YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2009/07/15 20:18 LATITUDE: 08-56.64S LONGITUDE: 140-09.80W MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 6 WIND_DIR: E CLOUDS: 75% VISIBILITY: 30 BARO: 1012.6 AIR_TEMP: 28.9C COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Daniel\’s Bay, Nuku Hiva – Marquesas, Hike tomorrow, off to the Tuamotus on the 17th.
Dear F&F, July 12-14, 2009 It is pretty rolly at anchorage today. We tried 3 times to re-anchor bow & stern to reduce the swell, but no luck so we are swinging on one. I had to take seasick meds which I hadn\’t had to do at anchor for awhile. I won\’t be able to
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Dear F&F, July 12, 2009 I finished reading kindred spirit Pamela Stephenson\’s book \”Treasure Islands\” & highly recommend it. Many pages sounded like my own words. (Vanity not intended.) An Australian born in New Zealand who lived a while in Marina del Rey, wrote it after a year at sea from Florida to Fiji. She
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Dear F&F, July 12, 2009 We love to get emails from our friends and family. My friend since 8th grade, affectionately known by me as Linky, was a field missionary nurse in the Philippines and Thailand for many years. After reading about my struggles with the tropics she wrote this: Dearest Cindy, I\’m very sporadic
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Dear F&F, July 9-11, 2009 We have had a few sailing days with only 1-2 stopping days. We are seeking diving & here. Nuku Hiva is our best shot for the Marquesas. Taiohae Bay is really the largest community and the center of tourism in the Marquesas Islands. 13 years ago we flew from Hiva
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Dear F&F, July 6-8, 2009 July 6 We were up at 5:30 & out of the anchorage by 6:00 a.m. My seasick meds worked ok, but I had a stomachache that does not seem to be seasickness, but upset tummy all day. 8 hours later we are here. It is not as beautiful as the
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YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2009/07/08 22:48 LATITUDE: 08-54.95S LONGITUDE: 140-06.08W MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 6 WIND_DIR: E CLOUDS: 75% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1011.4 AIR_TEMP: 31.7C COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Taiohae Bay, Nuku Hiva – Marquesas
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2009/07/07 00:46 LATITUDE: 09-21.52S LONGITUDE: 140-02.83W MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 9 WIND_DIR: E CLOUDS: 65% VISIBILITY: 20 BARO: 1010.6 AIR_TEMP: 29.4C COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Baie Hakahau, Ua Pou – Marquesas
Dear F&F, July 5, 2009 Scott received an email this afternoon that our beloved Marion has passed on. Some of you knew the curmudgeonly mother figure that she was in Scott\’s life. With the nickname of \”Mu\”, she was his confidante & friend besides long time office manager. She had quit smoking 10 years ago,
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Dear F&F, July 3-4, 2009 We just crossed to our third Marquesas Island, Tahuata. It was 6 hours and mostly down wind. The swell was not completely behind us, but starboard & aft. A much more comfortable passage than from Hiva Oa to Fatu Hiva, thank God! Despite putting on a half patch last night,
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