tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60471143376310964192024-03-13T23:20:17.969-07:00The Great Shakedown CruiseSailShakedownCruisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09951753725788555156noreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047114337631096419.post-77540490543393818762021-05-07T16:01:00.000-07:002021-05-07T16:01:03.928-07:00"Walkabout" 2021 - Part 1<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7SK-WbkT3IpY_Ooq0wQ4UpXTciAR6QXAogwBiwPdIqLg_L9Mg3ywwRUkDpQccJViuMG6U7-D_2JBOXB4s4a6yrCQ9_2ccjTJfRVbg-40s29XWDDRDiwn_3Q_N44sHptlMiQLLilfx7N5Q/s865/OZ+Walkabout+map.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="627" data-original-width="865" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7SK-WbkT3IpY_Ooq0wQ4UpXTciAR6QXAogwBiwPdIqLg_L9Mg3ywwRUkDpQccJViuMG6U7-D_2JBOXB4s4a6yrCQ9_2ccjTJfRVbg-40s29XWDDRDiwn_3Q_N44sHptlMiQLLilfx7N5Q/w640-h464/OZ+Walkabout+map.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The yellow "Pins" indicate where we spent at least one night</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>We didn't exactly "walk" about, but shamed our 2001 Toyota RAV4 to carry us, as we made an epic (for us) journey around the entire Continent/Island/Country called Australia, leaving Shakedown to take care of herself on her mooring at Crab Creek for the three and a half months it took us to cover some 10,000 miles (16,000 kilometers). The car had 20th birthday in Perth.</span><p></p><p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN8oBXxK4m2sOy0RN4zkGbT4qFYivoCJuQPj1yZ51eHmjVjpwnYrWIHtyciRhoUv0yjO9HCGKl8nXRnmt75MHtUlX83NzgxtJfJwm1UiEV2f1z00_RMltXXWgUn0zCYljdZZXCqqubhZYy/s2016/20210120_101827.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1134" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN8oBXxK4m2sOy0RN4zkGbT4qFYivoCJuQPj1yZ51eHmjVjpwnYrWIHtyciRhoUv0yjO9HCGKl8nXRnmt75MHtUlX83NzgxtJfJwm1UiEV2f1z00_RMltXXWgUn0zCYljdZZXCqqubhZYy/s320/20210120_101827.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"> What started out to be a rather short run from Tin Can Bay to Brisbane for Christmas, Sydney for New Years, and perhaps Melbourne, got radically altered by another border closure between Queensland and New South Wales for a small Covid outbreak. So we stayed in Brisbane through New Years and began our trip back to Tin Can Bay...</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"> BUT WAIT! There's more! We got started north on the M1 out of Brisbane and on a whim, decided to hole up 80 kilometers north at Glass House Mountains, which we had wanted to see anyway. We found a really sweet B&B, Jen's Getaway, and had a think. We saw an opportunity to cross off the very last of Hal's Bucket List....visit Alice Springs. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"> Having already had the trip from Tin Can Bay straight north and back in Queensland, we plotted a course across the Queensland Outback, into the Northern Territories, and into Alice Springs. The journey then took on a new meaning...</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Brisbane to Glass House Mtns 80 km(02-04)</span></p><p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoa_639BgjmecNkfpP64Wis379MMh78MdcjlHNurRb9pLmXQPDufBOhwRE9HWmPJ_h9ztpBQbAornRaySJM1ZiIddnrazaUVpEeVK5b8tQugihMYrKo67q_iQHZGKVv1_vD5xVkPDhCDdV/s2016/20210103_140841.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoa_639BgjmecNkfpP64Wis379MMh78MdcjlHNurRb9pLmXQPDufBOhwRE9HWmPJ_h9ztpBQbAornRaySJM1ZiIddnrazaUVpEeVK5b8tQugihMYrKo67q_iQHZGKVv1_vD5xVkPDhCDdV/s320/20210103_140841.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">One of the several Glass House Mtns</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJYODVfxHBm-1gbCEh7clfS-TCdY-558tPs_jwRYmeDJoFT5TqKGxZe_jvTWRTkGoCZrssAhOrHKmRVn1ePoFH46I4PG32CAkNmNadV0vqiwuF0kN46u3r1j3rJ0ss5apAkBNX6tjkM1mW/s2016/20210103_142022.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJYODVfxHBm-1gbCEh7clfS-TCdY-558tPs_jwRYmeDJoFT5TqKGxZe_jvTWRTkGoCZrssAhOrHKmRVn1ePoFH46I4PG32CAkNmNadV0vqiwuF0kN46u3r1j3rJ0ss5apAkBNX6tjkM1mW/s320/20210103_142022.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Our first Iguana sighting at the picnic area</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsLdFkXgCbk-Uw65Hi5564qHP_3CocnK0uZO7vI5ocHV1s8ksFN4Fsqo4Mf8UeMDkDAnhlUoZGRU1r3f4pddtJYRAIBGqwJn9DqllXeMH6XLnGWghRBZ9gvJGG1EYno_czSRlm8qXuzrFt/s2016/20210103_142133.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsLdFkXgCbk-Uw65Hi5564qHP_3CocnK0uZO7vI5ocHV1s8ksFN4Fsqo4Mf8UeMDkDAnhlUoZGRU1r3f4pddtJYRAIBGqwJn9DqllXeMH6XLnGWghRBZ9gvJGG1EYno_czSRlm8qXuzrFt/s320/20210103_142133.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">He decided not to eat us and slithered hither</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhys3SrfZwrYnjpA80upX5qHnRyYLRInxPeofU25TfbY-YMlIwtzcYGdPImwx6gDQmGYf8TSuVBC67jvryaAIxI7uVheDE-ZWeODGTxinkN0J2mHxfLDGQkDCHqp6dgZ77eXUCaSKkdVFTG/s2016/20210103_141709.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhys3SrfZwrYnjpA80upX5qHnRyYLRInxPeofU25TfbY-YMlIwtzcYGdPImwx6gDQmGYf8TSuVBC67jvryaAIxI7uVheDE-ZWeODGTxinkN0J2mHxfLDGQkDCHqp6dgZ77eXUCaSKkdVFTG/s320/20210103_141709.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">More of the Glass House Mountains</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;">So, our journey began, and it got bigger and further than we'd anticipated. Just in the month of January, we visited these places:</span><br /><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Glass House Mtns to Roma 466 km (04-06)</span></p><p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSyIFbgcSaWNb0Ud7HsTrxvhor-V6Bycv-AmLprEdrKza1RT7iKbZBRxVi5l7t5jDd5DJly0yekBSMldIv_7sYIP-4ac7-VDeqZPrrzkk0vpblXNT3M2imVJuDyTCBHQgklRwVXUp3kcnB/s2016/20210105_100056.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSyIFbgcSaWNb0Ud7HsTrxvhor-V6Bycv-AmLprEdrKza1RT7iKbZBRxVi5l7t5jDd5DJly0yekBSMldIv_7sYIP-4ac7-VDeqZPrrzkk0vpblXNT3M2imVJuDyTCBHQgklRwVXUp3kcnB/s320/20210105_100056.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The RAV gets new headlights installed in Roma</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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Isa 368 km (08-16)</span></p><p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibdJSBnIOapwrg96rpGLc1NU_TjbkW3jIxYaSlPbP6vXewVqlSO_lZ4fXyxZnBgDseABAEZb7sk0E-DX4ZLVNI37Szo2_P0cJDQHwPtHrftaysZHAz1LOvUYf2S-055ceMd9dGLReNDY-B/s2048/20210108_195156.