Port Vila (on the island of Efate); Vanuatu

We have arrived in the lovely little port of Port Vila in Vanuatu. We had the bio security official come out to us and give us our clearance to go ashore and to complete Immigration and customs. However, we will go back to yesterday... after a night of motoring we started sailing and the wind built up slowly. After leaving such a stinky carbon footprint in our wake the wind decided to do some cleaning out and blow it away. We had the wind on the beam and reached all afternoon and night at 7-8kn. Talk about making up time! Needless to say by nightfall we were having a wild theme park ride so we move a mattress back to the floor near the mast to find a little less motion and hopefully some sleep. Early dawn showed the outline of Efate on our starboard side and the moon setting on the bow... pretty cool... as we surfed along. We lost a big fish when the boat rounded up while Colin was just starting to get some line back. As the boat went about we wrapped the line around the bow. Sadly the prop had the last word by cutting the line and the fish lived for another day. Hey, but the beef on the islands is supposed to be the best in the Pacific... hopefully we will get some as most of it is exported to Japan. So by 09:00 we were anchored in the Quarantine area and ashore for lunch. The town is very nice and there is plenty to see and do. So a few days here and around the island, mostly the west and north west coast and then back here to wait for a good weather window... or maybe just go as it does not seem to make much difference. So till later...

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