Noumea New Caledonia 22:16.62S 166:26.40E
Salsa af Stavsnas
Ellinor Ristoff Staffan Ehde
Fri 22 May 2015 03:34
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After a good sailing the only challenge was to time
the entrance to Savanah pass, arrived outside by 2 am in the morning, should not
go through untill 4 am, sailed very very slowly towards the pass and felt kind
of stupid. The sea was very very calm, but black dark - no moon.
Well soon before 4 I started to kick in more sails
and started the engine to make sure we had backup if something would g
wrong.
All lights and lighthouses working very well, and
well marked (we are in France!).
Came to the entrance of the pass- and- who was
boiling the water? My god was it wild! Like being on the ocean again, big waves
rocked us like a toy. What would it be like if we would have gone in an outgoing
tide? We had full control and we had no waves breaking on us and it lasted maybe
50 - 150 meters?
After that we had 50 miles to go in the
archipellago to get to Noumea.
Very protected water and a lot of beautyful
landscapes were revealed as the daylight came around 6 am.
Now we are in port and it feels like being in a big
mediteranian French city.
More later!
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