Voyages

Dear F&F, May 26-27, 2010 Jerome and Natalie invited us aboard their Switch 51 “Na Maka”, the blue Switch for dinner. I had already cooked Szechuan eggplant with shrimp in the morning, so added some rice to take as my contribution. The beef roast with potatoes was delicious. Having someone else cook a meal is […]

Dear F&F, May 23, 2010 Last night it was fun to review Scott\’s photos du jour. He got more good ones that he expected. I love his work and am so glad he has the patience for it. I do not! I am happy to point out pretty things for him to take pictures of.

Dear F&F, In brief, the diving here is fantastic. But GETTING to the dive sites is a bit rough. Inside the reef/lagoon where we are anchored, it is nice and calm; very few local boats zooming around. In Bora Bora, there was always a local or other cruiser zooming through the mooring area, their wake

Dear F&F, Always a bit anxious the night before heading to a new place, I woke up more than an hour before my 5:15 a.m. alarm. At 5:30 a.m. it was raining and still too dark to see due to cloud cover, so we lingered in a bed a bit longer. We cast off the

Dear F&F, VINCENT & CLARK\’S \”Ship\’s Log\” Two weeks ago, we were on a different planet. At least, it felt like it on the other side of the world, where the oceans are pacific and the Southern Cross visible amongst funnily shaped constellations. We sailed away in every possible way. From our urban Parisian society

Dear F&F, MAY 8th-18th May 8th – Saturday Keep on Diving The two other couples today were fun. An American woman with her Polish immigrant husband, now living in Seattle. She looked like and had the mannerisms of a younger Meryl Streep, it was amazing! She said she is told that all the time. She