I am a Weather Brat. I first recognized this on our passage from the Galapagos to the Marquesas when Les called me on it. We had had beautifully calm, eat on the flybridge, perfect trawler weather for days on end, when in an effort to get out of our adverse current and into a favorable … Read More →
Category Archives: Admiral’s Blog
Cats on a Roof
Today I took the blanket off the bed. After 6 months of snuggling under blankets, wearing multiple layers, and freezing my proverbial buns off, it is finally warm enough to take the blanket off the bed. We are in the midst of the final two days of our passage from New Zealand to Fiji, and … Read More →
CATCH-UP……The Kingdom of Tonga
Things have been very eventful since our return to New Zealand on the 27th of February! We almost immediately moved the boat to Auckland, got our boat work started, and then flew to the South Island and spent 10 wonderful days in Fjordland and Queenstown. After our return to Auckland from the Southland, we … Read More →
Pics from Suwarrow & Niue
[hoops name=”break”]We’ve posted a selection of pictures from our most recent travels. Enjoy! Click HERE for Passage to Suwarrow pics. Click HERE for Suwarrow pics. Click HERE for Niue pics.
Niue
[hoops name=”break”]October 7, 2013 Wow….It’s hard to believe it’s been so long since I’ve updated our blog! Guess some of it is that we have really dialed down our cruising lifestyle and have spent the last month and a half gunk-holing our way through the Kingdom of Tonga. It has truly been fabulous and a … Read More →
Suwarrow: Paradise Found and A Gift
[hoops name=”break”]Where to begin?? We’re currently on passage to Niue, and for the last couple of rockin’ and rollin’ days, I’ve been trying to decide what I wanted to say about Suwarrow (Swa’-row) and how I could possibly say it to convey my thoughts and feelings. Having come up with no answers, I’ve decided I … Read More →
Conditions, Superstitions, and a Rant
[hoops name=”break”]Monday, July 29 It’s 0600 on the beginning of our 4th day at sea on our passage from Bora Bora to Suwarrow. I’ve just come back on watch and John has laid down to rest. The conditions are remarkably similar to what they were when I went off watch at 0200. In fact, they … Read More →
Not Losing It, Really!
July 15, 2013 So here it is Monday afternoon, and no sign of our missing part in Papeete. Coralie, our agent, has the freight forwarder looking for it, and they think it’s in, but no definitive word yet. In any event, our weather window has fallen apart, so we are back to the waiting game……Waiting … Read More →
The Heiva, Haircuts, and the Society Islands
[hoops name=”break”]July 11, 2013 Yesterday I got a haircut. In my other life, it would have been a momentary pleasure of a fresh ‘do’ with clean ends and an hour or two of me-time. Not in this life…Not out here. Instead, it was an Event….A day of celebration and victory….Yyyesss!!! Successful parsing of a person … Read More →
Pics from the Tuamotus
[hoops name=”break”]We’ve posted a selection of the pictures from our time in the Tuamotus… Enjoy!