New Caledonia

Getting the "galerider" ready, so we can throw it off the back of the boat to slow us down if we encounter a storm.


Kiwi pals off "Gucci" being poisoned on Camelot.

Fragrant flowers Fiji.

Port Moselle Marina Noumea, our current home.

Waterfront cafe Port Moselle Noumea

Musket cove Fiji.

Finally arrived after many hours of bashing to wind. Had to divert from our course to Noumea and pull behind the island to take shelter. Set off again next day and gradually

hopped via a few nice bays into lovely Noumea.

Wow what a place it's like someone cut of a slice of the South of France and dropped it in the Pacific....it's gorgeous, and guess what its going to be the closest island to us once we live in New Zealand!

Now we are getting ready for the big jump to New Zealand. Its action stations on Camelot, we are moving around all the stuff on the boat. Storing heavy items low down so they don't fly out of cupboards, making sure batteries are well secured, taking off ventilation cowls. Basically trying to be ready for the worst, but at the same time hoping for the best!

We will leave Noumea in a few days and head south to the last island off the south coast, call Isle de Pins, then wait there, monitoring the weather, then push off the last 870 miles to Opua New Zealand. The first 400 miles should be OK, then its out of the tropics and sub tropics and head towards the roaring forties!!!! We expect to have some heavy weather once past 30 degrees south, so its hold on tight and bash our way through, or stop, heave to and let it pass over us, so there's the plan.