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Hiding in the Mangrove – incoming cyclone….

May 07, 2017
by Daniel
Bay Dreamer, Crew, Cyclone, Donna, Mangrove, New Zealand, Noumea
5 Comments

Our almost 1000nm journey from New Zealand to New Caledonia could not have been better.  We had a rather low average speed of 5.5 knots with the help of our light wind gennaker sail, which made  the trip extremely comfortable.

Gabbe´s lucky shoot
Early morning Noumea
Kiteboarding clowns
Atlas and Bay Dreamer hiding in the mangroves
In the Mangrove
The “cyclone” crew
Well, heaps of fruit!
Almost there!
Sunset refreshments
Dan, living the life!
On route to Noumea
Olivia doing some beaching!
Dan on one of his hikes!
What bearing are we???
First fish for Ylva on this trip!


We got ourselves a few of fish on the way so that our new crew could have their first taste of the Pacific “kitchen”, about 100 nm north of New Zealand.  We did encounter a day of strong winds along our journey when we passed through a low pressure system. But the wind stayed on our stern and Bay Dreamer with crew were behaving good in the big waves.

As of this moment we have been in New Caledonia for a bit more than a week. The original plan was to leave for Vanuatu after just a couple of days, but a serious weather system is holding us hostages for another couple of days.

Incoming cyclone…

Incoming cyclone “Donna”

A cyclone named Donna is incoming and we just dropped anchor in the middle of a mangrove 5 nm up a river, west of Noumea. After 2 hours of navigation up the shallow, but extremely beautiful river, we are now tied up like we are in a spiderweb in the middle of the bush, together with our friends on the boats Atlas and Moana.

Victor securing the ropes in the mangrove
Daniel & Gabbe securing Bay Dreamer
Will on rope duty
Anna & Dan getting ready to rumble
Ylva getting serious
Hiding in the mangrove
4 miles up the river

 

Donna is supposed to strike us early morning on Wednesday- keep your fingers crossed for us…

// Daniel with crew

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    5 Comments
    1. Bella May 7, 2017 at 9:09 pm Reply

      Ta hand om er

    2. Sanne May 11, 2017 at 8:15 pm Reply

      Uj uj uj nu känns det inre roligt vill jag lova. Lycka till dåra.

    3. jens ahlvarsson May 13, 2017 at 10:19 am Reply

      har cyclonen dragit förbi nu?

      • Daniel May 20, 2017 at 9:28 pm Reply

        Ja och den ändrade kurs och missade oss precis!

    4. Mies May 22, 2017 at 4:45 pm Reply

      We were starting to get a little bit worried, but you are all fine !
      Did some google translate on your latest message because my Swedish is still a bit rusty 🙂

      Greetings Mies & Lelle.

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