Fuel is definitely available at Kiritmati (Christmas Is). But there's not much options for delivery! There's one big commercial pier on the N/NW side of the island, suitable for tieing up a small freighter but not too friendly to us pleasure craft. When we stopped there last year, we dropped a hook a couple hundred feet out and backed up towards the pier, tying off while still 25 or 30 feet away. The fuel truck will deliver to the pier, and they do have fairly long hoses. You should have someone on the pier as well as someone on the boat, cuz the truck is a good 25 or 30 feet _above_ you and difficult to see the meter or to communicate with the driver/operator. Anyway, you need to change money, then walk towards the main town to the KOil offices (Kirbati Oil). They usually need at least one day (sometimes more) to make delivery arrangements, and they only take cash. (Truly, you don't want to use your credit cards here anyway, as there are many reports of CC number theft.) While you're there, they do have an Internet cafe of sorts in the town, but everything is run by the local government. All Internet traffic is sent back to Tarawa first before getting on an up-link, so service is slow. I can't remember the exact amount, but the price was pretty reasonable. There's also reports of government interception/copying of all Internet traffic here, so don't do anything confidential or requiring passwords or passphrases or PINs. While we were there, we met up with a sailboat from Fanning. There's not much on Fanning according to this guy, and not likely to be any bulk quantities of fuel. On Sat, 7 Oct 2006, Larry Briggs wrote: > Hi Larry, > You might consider going to Xmas Island instead of or before Fanning. The > last I heard you can get some diesel there. It's a large Island with a big > airport & they have fuel for their generating plant. > It would be a much better bet than Fanning for fuel; then you can also visit > Fanning & Palmyra as you go North. You'l have to anchor off as the channel > isn't deep enough for most vessels. > Good luck, > Larry Briggs > M/V Chartwell > Langkawi, Malaysia ( soon departing for Durban). > > _________________________________________________________________ > The next generation of Searchsay hello! > http://imagine-windowslive.com/minisites/searchlaunch/?locale=en-us&FORM=WLMTAG > _______________________________________________ > Passagemaking-Under-Power Mailing List > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | Paul Goyette | PGP DSS Key fingerprint: | E-mail addresses: | | Network Engineer | FA29 0E3B 35AF E8AE 6651 | paul@whooppee.com | | & World Cruiser | 0786 F758 55DE 53BA 7731 | pgoyette@juniper.net | ----------------------------------------------------------------------