We have had a crew change. Miss Amanda is now back in Melbourne and Leapy Lynda joined us last Saturday after a short escape down to Tanna to meet up with Mt Yasur!

 

After our final provision until we get to Santo we departed from the Yachting World wharf at Port Vila on Monday 22nd July.  Our first stop is to revisit Havannah Harbour so we spent a couple of very nice evenings in Ai Creek with the company of Annabelle and Huntress (more like small ships than motor launches).  Naturally we had to head back to the Wahoo bar for a spot of lunch and a couple of rather nice Magherita’s as well.

 

As much as we would like to spend forever at Efate it is also time to say farewell and say hello to the other islands in Vanuatu.

 

On our first day we didn’t get too far with our first stop at Nawora Matua Bay (aka Hakuna Matata) on Nguna (position “17:25.604S 168:19.435E”) which is approximately 15nm from Ai Creek.  We had a great afternoon here and went ashore to watch to local soccer game – luckily the local team won although everyone watching seemed to cheer for pretty much anything that happened on the field!  We also met the chief and he gave us a bit of a tour of the village including his recently opened bungalows.  The anchorage and water here is amazingly clear and we can easily see all the fish on the bottom along with plenty of coral around the boat in 13 metres of water

 

Thursday the 25th and we are on our way again.  Our next destination is Sula Bay on the island of Emae which is around 25NM almost due north.

The island and bay is renowned for its snorkelling so we will keep our fingers crossed.