Pastime of Sydney- 2006 Adventures
On April 22nd (weather permitting), we will be setting sail for Port Stephens, Lord Howe Island, Vanuatu, the Solomon Isalnds and then returning to Australia- possibly via the Louisiade Archipelago of Papua New Guinea. We plan to return to Sydney by approximately the end of October. Hopefully, this time we will still have our mast!
Sunday, 07 May 2006
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The crew will be Dave Kerr (skipper), Penelope Kerr (First Mate), Paul Finucane (crew) and William Kerr (crew). William will leave in late June as he is heading off to Borneo as a volunteer, teaching English in Bario, a highland village. Paul is leaving us in August to return to Australia.
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- PASTIME, Penny & Dave are HOME!
- Sun- A Technological moment
- Whales, dolphins, ships and waves
- Pastime off to Coffs Harbour
- Marau Sound (Guadalcanal)
- Waterfall Bay (Vanuatu)
- Volcano at Losalava (Vanuatu)
- Friends at Epi (Vanuatu)
- Volcano at Tanna (Vanuatu)
- 6 Months!
- Pastime in Mooloolaba
- HAPPY BIRTHDAY Penny & Pastime in Bundaberg
- Handing over the materials for schools
- About to move on
- Pastime in Yeppoon
- The Louisiade Sailing canoe
- Pastime at Liapari Island
- Pastime at Digby Island
- Pastime in the Whitsundays
- Reflections on the passage
- Days 6 & 7
- Days 4 & 5
- Days 1 to 3
- About to depart
- Leaving the Solomons
- Charlie leaves- 27th August
- Getting to Vanga
- Gomai and Harapa
- Fishing, dolphins, stingrays, crabs, lobsters
- Toumoa to Nila
- Toumoa and David/Penny #2
- The Toumoa Bell
- Pastime heads further West
- Schools, Clinics and Churches in the Solomons
- The Toumoa Bell
- Moli
- Nggossele Passage
- Kingfish & Rain
- Whales, Giant Clams, Calamari & Turtles
- Pastime anchored at Sagheraghi
- Pastime in GIZO
- Charlie loses his pants!
- New Georgia Island
- The Marovo Lagoon
- The Russell Islands
- Honiara to Russell Islands
- Wango Bay (Makira) to Marau Sound & Tenaru Bay
- Pastime leaves Santa Ana Island
- Safe & well & finally clearing customs
- Kala Bay
- Passage to the Solomon Islands
- Waterfall Bay to Sola
- From Santa Maria to Waterfall Bay
- Dalov Village to Losalava & Volcano 3
- Champagne Beach to Santa Maria (aka "GAUA")
- Aore Island to Champagne Beach
- Crab Bay to Aore Island
- Bye Bye Volcano
- Waetman get up too late
- Wally the WAHOO
- 31L of diesel
- Extra crew and Erromango to Vila
- Now in Vila- leaving in the morning
- Reflections on getting to Vanuatu
- Made it to Vanuatu
- Safe and sound in Vanuatu
- WaterBlog Saturday
- Good progress
- Moving again
- Another slowwwww day
- Becalmed no more?
- Enjoying the journey
- Slow progress
- Good night
- Off to Vanuatu
- Dave & Penny briefly in Sydney
- Sunset at LHI
- Fr Paul says Mass on LHI
- Penny & Paul scrubbing
- Pastime in the Lord Howe Island Lagoon
- Day 3 & 4 to Lord Howe
- Day 2 to Lord Howe
- Day 1 to Lord Howe
- On our way to Lord Howe Island.
- Honiara Rioting
- Now only a week to go
- This is our "Pastime of Sydney"
- Less than one month to go
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Tess : The crew wrote: "As Saturday dawns, the wind has dropped even further to 5 knots. Very pleasant and comfortable sailing weather but slow progress. Not quite sure when we will arrive in Vanuatu. We've done 200NM since Lord Howe with about 720NM to go. It's looking like NE winds in a couple of days so that would slow us further. All in all, we are happy to be slow and steady rather than blasting along in rough seas which has often been the case in the past. Just a little more wind would be good. Yesterday, we were doing 6kts in 10kts of breeze on a perfect beam reach. Everyone is well. Dave, Penny, Will & Paul" (05/09/06)