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Tanna, Vanuatu

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Mon 6 Sep 2010 18:59

The sail from Ongea Levu in Fiji to Tanna in Vanuatu has been awesome. We didn't have to use the motors at all for the entire 691 nm we needed to cover. We enjoyed fairly strong winds the entire time and as a result it felt like we were flying here. The entire trip took a 111.5 hours from when welifted the hook to when we dropped it again, this gave us an average speed of 6.2 knots for the entire trip. This isn't bad considering that we spent the last 18 hours sailing as slow as possible, so that we wouldn't arrive in the middle of the night.

Now we are anchored in Lenakel Bay and will soon head ashore to check in with Customs and Immigration, then we're off to explore this wonderful island ... but first: a proper cowboy breakfast: Eggs, bacon, beans and freshly made bread ... mmmm ... life is good.

- Andreas

19:32.06S 169:15.86E

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2010

Oct 2010

Sun 10 Oct 05:12
- AI is in her final spot

Sep 2010

Thu 30 Sep 10:12
- 33:39.1S 151:18.17E
Tue 28 Sep 08:26
- On the hook in Sydney
Mon 27 Sep 01:19
- 32:07.45S 152:59.56E
Sun 26 Sep 20:51
- 29:43.9S 154:28.4E
Thu 23 Sep 22:30
- 24:27.95S 159:49.45E
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- 23:40.37S 162:16.87E
Tue 21 Sep 22:18
- 23:08.55S 164:07.62E
Fri 10 Sep 05:41
- In Noumea in New Caledonia
Mon 6 Sep 18:59
- Tanna, Vanuatu
- 19:34.639S 170:21.221E
Sun 5 Sep 03:48
- 19:33.305S 173:05.530E
Fri 3 Sep 21:31
- 19:30.428S 176:42.300E
- 19:16.646S 178:31.365E
Wed 1 Sep 12:01
- The "Emergency" stop takes a new turn

Aug 2010

Tue 31 Aug 03:04
- "Emergency" stop on Fiji
Sun 29 Aug 22:39
- On our way to Vanuatu
Fri 27 Aug 06:30
- 18:41.31S 174:01.41W
Tue 24 Aug 21:05
- We're in Tonga
Mon 23 Aug 12:46
- 18:51.3S 171:29.4W
Wed 18 Aug 05:31
- Niue
Mon 16 Aug 20:19
- 18:44.6S 166:57.7W
Sun 15 Aug 21:09
- 18:23.8S 164:41.8W
Fri 13 Aug 18:53
- In Palmerston
Wed 11 Aug 23:38
- 17:37.4S 159:16.7W
Mon 9 Aug 21:30
- 17:01.4S 154:57.2W
Wed 4 Aug 07:50
- 16:29.378S 151:45.6336W

Jul 2010

Fri 23 Jul 07:08
- 17:29.453S 149:51.111W
Thu 8 Jul 01:55
- Finally in Tahiti

Jun 2010

Sat 19 Jun 22:05
- South Pass on Fakarava
Fri 18 Jun 02:33
- 16:30.9930S 145:28.4354W
Thu 17 Jun 02:41
- Black-Out, but safely in Fakarava
Tue 15 Jun 20:08
- Almost at the Tuamotos
Mon 14 Jun 20:37
- 12:39.5S 142:43.9W
Sun 13 Jun 22:35
- 10:04.6S 141:30.2W
Sat 12 Jun 22:55
- 09:09.18S 140:20.45W
Fri 4 Jun 22:36
- 08:54.9546S 140:06.1209W
Wed 2 Jun 18:47
- 08:56.669S 140:10.027W

May 2010

Thu 27 May 20:02
- Hiva Oa
Sat 22 May 22:22
- FATU HIVA
Mon 17 May 20:37
- 17th of May
Sat 15 May 19:29
- 2/3 of the way
Thu 13 May 19:35
Tue 11 May 18:46
- Chinese fishermen
- Nearly half-way
Sun 9 May 18:54
- Blasting past 1/3 of the way mark
Sat 8 May 20:46
- Closing in on 1/3
Fri 7 May 18:00
- 1/4 of the way
Thu 6 May 20:54
- AI Quiz challenge has started
Wed 5 May 17:59
- Sailing along
Tue 4 May 18:04
- Finally wind
Mon 3 May 18:01
- Beautiful weather, but ...
Sun 2 May 13:34
- The iron topsail
Sat 1 May 23:22
- Farewell Galapagos

Apr 2010

Wed 21 Apr 03:46
- Galapagos
Sat 10 Apr 23:27
- Motoring through the Perlas
Thu 8 Apr 18:19
- Contadora on Las Perlas
- 008:37.50N 079:02.03W

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