Today is Friday 6th June and Cathy’s birthday, so she was woken up to the gentle strains of a gift CD of a local string band and told to show-a-leg as we had to upanchor and reanchor off the Origin Energy HQ. We made it to Origin Energy for the agreed 7.30 am start and […]

Yesterday Pam woke up early and tiptoed around her slumbering fellow crew to make her customary early morning cuppa. She put the kettle on and returned a few minutes later and to her horror found the water stone cold. The second thermacouple had gone caput – no cuppa tea. We decided no use abandoning our […]

Hello to all, Yesterday we anchored in the calm water of Ai Bay very close to where the American and later the Australian Survivor reality TV show was shot. The full moon rose while we were listening to a CD of Hawaiian music. Nothing but the reflections of of the moonlight on the water and […]

Anchored at Ai Creek. S 17 degrees 36.3 min. E 168 degrees 14.6 min in 15 meters of water. Hi ho, INTENTION set off today on her Vanuatu adventure, Skipper Jim with crew Cathy and Pam from Australia, but first we need to backtrack as the last entry on this blog. It had Intention half […]

After a spectacular evening’s sail, Intention arrived in Port Villa, Vanuatu, this morning about 4:00AM. As it turns out, many of the “aids to navigation” weren’t — at least not at night, with their lights burned out. But, we made it safely past the outlying hazards, using GPS, radar, depthsounder, compass, and two crew on […]

Sunday, May 20 — Noon (Fiji time) Greetings from Intention, bound for Vanuatu. Our Noon position is lat 18deg 25min South, lon 171deg 46min East. Our 24-hour run since Noon yesterday is 162 nm. Conditions have been good: wind from the east or southeast at 15 to 20 kts, seas 3 to 6 feet. We […]

Good morning from Intention! Time: 7:30 AM (Fiji Time) Position: Lat 17deg 59min South, Lon 175deg 08min East Course: 270deg true Speed: 6 kts Winds: moderate, from the south Seas: 3 feet swell. Since leaving Fiji at Noon yesterday, we have sailed about 120 miles due west towards Vanuatu. We have been flying the genoa […]

Greetings from Intention and her crew: Captain Jim, Paul, Daniel, and John. We left Vuda Point Marina this morning (Friday), after pulling in last night for fuel, propane, water, and a great dinner. This morning we bent on the new jib, installed the windvane steering rudder, and headed out around 8:15 AM Fiji time. We […]