He took us around the island and we had him over for dinner on the boat. Very nice meeting indeed. He told us then that if we came to New Caledonia to contact him. So we did and he showed up with his wonderful wife Valerie for a chat. Yesterday we met again and he took us for some sightseeing and we had a wonderful lunch at their house. 

Jean and Ellinor on top of a nice view

Looks like a nice resort-but NC is far to expensive for normal people...

Well- us... photo by Jean

View of the city from the northern peninsula

The kids do not care much about the view...

Coffee after a great lunch- Valerie sits next to Jean

During the coffee Andreas showed up with a living grasshopper that was HUGE!!!!

Some work on the genua, the sacrificial part- the sunshades threads are being reinforced by Ellinor and me.