SV Stylopora

Posted: Wed, 5 Oct 2016 - 03:00

Sola, Vanua Lava Island Our return to Sola to formally clear out of Vanuatu at Customs and Immigration was a reminder of the challenges of travelling in Vanuatu. We'd previously confirmed in

Posted: Sun, 2 Oct 2016 - 00:00

Waterfall (Leon) Bay, Vanua Lava Island Colossal rocky cliffs indented with dark, gloomy caves and interspersed with waterfalls extend the length of the western Vanua Lava and were an amazing

Posted: Sat, 1 Oct 2016 - 00:00

Sola, Vanua Lava Island Sola is the main administrative centre for Banks Group but in reality it's little more than a village with very few facilities and unfortunately for us, another rolly

Posted: Fri, 30 Sep 2016 - 00:00

Lusa Lava, Gaua Island Lusalava (also called Lesalav Bay) had a coral entry which we entered without difficulty, into a bay inundated by an uncomfortable rolly swell. Gaua has a live volcano which

Posted: Wed, 28 Sep 2016 - 00:00

Naone, Maewo Island. Naone is our last stop before heading to the Banks group of islands 60NM to the north. Our plan was to anchor here overnight then leave for Gaua Island at midnight to arrive

Posted: Fri, 23 Sep 2016 - 02:00

Asanvari - Maewo Island Asanvari is a cruiser's paradise. Best of all, a straight forward entry - no coral or rocks to negotiate. Then clear, deep water where we could see our anchor eight metres

Posted: Thu, 22 Sep 2016 - 02:00

Lolowai - Ambae Island We sailed across a shallow rocky entry between a high cliff and several large rocks; and into the caldera of an extinct volcanoe. It was an amazing experience and after

Posted: Tue, 20 Sep 2016 - 02:00

Aore Island/Ratua Island/Palikulo Bay/Oyster Island - Espiritu Santo The great white hunter has boarded the jet en route to Australia, the fish of Vanuatu have taken a collective sigh of relief

Posted: Fri, 9 Sep 2016 - 02:00

Aore Resort, Luganville.
We're on a mooring here again while we wash, clean and restock before Ann and Bruce arrive on Tuesday. A lovely place to hang around.

Posted: Wed, 7 Sep 2016 - 02:00

Palikulo Bay, Espiritu Santo. We're on our way back to Luganville to meet Ann and Bruce. The weather's lovely and the water here crystal clear so we've explored the bay by dinghy and the shore by

Posted: Mon, 5 Sep 2016 - 02:00

Oyster Island, Espiritu Santo. The entry into the Oyster Island lagoon has a notoriously shallow entrance dotted with coral and is only passable (for us) on a half to full tide, so we anchored in an

Posted: Sun, 4 Sep 2016 - 02:00

Palikulo Bay, Espiritu Santo. We rounded the point into Palikulo Bay and searched for the buoy and stick that the guidebook said marked the two most difficult points between the coral maze into the

Posted: Sat, 3 Sep 2016 - 02:00

Wusi, Espiritu Santo. We awoke to a lovely morning and departed early for Wusi, only 16NM and just one more cape away. Once we left the bullets behind in Lisburn anchorage, the wind dropped and we

Posted: Fri, 2 Sep 2016 - 02:00

Lisburn Anchorage, Espiritu Santo. The remote village of Wusi on the rugged western side of Santo is the only place in Vanuatu making pottery, and the villagers continue to use their traditional

Posted: Tue, 30 Aug 2016 - 02:00

Ratua Private Island - Espiritu Santo Karen and Leigh spent their honeymoon here and were evacuated because of the imminent arrival of Cyclone Pam. They encouraged us to visit because of its beauty

Posted: Fri, 26 Aug 2016 - 02:00

Aore Resort - Luganville - Espiritu Santo Our visit to Luganville was planned as a stopover to stock up our groceries, buy outboard fuel, dispose of our rubbish and most of all do our washing

Posted: Sat, 20 Aug 2016 - 02:00

Lakatoro - Port Stanley - Malekula. A beautiful spinnaker sail with 15kn winds from the SE. Port Stanley is a challenging anchorage with reefs extending for long distances straight out into the

Posted: Thu, 18 Aug 2016 - 02:00

Peskarus Village - Uliveo Island - Maskelyne Islands - Kidnapped! Political prisoners... As we were motoring out of the Maskelynes, we were hailed by three local men in a tinnie. Keith was

Posted: Wed, 17 Aug 2016 - 02:00

Maskelyne Islands - Gaspard Bay - 2. With a change of wind direction in the morning we motored back to Gaspard Bay to search for the elusive dugongs. This time, they were more sociable and

Posted: Mon, 15 Aug 2016 - 02:00

Sakau Island - Vanbuai Bay - Maskelyne Islands Our next anchorage at Sakau Island was flat with no wind and because of the deep water we were anchored very close to shore - very nice! We avoided a

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