Five days later and ten pounds lighter. Who would have known that one could subsist on mashed potatoes and saltine crackers for so many endless days at sea. I read six books and slept for approximately 80% of the trip, trying to put my mind elsewhere aside from the up and down, topsy-turvy motion of the boat. From my small porthole in my stateroom (bedroom), I went from seeing 6 inches of water to 6 inches of sky, to 6 inches of water to 6 inches of sky….and if that isn’t enough to turn one’s stomach, just throw in the acrid [View Full Entry]

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Welcome to shore! We have arrived to the legendary shores of the Marquesas, a small group of islands in the eastern portion of French Polynesia. This archipelago is often the first landfall for sailors on the "Coconut Milk Run" after the long 3000-mile passage from the Galapagos - and are known as the farthest islands from any continental land. The Marquesans are historically known for cannibalism, tribal warfare, tattoos, sexual immorality and all sorts of other cool stuff that beckons to the young, pleasure-seeking adventurer! They stand out as a sort of Shangri-La of the South Seas. [View Full Entry]

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They call it Stormy (petrel) Monday Recycled Casserole - Deja Stew Nurse Hurts Worse - the Killer Cure More Whales! I thought all waves were the same….until I saw you wave good-bye… FIRST TATTOO Reporting in from the extraordinary Marquesas. Minute specks of volcanic crests truly in the middle of nowhere. Beautiful isolation and laidback lifestyle. And the French influence, fine when it comes to bread but for almost everything else…hmmmm And all these Photos are from Jim’s camera, Thank You so much! So, back to where it all began, leaving the Galapagos&he [View Full Entry]

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Greetings from the Marquesas,What you say? What happened to the Galapagos, Los Pearlas? Well, we left Panama mid February and got to Isla Contadora, made famous for South American leaders conferences and the rich and famous including the late Shah of Iran who had a house here. The weather was sort of grey and we rapidly moved to the south of the group to await a “window” of weather to make the crossing. We’d hooked up with an Aussie cat “Shamara”and on the call of their weather router took off. Our grib files looked fairly good as well , however they [View Full Entry]

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We had an amazing time in the Marquesas, visiting Ua Pou after Nuku Hiva. We departed in high spirit and after 2.5 days sailing we were about to drop the sails and motor into Manihi part of the Tuamotu Archipelago. We were all really looking foorward to seeing the atolls, diving and snorkelling with a visibility of 50m and more. Anyway we discovered that the boat would not move so after a bit of tweaking, Neil went under boat to look at propeller to discover that it was not there. So we had to bypass all of the islands and head [View Full Entry]

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We went to French Polynesia for a 2 week cruise to celebrate Ds birthday and our 25th anniversary. 3/18 - South Pacific Day 2 Bora Bora Yesterday we left Tahiti and embarked on the Paul Gauguin. After another good breakfast our bags were picked up by GCT and we were boarded on busses for a tour of the area. We visited the home of the author of Mutiny on The Bounty (name ??? James Norman Hall), got some beautiful views of the Bay and, generally, saw a little of the area. One stop was fun because several generations of a family [View Full Entry]

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Well we have now completed our big Pacific Crossing and are in Fatu Hiva in the Marquesas. We also have a new crew member on board Marga so we are five again only this time the women outnumber the men, Yes dad is surrounded by females again storey of his life. Pictures included are from Galapogos to Niku Hiva. [View Full Entry]

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Moorea [View Full Entry]

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Tahiti [View Full Entry]

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Bora Bora en Mars 2006 [View Full Entry]

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