I got up early and started to pack the dinghy. Stow the motor. Bail out the water. Install the bridle. These things make noise. So not long and my crew is rousted. It’s a bit cool but quite humid. If you move at all it’s going to get you hot. After all those departure preparations it is time for my last bath in this bay followed by a swimstep shower. No photo available… Then coffee.
We weigh anchor at 0800 and exit the bay. We are bound for Port Vila 120 miles to the NW. Bas makes eggs served with baguettes, butter, and honey. I love breakfast! The wind fills in and we are making 7 kts on a broad reach. It is a good day. Followed by a good night.
Another boat LaPita exits just behind us. She is a 75 ft ketch. Kat crossed from the Panama canal to French Polynesia on this boat last spring so she is well acquainted with these folks. They caught up with us but couldn’t quite get past. Neither could we leave them behind. It was fun to travel in company.
She is a beautiful boat. Classic photo with someone nearly naked at the bow. Shake it Klaus! 
Kat is making bread and curry for dinner.
I get to skin the husk from the coconut on the swimstep. Curry wants coconut meat and water. We are trolling. Will this be fish curry?
No. The fish here are too smart for us apparently.
Winds were kind to us. Good speed on a beam reach. But not more wind than we could easily handle. 
Kat and Bas share the dawn watch.
Spill the Wine Around the World 
Keeping ahead of a 75 foot ketch. Good sailing! She’s got to have a 3 to 4 knot advantage on you just b/o her waterline length.
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Not sure she tried that hard. She was posing for photos.
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