Dear F&F, June 20-21, 2010 Mopelia – Days #16-17 Sitting Out a Blow A bit of cabin fever as we are onboard for Day #4. Not that easy/safe to lower, get in, get to shore (wet landing), then raise dingy with 15-20 knots of wind especially with my right hand not fully operational. Last night …
Dear F&F, June 15-18, 2010 Southeast Winds & Revenge of the Crown of Thorns June 15 After 6 days of wonderful diving in a row, we are not diving today. For one thing the place I got pricked by the Crown of Thorns seems to be having an allergic reaction and hurts like heck. Just …
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Dear F&F, June 12-14 More Mopelia Diving (Posted via HF Radio Email from Mopelia Atoll). After a later than normal night, we slept in a bit. When we finally got up, we were treated to a full arc, gorgeous rainbow. The sun was shining with lots of puffy clouds, absolutely magnificent. Jerome called about 8:00 …
Dear F&F, June 9, 2010 Wreck of the \”Seeadler\” Found (Posted via HF Radio Email from Mopelia Atoll) Scott took his video camera and we found some parts of the shipwreck, more or less in the area where Kalami outlined to Scott via stick drawing on the sand. We spent 85 minutes below. It is …
Dear F&F, June 8th, 2010 Wreck of the \”Seeadler\” part 1 (Posted via HF Radio from Mopelia Atoll) While in our last island Maupiti, we had a nice dinner with friends from \”Na Maka\” and a lovely American couple from Guadalajara, David and Eileen. The owner of the \”Pension\” (family style hotel), Gerrad; told us …
Dear F&F, June 7, 2010 Meeting the Locals (Posted from Mopelia Atoll via HF Radio Email) It was grey and rainy all day. In the morning we caught up on rest and correspondence. In the afternoon we went to visit sister ship, \”Na Maka\” our French friends with 3 boys. Scott and Jerome talked weather, …
Dear F&F, June 4-6, 2010 Passage to Mopelia (mow-peel-ee-uh) (Posted from Mopelia Atoll via HF Radio) We had a lovely two weeks in Maupiti (mao-pee-tee). Our last day we rented bicycles for about $10 USD each to ride around the island. We got off the main road into the dirt but were redirected by some …
Dear F&F, June 2, 2010 More Maupiti (posted from Mopelia Atoll via HF Radio) It was super fun making the \”fins\” video and we are so glad we could get it on the web from here. It took 70 minutes to upload it via the not very good wifi system here. This afternoon we loaded …
Dear F&F, May 28-29, 2010 We have not been diving again because of persistent strong winds/waves outside the lagoon, where the dive sites are. Too rough to be comfortable. Where we are anchored is fine. The breeze keeps us cool. The wind chop on the water is a bit strong to swim against plus we …
Dear F&F, May 26-27, 2010 Jerome and Natalie invited us aboard their Switch 51 “Na Maka”, the blue Switch for dinner. I had already cooked Szechuan eggplant with shrimp in the morning, so added some rice to take as my contribution. The beef roast with potatoes was delicious. Having someone else cook a meal is …