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibdJSBnIOapwrg96rpGLc1NU_TjbkW3jIxYaSlPbP6vXewVqlSO_lZ4fXyxZnBgDseABAEZb7sk0E-DX4ZLVNI37Szo2_P0cJDQHwPtHrftaysZHAz1LOvUYf2S-055ceMd9dGLReNDY-B/s320/20210108_195156.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Fruit bats heading off for feeding - viewed from <br />our front porch</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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Isa</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFwV8Ydow02bHHnMnjUxA90VUs26gYdE9ei_dMZ5OVa3LXg1jq9APr341eUw44ah9AbncrrHWIX2Os1bL5OndExDySax7D7O-IHcYJpabr0ZkO7fWPkt-xKNnepeyd86iiThCsd2se0hj9/s2016/20210116_090818.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1134" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFwV8Ydow02bHHnMnjUxA90VUs26gYdE9ei_dMZ5OVa3LXg1jq9APr341eUw44ah9AbncrrHWIX2Os1bL5OndExDySax7D7O-IHcYJpabr0ZkO7fWPkt-xKNnepeyd86iiThCsd2se0hj9/s320/20210116_090818.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A new friendship bloomed. <br />Nancy and Lynette (Minnie)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Mt. 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1134" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRNFMdJ3myP8a1quhLQKHj1uLXXN2hLFXAzz5OkvI0Ff1npF3qK3IgMJuF769kfqvdSvApEVMB0nW3ByVQHO3NdYIi1evu1Trk-6wlQkytoQkTgytcQ8TbjR690agRBSEb-Rkuv7_kTGMZ/s320/20210130_111006.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The weather for our time in<br />Darwin</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVTgUZf_S2-qE4_f_34Vhzgz7h22OAKr-JCysY0EBFMaZ7qJ-EoVQiYqkqX-5Z1MhPqjQpGNPYGcLV8yJpxfA7YE-umOTal81rOuir6hO4ioD0PnyminE5vMk6TJEup2Wfue6vY0DlqN27/s2016/20210130_124241.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1134" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVTgUZf_S2-qE4_f_34Vhzgz7h22OAKr-JCysY0EBFMaZ7qJ-EoVQiYqkqX-5Z1MhPqjQpGNPYGcLV8yJpxfA7YE-umOTal81rOuir6hO4ioD0PnyminE5vMk6TJEup2Wfue6vY0DlqN27/s320/20210130_124241.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">HAD to get this T-shirt</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;">We celebrated our 71st birthdays at the end of the month in Darwin. It was a busy and enjoyable journey from Brisbane to Darwin. In the next part, we'll continue with our Darwin experience and beyond.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Meanwhile, it's the 8th of May today, and we will be boarding a flight back to the USA this evening out of Brisbane. Shakedown is in Bundaberg and up for sale, the RAV4 is sold to our good friends Adrian and Christine, and our bags are packed and ready to go. This blog will be updated with Parts 2 and 3 of our "walkabout" after we get to the States. Cheers! <br /></span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><br /></p></div>SailShakedownCruisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09951753725788555156noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047114337631096419.post-41931512812302483862020-12-30T15:36:00.001-08:002020-12-30T15:36:53.937-08:00Prisoners in Paradise: Australia 2020<div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6D8h5Th1ryyBo_I98kjmUnud023u9u_9sW4nnX4GLk8sdnNA7grZ605gjMqzmNZ2MuC6HEb5SrgGjmzjU8pgZhMS72mfnSrCSp4sVfINr8P6KbIFa2OvAiKJzc2cMhAnN12df-YnhPBqt/s2016/20201220_163343.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6D8h5Th1ryyBo_I98kjmUnud023u9u_9sW4nnX4GLk8sdnNA7grZ605gjMqzmNZ2MuC6HEb5SrgGjmzjU8pgZhMS72mfnSrCSp4sVfINr8P6KbIFa2OvAiKJzc2cMhAnN12df-YnhPBqt/s320/20201220_163343.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Yes, it's been a VERY long time since words sprouted forth on this Blog, but it's just been that kind of year, which we're sure everyone who reads this, will agree to. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Shakedown is still on her mooring in Crab Creek, Tin Can Bay, Queensland, Australia. After we returned from our Jan-Feb adventure north, it's been basically a daily routine aboard Shakedown until we decided that, since there is zero COVID floating around Australia, and all the borders were once again open, we would attempt a "walkabout" with the Rav4, spend Christmas in Brisbane (capital of Queensland), then head south for New Years in Sydney (capital of New South Whales), then, if we still had it in us, head to Melbourne, catch a car ferry to Tasmania. And then points west, north, and back to Tin Can Bay.....WELL....the "tide" came in, and the plan (written in the sand a low tide) simply disappeared.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">COVID's ugly face showed up, and the short of it is, borders closed, like a gigantic thump, two days after we arrived in Brisbane. We've decided that it wasn't meant to be, so we'll be heading back to Tin Can Bay after we check out on the 3rd of January. We're off this evening to Rainbow Shadow to celebrate a fireworks-less New Years Eve and pray for a better 2021.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPgOBm2m-YOn2sjJghulSAW5jpRpwxYebs9vWQR5HX-U1uQWAmvJA1rDyDdvIzyRYhji8ZXs31TrI7GiRD32VZVgyPI6WIHQ7bW1LaxO7yYsCTzpbdtUhqQQNnqPPxq0iwn9U4gB3bH89k/s2016/20201220_190203.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPgOBm2m-YOn2sjJghulSAW5jpRpwxYebs9vWQR5HX-U1uQWAmvJA1rDyDdvIzyRYhji8ZXs31TrI7GiRD32VZVgyPI6WIHQ7bW1LaxO7yYsCTzpbdtUhqQQNnqPPxq0iwn9U4gB3bH89k/s320/20201220_190203.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Hats off to the Australian people and their government though. Thoroughly aware Christmas plans had more or less been tossed to the trash trucks. In just one day, 40+ thousand people got tested, tracing went into effect (attempting to find who started it this time) and (at this writing) 90 people have tested positive. Sounds like a paltry amount, but when an entire country has been enjoying 0 (zero) cases for the past several weeks (months in some states), this is a HUGE HUGE HUGE issue here and in need of quashing immediately. We are totally impressed with the citizenry of this "island nation"!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Thus far, we've extended our hotel (top floor-9th floor) room another week to spend New Years Eve here at a dock party aboard s/v Rainbow Shadow at Dockside Marina on Kangaroo Point on the Brisbane River. We were also invited by our really good friends Adrian and Christine (s/v Rainbow Shadow crew & cruising buddies from Fiji, to Vanuatu, to Bundaberg, Oz) for Christmas dinner with Adrian's Mother and his Sister here in the city.....