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Panapompom north coast
Anchorage · Deboyne & Torlesse · Louisiade Archipelago, Papua New Guinea
Open Panapompom north coast in the interactive mapHighlights
- Watching sailau being built
- Short dinghy ride to Nivani and the Zero
The guide
- Position
- 10°46.14'S 152°22.87'E
- Wind shelter
- very good in SE
- Shelter
- Very still in SE trades - better than Nivani when it blows. Open to the north.
- Getting in
- Can be entered at night from West Passage if coming from Alotau (Maranatha).
- Bottom
- sand
- Holding
- good
- Ashore
- Very tidy village. School with dedicated teachers; children cross a river to get there. Carved spears, model sailau, pandanus baskets and bags for sale (school fees). Wendy (2012) taught a cruiser yam-and-coconut cooking - a good reminder that trading skills and time is as welcome as goods.
- People
- Ishmael - ward councillor (2015); Julie Tobby - head teacher (2015); Wendy (2012)
Our sketch map
Drawn by us from OpenStreetMap, Sentinel-2 and our GPS. Not for navigation.
More in the Deboyne & Torlesse
Nivani Island - Zero wreck anchoragePanaeati (Paniarta) - canoe buildersWest PassageNibub PassageEast Passage (Rara Is)Torlesse Islands (Tinolan)
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Thanks to Soggy Paws PNG Compendium, Maranatha guide, Sailing Totem, SV Obiwan: their notes are summarised in our own words.
This guide is a set of personal cruising notes shared in good faith. Information can be out of date or wrong, and positions can be out by hundreds of metres. It is not a substitute for official charts and notices, your own eyes, local knowledge, or professional medical, legal or customs advice. You use it at your own risk: the skipper alone is responsible for the safety of the vessel and everyone on board, and the authors accept no liability for any loss, injury or damage arising from its use.
Thanks to Soggy Paws PNG Compendium, Maranatha guide, Sailing Totem, SV Obiwan: their notes are summarised in our own words.
This guide is a set of personal cruising notes shared in good faith. Information can be out of date or wrong, and positions can be out by hundreds of metres. It is not a substitute for official charts and notices, your own eyes, local knowledge, or professional medical, legal or customs advice. You use it at your own risk: the skipper alone is responsible for the safety of the vessel and everyone on board, and the authors accept no liability for any loss, injury or damage arising from its use.