Yesterday INTENTION and I had great fun transporting six locals, three men and three young girls, from the provincial capital of Sola to their village on the other side of the island called Waterfall Bay. One of them was chief Kereley whom I had met previously in Waterfall Bay. The previous day he had made […]

Hello to all We left waterfall Bay with good Southeast winds to take us to Ureparapara, which is a volcano with the northeasterly side blown open so boats can sail into the center of the crater. It is a exciting and unique experience Sailing into the opening of a volcano. INTENTION was almost surrounded by […]

Hello all, Was a beautiful day sail around the top of Vanua Lava to the western side and beautiful waterfall Bay. Most of it was a very easy sail except for the last two or 3 miles which had the wind on the nose. it is called waterfall Bay because it has two roaring waterfalls […]

Hello everyone, We left Asanvari Bay just before sunset for an overnight sail north of along the island of Maewo to the islands of Santa Maria and Vanau Lava. The wind was blowing at 15 to 20 knots over the starboard quarter and INTENTION sailing beautifully with a full jib and a double reefed main […]

Hello We had 25 kn winds on the nose most of the time sailing to awesome Asanvari Bay on the island of Maewo. We tacked into the nicely protected Bay with a beautiful waterfall and anchored next to the same boats that we were in the harbor with last. We launched the dinghy and mounted […]

Hello everyone, After being in Loganville for too long we had a pleasant sail to Palikoulo Bay which is a protected Bay 12 miles northwest of Loganville. At least we feel we had gotten out of the city. We anchored next to a boat we had met before at Aore resort in Loganville called Clark […]

Hi The next morning we sailed from high-yield to you Palikoulu Bay to the Anchorage of Loone Laka on the island of Aoba. After staying for two days we sailed in 20 kn winds to Lolowai Bay which as a very nice protected Bay. It has a set of range markers to cross the reef […]

Hi All, Continue to be at the mooring in front of Aore Resort. Going ashore on the island for walks in the afternoon, drinks in the evenings with friends, and of course swims during the day. It’s been a little more than a week since Patti arrived July 21st safely as planned in a huge […]

I took Pam to shore for the last time this morning so I am by myself. I am sorry to say “So Long” to all of my wonderful new friends in the ‘Ocean Stingrays’ there in Byron Bay. Hopefully we will be able to cross paths again when I get to cruising eastern Australia. INTENTION […]

Pam: Last Thursday Jim and I sailed a few miles from our anchorage in the lee of Uri Island over to Norsup. I went ashore leaving Jim aboard to rest his sore back. I discovered that there was a well equipped workshop just near the wharf. The Australian manager Hugh and his NiVan mechanic said […]