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2008 sailing season photos: New Zealand, Minerva Reef, Fiji, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Australia
New Zealand, 2008
At the airport in Rhode Island
Whangerei, New Zealand
Bill and Waldo unroll the new jib
The new jib gets hoisted
Waldo and Mark set up the new main sail
Mark sets up the AIS at the nav station
The mess on board as we organize
Heaps of stuff to be stowed (hooray for new pillows)
Rainbow over our marina in Whangerei
Ray Roberts and son Carl at Riverside Drive Marina
The dock at Riverside Drive Marina
Riverside Drive Marina travel lift
Mountains near Erquarts Bay
Mark
Erquarts Bay
Small tanker
View on walk from Opua to Pahia
Laura on a walk
Laura on a walk
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Laura, Britta and Michael
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Laura wading in from Vera’s dinghy to the reef
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Britta and Lynn on the reef
Minerva Reef with squall approaching
Minerva Reef
Britta on the reef
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Michael (making a face as always) and Britta
Minerva reef with squall approaching
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Fiji
Coral with blue bombies
Underwater coral in Navadra
A school of squid under boat
Picturesque dinghy
Picture taken by Wombat as he passes us
Sabbatical III under sail
View from Navadra
Sabbatical III in Navadra anchorage
Navadra
Navadra
Navadra
Sacred hill on one side of Navadra anchorage
Fish being brought up to the Octopus Resort – Waya Island
Our 30th anniversary – Likuliku Bay – Waya Island
Likuliku Bay, Waya Island
On the beach in front of Octopus Resort, Waya Island
At the Blue Lagoon
Inside the meeting house at Tamusua
Traditional home Tamusua Village
Traditional home Tamusua Village
Traditional home Tamusua Village
Michael and Laura wading through the water to get back to the dinghy
Helpful guy in Land Harbour who escorted us back to the boat from the village
This is all water at high tide
Marine growth on the rocks
The beach at low tide at Land Harbour
View of Waya Island from Naviti Island
Nice to have a big group for dragging the dinghy up the beach
Hanging around the Octopus Resort
Vera, Horizon, Sabbatical III and one Wombat
Moutains in Nalauwaki Bay , Waya Island
Sabbatical III, Vera, Horizon and Wombat of Sydney
Traditional costume on Waya Island
The Rugby Teams uniforms
Hut on Waya Island
More kids on Waya island
Laura in her sun protection outfit
A motley crew of yachtie friends in Waya
Kids in Nalauwaki Bay – Waya Island
Boy in Nalauwaki Bay – Waya Island
Kava root ready to give to the chief
Tanna Island, Vanuatu
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Drawing in tourist hut in Tanna
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Laura outside the tourist info hut
Laura and Britta
The tourist info hut
Selling a small selection of baskets, shells and fruit
Bislama ad
View of Port Resolution, Tanna
Port Resolution, Tanna
Port Resolution,Tanna
Laura in Tanna
View of the boats in the harbor at Port Resolution
Michael, Britta and Mark
The road to town
Sign at primary school, Tanna
Primary school
View from one of the huts you can rent
A hut in Port Resolution
The nakamal or meeting house for men
Wedding ceremony – Port Resolution
Wedding ceremony – Port Resolution
Wedding ceremony – Port Resolution
Wedding ceremony – Port Resolution
Wedding ceremony – Port Resolution
Our boat under a tremendous double rainbow
Guest at the wedding ceremony
A beach near the village
A beach near the village
Michael from “Vera”
Laura and Britta waiting for lunch
Lunch was cooked in town and carried in
Two of the girls who helped with lunch
Wedding ceremony – Port Resolution
Wedding ceremony – Port Resolution
Wedding ceremony – Port Resolution
Wedding ceremony – Port Resolution
Wedding ceremony – Port Resolution
Wedding ceremony – Port Resolution
Wedding ceremony – Port Resolution
Wedding ceremony – Port Resolution
Wedding ceremony – Port Resolution
Wedding ceremony – Port Resolution
Wedding ceremony – Port Resolution
Laura with friendly Vanuatan woman
Wedding ceremony – Port Resolution
