By Meg Watt, Captain Neptun has recently arrived in Borneo, a much anticipated stop on our voyage, and this change of scenery is an opportunity for us to look back over the previous couple of months of our voyage. Our initial voyage trai…
First, I would like to introduce myself. Meg Watt, Captain of SV Neptun af Marstal. I come originally from Australia, and started to work at sea in 2008. Since then, I have spent most of my time on boats, in many different vessels, in ma…
By Victoria Hardy (ship's cook) Tanna The morning after we arrived at the remote island nation of Vanuatu (formerly called The New Hebrides), we awoke to a fine layer of volcanic ash covering the ship, evidence of Mount Yasur's frequent…
By Victoria Hardy (ship's cook) The Kingdom of Tonga We passed Tongan islands for days before we reached our destination, Neiafu, the capital of the Vava'u island group. Although the international dateline is technically after Tonga, the…
By Victoria Hardy (ship's cook) Alongside again in sunny Avatiu, Rarotonga, the ship hooked up to shore power, and the crew relishing hot showers in the shore facilities – our first impression of the Cook Islands was a good one. On day o…
By Victoria Hardy Mangareva Three days of sailing west from Pitcairn brought us to the main island of the Gambier Islands group of French Polynesia. To the delight of the crew, upon checking into Mangareva, the local gendarme suggested t…