

A nice comfy start to the trip - winds out of the NW quarter for the first 12 hours or so, then all around the clock before settling into SE 10-15k. Still a few rain squalls around, but seas are

Posted: Sat, 26 Nov 2016 - 08:04

Arrived in Aneityum 0830 yesterday morning. Quite a bumpy - but fast - ride yesterday, with winds 15-30k, but then dropping to nothing overnight. We motored all the way from Tanna. All well, though

Posted: Sat, 26 Nov 2016 - 00:00

Hanging out in Aneityum. Looking like we'll have to weather a tropical low sometime this week, and no windows opening before Saturday, by the look of it. Managing to keep ourselves amused: cocktail

Posted: Wed, 23 Nov 2016 - 20:15

Hmm. This reads like we've been in Port Vila since July 21... Well, rest assured we haven't! We've had a great season cruising Vanuatu, from Aneityum all the way north to Espiritu Santo, across Ambae

Posted: Thu, 21 Jul 2016 - 11:19

Anchored off Iririki resort in Port Vila Harbour. Enjoying the creature comforts of a tropical port: fabulous local market with great fruit, veg and flowers; friendly locals; glorious clear warm

Posted: Sat, 16 Jul 2016 - 14:12

After a few days of rest and recuperation in Aneityum, we left yesterday and had a great sail north to Tanna Island, anchoring in Port Resolution: a really beautiful anchorage, with the sunset

Posted: Sat, 9 Jul 2016 - 18:06

We have arrived! Motored the last 90nm in no wind, slowed down a bit for some light to navigate our way into the anchorage and dropped anchor at 7.15am. Met by friends Mark and Sarah on Field Trip

Posted: Fri, 8 Jul 2016 - 22:30

A busy night, with lots of rain squalls around. Sailing close hauled, double-reefed with winds in the 20s-30s, gusts to 40k, but slight seas, so manageable. It was 'interesting' but not for the

Posted: Thu, 7 Jul 2016 - 18:30

Going well, close hauled with 2 reefs in both main and genoa, averaging about 8 knots... shame it's not quite in the right direction! Trying to get north ASAP to outrun the thunderstorms predicted

Posted: Wed, 6 Jul 2016 - 22:15

Champagne sailing at last... shame we're doing a dry trip! Flying along doing 10-12k in 10-15k of easterly breeze, with double-reefed main and gennaker. Sun is shining and seas are calm. It's not

Posted: Wed, 6 Jul 2016 - 10:30

Wind died to light and variable. Motoring in calm seas and sunshine - starting to feel a bit warmer! All well on board. Run for 24 hours is probably our third slowest day ever: 156nm. Ended up about

Posted: Mon, 4 Jul 2016 - 22:27

Last night was pretty boisterous, with lots of squalls, wind out of the north 25-40T and top gust 51.2k. Luckily the seas, while messy, weren't too big. Aiming to head north, but not very

Posted: Sun, 3 Jul 2016 - 16:30

A nice quiet night motor-sailing to start - although we lost all our Raymarine wind instruments for most of it. Damian the NMEA genius managed to diagnose the problem and get them working, so fingers

Posted: Sat, 2 Jul 2016 - 16:24

Finally! We can hardly believe it ourselves, but we're underway, Vanuatu- bound. Looking like a lot of headwinds, but I guess that's what you get in the middle of winter. Gorgeous day here in the Bay

Posted: Wed, 9 Dec 2015 - 09:30

Pretty unpleasant final run down the coast, but overall a great passage. Engines off at Marsden Cove at 23:55. Six days, 11.5 hours Vuda-Marsden, 1200 nm exactly. Good to be here, but man, it's COLD!

Posted: Tue, 8 Dec 2015 - 16:47

Land ho! Southerlies kicked in, building to 25k and bumpy. Sailing close hauled, 2 reefs main, reefed h'sail. The sting in the tail...Estimate arrival into Marsden Cove late this evening.

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