Dear F&F, Scott was back up the mast again this morning. We had a twist in the main halyard. He had to clip on to the top of the mast & send the halyard down to me to untwist and get the kinks out, then we pulled it back up again to see if it […]
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Dear F&F, We are slowly making inventory lists so we know what we have & where it is stowed. When we lived in Los Angeles, our garage used to be in such a state that it was often easier go buy a new tool instead of trying to find the one we had. That is
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Dear F&F, Moored outside Marina Taina We had a good day/night/half day sail to Tahiti. I had a sky full of stars with no moon on my first night shift. Then a nice 3 quarter moon to light the way for my 2nd night shift. The mountains of Tahiti are stunning & surrounded by a
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YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2009/09/09 21:28 LATITUDE: 17-35.49S LONGITUDE: 149-37.03W MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 16 WIND_DIR: 003T CLOUDS: 85% VISIBILITY: 20 BARO: 1014 AIR_TEMP: 31.1C COMMENT: Beach House – MOORED – Marina Taina – Papeete, Tahiti, move to dock on Monday
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2009/09/09 04:28 LATITUDE: 16-07.74S LONGITUDE: 148-52.64W COURSE: 206T SPEED: 5.6 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 9 WIND_DIR: 075T WAVE_HT: 0.6M WAVE_PER: 6 SWELL_DIR: ESE SWELL_HT: 1.8M SWELL_PER: 06 CLOUDS: 10% VISIBILITY: 20 BARO: 1014 AIR_TEMP: 26.1C SEA_TEMP: 26.7C COMMENT: Beach House – EN ROUTE – Tikehau Atoll to Papeete, Tahiti, expect arrival before noon
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2009/09/08 18:38 LATITUDE: 15-08.73S LONGITUDE: 148-21.85W COURSE: 206T SPEED: 8.5 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 16 WIND_DIR: 090T WAVE_HT: 0.6M WAVE_PER: 6 SWELL_DIR: ESE SWELL_HT: 1.8M SWELL_PER: 06 CLOUDS: 25% VISIBILITY: 20 BARO: 1016.6 AIR_TEMP: 29.4C SEA_TEMP: 26.7C COMMENT: Beach House – EN ROUTE – Tikehau Atoll to Papeete, Tahiti, expect 09 Sept A.M.
Dear F&F, It was a rare excitement to have an evening out. I looked through our hanging closet to see if I could find something cute to wear, but sadly it all smelled of mildew. Plus many things no longer fit. The lack of fruits & veggies in our diet has taken its toll. We
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YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2009/09/07 01:38 LATITUDE: 15-06.18S LONGITUDE: 148-11.92W MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 16 WIND_DIR: 095T CLOUDS: 65% VISIBILITY: 20 BARO: 1014.1 AIR_TEMP: 31.7C COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Tikehau Atoll, Dinner with Wilfred tonight at Tikehau Pearl Beach Hotel!