</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXVcganwZPJdNwK2ckA0HdZ0R7t1XSxLvjbsofRaoWhzow_wwzw3mxS4GXzZuWtA2L0iOY6g3GmSjAHW61I1B8j5HAW64N1qsgd2by_eTOuvhGeiyhzu-tBswrfA-lFgmyFMAuDkjM5KxB/s2016/20201220_163350.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXVcganwZPJdNwK2ckA0HdZ0R7t1XSxLvjbsofRaoWhzow_wwzw3mxS4GXzZuWtA2L0iOY6g3GmSjAHW61I1B8j5HAW64N1qsgd2by_eTOuvhGeiyhzu-tBswrfA-lFgmyFMAuDkjM5KxB/s320/20201220_163350.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our view of Brisbane from the balcony</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhihyphenhyphenGXasmskokwd6alX88LUaDB4z7dGuIYr-6t8np1HyQ5ypJr6ugvO1_UBFedtOMju5tL894QHjMAwv7hdPxrOl7c0rjyvF2qT2Gwvb37hmNSdPT3hsZZDL5W3O7ZD4jyPGgsRmDhbYTX/s2016/20201220_190119.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhihyphenhyphenGXasmskokwd6alX88LUaDB4z7dGuIYr-6t8np1HyQ5ypJr6ugvO1_UBFedtOMju5tL894QHjMAwv7hdPxrOl7c0rjyvF2qT2Gwvb37hmNSdPT3hsZZDL5W3O7ZD4jyPGgsRmDhbYTX/s320/20201220_190119.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Storey Bridge from our balcony </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhZA5vw1Ae1zD5pFFfDnJdc-9erDaOoRMNKvo0hV3d-2RFWvADhB6HiM7iiWDiMpK2lt10EhhM9xXTL4V_sGQl0CgFvuOmYqJl9tCFgzs_14piG4hQ2bo1928FVsuf-xPmbFZvoAdQy29M/s2016/20201221_164056.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1134" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhZA5vw1Ae1zD5pFFfDnJdc-9erDaOoRMNKvo0hV3d-2RFWvADhB6HiM7iiWDiMpK2lt10EhhM9xXTL4V_sGQl0CgFvuOmYqJl9tCFgzs_14piG4hQ2bo1928FVsuf-xPmbFZvoAdQy29M/s320/20201221_164056.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Walking across Storey Bridge</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdmh02uSBRL985ENVlDwZogxreZjADCWQd-lc-3DfJZMHFTsDPYrRiDLic-VdMGiOOGhQPeBvFduOxZ1ioLheSQFBXTek-bnAz8PH1nKpndbQxXxqYdGuouAth49rQQGcWuwLtPpVN7AOP/s2016/20201221_193154.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdmh02uSBRL985ENVlDwZogxreZjADCWQd-lc-3DfJZMHFTsDPYrRiDLic-VdMGiOOGhQPeBvFduOxZ1ioLheSQFBXTek-bnAz8PH1nKpndbQxXxqYdGuouAth49rQQGcWuwLtPpVN7AOP/s320/20201221_193154.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Walking across Storey Bridge </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2MaktnSsLqkA7zGIwyiMsSjI0OnUIEGSYyUB3Lnuzt7aY3eC_VyKoa1TyAb6ajDqSjJNqi93VNAp_8U0jfFrdnLK8RJV01GlAY_P6dZPFN2PcRZEdINSLVBlJxyWRyqNlByVJazgLgE00/s2016/20201222_101256.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2MaktnSsLqkA7zGIwyiMsSjI0OnUIEGSYyUB3Lnuzt7aY3eC_VyKoa1TyAb6ajDqSjJNqi93VNAp_8U0jfFrdnLK8RJV01GlAY_P6dZPFN2PcRZEdINSLVBlJxyWRyqNlByVJazgLgE00/s320/20201222_101256.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhftXOU2c-nQb3phNgI0PIJJwZWtCaXlQ9r0dGuAC-gGi1xUblnJYTkI-PfT34YP3YiLYQ-P_kqONJ06IAcugNUaN-9iMLbGQfTiMMBUtmM9003XFM5HIBVqPGUY61V0yPZLQl0Mbxcg9Bl/s2016/20201222_125814.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhftXOU2c-nQb3phNgI0PIJJwZWtCaXlQ9r0dGuAC-gGi1xUblnJYTkI-PfT34YP3YiLYQ-P_kqONJ06IAcugNUaN-9iMLbGQfTiMMBUtmM9003XFM5HIBVqPGUY61V0yPZLQl0Mbxcg9Bl/s320/20201222_125814.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Storey Bridge</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_ugoywtzFdajpXvXX-uxWQOxvbh1qLlByzeUuciTdLwesofJUD9NVBl9b3cqMKdbJoFOOJxuO9HAJ7P5dQ7GHOXtoCSGbLbek1W5lw-76lgbNfk-LuOY-axUnLOeZHp_BJpeFQwZtLOuP/s2016/20201222_131822.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_ugoywtzFdajpXvXX-uxWQOxvbh1qLlByzeUuciTdLwesofJUD9NVBl9b3cqMKdbJoFOOJxuO9HAJ7P5dQ7GHOXtoCSGbLbek1W5lw-76lgbNfk-LuOY-axUnLOeZHp_BJpeFQwZtLOuP/s320/20201222_131822.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Riverboat tour ship</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKRmDl-6S8XUI0sl5u4bgfV-O3WoLOGc-grfa3bt0gwoNyuzmhy-fAOaCKn0z2pVoOJyRz2DNl78EkSTBDPNypF-b8JZdasGlpZUbCcAwBPWjh9M2gooQdBQ8YYOH-JeMc54hrAtbIyHu8/s2016/20201223_093108.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKRmDl-6S8XUI0sl5u4bgfV-O3WoLOGc-grfa3bt0gwoNyuzmhy-fAOaCKn0z2pVoOJyRz2DNl78EkSTBDPNypF-b8JZdasGlpZUbCcAwBPWjh9M2gooQdBQ8YYOH-JeMc54hrAtbIyHu8/s320/20201223_093108.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the waterfront behind Fellons Brewery and<br />almost directly below our balcony <br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkupmWZPaa7AlxAkgJcGQW2DntufUwVMasNAGYuEV6TaJ4lOAW9pJJ5GptLOjx6eISta1v5epr3uVvqtAF6PKUSiEc0N0RLZG0NVqugde8cTvuZzEsGxqeqOHXzwZXquLynmaFiSTA-I5D/s2016/20201223_095518.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkupmWZPaa7AlxAkgJcGQW2DntufUwVMasNAGYuEV6TaJ4lOAW9pJJ5GptLOjx6eISta1v5epr3uVvqtAF6PKUSiEc0N0RLZG0NVqugde8cTvuZzEsGxqeqOHXzwZXquLynmaFiSTA-I5D/s320/20201223_095518.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ready for a nice long walk along the river</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZIEmBknJCHfz-YvjtZUIuoPZ2bZGxsA07UaanaJ4wW6jfWLTTigIdzreP5CE0Qn3mEHoJCc3ZVZCGgcBlsdzFxPzXlhnvfhpLv7nuyL4DuUg_QcPZBQ88ldwk-rGiLNI-XwewVXRPtIpt/s2016/20201223_095924.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZIEmBknJCHfz-YvjtZUIuoPZ2bZGxsA07UaanaJ4wW6jfWLTTigIdzreP5CE0Qn3mEHoJCc3ZVZCGgcBlsdzFxPzXlhnvfhpLv7nuyL4DuUg_QcPZBQ88ldwk-rGiLNI-XwewVXRPtIpt/s320/20201223_095924.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCLQhCYBXXNnO9Y18xs7Vt_-lz9c_5mJ3tR_QIrbd-bwJPapxxDEvtAe3P11sjQlSk96gPyb8rVwGs3rgG47H-OvE0MotAJojNvjipjPaiblFru8sfuQlBHc58AzT5fp3GlLuKodBhLO-X/s320/20201223_105932.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Lady Brisbane" tour boat</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgonMm0IZ5kpbXgGGdBHEnqvvjijsm0r15fZDUcp6ibRGBNSdJxn1pMmOdA6qZhRW63JE1n5olui3zVcU0F3mBIaS468ChBHd-Eufm_Z2rVbWMirBDIUhx8BcjsRr6rvdZc67eOFwgTb9gc/s2016/20201224_101606.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1134" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgonMm0IZ5kpbXgGGdBHEnqvvjijsm0r15fZDUcp6ibRGBNSdJxn1pMmOdA6qZhRW63JE1n5olui3zVcU0F3mBIaS468ChBHd-Eufm_Z2rVbWMirBDIUhx8BcjsRr6rvdZc67eOFwgTb9gc/s320/20201224_101606.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Downtown (called CBD-<br />Central Business District)</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: right;">D</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguxMutVdJuTfE9z_9eIwTE3Keail49DOqT8kvxGJ0ImZi1K8w9KPaKv9FhA8emhS0AV9Su_qhJVpPMpusyDypSnnh1pfuACjpgLN91DHnPA-3QevxKEKz_NWpACHk5W8epGUsRBD4C0q1q/s2016/20201224_113816.