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POHNPEI FSM 18 March 2012

March 17, 2012
Just a brief update as wifi keeps dropping out. Hope to depart here on Monday, bound for Lamotrec lagoon & Yap (1200 miles) Had a good time here, particularly sailing 20 miles to Nan Madol - google it to see better pictures than we have! Bonus a couple of days later was seeing half a dozen manta rays in a feeding loop, surfacing right next to the dinghy - 3.5 metre wingspan, and close enough to touch. Also had a nice walk to a waterfall and a swim in the pool at the bottom - quite refreshing.Lamotrec is quite remote so that should be sweet, & the chief has asked us to take mail from there to Yap - no airport, and only a couple of ships per year.
Hopefully we can get better wifi in Yap & do a better update & photos. xxxxxxxxxxx

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Kosrae, FSM 10th February 2012

February 10, 2012
Just lost my update due to a timeout by the service provider, so will keep this brief! All well in Kosrae, met up with IVALU last seen in Tuvalu, and also 2 other yachts here.
Friendly helpful people, green volcanic island, with mountains forming "the Sleeping Lady".  Have had gifts of bananas, meals, fish, sugar cane, etc. Lovely singing at the church which we hear from the boat. Have caught lots of rainwater & filled the tanks, and also fixed a few little jobs on the boat.
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KIRIBATI 29th December 2011

December 29, 2011
Thursday eve, and we are around our friend's place getting some internet access.  Still a bit slow, but not too bad.
We had an easy 6 day trip for the 720 miles from Funafuti to Tarawa, slowing down on the last day so that we would arrive at dawn instead of the middle of the night.
Easy entry into the lagoon, then anchored off Betio (pronounced Beso) and cleared customs immigration, & health, & chased down quarantine the next day.
Did some shopping, internet cafe - the usual things and after a f...
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TUVALU (FUNAFUTI) 1st December 2011

December 1, 2011
On Line again, this time at an internet cafe in Tuvalu. No wifi access or mob phones here, so will see how we go.
Since leaving Samoa we had a quiet trip downwind to Wallis Island, taking 4 days to do the 300 odd miles. Basically just drifting on the last afternoon & night so that we would arrive in daylight at low tide, to minimise the currents in the pass into the lagoon. Whereas we had mozzies in Samoa, there were a lot of flies in Wallis, so that was annoying. Plenty of walking to see the ...
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APIA, SAMOA ABOUT 26TH OCTOBER

October 27, 2011
It is Wednesday, and we are still in Apia, Samoa. Have had a good time here, meeting some locals, watching world cup rugby, touring some of the island, etc. On island tour we stopped at a lagoon & hand fed sea turtles that come & go from the ocean - they like white bread very much. Also swam in freshwater spring in a cave, saw waterfalls, & also tsunami damage from a few years ago. Gorgeous little children here, some good fire dancing, lots of rain, & very hot & sweaty. Glad we made a sun awn...
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Vavau Tonga, saturday 8th October

October 8, 2011
Hi all, internet seems to be working a bit better today, so a quick update. Just got back into Nieafu, Vavau after a few days cruising around. Had some nice swims over coral, saw a couple of whales, albeit they were about a mile away.
Have remade our rain catching awning, spending about 12 hours to do a really good job.  The following day in about 5 minutes we cut some plugs to block up our scuppers & lo & behold we can catch gallons of water off our entire deck area without the need of the aw...
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VAVAU, TONGA Monday 26th Sept 2011

September 25, 2011
Back on line for a while.  We are currently in Vavau, the (almost) top group of islands in Tonga. All issues relating to our knockdown on the way to Tonga are now resolved - dodger stitched up, clothes washed & dried, replacement glass for pressure lantern, AIS replaced, etc.
We have cruised up from Tongatapu through the western islands of the Haapaii group to get to Vavau. An enjoyable cruise in company with Akka some of the time.  Saw whales breaching & had one dive in front of us, about 30 ...
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TONGA, Saturday 21st August??

August 20, 2011
Hi all sorry long time no action here.
We are now in Tonga, got her on 8th August after 10 day passage from Auckland. Internet access here is a bit awkward, & we haven't been able to get WIFI working yet, so no more photos at this stage.
We had a fairly straightforward trip up from NZ apart from getting a couple of knockdowns in a gale near the Kermadec Islands. No structural damage to the boat, but a lot of bruises to the skipper! Mike was thrown out of the double bed, over the top of the lee ...
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AUCKLAND, 28TH JULY 2011

July 27, 2011
Wow we really haven't been too good at keeping up to date, and this is only going to be brief. From the Marlborough sounds we sailed to New Plymouth on the west coast of the north Island - a fairly ordinary harbour that copped a lot of swell from the Tasman. Found a rat on board who had obviously hitched a ride with us from Picton when we laid alongside the fuel dock for a while. A new friend lent us a car for a week or so which helped us do a bit of shopping & sight seeing, including a tour ...
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PICTON, MARLBOROUGH SOUNDS, 13TH APRIL 2011

April 13, 2011
We finally managed to leave Akaroa during a brief lull in the weather.  The wind had been blowing from the south west at 35 knots for about 3 days, with only minor respite, and as the long harbour at Akaroa faced south it was impossible to leave in these winds. We had been anchored across the bay at French Farm to stay out of the wind as much as possible, and set off immediately that it went calm.  We motored down the harbour to the entrance where it was quite "lumpy", with the southerly swel...
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