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Previous Voyage Log Highlights and archive

 

Exploring Vanuatu
Martin Lemann from Australia shares his experience of Santo to Vila:
"Here are my first impressions after a visit of only ten days. Many may not be correct but they are real to me. The journey can be summed up as an enthralling interlude made memorable by handshakes and contrasts... " More HERE

 

 

Vanuatu Banks Islands

Photo Galleries from our most remote and remarkable of destinations

Part Two

 

Read Mia's Letter from Santo

 

Photo Gallery Part One

 

 

Fiji - the Yassawas

V254 A stunning picture gallery of the first half of the Fiji - Vanuatu voyage

Part 1

 

 

Into Vanuatu

Meeting the locals. Contrasting cultures and village welcomes in central Vanuatu on the second half of the Fiji-Vanuatu voyage..

Part 2

 

Carl B shares his journals - from the voyage to Samoa
Assistant Engineer and deckhand, Carl tells of whales tails and island sails.
"Whale off the port bow!" Chris on the foredeck had seen it too and soon everybody was lining the rail and straining the horizon, cameras at the ready...
HERE

 

 

 

Cook Islands to Samoa pictures
Miranda's gallery of images through the northern Cook islands
to Apia, Samoa. HERE

 

 

Cook Islands to Samoa pictures 2
Alison's photos of Atuitaki, Palmerston and Surarrow
a scenic paradise indeed.. HERE

 

 

 

Departure from Rarotonga
Alsion G's words and pics of cargo
and stores and preparations
for Palmerston.
Here

 

 

 

Tahiti to the Cook Islands. Its the real thing.
Cocktail hour amidships, manning the helm in the wee hours and losing count of the shooting stars, poker with Monopoly money in the saloon at night, swinging from the rope to dive into bays for a swim, unlimbering the water cannon (large slingshot), meeting islanders with their 'be happy' philosophy, losing oneself in the vastness of the surrounding ocean... read Peter York's Voyage Log here

 

 

Midshipman Heywood Sails from Tahiti, again.

Hey, my name is Josh Heywood and I am 11 years old. When I found out that I was going aboard the Soren Larsen with my family I thought that it was going to be really bad, but now I think all that travelling all the way from Oman (Middle East) was worth it... MORE

 

Dan's view of life aboard

It was Dan's first voyage on Soren - but it may not be his last..
"I'm going to miss this experience and next time I get a chance to do it again I will. MORE

 

 

Tahiti to the Cook Islands Picture Gallery

The Soren family album Parts 1 & 2 for this voyage HERE

 

 

 

Jaws in French Polynesia -
Poul S took this diving video clip
at Toau atoll in the Tuamotu group
in French Polynesia.

 

 

JULY 2007
Voyage Log
reports page
from the ship
Voyage Blog page for July

 

 

 

A Crew Gone Tropical
Nik and Judy's ode to the crew
HERE

 

 

 

 

Marquesas and Tuamotus to Tahiti 2007
Read Cook and Deckhand Emma's
Voyage Blog here

and
See Picture Gallery here

 

 

 

Easter Island - Pitcairn - Gambiers 2007
Read Voyage Crew Eric Aston's
Voyage Log

 

 

 

Easter Island - Pitcairn - Marquesas 2007
See Steve's images at sea

and pictures at landfall.

 

 

 

 

 

NZ to Easter Island 2007
video - a musical overview of life aboard during the last ocean voyage to Easter Island, edited from Carl's footage.

 

 

 

 

NZ to Easter Island 2007
Siv's Account - Sailing across the Southern Ocean
HERE

 

 

 

NZ to Easter Island 2007
Images from the Southern Ocean
from Tom W.W HERE

 

 

 

NZ to Easter Island 2007
Cook Ali G's picture diary of the Southern Ocean voyage.
"Breakfast, Smoko, Lunch, Smoko, Dinner.
For 30.
For 38 DAYS!!!!!!"

Respect....
See here

 

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MARCH 2007
Departure from Auckland - Picture Galleries of sailing day
from Ian
& from Mathies

 

 

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