Sailing on Passage from New Caledonia to Australia

Ep 32: We prepare our 41ft Bavaria yacht for the 812 Nautical Mile sail from Noumea, New Caledonia to Bundaberg, Australia in November 2023. We show you a bit of each day of the passage, in conditions that were mostly lighter than expected!

[@AnthonyParr-do5jk]

Looks like you have the Pacific plus wind pilot how do you find it?

[@sailinginthongsjandals8547]

Hi Anthony. Tricky question - the previous owners sailed for 3 years with it as their primary steering system, and they raved about it. We have really struggled to reliably have it running - on any point of sail - and we think this is because we have added the full clears, lifted the bimini height, and put the life raft on the rail at the stern - all of which interfere with wind flow. We are yet to harden up and try taking them off to see if we get better results! Hope that helps.

[@craigpeebles5110]

A larger sail on the autopilot may help.