Dear Friends and Family, (Posted August 27th, 2016) These photos were from our experiences in Tahiti (besides the boat projects!). We’ll be off for Moorea and the Leeward Islands of the Societies tomorrow. After Moorea, we’ll do a long day sail to Huahine, then Raiatea, Tahaa and finally Bora Bora before heading off to the …
Dear Friends and Family, (August 25th, 2016) Well we are indeed getting ready to go on Saturday, August 27th! This Blog will be about all the \”stuff\” we cruisers get to take care of and why \”cruising is the most expensive way to travel 15th class on Earth\”. The old definition is, \”Cruising is all …
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Dear Friends and Family, (Written from Papeete, Tahiti – August 24th, 2016) This blog is about our time in the Tuamotu Islands and arrival in Papeete, Tahiti We looked at the weather which had been pretty rainy and rough in the Tuamotu Group and saw a 3 day weather window which would be just enough …
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Dear Friends and Family, (written from Papeete, Tahiti – August 23rd, 2016). This blog was from this past May and June. We’re catching up on the last few blogs to get current and we’ll soon be off to the leeward islands of Moorea, Huahine, Raiatea, Tahaa and Bora Bora before heading off to Suwarrow in …
AIRMAIL YOTREPS IDENT: N6ABC TIME: 2016/06/07 18:49 LATITUDE: 16-30.36S LONGITUDE: 145-27.35W MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 10 WIND_DIR: SSE CLOUDS: 90% VISIBILITY: 10 BARO: 1016.2 AIR_TEMP: 27.2C COMMENT: Beach House -MOORED – South Fakarava Atoll Tetamanu – South Pass Oh what a night! So much for the best laid plans of mice and sailors. We moved from …
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AIRMAIL YOTREPS IDENT: N6ABC TIME: 2016/06/03 04:10 LATITUDE: 16-30.48S LONGITUDE: 145-27.52W MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 13 WIND_DIR: NE CLOUDS: 70% VISIBILITY: 10 BARO: 1012.2 AIR_TEMP: 27.2C COMMENT: Beach House – Moored – South Fakarava Atoll The sail yesterday from Tahanea to Fakarava was big squalls with lots of wind, rain and then poof! We ended up …
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AIRMAIL YOTREPS IDENT: N6ABC TIME: 2016/05/31 17:48 LATITUDE: 16-51.07S LONGITUDE: 144-41.51W MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 17 WIND_DIR: 191T CLOUDS: 40% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1015.2 AIR_TEMP: 28.9C COMMENT: Beach House -Anchored – Tahanea Atoll – north of center pass Sorry this got out a day late. For those of you who knew my Aunt Barbara Kantro, she …
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AIRMAIL YOTREPS IDENT: N6ABC TIME: 2016/05/23 20:52 LATITUDE: 16-04.26S LONGITUDE: 142-22.04W MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 14 WIND_DIR: SE CLOUDS: 50% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1015.7 AIR_TEMP: 31.1C COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Raroia Atoll just south of Kon Tiki Motu, Tuamotu Islands…. (2 days 18 hours) Nicely, the winds subsided last night down to 12-16 knots. …
AIRMAIL YOTREPS IDENT: N6ABC TIME: 2016/05/22 23:24 LATITUDE: 14-43.71S LONGITUDE: 140-46.50W COURSE: 230T SPEED: 6.9 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 19 WIND_DIR: SE WAVE_HT: 0.3M WAVE_PER: 4 SWELL_DIR: SSE SWELL_HT: 1.7M SWELL_PER: 6 CLOUDS: 80% VISIBILITY: 10 BARO: 1013.6 AIR_TEMP: 30.6C COMMENT: Beach House -En Route – Hiva Oa to Rairoa – Tuamotu Islands – Day 2 …