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Sea Mercy Fiji: Cyclone Winston Disaster Relief and Recovery Updates: May 2016
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Sea Mercy Fiji: Cyclone Winston Disaster Relief and Recovery Updates. Tuesday, May 31, 2016. Update from Amelie IV: In Fiji Enroute to Nayau - May 28, 2016. Matthew, Mark, Marie-Claude and Meghan. At first glance on arrival the damage from Cyclone Winston at Lomaloma was less visually dramatic than expected. Missing roofs on many buildings, trees stripped bare to the trunks, but still more green than we expected. All's well, we'll keep you posted as we go. Sorry for the longer summary today. Paint walls ...
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Sailing Pau Hana: May 2016
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Touring the Pacific on a 35' Wauquiez Pretorien. Saturday, May 28, 2016. Low and slow that is the tempo. I'm very happy to have arrived in the Austral Islands and be back in French Polynesia. It was a long crossing. 22 days, not much wind. We gambled with the fuel use early on, and lost. So, we sailed. There were 3 excellent days of hull speed beam reaching, then, rien on the windage. We encountered some squalls and 36 hours of a front that brought rain, headwind and curses. Ready, set, squall! Day 22- L...