August 4, 2022
We thought this stop in New Caledonia would be a brief two and a half week visit but it turns out you can replace “week” with “month” and that would be accurate. Those who’ve followed our weather planning video series know the story – there have been terrible conditions between us and Gladstone, Australia, our destination.
Don’t be sad for us. We have had an absolutely wonderful time here on this, our sixth visit to this sensational place. We love the people, the scenery, the surrounding waters, the marina, the food, the cheese, the wine, ok, everything really.
But finally the weather is looking good for the trip and we’re leaving in a few hours. We’ll report in once we make landfall in about a week. In the meantime, here’s a link to our tracking page with hourly updates of our position (if the Iridium GO keeps working!).
We’ll miss you Nouvelle-Calédonie.
-Rich
