IOLEA 2019

We are an Australian couple who have been cruising on our Hylas 49 since 2010. We are currently in Alaska having sailed from NZ via French Polynesia and Hawaii last year.

12 July 2020
Emae
04 October 2019
Port Sidney
17 September 2019
Prince Rupert
08 September 2019
Icy Bay
27 August 2019
Sitka
15 August 2019
Elfin Cove
29 July 2019 | Prince William Sound: Snug Harbor
Prince William Sound - the west side
19 July 2019
Anchorage
17 July 2019
Seward
16 July 2019 | Aialik Bay, Kenai Peninsular
An Aialik revelation
15 July 2019
Ranger's Hut, Aialik Bay
14 July 2019 | Northwestern Glacier
Our first trip to a glacier
13 July 2019 | Kenai Penninsular
McCarty Fjord
12 July 2019 | Pilot Harbor, Kenai Peninsular
Pilot Harbor, Kenai Peninsular
11 July 2019 | Kenai Peninsular
Nuka Passage
10 July 2019 | Kenai Peninsular
Tonsina Bay
09 July 2019 | Afognak Island
Tonki Bay
08 July 2019 | Afognak Island
Kitoi Bay
06 July 2019 | Afognak Island
Sea lions and more sea lions
05 July 2019 | Kodiak Island
leaving Kodiak

Emae

12 July 2020
Paul and Kate Duncan
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Port Sidney

04 October 2019
Paul and Kate Duncan
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Prince Rupert

17 September 2019
Paul and Kate Duncan
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Icy Bay

08 September 2019
Paul and Kate Duncan
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Sitka

27 August 2019
Paul and Kate Duncan
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Elfin Cove

15 August 2019
Paul and Kate Duncan
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Vessel Name: Iolea
Vessel Make/Model: Hylas 49
Hailing Port: Sydney, Australia
Crew: Paul and Kate
About: We are an Australian couple on a 2003 Hylas 49 and have been cruising from the Caribbean to the South Pacific since 2010. We are now in Alaska after 6 years in the tropical Pacific
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Iolea's Photos - UVI to Grenada
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Yacht races Carriacou
No its not on the rocks, Sandy Island
Traditional boats Carriacou
Pelicans diving for the anchovies
Pelicans diving for the anchovies
Tropical waves come over us at the rate of 1-2 a week. They bring rain and storms but the sunsets are spectacular.
Petit St Vincent. Reminiscent of the Bahamas
Green turtles fed on the grasses below our boat at Tobago Cays. They were everyshere.
Green turtle Tobago Cays
Stenosis of our watermaker inlet. Took awhile to clear.
Moonhole - an eccentric American architect built these organic houses. the first was in the arch but was abandoned when a boulder fell through the roof and landed on an empty bed.
Dora and John from Wind Drifter at the whaling museum.
Leatherback turtles are nursed in this amateur turtle farm. To date 800 saved.
Sugar mill Bequia
A common sight - a chat at the dinghy dock. Paul is sitting on his beer, of course.
Us in action. An enterprising Bequian took these as we arrived in Admiralty Harbour in Bequia
Ditto
Paul and the back of Barb and Stewart off La Luna at the sugar factory in Bequia
Petit Piton from the top of Gross Piton
The consequence of not doubling your socks on a 5hr hike.
Lyle and Kate at half way - on the way down. Gross Piton is 2600ft
Hummingbird with Petit Piton in background
View from the top of Gross Piton
This guy carries drinks in an esky to 1500ft to sell to tourists
The trail is strewn with purple creepers
Lyle in one of the "slave caves". Slaves hid in the caves around Gross Piton before emancipation. There was a community of cave dwellers
Me in the same cave
View to Paul
Paul
Gross Piton 2600ft
Filleting our tuna - it was delicous. St Lucia in View Forte in the south
Kenny. Arranged tours and for Clitis to bring fruit at the Pitons
Gross Piton from Jalousie resort
Dasheen restaurant with Petit Piton in background
Dasheen restaurant/Resort in the Pitons
Petit Piton
Tree houses - the spa at Jalousie
Paul at Jalousie resort
Pitons in a storm. We had 45 knots of wind one night (20 is a stiff breeze with plenty of white caps)
Base of Petit Piton
View from Dasheen to bay between the Pitons. Can just see Iolea.
Petit Piton
The Pitons St Lucia
St Lucia Yacht Club - not dissimilar to Manly YC
From left to right: marie (Ozzie), me, Heather, Danielle (guest of honour), and Cindy. Cindy and Heather have sailed for the ABCs near Venezuela, Marie is waiting for her partner to return from the UK and has been here since last Nov (she
The bar at St Lucia Yacht club
The winners of the funny hat competition.
Early morning Anse Dufour in Martinique. The diving here is excellent - lots of fish and cone like structures from small to v. large.
Early morning Anse Dufour in Martinique.
Forte de France, Martinique
Trois Islet, Martinique
Forte de France, Martinique
65ft Trimaran, next to us in Trois Islet, Martinique
Mining French style - beautiful lines
Trois Islet, Martinique
Eastern lava flow
Paul in Montserrat
The very gregarious and enthusiastic horticulturist at the National Trust garden in Montserrat
For sale - pool with lava views, Montserrat
This is the third story of the golf club
Lava flow - more massive mud flows
Plymouth, the capital of Monserrat until it was buried in 1997
Plymouth
Paul with some pumice stone
Immigration centre, Montserrat
Anchorage at Nevis. I am amazed it turned out the boat is rolling so much in the swell.
Fortress on St Kitts as we go past
A room with a view on Saba
The 800 step staircase up to The Bottom on Saba
Diamond rock and a fellow Ozzie Saba
Paul
Trellis Bay artist community BVI Tortolla
Trellis Bay artist community BVI Tortolla
Paul in a typical pose The Baths Virgin Gorda BVI
Trellis Bay artist community BVI Tortolla
Trellis Bay artist community BVI Tortolla
Trellis Bay artist community Head rooster BVI Tortolla
4ft Tarpon swimming around the boat at night Lee Bay BVI
Lee Bay BVI
The Baths Virgin Gorda
The Baths Virgin Gorda
The Baths Virgin Gorda
The Baths Virgin Gorda
The Baths Virgin Gorda
Maho Bay, St John UVI
Maho Bay, St Johns
Maho Bay, St Johns
Maho Bay, St Johns
Peak hour at The Indians (a fabulous dive site) BVI
 
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