August 27, 2016 (-10 on UTC) Dear Friends and Family, We finally got the engines installed, the boom attachment (gooseneck) fixed and the steering seals replaced and we’re off to the island of Moorea, an entire 12 miles away! Everything seemed fine (but standby – stuff yet occurs). We motored across the “Sea of the …
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AIRMAIL YOTREPS IDENT: N6ABC TIME: 2016/09/08 23:39 LATITUDE: 16-29.38S LONGITUDE: 151-45.71W MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 15 WIND_DIR: E CLOUDS: 20% VISIBILITY: 20 BARO: 1015.6 AIR_TEMP: 31.7C COMMENT: Beach House – MOORED – Bora Bora Yacht Club – Isle Bora Bora – Leeward Islands We had a lovely evening at our mooring last night and with winds …
AIRMAIL YOTREPS IDENT: N6ABC TIME: 2016/09/08 02:43 LATITUDE: 16-36.86S LONGITUDE: 151-32.72W MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 15 WIND_DIR: E CLOUDS: 15% VISIBILITY: 25 BARO: 1015.6 AIR_TEMP: 31.7C COMMENT: Beach House – MOORED – Bay Tapuamu – Isle Tahaa – Leeward Islands We finally got our parts and after great difficulty getting off the dock (pinned by 20 …
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AIRMAIL YOTREPS IDENT: N6ABC TIME: 2016/09/01 01:42 LATITUDE: 16-43.73S LONGITUDE: 151-26.60W MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 15 WIND_DIR: SSE CLOUDS: 15% VISIBILITY: 20 BARO: 1014.9 AIR_TEMP: 30.0C COMMENT: Beach House – DOCKED – Uturoa, Raiatea – Leeward Islands Update – Monday, September 4th…. We\’re still waiting for parts to be delivered today and some tomorrow. The dock …
AIRMAIL YOTREPS IDENT: N6ABC TIME: 2016/08/30 03:51 LATITUDE: 16-43.20S LONGITUDE: 151-02.33W MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 11 WIND_DIR: S CLOUDS: 20% VISIBILITY: 20 BARO: 1016.9 AIR_TEMP: 29.4C COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Fare, Isle Huahine – Leeward Islands We had a lovely day yesterday in Moorea. We rented a car, drove around the island. Had some …
AIRMAIL YOTREPS IDENT: N6ABC TIME: 2016/08/27 23:08 LATITUDE: 17-29.30S LONGITUDE: 149-51.07W MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 11 WIND_DIR: ENE CLOUDS: 35% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1015.8 AIR_TEMP: 31.7C COMMENT: Beach House -ANCHORED – Oponohu Bay, Moorea Dear Friends and Family, We are finally on the move again! Anchored at the NE corner of Oponohu Bay for one or …
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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 …
Tahiti Boat Projects – Papeete, Tahiti – 2016….. Read More »
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 …
Tuamotu Islands – The Dangerous Archipelago – 2016….. Read More »
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 …