Back to Noumea

Thursday, 26 July to Tuesday, 31 July 2018

After a leisurely sail to Baie de Prony with Lazarina, we headed to Anse Majic while Stephane was keen to visit the hot springs so went to Baie de Caranage. We tried to warn him that they weren’t that hot, but…. We spent 2 nights on a mooring but the weather was unsettled. Intermittent rain and showers meant we didn’t want to walk up the slippery track to the lighthouse, so we decided to kayak down to the southern point of Bonne Anse for some exercise and a wander on the beach. Very pretty and I wished I hadn’t forgotten the tea.

On Saturday, we sailed through Canal Woodin to Baie Uie where we spent another quiet night. 

On Sunday morning, we went for a paddle up the creek and a close encounter with 2 curious dolphins. 

We then motored in very light winds to Port Moselle Marina where we managed to get a berth in preparation for clearing out of New Caledonia and heading back to Australia. Lots of yachts we know on the visitors pontoon as many boats are preparing to go to Vanuatu.

We had asked MetBob to look for a weather window after 1 August and that was looking like the date to go. Seawindow was also in Noumea, preparing to head back at the same time. More rain as we tried to ready ourselves for another crossing of the Coral Sea. I prepared some meals while Warren attached jackstays, Para anchor and did the clearing out on Tuesday ready for a Wednesday departure.

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