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 […]