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguxMutVdJuTfE9z_9eIwTE3Keail49DOqT8kvxGJ0ImZi1K8w9KPaKv9FhA8emhS0AV9Su_qhJVpPMpusyDypSnnh1pfuACjpgLN91DHnPA-3QevxKEKz_NWpACHk5W8epGUsRBD4C0q1q/s320/20201224_113816.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A stop along the ferry route</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhLSvDS_R66frSD7WDFlyr2ge6Gt_ucz60EgcVGlZPm877VXrIzjZGk4-GICrLO3V72Tdf-CrQALO7DVye64bh5bPYnfjyRlq-WgO-B0QS0xhKlU8HToC0UNlDPiPSle3BExo-VHyzt61o/s2016/20201224_114629.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhLSvDS_R66frSD7WDFlyr2ge6Gt_ucz60EgcVGlZPm877VXrIzjZGk4-GICrLO3V72Tdf-CrQALO7DVye64bh5bPYnfjyRlq-WgO-B0QS0xhKlU8HToC0UNlDPiPSle3BExo-VHyzt61o/s320/20201224_114629.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the ferry terminals</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTvyXyiP-7vVbx24RqQIcyhaScb4_rue9wd6gZg82OQlzkB1T_8UHGf6c3-SBbROxmZrQnnWP-w7TkdLdNCZAyayCmtV7O-kW0L1iSzFzqi6vYKwluSLdhBeGQ5of4NSYeTXxC6OsI1FJ9/s2016/20201224_124546.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTvyXyiP-7vVbx24RqQIcyhaScb4_rue9wd6gZg82OQlzkB1T_8UHGf6c3-SBbROxmZrQnnWP-w7TkdLdNCZAyayCmtV7O-kW0L1iSzFzqi6vYKwluSLdhBeGQ5of4NSYeTXxC6OsI1FJ9/s320/20201224_124546.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Old Customs House from the water</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsic3HVSXzDzbAfE1ldfyvWgiY48oI4-ZbvoOKlz4YEvSWRgRZ8n2uWpQJr7DpbHjUnmD71vJcWOwVSn4rbaOMpWzQVeI48MWb9t6nEj3rlFsZrDukmftXT-UsqsHb2YypD1lUlgA0QIno/s2016/20201224_171057.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsic3HVSXzDzbAfE1ldfyvWgiY48oI4-ZbvoOKlz4YEvSWRgRZ8n2uWpQJr7DpbHjUnmD71vJcWOwVSn4rbaOMpWzQVeI48MWb9t6nEj3rlFsZrDukmftXT-UsqsHb2YypD1lUlgA0QIno/s320/20201224_171057.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Christmas visitors at our balcony</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKqXHZSy0QPBzBEX5adxnLMr_7K8XAH1k7NvgepItvFkNQGxd943LV31g3cvcHFY2sZD3W5zVKTeyzKqRMtnW6-F6klUMP93bLD9qq7MyZBKx5oK0skCBMlzMnhZy3u7aVUYRhmPU-m8MO/s2016/20201224_191429.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKqXHZSy0QPBzBEX5adxnLMr_7K8XAH1k7NvgepItvFkNQGxd943LV31g3cvcHFY2sZD3W5zVKTeyzKqRMtnW6-F6klUMP93bLD9qq7MyZBKx5oK0skCBMlzMnhZy3u7aVUYRhmPU-m8MO/s320/20201224_191429.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nancy, Adrian & Christine departing ferry<br />terminal enroute dinner at Treasury Building</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMF5Q4I8ZM2dlahN7tQjF6ci5RqyrDqMJ66tZvks8o0KvzyWUXKb3OHBraYAOLlbBJZ6-v96EFTZELAcecvEJDVTR4QI6iZh4zWwIeRL76IjaoZKK6eJjq6qa_g1i0itCOC5wKr3-5ybmG/s2016/20201224_214819.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMF5Q4I8ZM2dlahN7tQjF6ci5RqyrDqMJ66tZvks8o0KvzyWUXKb3OHBraYAOLlbBJZ6-v96EFTZELAcecvEJDVTR4QI6iZh4zWwIeRL76IjaoZKK6eJjq6qa_g1i0itCOC5wKr3-5ybmG/s320/20201224_214819.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">South Bank by night as seen on our way to The<br />Treasury Building (casino & restaurants)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga51iC1O2E1fUHYDgLpJFvc63SUcCEb1DJoZstyUah4UB43v2jO3buARb9D-L9tWI5g6M3DWLQ9X7-gwEE73CGZS8NgFzlgKE4N14P27f1N7yC9H4Khx6uHBwG8CenAQetGXHBX7O4M37Z/s2016/20201225_153042.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga51iC1O2E1fUHYDgLpJFvc63SUcCEb1DJoZstyUah4UB43v2jO3buARb9D-L9tWI5g6M3DWLQ9X7-gwEE73CGZS8NgFzlgKE4N14P27f1N7yC9H4Khx6uHBwG8CenAQetGXHBX7O4M37Z/s320/20201225_153042.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Christmas "stollen" and death-by-you-know-what</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiKaL18QPETy6wZkq0Mh3l9EjLpMU_ESdaF-cMCvR-GQSczfm686Lpcqmc7mXJm2Utsiwf33FCQWumQo6uQmEauanxeCOOfxp1Wa-FlgGxf8L12nbdISC_yyz8JBeSHYKX5izDodcwl9P-/s2016/20201225_153109.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiKaL18QPETy6wZkq0Mh3l9EjLpMU_ESdaF-cMCvR-GQSczfm686Lpcqmc7mXJm2Utsiwf33FCQWumQo6uQmEauanxeCOOfxp1Wa-FlgGxf8L12nbdISC_yyz8JBeSHYKX5izDodcwl9P-/s320/20201225_153109.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A lovely place to have Christmas dinner</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZRx33vRi7u9cNZZ099OGsWAxqk7Xb2AwO9R5mzAi26JIJUanLzxM9Lr1rXSovmngrlA4NWI0poGVsahp5Ktg3-aFWcqn_eTpv9F68llR7gcZddGAUEVtpwi4b2sBeqBO-qXN5yQ5q-FQi/s2016/20201225_153122.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZRx33vRi7u9cNZZ099OGsWAxqk7Xb2AwO9R5mzAi26JIJUanLzxM9Lr1rXSovmngrlA4NWI0poGVsahp5Ktg3-aFWcqn_eTpv9F68llR7gcZddGAUEVtpwi4b2sBeqBO-qXN5yQ5q-FQi/s320/20201225_153122.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Adrian supervising Christmas dinner</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN4bD0JQL6txrDsp81H3rWL8QQGy3NhXuBk1Xz9Eb9EVnADb4QdxSLGhkFY7yFFF6UH35FqfFQOqabuTQKBR9Ak89EsnShppyN4mQFmw40tJcP05GzOrECeiB8vZrem_Ubk_g0y3ZptBw5/s2016/20201226_141741.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN4bD0JQL6txrDsp81H3rWL8QQGy3NhXuBk1Xz9Eb9EVnADb4QdxSLGhkFY7yFFF6UH35FqfFQOqabuTQKBR9Ak89EsnShppyN4mQFmw40tJcP05GzOrECeiB8vZrem_Ubk_g0y3ZptBw5/s320/20201226_141741.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLytDFBZOjSwAiHTHsJj_LU34niBdvji3xdR9Jqv5IUZIutkNANR3v6AFv8a80C5dQ5i5pSWqB0nBV2GqDWefZd0Y1PTI4l8OjGjhKCRwtuXMmgT2vFz3qDIlYY77hPv0-rYW3y1MhmUgu/s2016/20201227_113528.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLytDFBZOjSwAiHTHsJj_LU34niBdvji3xdR9Jqv5IUZIutkNANR3v6AFv8a80C5dQ5i5pSWqB0nBV2GqDWefZd0Y1PTI4l8OjGjhKCRwtuXMmgT2vFz3qDIlYY77hPv0-rYW3y1MhmUgu/s320/20201227_113528.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A surprisingly large number of drinking fountains</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjALfJaV5-uVZXmRKSvmP3xZnKN5MTovEc6FWq_bh0ychm_FzgQ_TVsXFRTck-yKOEVwWFFaz6CR2NJls9jOVjIYavOOSt8bXNTsaHJISxQwepDytpDcwGZFsHpxWpf7MIYJDz7Pdv4cg_T/s2016/20201227_115301.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1134" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjALfJaV5-uVZXmRKSvmP3xZnKN5MTovEc6FWq_bh0ychm_FzgQ_TVsXFRTck-yKOEVwWFFaz6CR2NJls9jOVjIYavOOSt8bXNTsaHJISxQwepDytpDcwGZFsHpxWpf7MIYJDz7Pdv4cg_T/s320/20201227_115301.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">City Botanical Gardens</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzO8wjcGFZFjEP7gXrqsSwPs86ifkre2xervrLc8qlmKtIhyphenhyphenHOc8S0mbX119vjj0Adn_40i5QY1glz_QYzsSoJ9V1m_V4qyko0tShBSUWV0DA0H81X5-aHadNmnJI_zkhbHFoQQlYw0iiB/s2016/20201227_115336.