Sailing from New Caledonia to Australia, 2,500 NM,

We left NC on Sultano, 4 of us, Captain Francesco, me the first mate, Super Susy, and cara Silvia

brg ( bearing to the waypoint: where we want to go) 303 degrees

rng( range( distance 2,500 NM but it maxes out at 1,000)

cog ( course over ground: our track over ground : where we going) 322 degrees : 19 degrees off our desired heading

sog( speed over ground) 8.1kt going fast...

Setting the fishing gear , ready for a competition with Francesco

Getting some big weather...

After a rough night, found a Flying fish on deck

Sunset....

No fish.....again..

Sunset....again

Bad to the bone

We got the spinnaker up!

Genoa only, and doing 7 kt!!!!!

Big sea..

Arriving in Thursday Island, Australia

My two fishing got messed up, and took me a great deal of patience to fix!

 

Got a wahoo!

Dinner!

Our watches

Silvia is fileting it

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The skipper ( me!)is confident of his navigation plan through the reefs! But stays on the look out.

The skipper ( me!)is confident of his navigation plan through the reefs! But stays on the look out.

Silvia getting some fresh AIR after prepping lunch..

Arriving at the Bay d’ire…

Anchored at ilot Casey, where they filmed some parts of “le grand bleu”( No Sandie, not abyss)

Iles DES Pins ( colonnaires)

A sunset

But a famous Jungle! Where they filmed Jurassic Park!??

But she laught at me, and broke my heart!

By the way, the cheapest hotel in “Town”

Another sunset! Baie de Gadji

Another sunset!!!! Bais de Kuto, the finest sand in the whole universe! Yes!

Nan, it’s a sunrise

Baie de Kanumera,

Smile!

Thank you Doudoune! You saved me from Jurassic Park! I think I love you!An Hollywood love story is born.

Not so windy good time to fix the UV cover of the genoa

Socialist?

Including :Louise Michel, Derochefort…

Ruins of the jails

Better than the goulag in Siberia…

Pointing to the treasure, actually not , to the jail!

Ile d’Ouen, a little stop before going back to “civilization”

Dolphins welcoming us back to “le caillou”

Fumer tue!

Non! C’est la cuisiniere ( Sarda!) qui vous tue avec ses super pates au crabs de paletuvier( meme meilleur que les crabs Breton!!)

But what’s for dinner? J’ai faim!

Cigales????

Like a lobster, but better!

Under the sea, everybody is happy

Watch for the crabs!

A Jungle treck