As with our previous sojourns, whilst on the final approach, overnight the winds died and ranged between 6 – 8 knots whilst Gratis’ speed died from sixes through to eights down to a measly three and four. At this snail paced speed, it would be 20:00 before arrival and a closed port would mean a […]
Light winds, sunny skies, fair weather predicted for the sail, after an enjoyable three weeks of exploration we departed Mauritius for Reunion. A typical shuffle of the Sri Lankan fishing fleet was occurring as we motored over to Customs. It was like watching a water ballet. Paperwork signed – thankfully not the rigmarole encountered […]
Depart tomorrow. Will be back online once we arrive in Reunion.
After a beautiful couple of hours sailing, are once again moored in Port Louis.
How time flies when one is having fun! Explored in Little G2 yesterday, two evenings of BBQ upon the beach with our friend from Taurus, Thor, Orion, Island Home (Aussie heading home), and the Israelis. Departing for Port Louis where we will clear with customs sometime in the next day or so. Reunion, here we […]
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How busy we have been exploring. This morning is the first in several days that I have had a few moments to go through the pics. The spiels for each day are gradually coming along and Bob is editing our piece about the leg from Cocos to Rodrigues. Hereare a couple of pics to whet your appetite for what […]
There is so much to explore that by the time we arrive home there is no time to work on the pics or write. That has to wait for now. Here is a taste of what is to come.
We have arrived and anchored in Grand Baie.
This sail was a short uneventful one day hop. It was a matter of checking the weather and timing our arrival in Mauritius for early morning. Land fall took place in Port Louis at 10:00am. Images taken as we entered the harbour. Everywhere one looked, were row upon row of Taiwanese fishing boats.
A pic from the last couple of days. The remainder will be added once we arrive in Mauritius. Busy packing Gratis for departure tomorrow.
