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Freydis
Thu 25 May 2023 23:56
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Freydis departed from Beveridge Reef early this morning
after 4 days in the beautiful lagoon there in the company of 4 other boats.
Unfortunately much of our time was spent fixing things as the generator had
suffered a catasrophic failure when we tried to start it on the second day. True
to form my extremely resourceful skipper managed to get it running yesterday
allowing us to fill up with water and charge the batteries after a day of cloud
and rain. We were also very fortunate to be able to source replacement parts in
Brisbane which our visitors to Vava'u can bring out next week. Thanks goes to
Arabella and their starlink connectivity.
Yesterday we had a visit from a small aircraft who
circled the lagoon 6 times before departing. They were under contract from the
department of fisheries in American Samoa some 350Nm to the North so not sure
what their interest was in Beveridge Reef but they must have got some great
phots of the boats.
There is no wind so far today so we are motoring along
in fairly calm seas with Arabella not far behind us and also bound for Vava'u.
We are hoping the wind will come in later today allowing us to sail the
remaining 330nm and anticipate arriving in Neiafu harbour during daylight on
Sunday local time.
Of course we will also be crossing the International
dateline and will be losing a day of our lives, just as well no-one is having a
birthday!
Jim and Paula S.Y Freydis |