I’ve just finished a short summary of our visit to the Eastern and Northeastern Islands of PNG. This area used to be quite popular, but for the last decade rumours of violence and crime (that are certainly true for parts of the mainland) have kept sailboats kept away. We enjoyed the little islands very much and would like to encourage more cruisers to visit–the islanders… Continue reading »
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2025
27
Jun
15% discount on all Pitufino models!
The season-start discount is coming to an end–just one more week Order your Pitufino now and get 15% discount! There’s a brandnew model out: Pitufino V1.2 comes with analogue inputs, digital outputs and Victron ports for battery monitors, etc. More info on the Pitufino webpage
2025
25
Jun
30 years together
… and the last 14 of these years 24/7 365 aboard our Pitufa–I suppose these count double?? We got lucky and found each other as teenagers, so we got to grow (up) together
2025
18
Jun
Installing a solar system for Simon’s Nature Reserve
We’ve been busy all week, but now the solar installation for Simon is finished! Christian (and plenty of helping hands) mounted 3 of our used panels together to have one big panel Then Simon’s brother Charles built a post where the panel will have a maximum of sunshine Then we had to lead a mighty long cable high up to keep it safe from playing… Continue reading »
2025
15
Jun
A shipment from Australia to the Solomons
We ordered a new chain and new solar panels from Australia and had them sent to a freightforwarding company and they were meant to send them here on a containership. Sounds simple, but it turned into an epic story when OPFL in Brisbane after being super responsive suddenly no longer reacted to emails or calls. Just when we were convinced that they had sold all… Continue reading »
2025
09
Jun
Shopping in Honiara
We’ve just spent 3 days on Honiara’s dusty roads chasing parts for the mooring and solar installation and of course we’ve done some more provisioning for ourselves. Once again everything went fine, nothing got stolen and yesterday we sailed over to Simon’s bay again! We didn’t get much sleep in the loud and rolly anchorage in Honiara and this time Christian caught a big-city bug,… Continue reading »