S 07° 28.735 E 170° 23.165 Using his super lure, he trolled since today’s morning. Then he got a bite. The alarm of the reel was sounding loud and while running towards the rod, he yelled, “A fish!”, to wake me up from my afternoon nap. I rushed to the steering wheel and steered MaRe…

S 07° 39.468 E 170° 29.501 Finally we got the wind I wanted get on the first day out of Luganville. We had to fight our way through the doldrums until last night. Then the wind came during the night. Walking steadily to MaRe from S then SSE, SE, ESE, to reach E. In her…

S 08° 46.578 E 170° 22.879 Today, we started rather early sailing with gennaker, the ideal sail for wind conditions we had. However, around 1400 we had some dark clouds approaching from PRT side. Will they hit us or not?. I carefully watched them and decide to change sails. I don’t want to be caught…

S 09° 32.470 E 170° 05.382 It’s 0635. The sun rises above the grey appearing sea in the east with a dazzling “sun river” on it. It’s already pretty warm, but with the STB cockpit enclosures down as shades and just a tiny little breeze, it’s kind of pleasant in the cockpit. Looking at sea…

S 09° 53.87 E 169° 50.482 Starting at 0400 this morning MaRe was adrift with all sails down. We were busy with plenty of small tasks. Tobi even tried jigging, a special way of fishing. We watched a pod of smaller wales, looking like big dolphins, hunting and becoming curious enough about MaRe to swim…

Not for breakfast so far, but all the other meals are fish, fish, fish. Fishes are coming out of me ears soon. The worst is, Tobi can’t stop fishing. Even now, with MaRe not moving at all, he works on the preparation to do jigging. He, unfortunately saw that I have a lure for jigging.…

S 10° 06.285 E 169° 43.512 At 0400 I gave up hand steering MaRe through the extremely low wind area wachting the wind turning E and further N. The entry in the log book for 0400 contains the term “circle” for TWD (true wind direction). At 0520 the same, And I expect that the 1200…

There is more in the daily board routine then struggling with the wind. In the afternoon hours, when the sun goes down towards the horizon, sunlight comes into the cockpit. As the sunlight is still strong, it gets hot inside the cockpit, especially when the wind is weak. Sun protection is needed. For the other…

S 11° 20.965 E 169° 03.080 Today I don’t know really where to start writing nor do I have a title as before I start writing. Since yesterday we really have some wind and are heading good up to our destination WPT. MaRe is not sailing fast but in the low wind areas she makes…

At around 1600 – 1700 the alarm of the fishing reel went off with an incredible sound of a very fast pulling fish. We both dashed to the fishing rod. As Tobi was there the same time is let him act. He took the rod and immediately pulled 3 times to ensure the hook holds.…