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2017 Mission 1

Photos shared on Google by team sailor Daniel Baum (7/2017)

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fun place to visit when next in Port Vila
Saying goodbye to my new best German friends Heiner and Ede
Rudder from the German yacht
Peter prepares to end more than a month's loyal service aboard Chimere
Long shadows by the end of the Dedication and commissioning service
President Obed Moses
Big crowd at the Paton Memorial Church
President Moses
Back in Vila after a successful mission
A plaque to the missionaries killed and eaten at Williams Bay in 1839
Meeting old friend Donald from 2010 mission at Williams Bay
Gerry fixing a man's speargun
Another old friend Wilson from Williams Bay
More visitors with their dugout canoe enjoying bread and Vegemite
Chimere safe at anchor in Williams Bay Erromango
Annette Deb and Martin up williams river
Antonio and his new friends plus enormous spear gun
2 miles out from Williams bay
Deck full of folk on the lovely 7 hour sail to Williams Bay
Iron Chef Antonio at sea cooking up a storm
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East coast Erromango
Dramatic east coast of Erromango in the morning light
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Early morning exit from Ipota
Chimere at anchor at Ipota Erromango
Saying goodbye
Daniel the Pied piper of Chimere
Anchoring in a river
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Dental care worker Bob wakes with a smile
Smooth overnight run north from Futuna to Erromango
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Dropped Oral Health Survey team off onto small beach
Herald Bay
Gerry does a great job
Early morning reanchor to herald bay Futuna for new day's clinic
Peter beds down at Futuna for the night
11 people for dinner
At anchor Futuna
Annette and Gerry at Futuna
Dentist Tami and Antonio work the lens
Off to Futuna
Leaving Port Resolution
My new German sailing friends - Heiner and Ede
Stanley helps with the water transport
Medical team head off to work up the coast - 7am this morning
Coconut drink anyone-hand me that Ryobi drill
Medical team off to work this morning
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Our very own play pen
This is what a bent rudder shaft looks like
the sea showing through the crack
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if you look closely that is an Aussie flag being waved
And this is how we left them tonight bobbing on her anchor
And this is a shot of the repairs with her fully floated
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Peter helping the dentist
Bob looks on as Antonio does his thing
Dick assesses eyes and dispenses spectacles
Morinda starts the Oral Health Survey
First National Oral Health Survey participant, Annie Ware
Elder Sampson Chief Johnson & Principal Thomas aboard Chimere for afternoon tea
Chief Johnson with a locally made mud stove
Bob gives a speech in reply
Martin and Daniel receive their flower garlands of welcome
Rain squall coming down the valley
Erb & cheese bread as good as you'll get anywhere
Selfie with my new best friend Tawa
Off on a picnic to the beach
Nice bed - Martin & Daniel wake up in Port Resolution
Special Bulldogs cap for Charlie our first visitor of the day
And naturally Bob stumbles across his auntie and family while chatting with nurse Nancy
l-r Dick, nurse Nancy, Morinda and Bob
Chimere after arriving in Port Resolution
Morinda, Bob & Dick head ashore to start work with Chimere and crew behind
Just about to lineup for the entrance to Port resolution, Tanna But first we must travel in the shadow of Mount Yesur
Thanks to Gerry and our "no knead bread" sponsor
Volcano from a distance- arriving at Tanna
And naturally Bob stumbles across his auntie and family while chatting with nurse Nancy
Chimere after arriving in Port Resolution
With this bunk the medical folk instinctively check for a tag on the toe.
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Peter at one with the sea
Annette and Gerry- morning stop at Ipota, Erromango Island
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Barry Stewart pre Mission 1 briefing
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Annette & Gerry - the before shot
Seriously good boat care!! Yu taken - me makim ( you say, I do)
Eddie & Louie sign off for the day
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A rare sight... a clear foredeck. Even rarer will be a newly painted clear foredeck
A sailor with the business card, all the way from Norway, Captain Helge Witzo, our new neighbour here at the sea-wall.
Yes, Robert really is here!! Note the wonderfully painted cockpit. In the background
Martin and Peter work on attaching the mosquito netting to the sunshade shelter
It's a high traffic zone, so the cockpit needed to be painted in stages
Port Vila Main Street - winding down on Saturday afternoon
New crew member Peter plus Cam, with our cook and waitress
Fish feed at the market
Peter Wright steps aboard

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