Pam: Sunday. We rose early at Banam Bay as Jim decided it was a fair wind for a passage to Port Stanley. The Norsup airport is at Port Stanley and Nicky and Lee need to get a flight on Wednesday so that they are back in Australia ready for the new school semester starting next […]

Pam: Thursday: Lamen Bay is a beautiful spot with white coral beaches and excellent snorkeling over coral only 50 metres from where we were anchored. So we had a relaxed mornings alternating snorkeling with numerous cups of tea and coffee. It wasn’t until early afternoon that we got ourselves organized to go ashore and explore […]

Nicky: The crew of Intention woke early on Tuesday morning to raise the anchor and set sail for Epi. After a quick cup of tea and sandwiches were made to keep strength up on the long journey north we waved goodbye to Havannah Bay. With Nicky at the helm and Lee raising the sails the […]

Photo # 1 – The current crew at the Melanesian Hotel for Sunday night show and banquet before leaving Port Vila. #2 – Jim, Nicky & Pam. Scrubbing each others back at the wash & laundry place in Havannah Bay. Today we went back to the village to give the Pastor a CD of the […]

Pam: Two days ago the winds were still northerly, so we had a boat maintenance day. Nicky demonstrated skill at the fiddly task of replacing the flywire on all the portholes. We know that if we ever reach islands further north that there are malaria carrying mosquitoes and we want to be able to keep […]

Pam: The last entry had Jim making the anchorage at Ai Creek in Havannah Harbour under sail with no wind – a great feat. Unfortunately the dead calm preceded a change of wind to veering between north and west and rapidly increasing. So yesterday morning, with the engine at least partially fixed, we motored further […]

Pam: Yesterday we yet again set sail out of Port Vila heading round Devil’s Point and back up the west coast of Efate. The charts show rough water off Devil’s Point and for a couple of hours there was a fair swell. At least there was a bit too much for the new crew who […]

Hello everyone. For the last 3 days Jim and I (Pam) have been totally caught up in the 2007 Vanuatu Ocean Swim. The swim itself takes place on the Saturday morning but is preceded by welcome cocktails, swim clinics and a carbo loading dinner and followed by a post swim breakfast with local entertainment and […]

Hello everyone Not all our readers are yachties – so “a bottom job” needs explanation. It has nothing to do with the state of Jim’s backside but everything to do with the state of Intention’s bottom. A “bottom job” is shorthand for taking Intention to a boat yard and having her hauled out of the […]

Cathie is all packed and ready to desert the ship. Its been a leisurely morning after my real birthday dinner last night at the only Japanese in town. The 3 musketeers went ashore with a little difficulty in landing the dinghy. We found ourselves at the maritime police dock and were greeted by a most […]