November 30, 2014
We’re about 150 miles from entering the pass into New Caledonia’s southern lagoon. From there, it’s another 40 miles or so to the big city – Noumea. We hope to get to the pass tomorrow morning with the incoming tide.
It’s been quiet out here. We’ve only seen three ships so far this passage – a fishing boat and two cruise ships. We took some pictures to show how hard it is to see even huge ships on the horizon. We’ll put them together into a blog post when (if) we get good internet access. This ship, Rhapsody of the Seas, passed about a mile from us. We couldn’t make out people on board but we still waved like silly sea monkeys. (OK, metaphor troubles. I have at-sea brain.) -Rich
