25th Oct 2017 Everyone, Monday was a very big day for us at Chesterfield – after the last blog we were lounging around in the evening wondering if we should go and try to spot a turtle on the beach, whilst we were all tired we agreed it was a chance of a lifetime so […]
23rd Oct 2017 G’day readers, This last period has seen us progress from the western end of Grand Passage through to 20nm east of the Chesterfield Reef. During that time the wind has continued to ease and vary in direction and we have had a number of sail changes in an effort to max out […]
21st Oct 2017 Hi Folks, It’s been a few days since our departure blog and about time we brought you up to date on the journey thus far. We are now through the Grand Passage via Petrie Reef having managed through the first day of solid 25 knots of wind with decent seas. With the […]
Apologies for no blog on Thursday. We had a couple of busy days preparing Chimere for the voyage and set sail on Thursday morning tired but keen to get going. We dropped our mooring lines at 7:37 in the morning and spent some time familiarising the crew with the boat. Outside of Mele Bay we […]
Port Vila to Melbourne Wednesday 18 October 2017 It was back on Monday 2 October that Chimere returned to Port Vila. It followed the conclusion of Mission 4 and a week-long sail south from the island of Vanualava. This is where most of the medical and dental team left the ship, choosing to fly […]
This blog begins the voyage home for Chimere after more than 4 months of [hyper]active service throughout the lovely islands of Vanuatu. The last 3 days have been a conglomerate of meeting new blokes, travelling together, arriving in Port Vila and being greeted by Rob Lat and Martin Burgess, before finally meeting Chimere herself at […]
Wednesday 27 September 2017 Moored off Aore Island Resort (near Luganville) After getting away from beautiful Port Olry at the scheduled time of 6:00am we headed south down the east coast of Santo towards Luganville. As expected, the wind and the waves were on the nose, but still we could maintain around 5 ½ knots. […]