Our Wedding Day dinner on March 20. Two gigantic New Zealand lobstertails. They were too big for us to eat on one dinner så we got lobsterpasta they day after........ To this we had New Zealand "Champange" which is very high class indeed.
Yaghan launched again at Orams in March 2008. The new tender is hanging on the davits.
Yaghan is going on hardstand for a major refit at Orams in Auckland before the second half of the circumnavigation. Orams is one of the worlds leading refit yards for large sailing yachts
The Race "Coastal Classic" starts from Auckland " the City of Sails" on Friday October 19.
At sea 60 nm outside Auckland, New Zealand, photos and films of Yaghan were taken from a helicopter. It took ut 6 days to sail the 1200 nm från Fiji to New Zealand. That confirms our normal speed of 200 nm per day.
Yaghan närmar sig Auckland, Nya Zeeland i 15 m/s
Yaghan approaching Auckland, New Zealand in 30 knots of wind.
Yaghan on her way to Auckland with cutter and reefed main.
During the last day towards Auckland, New Zeeland the winds were fresh
Paradise found! If there is a tropical paradise in the South Pacific it is the northern Yasawa in Fiji.
The coastline of northern Yasawa (Fiji) is among the most beautiful coastlines we have seen so far. The people of norther Yasawa are proud and very nice. They have good reasons to be proud of their northern Yasawa.....
"Lovers Beach Two" in northern Yasawa, Fiji, is also very good........Also this one should be on the list of "best beaches in the world".
"Lovers Beach" on northern Yasawa - definitely one of the best beaches in the world. Here we were completely alone several days. Northern Yasawa is the nicest part of Fiji.
At the top of the uninhabited island of Eukafa there is a tomb of an Tongan Princess. From here you have a fantastic veiw over the Tonga Vavau archipelago.
Yaghan meets an humpback whale in the Tongan archipelago. Yaghan and the humpback were about the same size - 20 meters and 40 tons.
I the northern Vava'u archpelago of the Kingdom of Tonga there are many uninhabited islands with wonderful beaches. This is the uninhabited island of Ovalau. However already next season here will be a chines owned resort with 100 rooms.
At Suwarrow Arne is reading one of 200 books in the Yaghan library. Our toplist so far during our circumnavigation of the globe looks like this: 1. Antarctica, 2. The Falklands, 3.Suwarrow, 4. The Chilean Channels, 5. Punta del Este, Uruguay.
Arne at our favorite beach at the outer end of Anchorage Island. Here we were completely alone. Arnes new haircut was created at sea on the way to Suwarrow. Heléne fixed it with the help of an electric shaver.........Very handy and inexpensive.
Arne in Tom Neales "summer house" that he built at the beach. Here he was sitting during evenings looking at the sea.
Suwarrow is uninhabited except for an administrator who lives here 6 months per year to guard the national park. The current administrator is John with his wife Veronica and their 4 children. When they are not here they live in Rarotonga - the main island among the 15 Cook Islands.
A monument over Tom Neale at the Suwarrow atoll. He lived here alone for 6 years in the fifties and the sixties and wrote the book "An Island to Oneself".
Bora Bora Hotel - the classic hotel in Bora Bora. However it is gradually facing severe competition from new resorts in the area.
Bicycle tour round Bora Bora on our nice Brompton bicycles. However you had to watch out for scabby dogs that are running around everywhere...........
In the lagoon of Bora Bora
Heléne has just been snorkeling before the lunch at Motu Mahaea
Another favorite anchorage. The island Tahaa north of Raiatea. Here we have anchored on the reef in 5 meter near the motu Ile Mahaea.
Bahia d'Avea - the most beautiful anchorage in Huahine