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzO8wjcGFZFjEP7gXrqsSwPs86ifkre2xervrLc8qlmKtIhyphenhyphenHOc8S0mbX119vjj0Adn_40i5QY1glz_QYzsSoJ9V1m_V4qyko0tShBSUWV0DA0H81X5-aHadNmnJI_zkhbHFoQQlYw0iiB/s320/20201227_115336.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You can tell by the smell</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3uRw64rjzDPDZZNxlTBhAFlyQsyY9ltc3LLTn3yEjGHHJ99HRcULCFb9XWjPIwWPj82zVZfSvyPWk-KY1FaGpG35AktjIOUySRoSMC1X2byLubTgLH1y_kLAdEtnBrVTHg0hYoDwSa0Uj/s2016/20201227_115421.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3uRw64rjzDPDZZNxlTBhAFlyQsyY9ltc3LLTn3yEjGHHJ99HRcULCFb9XWjPIwWPj82zVZfSvyPWk-KY1FaGpG35AktjIOUySRoSMC1X2byLubTgLH1y_kLAdEtnBrVTHg0hYoDwSa0Uj/s320/20201227_115421.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwZFn1FZkMneuiOaEa1murx6qtBy4jzUR4lfk3ESOpRSejf3rB3xWjCfGliwo_UADpj65CfubQlfYlToza63umAoQErFBxCfCwxNtBh3MPU86jeueOLoF9vApXdDIlvh-zG5xX3cSgQlHW/s2016/20201227_115605.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1134" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwZFn1FZkMneuiOaEa1murx6qtBy4jzUR4lfk3ESOpRSejf3rB3xWjCfGliwo_UADpj65CfubQlfYlToza63umAoQErFBxCfCwxNtBh3MPU86jeueOLoF9vApXdDIlvh-zG5xX3cSgQlHW/s320/20201227_115605.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In the heart of the city</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBfu9PUhxFqLU5X3THzgLnb_bC9qdawqF-KHJf5rX7cCVJnQx8FZ3RsHZTCOwWShbGmcOptI8W9TyWHU4XeU9CLkT4cdkavOAgcDbfBsx_Gsegaa1I5kmUL5sk6EkQlJvgwfPLCBxqXv69/s2016/20201227_115856.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBfu9PUhxFqLU5X3THzgLnb_bC9qdawqF-KHJf5rX7cCVJnQx8FZ3RsHZTCOwWShbGmcOptI8W9TyWHU4XeU9CLkT4cdkavOAgcDbfBsx_Gsegaa1I5kmUL5sk6EkQlJvgwfPLCBxqXv69/s320/20201227_115856.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We saw these "spider" flowers up in the hills of<br />Nuku Hiva way back in 2017</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-1f0k8KK_4LqL2ZD6KMMEdqrMSBvMNtOb61MEMgl0txgV9VAT5JiuSS76YnblldWVBTIFBPHARx4ZKc5L7fONvXYrVdIKgSEmPDlRnKTKTyHmwjAD2mU3z9fBXEpNNe46WNmKM_JMVOp1/s2016/20201227_120344.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-1f0k8KK_4LqL2ZD6KMMEdqrMSBvMNtOb61MEMgl0txgV9VAT5JiuSS76YnblldWVBTIFBPHARx4ZKc5L7fONvXYrVdIKgSEmPDlRnKTKTyHmwjAD2mU3z9fBXEpNNe46WNmKM_JMVOp1/s320/20201227_120344.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elephant Apple tree. Fruit is sour but is favorite<br />food of elephants...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvnwAOkjNJntZF_qS-4nkDRd-krOYsq3BKygOItIpB6Csx2SEQPb_zvRVtp2Af404Q95ulsKrj6VweXoHWm_58TcmXGNgn5EYTYk8ht0xa7mHFavaYkNQCkU4kkw95kov_4m-7nPoYkblK/s2016/20201227_120419.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvnwAOkjNJntZF_qS-4nkDRd-krOYsq3BKygOItIpB6Csx2SEQPb_zvRVtp2Af404Q95ulsKrj6VweXoHWm_58TcmXGNgn5EYTYk8ht0xa7mHFavaYkNQCkU4kkw95kov_4m-7nPoYkblK/s320/20201227_120419.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bottle tree</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrisyCWg6eeJMlk7RoFcbKJnH8Y-fgEnUPbNM4X_CwgaPj8tge6EXAxHQjVxb6CecCz24qSh4X2ok03isRlmkzZrhMD-yPyCmAsjxtl7EexlBAdAkZ4wnOl3uoX01Czz9qVLIuDwi8AyJR/s2016/20201227_122232.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrisyCWg6eeJMlk7RoFcbKJnH8Y-fgEnUPbNM4X_CwgaPj8tge6EXAxHQjVxb6CecCz24qSh4X2ok03isRlmkzZrhMD-yPyCmAsjxtl7EexlBAdAkZ4wnOl3uoX01Czz9qVLIuDwi8AyJR/s320/20201227_122232.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Street level" view along the river near the Gardens</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMCLIicfX2xhLldutfOY_eKgjyWTdVAfvH4JvgElHpXC2snS8HNDac20XDMkoeRNcFfUmeocBJOBa1-Avvthf5Fz6DQATzQr_J5XWuFsg5CE7pR_lV315R3ticmBVP6c5J1T2GQzkwD3h1/s2016/20201227_122657.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMCLIicfX2xhLldutfOY_eKgjyWTdVAfvH4JvgElHpXC2snS8HNDac20XDMkoeRNcFfUmeocBJOBa1-Avvthf5Fz6DQATzQr_J5XWuFsg5CE7pR_lV315R3ticmBVP6c5J1T2GQzkwD3h1/s320/20201227_122657.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Walking back from the Gardens</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-XM22KpCzcMugYlzZaZpfJ5GqfTJwZXbQYzuplJZRq3ZjfGx4s9hTlg-ocGz8wm5eX_wu5oOl_Xzxf1fduQIWzc59xtrjPHZ0Ismw1zRQP_zW55RLKrHkRqPcs6dwAllLFU1uKcJZRYHV/s2016/20201227_123637.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-XM22KpCzcMugYlzZaZpfJ5GqfTJwZXbQYzuplJZRq3ZjfGx4s9hTlg-ocGz8wm5eX_wu5oOl_Xzxf1fduQIWzc59xtrjPHZ0Ismw1zRQP_zW55RLKrHkRqPcs6dwAllLFU1uKcJZRYHV/s320/20201227_123637.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A lot of these signs around. Trouble is, you<br />have to stand next to them to be able to read<br />the fine print (i.e. ANY of it)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD5bGIls3LJY-lM15Of8sPTrqFGCFfHZQXs-plJ90y4mRnvlk8UrL7s6A5pOWfDT99E68qZyHoPRoZFUSprOkdkhK3qCYaQyRNRKCOtmjdDlx6njp4i_qBdnxzPFYgW0RmY38UPBwoSYlI/s2016/20201227_125404.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1134" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD5bGIls3LJY-lM15Of8sPTrqFGCFfHZQXs-plJ90y4mRnvlk8UrL7s6A5pOWfDT99E68qZyHoPRoZFUSprOkdkhK3qCYaQyRNRKCOtmjdDlx6njp4i_qBdnxzPFYgW0RmY38UPBwoSYlI/s320/20201227_125404.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sailors Memorial at South<br />Bank</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGYtTwhqw8SP1neftLaB_yvSoXRFuowinEWygGZeTnODrCeWTkQhLSdJIdYZZk_cUit9yS-aU_o2tM0zXFJDbenGK4Y4QuQ1Y0xA8w5voQxzTJN-OZvz9EtBgkeRK79PeZJmis15pD1VCW/s2016/20201227_125428.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGYtTwhqw8SP1neftLaB_yvSoXRFuowinEWygGZeTnODrCeWTkQhLSdJIdYZZk_cUit9yS-aU_o2tM0zXFJDbenGK4Y4QuQ1Y0xA8w5voQxzTJN-OZvz9EtBgkeRK79PeZJmis15pD1VCW/s320/20201227_125428.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVx-2twmyAVwxQ4wktvJmypH-woqccq_HsoxDyNn_Mhy_y1pHL8RcpCTZ1cMksNUyJfUftOz5EKX-AxqqxBz_j1QgbMoUE6uq55UhtdgqFHwua2DZqjt-4EAqdvzxsmThftneMhENCUhfP/s2016/20201227_125827.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1134" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVx-2twmyAVwxQ4wktvJmypH-woqccq_HsoxDyNn_Mhy_y1pHL8RcpCTZ1cMksNUyJfUftOz5EKX-AxqqxBz_j1QgbMoUE6uq55UhtdgqFHwua2DZqjt-4EAqdvzxsmThftneMhENCUhfP/s320/20201227_125827.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hal gets comfy on deck<br />gun of old destroyer at the<br />Sailors Memorial</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinCUZTK350d8aNB5zrp1xm2cy288l9gzWEzH6N1EqHDpAFc3_63dRQhmUllVQwYlY43CLL_qe8VmZo6fLOJRAW7SP3lnDbpvEDXHN7t6DzMa3WAfCjeKtyz6HQK_SL5_1dh4n5Al-e-bHm/s2016/20201227_131556.