After a long period without much fishing luck we’re regularly catching fish. Maybe it’s because the waters around Santa Isabel aren’t fished empty yet, or maybe it’s because of our new lure (we always use dark lures as they don’t attract birds!). Soon after Christian rigged that dark-grey, blue silvery squid the line went tight and we caught a barracuda. Over the next few weeks… Continue reading »
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2025
19
Aug
2025
11
Aug
Med-style mooring
The only way to be really comfy in an open anchorage like in Honiara is to be huddled in a protected corner with the bow pointing into swell, so that’s what we did for our last two visits to the capital of the Solomons. I used to dread manoeuvres with Pitufa (no bow thruster, long fin keel, huge prop), but with lots of practicing I… Continue reading »
2025
09
Aug
Oh-no-fishy
Smurfy welcomed today’s oh-no-fishy aboard! Why oh-no-fishy? Because we never catch one when it’s convenient… Today we were sailing goose-winged through an uncharted area full of reefs with the help of sat pics and just as a squall hit, the genoa got backwinded and rain was suddenly pouring into an open hatch, this king mackerel decided to bite! Smurfy didn’t care about the brouhaha and… Continue reading »
2025
02
Aug
Hydrocolloid Plasters
I can highly recommend hydrocolloid plasters for the onboard pharmacy. They are ideal for cruisers as they seal off a (clean uninfected) wound perfectly from dirt, flies, bacteria and you can even go snorkeling with them. They were readily available in French Poly, but not in Fiji or Vanuatu and even in Austria I had to order them at the pharmacy and the ones I… Continue reading »