Well, sitting in Luganville waiting for the wind to drop and the rain to stop. hoping to sail up to Port Olry on Sunday and get started on some mangrove mapping, reef assessments and working with the community there on a reef Guardian program that will help them monitor and manage their community conservation areas. Oh, and of course, waiting on a part for the outboard to arrive from NZ. At least we have had time for some crew training.

Glenn Edney, Helen Beswick, Shannon Hurley, Shelly Feduniw, Paula Anton Codina, Carla Deane, Jordan Newman Smith and Amick Haissaune after the training in Port Vila

The OceansWatch Vanuatu team in Esprito Santo, Vanuatu

Glenn Edney and the team had a good meeting with Alsen Obed, fisheries officer last week and went  up to Port Olry with him on Tuesday to meet Tarcius and other people.  Cat Knapp has now sailed up to that area now the weather has settled a little.  While they were waiting for the weather to settle they explored some of the reefs around Luganville.

The beach at Port Olry

Moving rubbish from the reef near Port Olry in 2012