3:00am 7/30: Can you say Wahooooooooooooooooooo!!!!! Yep, that’s right…caught a 50″ 30-lb Wahoo today……biggest one we have ever caught……what a beautiful fish and was it ever good to eat!!!!! I fought it for 10-15 minutes while Kathy only slowed to 5 kts…..I thought it was a tuna as it went deep but it eventually surfaced … Read More →
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Bora Bora to Suwarrow, Cook Islands, Day 3
Day 3: 3:00 am 7/29 My mom turns 90 today….whoa!!! Happy Birthday Mom!!!! Welcome to the Pacific Dangerous Middle…..that is what they call this 1500nm stretch from French Polynesia to Fiji and it is living up to it’s reputation. We had expected calming conditions today but got the opposite. This is the area that has … Read More →
Bora Bora to Suwarrow, Cook Islands, Day 2
3:00 am 7/28 Not much to report today……just the way we like it on passage…..BORING!!!!! The conditions are moderate….we are able to move around but need to hold onto something. We both read quite a bit!!!! The conditions unexpectedly worsened overnight as a lot of squalls moved in!!! 20-230G35 kt winds – all behind us … Read More →
Bora Bora to Suwarrow, Cook Islands, Day 1
8:30 pm 7/26 We left Bora Bora today around 8:00 am. We have had a pretty boisterous day/ride so far. The winds have been 15-25 kts ESE-E and the waves 8-12′ occasional 15′ ESE…..all pretty much behind us. We do ok and then the occasional bully wave, maybe 15′ comes and gives MM’s stern a … Read More →
Tahaa to Bora Bora
July 8, 2013 We left Tapaumau Bay on Tahaa today around 8:00 am heading to Bora Bora. We are both excited about seeing Bora Bora….it just seems to conjure up all the iconic images of the South Pacific. This is supposedly the fictional island Bali Hai in Michner’s South Pacific…..but we have since learned he … Read More →
Huahine to Tahaa
July 5, 2013: We left Huahine for Tahaa (just north of Raiatea) around 8:00am. It’s a run of about 40 nm but only 20 nm outside the reef and in the open ocean. We left today as the winds are predicted to be 15-22 kts pretty much behind us and the seas in the 5-9′ … Read More →
Moorea to Huahine French Polynesia
July 2, 2013 2:00 am: We left Cook’s Bay on Moorea around midnight. Another boat (from Oregon of all places) had anchored a little too close and we were concerned they were over our anchor. We had gone over to introduce ourselves and let them know we would be leaving at midnight. They said they … Read More →
Fixing Things in Exotic Places
June 16-22, 2013 We did it……our stabilizer leak is fixed!!!!!!! After over 100 emails trying to coordinate between Wesmar in Seattle to ship the necessary parts, Wally the Australian Wesmar tech we needed to fly into Papeete Tahiti for the repairs and Technimarine, the boatyard in Papeete, we finally got everything coordinated for a haulout … Read More →
Toau to Papeete Tahiti
2:00 am Saturday, 6/8: We did it, we finally did it….we left Toau for Tahiti. We stayed 9 days in Toau, 4 days longer than planned. We were pinned down by weather – 20-35 kts winds, 10-15′ seas……ugh!!!! We left at 6:30 am on Friday and so far the passage has been ok. The winds … Read More →
Moving to Toau Tuamotus
The last update we were in Rotoava on Fakarava enjoying the internet….Kathy had 750 emails and I had 450…..whoa!!!! And, good news, the market/portfolio is still up…..bad news the Giants are in 3rd place, 2 games out!!!! We did do the black pearl thing while in Rotoava. 7-10 years ago the pearl business was booming. … Read More →