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinCUZTK350d8aNB5zrp1xm2cy288l9gzWEzH6N1EqHDpAFc3_63dRQhmUllVQwYlY43CLL_qe8VmZo6fLOJRAW7SP3lnDbpvEDXHN7t6DzMa3WAfCjeKtyz6HQK_SL5_1dh4n5Al-e-bHm/s320/20201227_131556.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stopped here for a "cuppa" and cookie</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigKyTmaGJHlLT-OQBs8lYKWdKCUKCTtKCq3q8ZImBBdKkhDI0TW17xUo2fUc0UsTuWW2WGR_jx32JTFPcdb_vVU6gy8P4wjORZGLVsUFbbWFs6CIhBP1OjC50bbJOPIVC_GjR2ZnUxffpe/s2016/20201227_141837.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigKyTmaGJHlLT-OQBs8lYKWdKCUKCTtKCq3q8ZImBBdKkhDI0TW17xUo2fUc0UsTuWW2WGR_jx32JTFPcdb_vVU6gy8P4wjORZGLVsUFbbWFs6CIhBP1OjC50bbJOPIVC_GjR2ZnUxffpe/s320/20201227_141837.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Part of the huge children's park at South Bank</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigtgZXbkTrqtD4Xe0P6rN5P90Z4jenwLsbBUp5_3erN5-IYbzMsfA1R2ylBqhmer6nAiftVnyr1QAdFaaEV9nPbB_H-MpsV_vCju8ZmLSHQJYRv3VXNfIYhn8Bt0Qq0FcnVyNFffR1U4J3/s2016/20201227_142605.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1134" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigtgZXbkTrqtD4Xe0P6rN5P90Z4jenwLsbBUp5_3erN5-IYbzMsfA1R2ylBqhmer6nAiftVnyr1QAdFaaEV9nPbB_H-MpsV_vCju8ZmLSHQJYRv3VXNfIYhn8Bt0Qq0FcnVyNFffR1U4J3/s320/20201227_142605.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgoIFSRGAWiZmifxGO7aHjR44vC-Zmr7n_OO8Pl570fkKcE1ZSJ-k0xFTMYbzcurymy5PFEbHkb4vlDCsIzThfmvPuJfoiaDQYW2p-i822ohzm5syp0PDKLtuuK8msKqYdfxVlABDvr7Za/s2016/20201227_142649.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1134" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgoIFSRGAWiZmifxGO7aHjR44vC-Zmr7n_OO8Pl570fkKcE1ZSJ-k0xFTMYbzcurymy5PFEbHkb4vlDCsIzThfmvPuJfoiaDQYW2p-i822ohzm5syp0PDKLtuuK8msKqYdfxVlABDvr7Za/s320/20201227_142649.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A pretty big ferry</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjya4m3Hs59UR8IjqSpK3IAwsO3zP70OSR_4nHjMpP8xIkuxPurFFTicixeE7-BoYNtK6_rMdUONd2TUqbF5ipH3yd3mTTFgcqeEUiSn8Akiq9i9txqjGoVplxhtnTvAMLvX4W5ivgIyZUc/s2016/20201227_142717.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1134" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjya4m3Hs59UR8IjqSpK3IAwsO3zP70OSR_4nHjMpP8xIkuxPurFFTicixeE7-BoYNtK6_rMdUONd2TUqbF5ipH3yd3mTTFgcqeEUiSn8Akiq9i9txqjGoVplxhtnTvAMLvX4W5ivgIyZUc/s320/20201227_142717.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHprRxivxWMGs8hD2L__I2HlwAE7OlnIoYDNaGERTNB35T2_2Q7fG_pYEdR_6b_ons5zc2AXYhj8k-7PGTtUkGaGS0O3QaDxrqOkx7UZE-t1-b2tYpJg1_rUwP2fX-X9o2id6Hfpqi7yDA/s2016/20201227_144301.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHprRxivxWMGs8hD2L__I2HlwAE7OlnIoYDNaGERTNB35T2_2Q7fG_pYEdR_6b_ons5zc2AXYhj8k-7PGTtUkGaGS0O3QaDxrqOkx7UZE-t1-b2tYpJg1_rUwP2fX-X9o2id6Hfpqi7yDA/s320/20201227_144301.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A shot from the ferris wheel. Old Treasury (now<br />casino) on the left</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimcVC9ivw2C3zM7SCw_Upw8jeDieqoCuXcFEfTIjxPoFGORM1wpqgzfKe1nwjKnA8EuHP_0A9g27AX87-EAAQa2-pbG1JWDP5OWSGA40SYUjqZYg1zlyeV36Muc6o-y2m-BqbPvyn8m9Ee/s2016/20201227_144801.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimcVC9ivw2C3zM7SCw_Upw8jeDieqoCuXcFEfTIjxPoFGORM1wpqgzfKe1nwjKnA8EuHP_0A9g27AX87-EAAQa2-pbG1JWDP5OWSGA40SYUjqZYg1zlyeV36Muc6o-y2m-BqbPvyn8m9Ee/s320/20201227_144801.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Inside the ferris wheel gondola</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGT-7pEcZZawum__ssLzHIPXc8_YcEb5yzi5PJNkTGMZuBNm_pa1HEPA2bb4qWXQFDNzkUIuEwvvcwjtA6rP9553Juf-qVGJljQ-hHXJPcJ4sGnRCdCzNrOyj3mV5u3XfuWPTulx8QVKsb/s2016/20201227_150524.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGT-7pEcZZawum__ssLzHIPXc8_YcEb5yzi5PJNkTGMZuBNm_pa1HEPA2bb4qWXQFDNzkUIuEwvvcwjtA6rP9553Juf-qVGJljQ-hHXJPcJ4sGnRCdCzNrOyj3mV5u3XfuWPTulx8QVKsb/s320/20201227_150524.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sign left over from the 1988 World Expo</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHSDO-g9wfJ_FqgtA4pzYt-0Wwt9-WA4Ce3LittZxGWs9n361aLKRmd46pyaEs3NOY0vbhjVEMobLfCof7WZ142JWXdLWPGykLcOsi2ogG0uuuZS9lezs0Io7ts1K8b9cF9nW696G1j_1O/s2016/20201227_155920.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHSDO-g9wfJ_FqgtA4pzYt-0Wwt9-WA4Ce3LittZxGWs9n361aLKRmd46pyaEs3NOY0vbhjVEMobLfCof7WZ142JWXdLWPGykLcOsi2ogG0uuuZS9lezs0Io7ts1K8b9cF9nW696G1j_1O/s320/20201227_155920.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ferry terminal</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm6_4aJezDOo-GymS_FkIVy6cPbroQ3BSg7RL5d1Spp6q8aRs9Gx9WcPQ9SmbufV9sSVrgK71d1Au0hQytEaub5DSN-LbRSBsvA-V3AycSsywSr3wPhXVtjGGbdG9GxEge0lZiryPbOmXf/s2016/20201229_143700.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm6_4aJezDOo-GymS_FkIVy6cPbroQ3BSg7RL5d1Spp6q8aRs9Gx9WcPQ9SmbufV9sSVrgK71d1Au0hQytEaub5DSN-LbRSBsvA-V3AycSsywSr3wPhXVtjGGbdG9GxEge0lZiryPbOmXf/s320/20201229_143700.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The old Customs House</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Going back a bit (to February)....having arrived back aboard Shakedown on a very wet and rainy Wednesday early on the Feb 5th, we noted a number of areas that were failing to keep the rain outside of the boat, the inverter had shut down (rendering refrigerator useless) and we had a mess in the freezer where an entire frozen chicken had thawed and leaked chicken blood out the freezer door and into the refrigerator below. The blast of really foul (fowl?) air from an opened freezer door made us want to exit the vessel and swim away with all haste! Not the welcome we'd hoped for....</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Anyway, got things squared away as best we could and sat through several more rains, with sun peeking out eventually, giving us the opportunity to find the sources of the leaks....and try to patch them up. We bought tickets from Air Canada to fly back to San Francisco area in mid-March, and spent the rest of February hanging out and making repairs, like fixing drain pump in the Maytag washing machine, the drive shaft in the toilet flushing pump, getting carb cleaned in the outboard, new fuel filter installation, replace broken dinghy seat in the RIB, and repair the Hooka-Max diving pump pressure valves. We took a quick trip to Coomera (Rainbow Shadow) to pick up some paint and supplies from Adrian. On the way back, we stopped at Aussie World (an amusement park), which was closed. