Carina Underway again Tomorrow

Dear Friends:

We expect to depart tomorrow - Father's Day in the USA - from Vanikoro, Solomon Islands bound for Star Harbor on San Cristobal Island (also in the Solomon Islands). We may also stop at Santa Ana, which is about five miles from Star Harbor. The trip is about 300 miles and should take us about three days, though we are expecting light winds so we aren't sure yet. We will plan to check into regional radio nets and also the Pacific Seafarers' Net (14,300 0300 Z, our callsign WZ7LL). We had hoped to depart today but the weather is a wee bit squally with little wind between squalls, plus we needed to solve an intermittent alternator issue that was affecting our ability to charge our batteries.

It has been difficult to tear ourselves from the lovely folks here at Vanikoro; our stay will have been seven days.

Departing from: 11-40 S / 166-56 E
Intended Destination: 10-49 S / 162-17 E
Possible Intermediate Destination (Santa Ana): 10-50 S/ 162-27 E

Cheers,
The crew of the yacht Carina,
Philip, Leslie and fat cat, Jake



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