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150nm from Port Vila

The first 24 hours of a passage are always an exciting time. It's good to finally be on the way, with the wind at our backs and the boat going very well at 7+ knots. The wind is blowing at a steady 25 - 30 knts from behind, pushing us along at a good pace. It's always hard to arrive somewhere and try to jump the queue to get things fixed, but that's just part of the job. We made good progress in Port Vila and managed to tick off our job list pretty quickly. Being a delivery skipper means you have to be ready for anything that comes your way, and that means being able to adapt quickly and efficiently. Getting fuel in Port Vila was quite an adventure. The fuel dock is a mere 50 meters away from our berth, but a pesky set of power lines stretches across the bay. This meant we had to navigate a tricky route, exiting through a reef pass, circling an island, and then re-entering through another pass. Meanwhile, most other boats enjoyed the luxury of a direct route to the fuel d...

Preparation

As our access to onboard technology continues to improve we have to keep adapting. Since we now have Starlink for communication and weather downloads we no longer need to have a predictwind account, the downside is that we lost the tracking and associated blog. It took a while but I've come up with a solution. We can use the Garmin inreach for tracking and I've downloaded an app to make a blog. Amazing? Or very amazing?  So this is a test to see how it goes.  Don't get over excited. My blog entries covering our yacht deliveries are pretty mundane and I have, in the past, received constructive criticism saying "a bit more information would be nice" (Thanks Gary), and "you do know other people read this as well?". That came after I wrote that some fisherman chased after us while we were sailing and shouted over "do you want to trade rum for fish?" and I replied "Yes, but we haven't got any fish".