Tangaroa

Tangaroa is a French built 14m Meridien sloop rigged alloy centre boarder. We are a family of 5 on board. Our personal blog can be found at www.onelittleadventure.com and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/onelittleadventure

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Posted: Sun, 25 Oct 2015 - 21:49

Gentle sail up the bay de Prony to Hot Springs!

Posted: Sat, 24 Oct 2015 - 12:07

Picked up a mooring buoy off an old abandoned resort near Casy island in bay de Prony, spectacular little sheltered spot. Early morning yoga at the end of the old pier, clear blue sky with glassy

Posted: Thu, 22 Oct 2015 - 19:05

Alongside the pontoon in Noumea. Restocking with some yummy, but expensive, provisions before checking out some less urbanised areas. The cheese, olives and pasties are very welcome after so many

Posted: Tue, 20 Oct 2015 - 19:38

Finally a break in the weather to allow us to sail to Noumea. Had a great few days relaxing in Baie du Nord, Mare Island. The snorkeling was amazing with close encounters with turtles, eagle rays and

Posted: Fri, 16 Oct 2015 - 15:50

Forecast underestimated conditions a bit, hit by some messy seas on this last crossing, 35 to 45nm/h winds with around 5m seas. Big wave tore one anchor hatch door off, broke 1 stanchion and broke

Posted: Thu, 15 Oct 2015 - 11:25

Leaving Vanuatu for Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia. Wind was too strong to sail to port Resolution so anchored off a nice black sand beach in a really rolly anchorage, soot builds up on deck each

Posted: Wed, 14 Oct 2015 - 11:06

Wind to strong to sail around to port Resolution so anchored off a nice Black sand beach in a realy rolly anchorage in the lee of Tanna, soot builds up on deck each morning. Visited the active

Posted: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 - 08:16

Arrived at Lenakel Bay, Tanner Islanmd, Vanuatu at 6.45am. It's really rolly, waves breaking and rocks all around ... we have to be at this anchorage until we clear customs and then hopefully our

Posted: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 - 16:26

25 knot southeasterly winds, swell still bigger than we would like. Looking forward to having some calmer seas when we get into the lee of island at around 3am and arriving early tomorrow morning.

Posted: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 - 15:21

Left Vudu pt, Fiji at 1300h Weds 7th Oct. Had a good run, just short of 200nm in 24hrs. 3m swell, not very comfortable.

Posted: Sat, 3 Oct 2015 - 10:18

At Vuda Pt marina where our friends depart for Australia and where we will prepare for departing Fiji for New Caledonia. We have picked up our new crew member who plans to be with us until New

Posted: Fri, 2 Oct 2015 - 10:18

Overnight passage from Kandavu Island to Musket Cove in the Mamanuka group. We had nine aboard for this passage, all crew managed really well with pretty rough swell.

Posted: Mon, 28 Sep 2015 - 21:58

Visiting Vunisea town for a few days. There's some small shops and a tiny market here. Caught a massive (approx 20kg) mahi mahi on the way in. Got a taxi to some waterfalls and are feeling very

Posted: Fri, 25 Sep 2015 - 20:58

Anchored at Nabouwalu village, another very friendly village. All nine of us were invited to a delicious lunch in one of the houses. We walked across the island to another village, where all the kids

Posted: Thu, 24 Sep 2015 - 13:32

Nine now aboard Tangaroa. Anchored at Namara Island, after presenting Yangona root to the chief at Draviuni. It pured with rain as we walked around the village! Namara is very pretty with a beautiful

Posted: Thu, 24 Sep 2015 - 08:13

Left paradise, aka Felaga lagoon in southern Lao, had a great overnight sail to get to Ono island in the Kandavu group, 190nm in 25hrs, Average speed of 7.6nm/h. Meet up with friends from our home

Posted: Sun, 13 Sep 2015 - 09:17

Anchored in the most stunning location that we have been so far, Felaga lagoon.

Posted: Fri, 11 Sep 2015 - 12:17

Motor sailed from Suva to Gau, smashed through the waves all day. All felt fine on board, just a little reluctant to move so lots of audio books and movies! Caught 2 big mahi mahi at the same time

Posted: Fri, 11 Sep 2015 - 12:17

Motor sailed from Suva to Gau, smashed through the waves all day. All felt fine on board, just a little reluctant to move so lots of audio books and movies! Caught 2 big mahi mahi at the same time

Posted: Fri, 11 Sep 2015 - 12:17

Motor sailed from Suva to Gau, smashed through the waves all day. All felt fine on board, just a little reluctant to move so lots of audio books and movies! Caught 2 big mahi mahi at the same time

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