Daily Archives: September 12, 2015

Sept 13 Hi All, Amazing what a flat calm anchorage can do for ones spirits…..plus a good night’s sleep:))))) We arrived safe and sound at the marina around noon….shaken but not stirred:)))) Border Force (used to be called Customs and Immigration, they have now merged) had some issue and they can not check us in … Read More →

Sept 12 Hi All, 4th night….really dragging….bring on the coffee!!!! Yep…a little brain fog yesterday….forgot to include the weather in the blog….so here was yesterday’s weather….our roughest day: Sept 11: Yes, a miserable day…..17-22G25….started at SSE and ever so slowly backed to ESE by early morning, 2am. The winds now are -140 off the port … Read More →

Sept 11 Hi All, All is well!! As I wrote the date I have those awful memories of 9/11 in the USA…..gave me a pause this am…..we are indeed blessed…..amen!!!! 3rd night out…..yep a bit foggy and pretty tired…..it was rough day yesterday and we didn’t sleep much:((((( Boat Stuff: Well….how to do a core … Read More →

Sept 10 Hi All, Thanks to everyone for sending us words of encouragement over the past few “occurrences”. Your kind words mean so much to us and do indeed help us keep i “together”. I don’t know how “together” we were over the rudder incident…..here is what I wrote a dear friend: when it happened … Read More →

Hi All, We indeed left the marina at 6:30am and out the Dumbea pass by 8:15am. We started with 10-15kts SE and a 5-8′ S swell, but by late morning the winds had built to 15-20G25 out of the ESE. The S swell may still be there but hard to see from the wind chop … Read More →