Tahina Map
Follow by E-mail
Follow options
-
Recent Posts
- First Post-Vaccinated Vacation to Bahamas on Tahina
- Administrative Post – Changing to new feed for following this blog
- Tahina’s Adventure Continues With Friends Now Holding the Helm
- Completed the main goal of repairing broken blog posts
- Fixes to blog posts and a new 360 Panorama from the top of St Helena
Recent Comments
- Violet.Eason on Sailing Passage From Exuma to North Carolina
- Frank Taylor on Administrative Post – Changing to new feed for following this blog
- Graham Clifford in New Zealand August 2022 on Made it to Komodo Dragons
- Frank Taylor on Administrative Post – Changing to new feed for following this blog
- Paul Gilster on Tahina’s Adventure Continues With Friends Now Holding the Helm
Categories
Archives
- June 2021
- April 2021
- January 2021
- February 2020
- January 2016
- December 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- October 2010
- September 2010
- August 2010
- July 2010
- June 2010
- May 2010
- April 2010
- March 2010
- February 2010
- January 2010
- December 2009
- November 2009
- October 2009
- September 2009
- August 2009
- July 2009
- June 2009
- May 2009
- April 2009
- March 2009
- February 2009
- January 2009
- December 2008
- November 2008
- October 2008
- September 2008
- August 2008
Monthly Archives: August 2011
Lithium Ion Batteries for Boating
Electric power is a very important part of our lives on Tahina. It is what gives us a convenient lifestyle not unlike what we were used to before we began traveling around the world and living on the water. We … Continue reading
Posted in Boat Maintenance, News, Technology
Tagged Batteries, Boating, electricity, ion, lithium, lithiumion, power, sailing, tahina, technology
20 Comments
Nice Sail to New Caledonia
View Sailing from Port Vila to Noumea in a larger mapOur sail from Vanuatu to New Caledonia was pretty pleasant. There was only one equipment issue that marred an otherwise ideal sail. As we were leaving Vanuatu in the morning, … Continue reading
Posted in News, Passages, Sightseeing
Tagged Havannah, NewCaledonia, Noumea, passage, sailing, tahina, Vanuatu
Leave a comment
Arrived in New Caledonia
We had a mostly uneventful and pleasant sail with no bad weather from Port Vila, Vanuatu to Noumea, New Caledonia. We just arrived at 7:30 AM today. Awaiting our call from customs so we can clear in. We will post … Continue reading
Posted in News, Sightseeing
Tagged Anchorage, Batteries, Furler, Havannah, Problem, tahina, Vanuatu
Leave a comment
Leaving Vanuatu
We decided yesterday that instead of going north with our friends on s/v Stray Kitty that we would head back to Port Vila and make arrangements to leave the country and head to New Caledonia. Our batteries are definitely having … Continue reading
Posted in Boat Maintenance, News, Passages
1 Comment
Boat Problems
On Tuesday, we finally got done with things in Port Vila and decided to leave to join up with our friends on Stray Kitty. There had been some rainy/windy weather for a few days, but things were a little better … Continue reading
Posted in News, Sightseeing
Tagged Anchorage, Batteries, Furler, Havannah, Problem, tahina, Vanuatu
2 Comments
Volcano Video and Update on Plans
If you haven’t had a chance, make sure to see the photos and story of our visit to Mount Yasur volcano. This is the closest you can “safely” get to an actively erupting volcano in the world. It was an … Continue reading
Posted in News, Preparations, Sightseeing
Tagged MtYasur, plans, StrayKitty, tahina, Vanuatu, Video, Volcano, Yasur
1 Comment
Volcanic Eruption Photos from Mount Yasur
Those of you following our blog know we had a fantastic experience last week at Mount Yasur. Mount Yasur is an active volcano on the island of Tanna in Vanuatu. This is the closest you can “safely” get to an … Continue reading
Tanna to Port Vila
On Friday last week, we woke up to find ash all over our boat. The previous night, the winds made a surprise shift from the west, which meant the volcano west of us was able to send its ash our … Continue reading
First Photos of Vanuatu
We are now in Port Villa, Vanuatu with Internet access. I’ve been spending the last couple of days putting up some photos of our time so far in Vanuatu. If you go back a few posts, you’ll find some photos … Continue reading
Posted in News, Passages, Sightseeing
Tagged Aneityum, cruiseship, Island, Mystery, passage, tahina, Vanuatu
Leave a comment
Kite Photos at Mystery Island
While we were in Aneityum last week, we had one day where the conditions were right to fly the kite. There is this beautiful little island just off the anchorage called “Mystery Island”. The island is mostly used as a … Continue reading
Posted in News, Sightseeing
Tagged aerial, Aneityum, kite, MysteryIsland, photography, StrayKitty, tahina, Vanuatu
1 Comment