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">But the huge restaurant out front was doing business, so we popped in. And all this time running in 1.5 kilometers to the water spigot to fill 3 x 5 gal water jugs to the boat by the jug while awaiting delivery of new membranes for the water maker....which finally arrived, were replaced, allowing a stoppage of hauling water to the boat..... we also celebrated son Steven's 33rd birthday from halfway around the world!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir8uDGtBmIEC2lJc3a2augP0ZHYntRrS5BncpCFKiws2CpPljNTzY0Q6vz2YCgx2exICHIt-ds0aKWxRxG267vxSKxwHwfQlg8mCXzuAVtQrXLrEd5DtYlRam1oKBtmyLf9YCzYXGezbB_/s2016/20200219_125300.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir8uDGtBmIEC2lJc3a2augP0ZHYntRrS5BncpCFKiws2CpPljNTzY0Q6vz2YCgx2exICHIt-ds0aKWxRxG267vxSKxwHwfQlg8mCXzuAVtQrXLrEd5DtYlRam1oKBtmyLf9YCzYXGezbB_/s320/20200219_125300.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aussie World</td></tr></tbody></table><div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimz1igJE3DksaQTt9Zpy30eqoUmA90KQMNhb06JoCDBzC3iJ_Qs3p0O8G6-OpRLGo0RBZ59JlxTwwLO0k3dj9aEnBkBLHBmMFiLdM56hRZQCBb37KNedrICu1GxeMg8Rk3c9KqnwtiQXWD/s2016/20200219_124747.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimz1igJE3DksaQTt9Zpy30eqoUmA90KQMNhb06JoCDBzC3iJ_Qs3p0O8G6-OpRLGo0RBZ59JlxTwwLO0k3dj9aEnBkBLHBmMFiLdM56hRZQCBb37KNedrICu1GxeMg8Rk3c9KqnwtiQXWD/s320/20200219_124747.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Big Banana Restaurant & Bar</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXP9oS_3hxTh0eMtOnAA8JWby89QyLGPOfiL0yBzaMIaY2HENzVRuGTMT3jPtlvDDb6rM6OxOha0VOSlfK-IYbjlad2O1PIJw67l7xk5x9ogGHW_wauxie4mqZLt7S4UVpls_Vh_GARE1E/s2016/20200219_124118.jpg" style="clear: left; 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As you may surmise, THAT plan went up in a puff of smoke. Queensland got real serious about this thing called SARS-CoV-2.COVID-19. The world changed and things were not going to be normal. We cancelled our hotel reservation at the Brisbane Airport (which was no easy feat), and we had numerous communications with Air Canada about cancelling our "non-refundable" flight. We finally came to agreement that they would keep the money and we would have an opportunity to reschedule our flight any time during the next 24 months. Then cancel the hotel reservations at SFO airport, and then cancel the SFO car rental agreement. What fun - NOT! Starting a couple of repair projects and back to sitting back and watching the world turn...</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR6X-XJyh4KSudi11537OCUS1QLmGe65N8CECKXlHvZgn_wRRAKQ_emOLLnQ01GjOcK7hDV7QkIF9rDof98b7X_9VDbNBgp8dXU9Grua00vrRAui_DIW3oTJPgaiT5NkM_Gik4H5lRagpW/s2016/20200217_180529.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR6X-XJyh4KSudi11537OCUS1QLmGe65N8CECKXlHvZgn_wRRAKQ_emOLLnQ01GjOcK7hDV7QkIF9rDof98b7X_9VDbNBgp8dXU9Grua00vrRAui_DIW3oTJPgaiT5NkM_Gik4H5lRagpW/s320/20200217_180529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Random shot of salon from lazy boy.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7abAUdNTnTteFRPKwj6CcWKY6BgHFUestgYLqj8EVEW5MP4OUdhFc0sGD-yco_9HIUhVqUOq9WBw9qABbi4GXsc9p60_fXAH83atn0U4g4VumK4gnvMitTaPHYYfrk9L_ZzPU9XtILM00/s2016/20200315_122616.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7abAUdNTnTteFRPKwj6CcWKY6BgHFUestgYLqj8EVEW5MP4OUdhFc0sGD-yco_9HIUhVqUOq9WBw9qABbi4GXsc9p60_fXAH83atn0U4g4VumK4gnvMitTaPHYYfrk9L_ZzPU9XtILM00/s320/20200315_122616.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Take the little boat out of the picture...looks like<br />we're back on the ocean</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL1zWgKNajM2gbN7f7z3tGvuSDHRRjBlivq2FRoo1ox1XAI3-W7MiXW0zplQpJnZkmd_5e2zZkAN1kaLKkz8Naam5A8vIayOndFttOa7KeE5tNt2e82vYx-ibmppU-KPpZJXSEfpvYoZER/s2016/20200320_184101.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL1zWgKNajM2gbN7f7z3tGvuSDHRRjBlivq2FRoo1ox1XAI3-W7MiXW0zplQpJnZkmd_5e2zZkAN1kaLKkz8Naam5A8vIayOndFttOa7KeE5tNt2e82vYx-ibmppU-KPpZJXSEfpvYoZER/s320/20200320_184101.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Much calmer waters</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIIyYUlpnJFwCNFC-Zha0PcJs8NwlETq79YZ-XOSq4jMtSpxJrKqsbVROQMIPI13IUaO5CKVwVBJkK4h4duJDru-Pd4HyFU_QBjFtyAJmaYwpQ5_Xr-tq0gRTTm1H0hNe7hpnLuAwe6Y9E/s2016/20200322_141805.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIIyYUlpnJFwCNFC-Zha0PcJs8NwlETq79YZ-XOSq4jMtSpxJrKqsbVROQMIPI13IUaO5CKVwVBJkK4h4duJDru-Pd4HyFU_QBjFtyAJmaYwpQ5_Xr-tq0gRTTm1H0hNe7hpnLuAwe6Y9E/s320/20200322_141805.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cockpit repairs begin</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBuasJ40rUUwvF2N9h1vOlHLQLLbzRMZaedLTjTBcwlazFiSuS8d7PbcgzfWWWmUzpRUPsJnKCIEsocbjE6fKIhWTf8wZC1JHJUDQkBTuJkQ5f957ihkrwd5fOeEn-lWCB2ZyvFvkPMrpH/s2016/20200322_141847.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBuasJ40rUUwvF2N9h1vOlHLQLLbzRMZaedLTjTBcwlazFiSuS8d7PbcgzfWWWmUzpRUPsJnKCIEsocbjE6fKIhWTf8wZC1JHJUDQkBTuJkQ5f957ihkrwd5fOeEn-lWCB2ZyvFvkPMrpH/s320/20200322_141847.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More patches of rotten wood being replaced</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsezm_WdtcCwNUaIo39PgZJXaJkBgOn5K3TRTNILCW0nXB5NhKnOeVcRYdQy3xgERERanPSOEcYzMFzSkYyKwRLK9moYXLyNx4W-0iwt6JTM9_8auz94Dnf85lVvAJKVNLMAvJSaMWDcLK/s2016/20200325_081821.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsezm_WdtcCwNUaIo39PgZJXaJkBgOn5K3TRTNILCW0nXB5NhKnOeVcRYdQy3xgERERanPSOEcYzMFzSkYyKwRLK9moYXLyNx4W-0iwt6JTM9_8auz94Dnf85lVvAJKVNLMAvJSaMWDcLK/s320/20200325_081821.