Dear F&F, July 12, 2010 Wine & Friends As Scott was focused on uploading the morning weather report via ham radio, as he does nearly every morning…and I am scurrying about making breakfast, making the bed, generally tidying up…I glance out the stern window & see a new catamaran just off our stern. They are […]
Dear F&F, July 11, 2010 Giant Clam Photo Shoot #1 The day started with Scott re-cementing Natalie\’s loose crown. The procedure was painless & successful. The retired dentist has not lost his touch. During this time (about 8 a.m. local) we were able to glimpse a partial eclipse of the sun. Thin clouds helped veil
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Dear F&F, July 10, 2010 Teking Lagoon Excursion This morning began with Scott assisting Laurel & Hardy to get unstuck from the shallow sand where they were marooned last night. As the water depth grew with the rising tide, Scott was able to give them a nudge with our dinghy to steer them into deeper
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Dear F&F, July 9, 2010 Aitutaki – Generator Success We got the long awaited generator parts 2 days ago, but surprise, surprise it was not as “plug & play” as Scott hoped or was told. Today he received a tech support email from Florida telling us how to re-program the digital brain (replacement part) of
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Dear F&F, July 6, 2010 Aitutaki – Hunt & Gather Scott finds out via cell call that Rarotonga Customs is holding our package for 1 day. No, there is no fee, nor any reason they just are because they can. They understand we are a yacht in transit. But nonetheless, it will not be on
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Dear F&F, July 5, 2010 Aitutaki – Fuel & Friends When we returned the scooter we wanted to rent a car in order to schlep diesel in our 5 gallon jugs, since the station is not at the water front. That company did not have any cars available. We called the 2nd company on the
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Dear F&F, July 3, 2010 Aitutaki – Adventures in Anchoring & Scooter Tour It was our coldest night since we left northern Baja in Jan 2007: 70 degrees F! I wore a long sleeved shirt to read in bed & we dug out a blanket. No rain but the wind persisted from the southeast which
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Dear F&F, July 1, 2010 Aitutaki – Day #6 It is overcast & has drizzled off & on. We left dive master Onu a message at 7:30 a.m. (he didn\’t pick up either cell or biz line) that we were not interested in diving in the rain or at similar/same mediocre sites. He called us
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Dear F&F, June 30, 2010 Aitutaki – Day #5 This morning it was grey & threatening rain. We told our dive guy that we will skip the 1st dive & see if the sun comes out in the next hour or so. It is pretty pricey to go with a company, about $65 US/tank, which
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Dear F&F, June 29, 2010 Aitutaki Diving We had a lovely calm night inside the lagoon. What a pleasure to be still! There was a bit of rain in the early morning. We got up early to get out our dive gear & put fenders out so the dive boat can get close for gear
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