Wedding ceremony – Port Resolution
Wedding ceremony – Port Resolution
Wedding ceremony – Port Resolution
Wedding ceremony – Port Resolution
Wedding ceremony – Port Resolution
Wedding ceremony – Port Resolution
Wedding ceremony – Port Resolution
Wedding ceremony – Port Resolution
Wedding ceremony – Port Resolution
Wedding ceremony – Port Resolution
Local outrigger
Local outrigger
Jeep trip past lava plains to Lenekel
Jeep trip past Mt. Yasur to check-in at Lenekel
Driving through lava dust past Mt. Yasur
Don’t smoke please
More signs in Bislama
Our transportation for the trip to Lenakel
Sign in Bislama
On a passing truck
A boy on the beach in Lenakel
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Mt. Yasur volcano, Tanna Island
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Wedding and Lenekel, Tanna Island
Port Resolution Yacht Club
Double rainbow over Sabbatical III and another boat
Cultural Center – Port Resolution
Simple painting of Port Resolution
Sign in cultural center about the circumcision ceremony
Laura and Britta
The women’s center and market in Port Resolution
Sample of colorful Bislama language
View of the harbour in Port Resolution
Mark and the “Vera’s”
The path to town from the yacht club
The primary school
View of harbour – Port Resolution
In the village at Port Resolution
Village meeting hall for men – Port Resolution
Wedding celebration
Wedding celebration
Wedding celebration
Wedding celebration
Wedding celebration
The beach outside our restaurant
Michael at the beach
Laura and Britta outside the restaurant
At least 8 different carbs and chicken curry !
Wedding celebration
Wedding celebration
Wedding celebration
Wedding celebration
Wedding celebration
Laura and Esther at the wedding
Wedding celebration
Wedding celebration
Wedding celebration
Wedding celebration
Wedding celebration
Wedding celebration
Local outrigger
No smoking sign
Read the Bislama on the sign
Our transport for the 4 hour trip to town and back
Translation: Forbidden to smoke in the following public places
Goat on way to dinner
Friendly kid #1
Friendly kid #2
Friendly kid #3
Grass skirts drying in sun
Local woman – making grass skirts
Young girl on the beach
Michael and Britta take a rest on the beach in Lenekel
Stanley passes out while we wait for the truck back to Port Resolution
A local outhouse
Fancy fuel station
The bay on the way to Port Resolution
Mt. Yasur from a distance
Mt. Yasur from a distance
On the truck back to Port Resolution
Moonscape we drove across from Port Resolution to the town of Lenekel to check in
Our tracks through the ash
Back side of Mt. Yasur
Driving past Mt. Yasur as it belches smoke
Behind Mt. Yasur
Stanley – our tired and hung-over tour guide
Our travel van – going back to the boats
A local outrigger
Roasted peanuts from the market
Port Resolution Yacht Club
Laura at Port Resolution Yacht Club
Sorcerer’s Apprentice-like trees
Local girls help at the restaurant
A hut near a tiny beachfront restaurant in Port Resolution
Another cute pikinini
Cute pikinini (bislama word for child!)
Circumcision Ceremony, Tanna Island
The boys with the leis were circumcised a few weeks before and have had to fast for the past week. Better at 8 days!
2 boys were circumcised
Pikininis (children) at the celebration
At the celebration
At the celebration
At the celebration
Taro root
A couple of yachties with the locals
Great make-up and costumes
A sacrificial pig
Lifting him up is no easy task
The kids all like to pose for pictures
A fashionable pikinini
Dancers
Dancers
At the circumcision celebration
At the circumcision celebration
At the circumcision celebration
Mark and 2 locals ( Mark is the one on the right)
Cute pikinini
The mother of one of the boys
Costumes and makeup are terrific
Guests at the circumcision
One of the circumcised boys and his mom
A slaughtered cow for the family
The celebration for the family will include beef
A truck loads up with gifts for the families of the circumcised boys
We are asked to take gifts at the circumcision ceremony
Eric – the Chiefs eldest son in the village of Black Sand
We get a taro root as a gift from the village
Sign in cultural center about the circumcision ceremony
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