Wallis and Fetuna

Tomorrow we're going to head out to Wallis and Fetuna, these two french Polynesian islands outside of Fiji. There probably won't be any Internet out there, so I won't be on for a few weeks. And to all mi friends that read this DON'T FILL UP MY HOTMAIL WITH JUNK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! When we found a place to check the hotmail in the Solomons my hotmail was full of junk mail, all FWDs!!! Well there's not much else to tell, um, my brothers are being really annoying? Anyway C'ya

Wahoo

A couple of days ago we left Ellington wharf and had a great sail to a village somewhere. On the way we saw a 2/3 meter Marlin jumping out of the water, and heading toward the boat. The Marlin only stoped jumping a meter away and we saw it swim off. The same day we caught a nice sized Spanish Mackerel. Yesterday we left the village and headed of to Savu Savu, great sail and we lost a fish, line and sinker, to me it looked like a Marlin(it jumped out of the water) but mum said that its was only a Mahi Mahi. We also caught a MASSIVE Wahoo, it was 13/45cm long. Bigger that Fletcher and the same size a Baden, it was 3ocm shorter than me(last time I measured). We also had a beautiful sunset yesterday, the clouds were just at the top of a mountain and the sun was directly behind the mountain. Well I'd better go, the computer is almost flat and it's really early.

Crown jellyfish

Well today I got a good lot of SOCE and Music done... Otherwise not mush else happened, Still a was a strong wind waning to day but was cancled tonight. We might leave tomorrow, but who knows!!! If we are still here tomorrow dad wants to go kitesurfing with the red and white kited man that we have seen on the water the past few days. Well in the arvo I went fishing, while listening to my mp4 player and doing Music, up one the nets. Who said you can't do 3 things at once!!!! I looked up the jellyfish that we have been seeing, by the millions, they are called the Crown jellyfish and are rare. Baden caught one today and put it a bucket so we could see them up close, they are deffinatly the Crown jelly's. I couldn't find much info on them though....They are a open sea jelly and are not found inshore... Mum reacons that they came in for breeding, what animal breeds in winter!!!!! If I find a animal that I don't know about I love learning all that I can about it. We have a Grants Fishing Book and when ever I want I just pick out a random page a read about the fish. When ever we catch a fish I do the same thing to. Did you know that Doliphin fish eat flying fish???

Douce France

We spent the day at Ellington Wharf, there was a strong wind warning so we decided to stay put. After a bit of school Dad, Baden, Fletcher and I went exploring in the dingy. We eventually found a pathway up a 'hill'(It was 500metres to short for a mountain...). We found a few lookout spots and saw the other side of the island, the water 'looked' clam but you could see all the white caps... Around 2ish a MASSIVE catamaran came into the bay, we got out the binoculars and it was called 'Douce France'. The boat was a Ketch, and it was 139ft... 139ft!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(we're 45ft and a aright size cat!!!) Our boat could fit in sideways down the middle and still have 5ft left!!!!!!!!! We looked up Douce France on the Internet and found out that it is the largest cruising catamaran, no wonder! Dad, Baden, Fletcher and I went over in the dingy to have a look at her, mum said that if we get invited aboard shes going to swim over. After taking a few pic's of her and then comparing them to our boat we looked like an ant!!

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I had to write yesterday's Post just then because it didn't come up, it was really long to..... Well today we had another gorgeous sail and, now some one has officially fallen over board, I just wish we had it on video!!!! Baden(my 10yr old brother) was up sitting up on the fore beam under the seagull strikers watching the millions of blue jellyfish, the size of dinner plates to platters, drifting past. When my other brother Fletcher(5) came up and pushed him in. The rest of us heard the splash and I looked up the front of the boat(I was sitting in the shade of the sail up the back) and saw Fletcher with this really guilty look on his face. Then I heard it... Baden yelling his head off, I shouted "BADEN FELL OVERBOARD!!!!!!" and we all rushed into action. Dad grabbed the man-overboard thing and the life ring, he threw both in for Baden and put the boat in neutral. Mum wheeled the fishing lines in and I kept and eye on Baden as well as wheeling in the other fishing line. When we finally got Baden on board he was freezing cold and a bit shocked he had been worried about being stung by the jelly's, but otherwise unharmed. We later asked Baden if he would falling in again so that we could get it on video, but everyone later agreed that I should be the one to fall in beacuse I scream the loudest :-O Well better go, c'ya

Movement

We were going yesterday then mum went shopping... and got over night movies!!!!!!!!! so we left today, we had a gorgeous sail and dead calm seas. Going steady at 6 knots and DEAD flat clam seas. Today we arrived at a place that I either don't know the name of or can't spell it. It's Tyler's 14th birthday to day(Tyler is one of my best friends back in Cairns). Happy Birthday Tilly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! well I'd better go C'ya

My Dad

I finished reading Windswept a few days ago and I'm halve way though The Line now. It's kinda weird reading about your parents... It's good because you learn tones of stuff about them that you didn't know, but then you learn stuff about them that you shouldn't know to... And to think that I lent these books to my teachers!!!!!! My dad, Gavin Le Sueur has written 3 books so far, 2 novels the first(Windswept) is about his collage years and also the tragedy of being hit by a whale(don't worry the whale was fine but the boat wasn't dad, mum, Phillipe an[sorry I can't remember your name] someone else ended up in a life raft). The second (The Line) is the story of the Round Australia Race of '88. They are both good books I recommend them to any one who is into adventure, love and thrill, I have both laughed and cried in both books. Dad has also written a sailing manuel, called Muilthull Seamanship. If you want to check out any of these book's check out his website http://www.multihullbooks.com . At the moment dad is typing Windswept onto the computer so I'm afraid we don't have any copy's left.

