After a beautifully calm cruise down from Papua New Guinea the wind died off completely about 20nm north of the Willis Islands around 200nm from the mainland. With no wind we weren't going anywhere so we decided to drop anchor just behind the northern most cay after motoring the last few miles. By the [...]

Black swivelling silhouettes against a cloudless yellow-blue sky where the sun has just melted into the sea; shearwaters, sooty terns and boobies swoop with effortless precision around our mast looking for a perch. A runny mound of guano on the solar panel left behind by last night's guests remind [...]

We have managed to time our crossing perfectly, today the sun was shining and the sky was blue with a few little fluffy clouds. It doesn't get much better than this I reckon. As the sun was setting a flock of birds swooped down to visit us. We decided we could accommodate four of them on them on board [...]

We left PNG yesterday on a fair 20kt wind, since then the wind has calmed to a very comfortable 15kts and were skipping over the ocean swell in a southerly direction. We cleared the reef coming out of PNG in the early afternoon and the water there was bubbling with fish. We didn't put a line because [...]

In a few days time we plan on starting our final offshore passage to Australia. We decided it'll be best for us to aim for Townsville which is about 100nm further East than Cairns. It means sailing closer to the wind so the boat will heel (lean over) more which will make sailing more uncomfortable, [...]

The sea is a vast soft forest lake where the islands rest like sleeping animals with faintly glowing eyes of fire from the villages. The yellow moon paves a street of shimmering gold between the headlands and a few faint stars colour the wispy clouds in the dark sepia sky.