SV Stylopora

Posted: Sun, 14 Aug 2016 - 02:00

Gaspard Bay - Maskelyne Islands. This is a pretty part of Vanuatu made up of a group islands on the southern tip of Malekula Island. The main entrance is protected by reefs and there are numerous

Posted: Fri, 12 Aug 2016 - 02:00

Revolieu Bay - Epi Island - revisited. We were a little concerned about our reception back at Revolieu having left in the middle of the night when we'd promised to be ashore the following morning

Posted: Wed, 10 Aug 2016 - 02:00

Hot Water Bay - Ambrym Island. We sailed across the top of Ambrym and stared into a massive, billowing cloud of fine ash and vapour that spread towards the southern tip of Pentecost twenty miles

Posted: Tue, 9 Aug 2016 - 21:21

Planter Point - Port Sandwich - Malekula Island. Our stay in Port Sandwich has been quiet. The anchorage is as flat as can be, it's been overcast & rainy, and we've spent our time doing some easy

Posted: Thu, 4 Aug 2016 - 02:00

Revolieu Bay - Epi Island. We anchored using the most conservative waypoints in the Tusker Guide and with the gloomy, overcast weather couldn't have managed without them. We anchored in 8 metres

Posted: Wed, 3 Aug 2016 - 02:00

Sulua Bay - Emae Island. Anchored here on our way to Epi. It was a fabulous sail of six hours with 15 to 20kn on a reach with the sumlog showing between 6 and 8 kn for most of the trip. This is a

Posted: Mon, 1 Aug 2016 - 17:57

Havannah Harbour, Efate
Anchored in Havannah Harbour ready for the trip north to Emae Is tomorrow.

Posted: Sat, 30 Jul 2016 - 02:00

Mele Bay - Efate. We moved from Port Vila to Mele Bay to celebrate Vanuatu's Independence Day long weekend. It seems that music is the go for this weekend and we've been anchored in a beautiful

Posted: Fri, 29 Jul 2016 - 23:05

Mt Yasur Volcano - Tanna Island. A must see experience. We wanted to sail to Tanna but the winds were not favourable and we ended up in Port Vila which is very nice, but - no volcano. Since I have

Posted: Wed, 27 Jul 2016 - 02:00

Port Vila - Efate Our week in Port Vila has been fun. We remained moored to the wharf and on Sunday took a trip around the island with Warren and Debbie and guided by our waiter Stuart, who we met

Posted: Sat, 23 Jul 2016 - 23:22

Port Vila - Efate. We arrived in Port Vila, Vanuatu at 6.30am yesterday after a 37 hour trip from Ouvea. The winds stayed between 15 and 20 knots for the length of the trip and in spite of regular

Posted: Tue, 19 Jul 2016 - 14:10

Ile Beautemps-Beaupre - Loyalty Islands After our failure to check out of New Caledonia because of the Bastille Day holidays, we found ourselves with 3 extra days and no plan to do anything with

Posted: Tue, 19 Jul 2016 - 14:08

After our failure to check out of New Caledonia because of the Bastille Day holidays, we found ourselves with 3 extra days and no plan to do anything with them. Geoff suggested we visit the Daguera

Posted: Tue, 19 Jul 2016 - 14:07

After our failure to check out of New Caledonia because of the Bastille Day holidays, we found ourselves with 3 extra days and no plan to do anything with them. Geoff suggested we visit the Daguera

Posted: Thu, 14 Jul 2016 - 02:00

St Joseph - Ouvea - Loyalty Islands. The village of St Joseph is very traditional and most of the dwellings are made from thatch in either a round (Polynesian) or rectangular (Melanesian)

Posted: Tue, 12 Jul 2016 - 02:00

Fayouwe - Ouvea - Loyalty Islands. Yesterday we moved further up the long beach at Ouvea and anchored off Fayouwe, a very spread out village which wore us out trying to find a system in its layout

Posted: Sun, 10 Jul 2016 - 02:00

Baie de Mouly - Ouvea - Loyalty Islands. As we sailed around the corner we were greeted by miles of perfect white sandy beach. We anchored in front of Hotel Paradis, which it really was and

Posted: Sat, 9 Jul 2016 - 22:27

Drueulu - Lifou - Loyalty Islands. Our friend Robert Stead from the yacht Aurora visited the village of Drueulu on Lifou in 2012 and was fortunate enough to be invited to a local wedding. Nearly 4

Posted: Sat, 9 Jul 2016 - 02:00

Chepenehe - Lifou - Loyalty Islands. Anchored here for a few days to stock up on groceries before returning to Drueleu. The northern beach in Chepenehe is stunning - a long sandy beach overlooked

Posted: Mon, 4 Jul 2016 - 21:03

Baie de Pede - Mare - Loyalty Islands. We've finally arrived at the first of the Loyalty Islands after a long and bumpy overnight sail from the Isle of Pines with 2 other boats for company. The

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