![]() We had received permission to enter Vanuatu at Port Resolution on the island of Tanna, not a entry port but the closest anchorage to the famously active Mt Yasur, the most accessible volcano in the world. We decided that the dragon we saw in the clouds, coming directly from the volcano on Tanna must have had something to do with it! We could see the island of Futuna, a rarely visited island some 30 miles E of Tanna from a huge distance away, over 50miles but Tanna itself remained obscured until we were 20 miles away. We had a strange time trying to spot land as we beat up towards Tanna. Tika and Time Bandit had screamed across and both were in over a day ahead of us but handily were able to confirm route in and anchorage. We motored in the last 20 miles to arrive in daylight rather than wait until the next morning. I’m afraid I got v bored and decided to turn on the get there juice. However we fell into a hole and slopped along before the wind turned to our nose and we had to beat. The first 36hrs were wild and racy and we charged along. We made a rather tedious passage across from Fiji to Vanuatu, a distance of about 450miles as the crow flies. Fingers crossed that the repairs work out. We are hoping that they will be fixed in time for us all to have a last blast together in New Caledonia. ![]() The kids hung out and had a good time and we said our goodbyes to Peta and Geoff. However, it necessitated us moving the 5 miles across the bay where we got the chance to meet up with Be and Be, languishing in Vuda Point still waiting for the parts to fix their sail drives, broken all the way back in Viani Bay. Why the Immigration and Customs staff are based there rather than the somewhat bigger Port Denarau where all the super yachts are, I really don’t know. We had a last hurrah in Fiji at Vuda Point Marina where we had to go to book out from the country.
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