Along the Watery Way....

Captains Log - Pacific Crossing 27 day, 7 hours. 4043 nautical miles/7488 kms (Shared with Captain Ben's permission) Day 0. - 21nm jog downwind from La Playita to Otoque island. Arrived at 6.30pm and beef stirfry. No incidents Day 1 Tuesday 18th March. Departed 
Otoque at 0730. Wing on wing triple reefed main, double reefed Genoa. Massive current up the bum so doing 9 knots over ground in 12 knots apparent wind. True wind 16-22 knots. Flat seas. Dolphins escorted us out. 🍾  Day 2 Wednesday 19th March. 183nm day yesterday! Flying with 2 knots of current up the bum. Crew is going well. Chicken stew leftovers last night. Currently 7am boat time and 15-20 knots DDW. Surfing along at 8 knots. Day 3 Thursday March 20th. Still 2 knots of current behind us but the wind has died for the moment to below 10knots apparent. Seas have died down to below 1m. 195nm yesterday😳. Position 3.17.3 82.44.12 at 0700. The crew are settling into a routine and seem to now be sleeping prope...

Vanuatu 🇻🇺 to New Caledonia 🇳🇨 320 nautical miles. 2.5 days. Day 1 - We left Port Vila in the mist and motored until sunset. Altered course north to save fuel and beat less into the wind. An arriving ship's captain radioed the local port pilot over Channel 16 every five minutes for three hours 🤯 trying to establish contact. Gotta hand it to him for persistence! I don't know where the pilot was, but the port office is a big smear down the hillside, a casualty of the last earthquake. I reeled in a baby swordfish and then five minutes later, a mahi with cookie cutter shark scars on it. Let them both go - the swordfish was too beautiful and the mahi too big. Incredible phosphorescence tonight...like ploughing through a field of stars. Day 2 - Sleeping exceptionally well and trying to eat up all the fresh food. Every bite is one that New Caledonia customs won't take. Wind is calm and all reefs are shaken out. Yellowfin tuna are jumping tantalizingly behind the boat but no b...