On January 1 2026 we joined the villagers of Elato for their celebrations. A short mass, then everybody prepared bundles of food to share with each family of the village. We spent the day with lots of waiting, watching the crowd, face-painting and perfume-spraying--apparently all (modernised?) traditions (at least the lipstick used for the painting can't be that traditional). We had lots of different taro dishes in our bundle, a delicious coconut crab, but neither dog nor turtle--the villagers had fortunately asked beforehand if we'd eat those ;-)

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Cloud Access not only gives you real-time access to your Pitufino, but you can store position reports, logbook entries and soon many other useful data (such as battery stats, weather, or sailing performance) into our database. Thus providing tracking or fleet control services, and soon more such as logbook management and polar diagram creation.

Cloud Access requires your Pitufino to be connected to a router with Internet access, that can be for example your Marina’s Wi-Fi, the hotspot of a mobile phone, a router with SIM card, and for offshore use Starlink or Iridium Go.

Yachties are welcome to anchor off Papatura Island Resort with its friendly atmosphere and great food! We enjoyed the pristine reefs and beautiful hiking trails.

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The islands belong to the Solomons, but lie closer to Bougainville. White sandy beaches, aquarium-like reefs, some uninhabited islands in the north, small, friendly villages on Fauro island. The currents make navigation tricky and anchoring is difficult as the water is deep almost all the way to the reef or beach, but the beauty of the place makes it worth it.

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Eloaua and Emananus have a shallow lagoon that lies just 90 nm northwest of Kavieng, but hardly any boats make it there. It's a pretty, protected anchorage with great coral outside the lagoon and groups of mantas inside. The locals are friendly, happy to tell stories (PNG for chatting) and eager to trade as supply ships don't call there. We had a steady stream of canoes visiting us!

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Takuu is one of the remotest atolls of PNG, about 400 islanders of Polynesian descent live there in a rather crowded, dense little village. Another motu is their dedicated garden island and the others are left uninhabited. A pretty place with healthy reefs, seabird motu and incredibly welcoming people! Erosion is gnawing on the shores and the islanders fight it with seawalls, hoping that they will be able to stay on their homeland for a while longer despite the rising sea levels.

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Time flies, our boy has already grown up! He's still curious, hyperactive, helping with all projects and occasionally ambushing us. Fortunately he's getting more mature, less crazy and sometimes even cuddly :-)

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The maze of Islands between New Ireland and New Hanover is more than just a quick stop-over: friendly villages, beautiful reefs, a few uninhabited islets, calm anchorages and only a few miles between the different destinations :-)

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