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Land diving on Pentecost

Pentecost Island The following morning, we set sail 13 nautical miles from Ranon Bay on Ambrym to Homo Bay on Pentecost, navigating through a rough and confused sea with winds gusting at 20 knots. The Pacific Ocean funnels between the two island…

Epi and Ambrym Islands

Epi Island We left Havana Bay through the Furuma Channel and sailed wing-on-wing for 66 nautical miles in ten hours until we reached Laman Bay at Epi Island. The sun was about to set, but we found good holding. A local ferry approached the beach, and man…

Port Vila after an earthquake in December 2024

Marina Port Vila on Efate island After covering 80 nautical miles, we arrived in the morning and contacted Port Vila marina via VHF. It took some time before we received a response. The marina has a depth threshold of 2.5 meters at low tide, and Yaghan’s…

Refreshing rivers on Erromango, Vanuatu

Dillons Bay / Erromango Early morning on April 30, we left Port Resolution and motored in calm weather ca 50NM to Dillon’s Bay outside the lovely village Unpongkor on the Erromango Island. We easily found a good holding, since we were the only boat i…

Sailing from Aotearoa to the vulcano Yasur on Tanna, Vanuatu

Leaving Bay of Islands After six months in beautiful New Zealand, it´s time for Yaghan to sail to new horizons again. Together with our family crew, Linda and Birk, we went to the customs office in Bay of Islands Marina in Opua early morning on t…

From Galapagos to Marquesas with Idalina crew rescue mission

With a necklace of white clouds hanging calmly Santa Marta, it was time for us to leave the enchanted islands on March the 22nd. We would now start our next leg of approximately 3000NM from Galapagos to Marquesas on the other side of the Pacific. An imp…

The enchanted islands of Galapagos

October 18, 2024

Santa Cruz It´s not prohibited to take your own dinghy to the pier in the bay of Santa Cruz, but it is not recommended because your dinghy will soon be occupied by sea lions and since the taxi boats are only one dollar per ride and they…

Sailing across the equator to Galapagos

Tricky decision Long time in advance we had to make the decision whether or not we were going to stop at the Galapagos while sailing to the Marquesas. It was one of the harder decisions to make, since the bureaucracy is quite demanding and the expenses h…

Panama Canal

Shelter Bay Marina After ten hours of nice beam reach sailing, we are arriving to Shelter Bay Marina in Panama on Friday evening February the second. We are welcomed into a vivid sailing community with sailors crossing the Panama Canal from the Pacific to…

Guna Yala

Guna Yala – San Blas Ever since we started to plan our journey many years ago, we heard that the San Blas Islands in the Archipelago of Panama would be a place almost like paradise. We left Aruba together with our buddyboat Ahlam at dawn and with with fav…