Ship’s Log

Dear F&F, Sunday is church day on Palmerston Island and we were invited to attend. Bob and Taia picked us up and we were whisked through the boat pass to shore. Here we met all the islands ladies and many gentleman dressed in their Sunday finest. The religion is the Cook Islands Christian Church a […]

Dear F&F, We were first to arrive, but the Puddle Jump fleet was about to arrive and in numbers! Several hours after we\’d arrived, s/v \”Na Maka\” with Jerome, NAT and the kids arrived in the middle of the night. Jerome is not timid and found one of the two other moorings next to which

Dear F&F, After our adventure in \”up anchoring\”, we set sail for what would be an expected brief 200 mile passage to Palmerston Atoll. We pushed on and made the 200 miles in 36 hours arriving at 4 p.m on the 18th of July. This trip was much lighter in wind and smaller of sea

Dear F&F, July 15-16, 2010 HOW WE DECIDE WHEN TO LEAVE Thursday, July 15 We must exit this island\’s shallow pass during high tide. The tide gets later by nearly an hour every day. Wednesday July 14 Scott helped lead in our Canadian dock mates on sailboat \”Quickstar\” at 11:40 a.m. Thursday\’s time was 12:30

Dear F&F, July 13, 2010 Clam Close-Ups Day #18 Aitutaki, Cook Islands I was awake at 6:30 a.m., but it is pretty dark then still, so lingered next to Scott until 7. I asked if he was up for a return trip to the lagoon. We decided it best to get our work done there

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

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

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