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 […]
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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
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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
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YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2010/07/18 02:34 LATITUDE: 18-02.83S LONGITUDE: 163-11.59W MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 17 WIND_DIR: 093T CLOUDS: 30% VISIBILITY: 20 BARO: 1014.9 AIR_TEMP: 30.0C COMMENT: Beach House – Moored or Anchored (Don\’t know yet-turf wars you know!) – Palmerston Atoll,- Bob and family are our hosts!
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2010/07/17 20:07 LATITUDE: 17-59.41S LONGITUDE: 162-19.01W COURSE: 269T SPEED: 8.4 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 19 WIND_DIR: 125T WAVE_HT: 2.0M WAVE_PER: 7 SWELL_DIR: NE SWELL_HT: 2.5M SWELL_PER: 7 CLOUDS: 30% VISIBILITY: 20 BARO: 1018.4 AIR_TEMP: 28.3C COMMENT: Beach House – En Route – Palmerston Atoll, 50 miles to go at 10 am local, expect
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2010/07/17 11:54 LATITUDE: 18-00.48S LONGITUDE: 161-06.57W COURSE: 315T SPEED: 7.0 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 16 WIND_DIR: 109T WAVE_HT: 1.0M WAVE_PER: 7 SWELL_DIR: ENE SWELL_HT: 2.0M SWELL_PER: 7 CLOUDS: 40% VISIBILITY: 10 BARO: 1017.2 AIR_TEMP: 31.1C SEA_TEMP: 28.3C COMMENT: Beach House – En Route – Palmerston Atoll, about 1/2 way at 2 a.m. Most
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2010/07/17 00:30 LATITUDE: 18-48.34S LONGITUDE: 159-56.05W COURSE: 298T SPEED: 7.2 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 14 WIND_DIR: 081T WAVE_HT: 3.0M WAVE_PER: 7 SWELL_DIR: ENE SWELL_HT: 2.0M SWELL_PER: 8 CLOUDS: 40% VISIBILITY: 20 BARO: 1017.8 AIR_TEMP: 27.2C SEA_TEMP: 28.3C COMMENT: Beach House – EN ROUTE – Aitutaki Atoll to Palmerston Atoll, expect late afternoon, early
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
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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