After spending almost 3 weeks, making new friends in waterfall Bay. It is time to sail south Loganville. While in waterfall Bay my alternator stopped working and I was using this only solar panels as my source of electricity. It meant sending little e-mail, no refrigeration, and during this 140 mile passage I will not […]

As I mentioned in my previous journal entry I am currently in an Anchorage called waterfall Bay on the island of Vanua Lava where there is a five-day cruiser Festival starting today with custom singing and dancing as well as local food feasts. At the moment it’s raining and I will go into the village […]

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 […]