Thursday 17 November 2016
The latest edition of ‘The Pacific Crossing Guide’ written by Kitty van Hagen and published by the Royal Cruising Club Pilotage Foundation has hit the shelves. We were pleased to be able to contribute to this voluminous work which not only covers places to visit in the Pacific but provides a wealth of information on…
Thursday 4 June 2015
As Adina proceeded on her way sailing north in Vanuatu we received a lovely e-mail from Larbert Village Primary School in Scotland saying how they had been studying natural disasters and the devastation caused by Cyclone Pam and had used our blog to bring it all to life. Naturally we were delighted to hear that…
Monday 1 June 2015
So after having done our small bit helping in the aftermath of Cyclone Pam, Adina headed north and slowly but surely sailed out of the area impacted by the cyclone. The green lush islands we knew so well returned, people came out with fruit and vegetables to trade. Vanuatu has to be the most fertile…
Thursday 7 May 2015
There’s always some fun happening on-board Adina but every now and then we get an unusual surprise. Anchored in Luganville, Santo we got a message from an old school friend Ben Lovering who is a commercial pilot saying that he was flying from Papua New Guinea to Fiji and would be flying over Vanuatu. A while…
Thursday 23 April 2015
With Adina back in the water in Port Vila on the island of Efate, Vanuatu, we spent our final days provisioning, purchasing more aid using donations we had received and saying our farewells to all the lovely people we had met during our stay. Following a short trip up to Havannah Harbour in the north…
Tuesday 7 April 2015
It’s been busy, busy, since our return to Port Vila, Vanuatu. Naturally we were struck by the devastation that Cyclone Pam has created here. These beautiful, green, lush, tropical islands have been stripped naked; the views from the aeroplane as we arrived back were striking. On Efate, everything is brown, villages with buildings knocked down…
Wednesday 18 March 2015
On Friday 13th and Saturday 14th March, Cyclone Pam ripped its way through the islands of Vanuatu causing devastation the likes of which have never before been seen in the Pacific. Vanuatu has been our home for the last four months as we took a break from sailing and chose to store our yacht in…