Carina in Tavanipupu

After just about every possible type of sailing - from ghosting along on flat seas and light winds to slopping around with the sails slatting to screeching along on a close reach into 30+ knots and torrential rain to motoring while rolling around like a pinball in large seas - we arrived at Tavanipupu Island in Marau Sound on the SE end of Guadalcanal. It was only a 30 hour trip but it felt much longer ;-). The "anchorage" is tight but we're holding well in the channel and the current is keeping us straight. Parakeets in pairs travel to and fro over our heads while a heron struts the shore. Later we'll venture ashore to the tiny resort and explore and maybe splurge on lunch or such. Maybe even try to get attached to the internet.

6/29/2012 and 04:49 UTC (GMT) our position was: 09°49.81'S / 160°51.11'E.



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