North

Sorry that I missed out on yesterday. Nothing much happened yesterday, one of the staff at Navini left. Vaulina had worked with Navini for 19 years and then she decided that it was time for a change. It was a sad day for every one, Vaulina will sorely be missed... We left Navini today, now Chaotic Harmony is in Vunda again. We just need fuel and power then we can head off tomorrow to, um, somewhere North??? That's the thing with living on a boat you can never predict where you will be tomorrow, for example, if you had your heart set on getting to Cairns in one week you could end up there next year! It all depends on the weather mainly, then the crew, then the supplies and pets. Plus what ever extras you carry on board :)

Happy Mothers day!!!!!!!!!!

Happy Mothers Day to all the mums out there!!!!!!!!!! We had a great day, mum was woken up at some godly hour of the morning, by my littlest brother Fletcher, wanting to give her his present. Mum had a great day, we had a lovely sail from Musket Cove to Navini Island. AND.... OUR MAIL HAS ARRIVED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yay!!!!! We'll be able to head off in a day or two. Well I'm really tied, night.

rat of a gecko

Ok, we've made it to Musket Cove and on the way baden found a baby gecko on one of the side stays. I swear that all the baby geckos and eggs were there when we let them go... So this one must have crawled back along one of the ropes to the boat. Anyway this gecko is soooo cute, it has masive eyes and a pale body. We're keeping it on the boat till we go to shore. Nothing much has really happened, but I miss bella and having pet mice.... Night!!!!

bella.....

We're off to Musket Cove today then Navini Island tomorrow. Mum went into town to get some stuff for the boat before we left, and I had to let all the baby geckos and the other 100something eggs... It was so cute, the baby geckos have become a little tame by now and they would just sit on my hand looking up at me with big eyes. Anyway we let them all go on a tree and put the eggs under this shrub. We got a letter from James, the man looking after our 9yr old Siberian Husky back home, and he said that she had a swollen lymph gland around her hip/back leg/stomach area. The lump is so sore that when you touch it she yelps, I looked it up on Google and she could have Lymphoma Cancer. A common cancer in dogs and there is a treatment, but it is deadly... Bella you have all our prayers, hope and love. I wish we could be there with you, but we can only be with you in spirit and mind. I love you beautiful.

spiderman 3

Well we have left Navini and are now in Vunda, were here cus Henry(who colects the mail for navini) is on days off so no mail will be colected. Also for some other stuff that mum and dad need to get. Dad, baden and I just got back from spiderman 3. It's was ok, great special effects!!! OH and we colected 171 gecko eggs, origonaly anyway, in home ec I learnt that bad eggs float because of the extra air it it, so I did that test on the gecko eggs-and it worked to. Fletcher and I had a great time smashing the rotten eggs, man did they stink!!!! Well now we've got 141, 7 eggs have hatched into gorgouse little geckos to, some eggs had cracked and died to.... well, C'ya

geckos

Ok, well at the moment i've collected 71 gecko eggs(with the help of baden, my cus and some fijian kids) and three have hatched, well one was almost ready but the shell had broken, I tryed to help it but it died. I really want to go sailing. I'm sick of this going from vuda to navini... My fingers are healing though. Well there's not much else to say. Dad and I had a great sail from Vuda. I'm listening to Fall Out Boy - Infinaity On High. K well better go. bye :P

ouch

Dad and I came into Vunda to charge the boat up, there hasn't been much sun and only a little wind lately. When we came into the marnier I had to grab a bouy and tie us onto it, little did I know that the bouy was not only covered in seaweed and slime, but also sharp, little barnicles. so as I am writeing this my hands are covered in little cuts that bleed tonnes, i got 3 on my middle finger, 2 on my index finger and 3 on my lower thumb. Well i'd better go cos not only is it hard to wite, but im meant to be doing school. hehe bibi

Windsurfing

Well I finaly got up and going on the wind surfer. I'm getting the 'V of balence' thing to. I even managed a 175 jump on the board, I tried to do a 360 but ended up in the water... Well a part from that we're still waiting on some mail to come in from Aus till we can FINALY head off. So far the whole year has just been going from Vuda marnier to Navini Island, and it has been really boring... At least I'm getting some school done. Vuda marnier is a bowl shaped marnier that we always go to when ever we come to Fiji, there's a great little yacht club that's really nice to. On Sundays the whole marnier fills up with music from the live band. Well better go, C'ya!