We continue to try and sail to Australia but the weather is definitely against us. After 6 days at sea we have no choice but to motor the last three to four days to make it to Australia.
We’ve sailed over 10,000 nm, but as we enter the channel into Aust...
We do our final preparations for leaving New Caledonia and go through the checking out procedure, visiting all of the government officials that we need to.
We sail from Noumea and head towards the Gold Coast, Australia.
I wake up after my watch to find...
We leave the tranquil anchorage in the Bay of Prony and make our way back to the island, Ile Ouen. We head ashore and check out the beautiful beach with its abundance of natural wonders and spot small schools of blue bone fish swimming in the shallow, cora...
We leave Baie Iré, New Caledonia and make our way to Baie du Carénage in Prony Bay, New Caledonia to try and find the cascale falls, prison ruins, old mines and settler’s ruins.
We check out a hot spring, which ends up not being so hot!
We poke aroun...
We finally arrive in Noumea, New Caledonia after many prolonged attempts. We check in and check out the place and then leave the marina and head towards the Baie Iré on the island of Ile Ouen and a lovely quiet anchorage for the night.
We try out differe...
We leave South Minerva Reef and sail towards Norfolk Island where we plan to spend a few days on our way to the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
It’s a very slow trip and the wind definitely isn’t in our favour.
After a few days of bobbing along a...
We leave Tonga and sail in the direction of North Minerva Reef, a beautiful coral atoll in the South Pacific.
We finally arrive at South Minerva Reef after a detour due to weather conditions.
Magnus uses the mooring balls from the Tuamotus on our anchor ...
We leave Tonga and start the journey to Norfolk Island, via Minerva Reef.
Those of you who are less familiar with sailing and sailing terms may find this episode especially interesting.
Magnus goes up on deck and has a chat about Nutshell’s sails, her ...
We start to make preparations for leaving the Kingdom of Tonga to sail to Norfolk Island via the beautiful Minerva Reef. We’ve heard that the crayfish are fabulous on the south reef so we’re going to check it out.
We pick up a few last minute food sup...
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With Magnus’ Mum on board, we leave Nuka’alofa and head out to the islands for a look around before returning to Nuka’alofa.
There’s plenty to see under the water and Wendy does a few snorkels and discovers the ...
After our first good night’s sleep and a lull in the blustery weather, we dingy over to Big Mama’s, a lovely yacht club on the motu just off the main island of Nuka’alofa, for our first draft beer in absolutely ages!
We head across the bay in Peanut...
We spend a quiet week in Bora Bora, The weather is a bit ho hum so we do a few boat jobs and have a wonderful sail in the Bora Bora lagoon.
We then check out of French Polynesia and start the 14 day sail to the Kingdom of Tonga. It’s a full-on ride, wit...
We take Peanut up a gorgeous little river and then sail to the north island, Tahaa and pop in to a couple of the beautiful bays. The water is deep so there is limited anchoring.
Magnus fixes our scupper which has been broken since we bought Nutshell.
We ...
We leave Tahiti and make the small passage to the nearby beautiful island of Moorea.
We check out the sealife and plunge into waters filled with circling sharks and very inquisitive stingrays!
Then it’s off to the island of Raiatea on an overnight pas...
We head up to the big smoke, Papetee, on the local bus and manage to get the new part which we need to fix our fridge.
As usual, and as is common on boats, a little job turns into a much bigger one, and we end up sailing to Papetee and picking up a comple...
We leave Fakarava and start the supposedly, two day sail to Tahiti, 250 nautical miles away. It ends up being a slow trip and we finally get there about 5 days later!
Magnus cooks up a storm in the galley.
We enter through a pretty scary pass with massiv...
We have a little look under the water in the lagoon at Makemo Atoll and check out the coral bombies.
We leave Makemo and head towards Fakarava, the most popular of the Tuamotu atolls.
We take Peanut to the entrance to the lagoon at the pass and drift thr...
We check out the Kon Tiki memorial at Raroia and Magnus does a little fishing from Peanut.
We do a little 2 day passage to the nearby atoll of Makemo and check out the lovely village next to the pass.
Magnus shows how to gravity fill our gas bottle.
The...
As the weather sets in for a few days, we poke around and check out Raroia, exploring the charming motus and oas which make up the structure of the atoll.
There are plenty of critters with large pincers!
Mavi gets a fly and we see the beautiful landscape...
We take a short sail around the corner to the little bay nicknamed Daniel’s Bay. Here we catch up with a local family and buy the delicious grapefruit style citrus fruit, pomplemousse picked straight off the trees.
We leave Nuka Hiva and start our 5 day...
We hike from our bay to the next bay over and explore the oldest archaeological site in the Marquesas.
Mavi gets a good workout with breathtaking scenery all around us.
Magnus collects a few coconuts and provides food and drink for his family!
We catch ...
We check out a lovely little village on Ua Huka and then do a short trip to the nearby island of Nuku Hiva. The scenery is spectacular!
Magnus MAGuivers new batons for the mainsail which we lost on the Pacific Crossing.
We try the local food at a pension...
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