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Monthly Archives: November 2010
Passage to New Zealand – Day 1
We’ve had an encouraging start to this passage. The winds, as predicted, did shift around enough for us to not only gain the rhumb line but to also let out the sails for a more comfortable ride. Overnight the swell, … Continue reading
Posted in At Sea, Attitude, Blue Penguin, Boree, Illusion, Imagine, Kilkea II, Larabeck, Tin Tin
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At sea
At 7am this morning we raised our anchor and were off. Inside the Tongatapu the winds were light so we gave the genset a final test to get us going. At 7:30 the systems were all switched off so I … Continue reading
Two Years On (by Helen) – Revised
Last year I wrote a retrospective on our first year out cruising. Once again I have been persuaded to write another one on our second year out. Two years on and what a second year. How we’ve grown as sailors … Continue reading
Posted in Colombia, Costa Rica, Galapagos, Marquesas, Niue, Panama, Society Islands, Southern Cooks, Tonga, Tuamotus
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Ready to go
No trip to town today. Ben and I used the morning to clean up the starboard hull and both props. After doing this I decided to set the first reef into the mainsail as that is what we’re likely to … Continue reading
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Last night out
In the morning Helen and Ben took the water taxi into Nuku’alofa while I went ashore here to Big Mama’s for some internet and weather discussions. There weren’t too many people in Big Mama’s that morning so I was able … Continue reading
Posted in Imagine, Tonga
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