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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Dear F&F, June 28, 2010 Aitutaki – Pass Entry Scott & I made another depth test run of the channel via dinghy into the harbor. We did not intend to make the passage today, just heading to shore to check in with Customs & Immigration. But we could see it was a rising tide &
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Dear F&F, June 26, 2010 Aitutaki – Outside of Lagoon I think I fared better than Scott overall on the passage. Besides the scopalamine patch, I took anti-seasick meds 2x/day. Lucky for me they all work with minimal dry mouth side effects. So I rotate between Bonine, Phenergan & Cinerzine (given to me by Mazatlan
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Dear F&F, June 24-26, 2010 Passage from Mopelia to Aitutaki June 24 One year, three days in French Polynesia….Cook Islands, here we come! Similar conditions to our Galapagos crossing: good conditions to fly spinnaker, but it is high maintenance. Full concentration steering, using long wire remote for the auto pilot. I can move around &
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Dear F&F, June 22, 2010 Martha Stewart of Sailing Mopelia Day #18 Tuesday morning a boat came into the pass & anchored amidst the 4 of us here in Mopelia atoll. We were quite surprised that any cruising boat would venture here with the weather we have been having. This was not just any Joe
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Dear F&F, June 20-21, 2010 Mopelia – Days #16-17 Sitting Out a Blow A bit of cabin fever as we are onboard for Day #4. Not that easy/safe to lower, get in, get to shore (wet landing), then raise dingy with 15-20 knots of wind especially with my right hand not fully operational. Last night
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