More Rain!

Dear all,

 

Just like the UK has been suffering with lots of rain so have we! We have left the main port Port Vila after clearing customs and having a nice outing to the Cascades waterfalls. We are now tucked up in Port Havannah. We had a good snorkel and dive on the boat yesterday making sure the bottom is as clean as possible before entering Australian waters. Today we woke to overcast weather and frequent rain showers. We were meant to be heading back to Port Vila but behind the protection of the headland we still had 30 knots of breeze on the nose and were soaked to the skin!

 

We are hoping to check out tomorrow or Saturday and head for Cairns. It is quite a weird feeling thinking that our next country will be Australia and we have all sailed here!! The journey should take 12 days and once the current conditions have moved on we should have fine weather and good breezes – if you can trust a GRIB weather file. We have worked out that since Niue, every leg has had in excess of 35 knots of wind. So much for trade wind sailing conditions.

 

We hope the Olympics are going well and everybody is well at home,

 

Love, Ocean Lady