Rowan was convinced he would be up at some time during the night to see the eclipse. At about 3:30am,

We had a reasonable night in our lovely airy room, the fact that it had three fans in it confirmed

We had a great sleep last night and feel restored after our overnight passage. After a late breakfast, we went

When Rowan took over at midnight, we put the parasail back up as the wind had picked up a little

Our plan was to head to Kavieng tomorrow, this is the biggest town around here and where we will check

The Chief wanted to have a meeting with us to try and encourage yachts to visit their village, so we

It was a great relief to have a cool day. Profasea were off by 7am. We had the squadron of

Up at 1am with a huge squall hitting us with torrential rain. No point getting going in the rain, so

Another boiling hot day and night. A few squalls in the night but no lightning thank goodness. We did a

The forecast was for rainy squalls, in many ways it was a relief from the intense heat. Rowan thinks it