Rounded up and dropped the mainsail. I left Lorraine in the cockpit, motoring across the growing seas. Again I was drenched. We were all drenched. The diesel was no longer working so we were towed into the wind, up the narrow entrance and placed on a berth.
Meat is a rarity and when found it is either akin to leather or stewed.
Noumea is totally different to the rest of New Caledonia. The tour we saw was not overly expensive and included everything. The Coral Coast 29 is a very light-weight cruising catamaran. At 8.6 metres long and 4.8 metres wide I consider it at the lower size for offshore cruising safety. Thus I purchased the Para-anchor before leaving.