Cruising on Destiny

02 January 2014 | Bantry Bay
31 December 2013 | Careening Cove, Sydney
18 December 2012 | Sydney
18 September 2012 | Coffs Harbour
14 September 2012 | Rivergate Marina, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
12 September 2012 | Coral Sea
10 September 2012 | Coral Sea
31 August 2012 | Noumea
26 August 2012
22 August 2012 | Port Moselle
19 August 2012 | Port Moselle
17 August 2012 | West Coast, New Caledonia
12 August 2012 | Anse Vata
10 August 2012 | Port Moselle, Noumea, NC
10 August 2012 | Port Moselle
30 July 2012 | The seawall, Vila Harbour
25 July 2012 | Back in Port Vila
17 July 2012 | Port Vila
08 July 2012 | Ashore with Sea Fever
24 June 2012

Lifou Island

17 June 2008 | We ("Way") Harbour
John and Shauna
After our last missive, we had a very slow motor-sail across to Lifou. We arrived in We Harbour at about 13:30 Monday and checked in with LuLu the harbourmaster. He is a friendly, welcoming fellow who is really keen to help visitors. We had a bit of an explore that afternoon, meeting a couple of French expats in the small marina. It's a marina set up like a European small boat harbour, with the boats tied up around the inside of a small square enclosure. Very small, quiet and secure.
Today is Market day, and we walked down to buy some fruit and vegies, and found that it is Music Day - so we got to hear some local talent and relax in the sun.
We complain about Internet speeds at home, but it is incredibly slow here, and in the net cafe kids are trying to study at speeds they wouldn't tolerate back in Oz.
We met a nurse from the island's hospital and she has been very kind in letting us use her car to go to have a look around and to get frozen supplies from the shops - she is living on her boat in the marina across from us.
Comments
Vessel Name: Destiny V
Vessel Make/Model: 45' round chine steel cruising cutter - a Joe Adams design and a very sea-kindly crew-friendly vessel
Hailing Port: Sydney, Australia
Crew: John and Shauna
About:
People ask us: "Are you semi-retired?". Well no, we're semi-working. We love cruising, but the problem is we also quite like what we do in our civilian lives. So, for the last few years, we have been cruising over the southern Winter and Spring. [...]
Extra:
Our last severalyears of cruising have been spent exploring New Caledonia and the beautiful islands of Vanuatu, an entrancing country with wonderful, uncomplicated, happy and generous people. This winter we are at home doing some upgrades - navigation, rigid cockpit cover, watermaker and sundry [...]

Destiny's Crew

Who: John and Shauna
Port: Sydney, Australia
Sunshine on blue water, twelve knots on the beam.... The trades are blowing gently and we're sailing like a dream..... Sipping from the cup of life and getting mostly cream....
"Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats" - Ratty to Mole in "Wind in the Willows"