Monthly Archives: October 2010

O’ua

Our trip into the village was somewhat of a repeat of the previous day. John picked me up at 6:30, we crossed the island, found Kaleb the lobster guy who told us he’d stayed up till 4am but noone came … Continue reading

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Lobsters?

At 6:30am, John from Sea Mist dropped by and picked me up to go ashore. We trecked the 1/2 mile across the island to the village on the windward side to find the chap who bought lobsters from the overnight … Continue reading

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Ha’afeva

For our sail to Ha’afeva I again gave Helen and Ben a challenge. This was to determine the best route and plot this into the chart plotter. There was a choice of going around the north or south of the … Continue reading

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Staying put

When I made my attempt to rally the troops to sail to our next destination I met a resounding wall of desire to stay put for the day. So that’s what we did. Helen read. Ben’s back to studying for … Continue reading

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Uonukuhihifo

Try saying that with a mouthful of biscuit crumbs. We decided not to stay at the last stop setting sail mid-morning. The wind was up around 20 knots and I decided it would be a good day to give Ben … Continue reading

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