Asenvari

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Asenvari Bay
Protected and beautiful, Asenvari Bay on Maewo Island in Vanuatu is a favorite stopping spot for cruisers. Late in the season in 2002 there was only one other boat besides Wings, NOASON, left.

Asenvari Beach
Quiet and Sunny, the beach at Asenvari is wonderful for swimming or snorkeling, and the new Asenvari Yacht Club is just behind the trees.

Asenvari Yacht Club Building
By November the buildings were up and the Bamboo siding and Natangora Palm roof were being added. Inside, hot showers, toilets, and a full kitchen give the Yacht Club amenities a five star rating by Maewo Island standards.

Chief Nelson
Visionary and cantankerous politician, Chief Nelson is a major factor at Asenvari, as Gene Mim-Mack and Robbie Springs came to know during the five month project

Allison, Gene, and Robbie, from left

Judy and The Kids
In the schoolyard the kids of Asenvari posed with Judy Jensen, from WINGS, for a photo.

Kids in Field
School work in hand, Asenvari kids cavort after school.


Gene and Robbie's 60 ft Laurie Davidson Ferro-cement ketch served as cruising yacht and supply boat for the project.

Village Scene
Asenvari village, like most in Vanuatu, is clean and neat.

Waterfall 1
Judy sits at a waterfall on Maewo

Waterfall 2
In a hot and humid climate, a daily trip to the waterfall on Asenvari was a must.

Workers on Roof
Two of Gene's 24 workers attaching the palm leaves on the roof of the yacht club.

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Allison

Building, Corner View

Gene & Allison Inside

Gene in Building

Hedge in Village

Kid Running

Teacher

Water Pipe

Working on the guest house

Lanakal-Vanuautu

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Surf at Lanakal

Lanakal Anchorage
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Tying up the Copra Boat
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These are the boys who rescued me
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Thank you, guys, this was more serious then I let on.

Local Market
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Woman on Pier
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Building a house
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The Dingy
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Avon 3.41 with 15 HP Mercury, survived the dunking.

Tanna Island, Vanuatu

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Island of Tanna

Port Resolution

From the Yacht Club

Heading up to the volcano

Sulphur Springs

We see the volcano from sea level. Here this river runs hot enough on one side to cook a pig and cool enough on the other to put your feet in. On the hillside above large stones were landing; we could here them land with a thud. There is a village here and the volcano seemed to loom over it ominously.

Startled
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We stood on the rim and looked into the mouth. Lava on the floor of the volcano glowed and there was the sound of rushing air like the breath of a giant. Then a low rumble and an sudden explosion of lava which startled us. There is no way you can be prepared for this outburst of noise and fire. Your heart stops. You feel the heat. You are shocked. Stones as large as televisions fly up into the sky and rain down onto the rim. Several people moved back after that and some went down to the truck. Too dangerous up here.

Shooting skyward
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Volcano
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Fire
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Each burst was accompanied by a roar and a boom which shook us.

Mele Island

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Hideaway

Hideaway Anchorage is here behind Mele Island. The reef offers good protection, there is good snorkling, a good restraunt on the island, a long beach on the mainland to walk on on, and you can catch a taxi to town from here. We spent a few quiet weeks in this place.

Port Villa, Vanautu

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Port Villa

Part French, part English, all South Pacific. Port Villa is an interesting and fun place

Good Bye Genny

There was no warning to this failure. In fact the sail, while well used, had no given problems before this, but here we were, three minutes to go, and with little sound and no drama, it just ripped from leech to luff.

I don't know how Ed found this empty spot of water where this photo was taken because when I dove below to dig out the #3 there were boats every where and when I came up a minute later we were in a crowd right at the line.

OK, we go with the #3

We are off to the first mark after changing to the #3 jib. This is the right sail for the upwind work, but we could have used the bigger genoa in the off wind leg down to Mele Island.

These sails are all getting a bit old. The one that blew out was a kevlar genny which we raced with in Seattle for three years then used, foolishly maybe, while cruising all over the Pacific. I think it's finished now. This number 3 jib is even more ancient, and we've already been patching it forever. Can't last much longer either I guess.

Wings' Crew-Port Villa, Sept 2000

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At the quay in Port Villa
Awards Party

Certainly the best "pick up crew" we ever had, and one of the best crews we ever sailed with, these folks were great. With three minutes to go to the start the jib blew out. I threw the helm over to Ed and told him to stay close to the start but don't hit anybody, and I ran below to find another sail.

The crew on deck got the old jib pieces down and hooked up the new jib I pushed up through the hatch in record time, especially since it was the first time on the boat for most of them. When I got back on the helm I said to Ed, "Where are we?" He replied, "This bouy you see just ahead of you is the pin end of the line, we're starting."

By that time the sheet leads had been changed and the new jib was going up and we made the start on time and in great position. Three minutes from disaster to good start.

You can't ask for anything better.

Names of crew (Top Photo, left to right)
Deb, Fred, Laura, Randy, Andrew, Julie, Ed, Sue, Dave

Riding the Windvane to Vanuatu

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We found a variety of wind on this trip from Fiji to Vanuatu, not every day at sea was windy and bright like this photo; in fact we had some calms and had to motor. That gave us some chance to rest, read, and play on the computer. But finally we got into the trades and the last day or so was glorious sailing like this.

Port Villa

Port Villa

To our way of thinking this is the best harbor in the Pacific. It's a bit deep for anchoring but there are a lot of moorings, and of course, you can tie up to the shore if you want to pay a bit more.

Vanatu

Stern Tie Berthing in Port Villa

Map of Vanautu

Far across the Pacific lies an island group called Vanatu. We sailed to this country in 2000