October 19th – 22nd, 2011 (Eastern Hemisphere) Dear F&F, Well, after a good nights rest, we were still so tired from the previous days trip, we just chilled out for the day, cleaned up, did the laundry and boat chores to recover from the previous days passage. Jerome and Nathalie came by and gave us […]
Dear F&F, October 17th – 18th, 2011 (Eastern Hemisphere) One of the problems that slipped my mind a few weeks back was that I didn\’t realize to check to see if I had the current chart cartography (chart chip) for the East Coast of Australia for \”Beach House\’s\” navigation system. When I started to do
Checking out….for want of chart chip….. Read More »
Dear F&F, October 13th – 16th, 2011 (Eastern Hemisphere) Of all the places I\’ve visited in the Pacific, New Caledonia is perhaps the place I knew the least about. It is an absolutely beautiful island, 300 miles long by 30 miles wide. Located about 900 miles East of the north central Australian Coast. The Western
New Caledonia – a most interesting history…..A most interesting future…… Read More »
Dear F&F, October 8th – 12th, 2011 (Eastern Hemisphere) This would be Kay\’s first ocean crossing. We went to the local markets, cleared customs and immigration and prepared \”Beach House\” for sea. The journey would be a short one, but potentially a bit more up wind than normal as we had to go around the
Sailing to New Caledoinia….. Read More »
Dear F&F, October 5th-6th, 2011 (Eastern Hemisphere) I\’d made arrangements for Kay and I to fly to Tanna Island, about an hour flight. Despite assurances that the drive upon arrival would be fairly easy, it was anything but! I would have to say that the 20 minute drive to our hotel was exciting, but nothing
Tanna Island Volcano Trip….. Read More »
Dear F&F, October 3rd, 2011 (Eastern Hemisphere) As lovely as our time together was, Anja had met \”someone\” while we were in Fiji. They decided on a rendezvous in Brisbane, Australia and far be it from me to hold back young love…:-)) I don\’t want to embarrass Anja, so I\’ll just leave the details for
Port Vila….Goodbye Anja, Hello Kay!…. Read More »
Dear F&F, September 30 – October 1st, 2011 (Eastern Hemisphere) We left our mooring at Aore Island with a favorable weather report to motor south against the dormant trade winds. We weren\’t sure how far we\’d get, but wanted to try and keep the trip to two days. As such, we ended up going down
Santo to Port Vila…… Read More »
Dear F&F, September 27th – 29th, 2011 (Eastern Hemisphere) We arrived at Luganville\’s \”Segond Channel\” just about 8 pm local time. It was completely dark and all the navigation lights on the charts either were not working or had changed their light patterns! Welcome to navigating in the \”back of beyond\”! We came in through
Luganville – \”SS President Coolidge\”…… Read More »
Dear F&F, September 26th, 2011 (Eastern Hemisphere) Today marks 4 years since \”Beach House\” left Marina del Rey, California. Needless to say, much has happened. Two days ago, we were having a brilliant spinnaker run which lasted 16 hours. At 4 a.m., the wind started to pipe up to 25 knots so prudence dictated dropping
Another Sea Story!….Old and new….. Read More »
Dear F&F, September 25th, 2011 (Eastern Hemisphere) Day 2 run: 180 nm Position: 16 deg 29.5 min South 170 deg 48.2 min East Speed: Ave = 7 knots Wind: 21 knots, ESE Swell: 6.5 feet (2 meters) Air: 81 deg F/ 27.2 deg C Baro: 1015 steady Yesterday was so nice out here, we set
En Route….mini boo boo….. Read More »