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cockpit project moving along</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The only thing of note in April was the total teardown, cleaning, and rebuild of our Lewmar 50-3 Ocean ocean racing winches. (I fondly reminisced about scoring these on eBay with a last second winning bid about 2345 one evening on the boat back in Washington. I got the pair for $1800, and after peeking at what they were selling for retail at the time ($6,800...each), I was pretty pleased. They had come off a racing boat in Hawaii and were part of their planned swap out for new after three years.) Fire season seems to have started, and we got front row seats to one of them here in Queensland. It rained ashes on us for a day or two. Nothing a few buckets of water couldn't wash away. The Maytag washer stopped pumping water overboard, resulting in pulling out machine, tipping it over, removing and dismantling the drain pump. Found an unusually large rock stuck in there (how the H did THAT get there?). Reinstalled pump, lifted up the machine, and plugged it back in. Works fine. Also got in a shipment of LED strip lights, so thought we'd try some out over the galley stove. Pretty happy about them. The rest of the month was keeping up on the news as the pandemic spread throughout the world and borders (state and national) were shut down.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdH8g87e8niyqpjSS1YHLU_4UOmquWXl1K9lcCQKfPghmV78Ran3kcE1rbdBtr-6aVD3ZQmgsTAD2VJhY90_dclqwFZvi9J5oZIi84-xoRz79nnSffsuLEQR9F50eqQ87Pb0D9f7B5JECM/s2016/20200429_132841.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdH8g87e8niyqpjSS1YHLU_4UOmquWXl1K9lcCQKfPghmV78Ran3kcE1rbdBtr-6aVD3ZQmgsTAD2VJhY90_dclqwFZvi9J5oZIi84-xoRz79nnSffsuLEQR9F50eqQ87Pb0D9f7B5JECM/s320/20200429_132841.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Back together. Time to get to the other one</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglySCU3fU188P3_HohZmbgU9jOa8ZgenkCQL8VZj_XNqZ-NCcnyLtwoJzrwqImbFP38Z-YmFyc2tAid5BAZay67xyoum0zhpoYBJNIVszGmblAwl-9BLRwv9LPGCQb_HjgJgFfa_rr3-8C/s2016/20200429_112150.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglySCU3fU188P3_HohZmbgU9jOa8ZgenkCQL8VZj_XNqZ-NCcnyLtwoJzrwqImbFP38Z-YmFyc2tAid5BAZay67xyoum0zhpoYBJNIVszGmblAwl-9BLRwv9LPGCQb_HjgJgFfa_rr3-8C/s320/20200429_112150.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The guts of a 3-speed winch</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieypV6kgGRMxwuVFeW3I75Gq9MrYYGqBpg8oJ83j21xEYMe5puZ2zPfIve-j0fzubIpj4u9E2TlFCRNkYa1Q4CquT_xpxSQrKlvl5OUhX3bg3EJZH9kmkhmACIBcqiiETMkexGtRtcPkOw/s2016/20200422_172844.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieypV6kgGRMxwuVFeW3I75Gq9MrYYGqBpg8oJ83j21xEYMe5puZ2zPfIve-j0fzubIpj4u9E2TlFCRNkYa1Q4CquT_xpxSQrKlvl5OUhX3bg3EJZH9kmkhmACIBcqiiETMkexGtRtcPkOw/s320/20200422_172844.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Daytime view of the fire<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYd62ohWkc0nN_Ghpln0EsL3_KJXh5XQfoNg-1q6DtRLZQjueXGmEYRnovFRBnBhZ8MvsnQtaQpjnPvK7fgE8w6OoGXqGUgmAX20VVi7JQyojTU-JZcgOv6A-ymuQFZu6EGqRd6hTyBWrf/s2048/20200422_195345.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYd62ohWkc0nN_Ghpln0EsL3_KJXh5XQfoNg-1q6DtRLZQjueXGmEYRnovFRBnBhZ8MvsnQtaQpjnPvK7fgE8w6OoGXqGUgmAX20VVi7JQyojTU-JZcgOv6A-ymuQFZu6EGqRd6hTyBWrf/s320/20200422_195345.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Quite an impressive view of the fire</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivh7N8a-AdfwKeJvAfsvAlffgr7lpEbIp2hOXqunRqzv4i8f0xjykNNSkANciv3HlhyphenhyphenmXE5bS6De9_yzpen8kyypO6mBZl5HZMSCNv3SGnzPrWMzU0_s_UHdoO2aVi04xXSL5ijUeT0l-k/s2016/20200423_090507.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivh7N8a-AdfwKeJvAfsvAlffgr7lpEbIp2hOXqunRqzv4i8f0xjykNNSkANciv3HlhyphenhyphenmXE5bS6De9_yzpen8kyypO6mBZl5HZMSCNv3SGnzPrWMzU0_s_UHdoO2aVi04xXSL5ijUeT0l-k/s320/20200423_090507.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The "rock" inside the drain pump of the Maytag</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4rGxVAYEqh3xMpDBhGI6azJ3VdW7UnO4BRV2Qkd35beGjrLDjfZXUlkky4HO6nG_umZdETYz5WPnrfHxz-tktO_6B9DI4z4fEnb9cuHe6OXQcHESCNBESUge61bM9IdsdaGH0_XoTH6bX/s2016/20200423_220816.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4rGxVAYEqh3xMpDBhGI6azJ3VdW7UnO4BRV2Qkd35beGjrLDjfZXUlkky4HO6nG_umZdETYz5WPnrfHxz-tktO_6B9DI4z4fEnb9cuHe6OXQcHESCNBESUge61bM9IdsdaGH0_XoTH6bX/s320/20200423_220816.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The LED lights. Now we can see what's cookin'</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span> </span><span> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">May saw a new shower faucet installed, installation of two brand new Lazy-Boy recliners gifted to each other for our wedding anniversary (19th), living through Queensland's coldest day in 100 years, making a temporary drain plug for the dinghy, which disappeared into Davey Jones' Locker, and watched lots of movies.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX5fWXt_Z2ew_ukeNJcZwQzUfBEfRwD2nTsNGsEJVv01RGjypfdp3w3nsz-r7Ks2KZDVTiiz3-y20wzDqzuVoD0wQcsDtLb7Td6YbEmWVPZPfWh9jSHXO8oJkOz4eJdlpkyESPPk-sPPGT/s2016/20200511_084102.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX5fWXt_Z2ew_ukeNJcZwQzUfBEfRwD2nTsNGsEJVv01RGjypfdp3w3nsz-r7Ks2KZDVTiiz3-y20wzDqzuVoD0wQcsDtLb7Td6YbEmWVPZPfWh9jSHXO8oJkOz4eJdlpkyESPPk-sPPGT/s320/20200511_084102.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The new and improved faucet</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVhGIuaFpCXau90TjvTcp0QkJlq9ygmYpddYf-6GUi5gauR32SQ5Lge9NwnHtXXXSGzwY2UBkBUdC2u1PGDFWmwGEIekZV3wzhkKImzN2jjUf5RJCiGYIQH5faGv7VHP3VSKOT_-_P1YVi/s1562/20200513_152732.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1562" data-original-width="1225" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVhGIuaFpCXau90TjvTcp0QkJlq9ygmYpddYf-6GUi5gauR32SQ5Lge9NwnHtXXXSGzwY2UBkBUdC2u1PGDFWmwGEIekZV3wzhkKImzN2jjUf5RJCiGYIQH5faGv7VHP3VSKOT_-_P1YVi/s320/20200513_152732.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What they looked like at the store</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKbzcjOVCSWdkx8lzu6ixZu3hfFB15xeNBlCBN-jRdPuVyt9kz1IDAWuf2taQb3CUVnJl3d1a13SxcYhiUr8LUbj3ZOlIXXbUl9taEja1eQF_TlF6OTZEzHDquVa1-fyw-tNFkyKK1aY6W/s2048/20200528_114811.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKbzcjOVCSWdkx8lzu6ixZu3hfFB15xeNBlCBN-jRdPuVyt9kz1IDAWuf2taQb3CUVnJl3d1a13SxcYhiUr8LUbj3ZOlIXXbUl9taEja1eQF_TlF6OTZEzHDquVa1-fyw-tNFkyKK1aY6W/s320/20200528_114811.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What they looked like being transported to<br />Shakedown</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihmubPjySrWTsLh5Z05x0SjLeea5is4MOheq9BbBwyIMVvgCAcqKwatZrb64fyApyTTD1PvEKfgyRg6A9_bxDSaGVujvKU7D4cUPS1Wuf9L_XB1CyT8uTfC3P3p6v-ZZyvqJxBk719XD6s/s2048/20200528_162153.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihmubPjySrWTsLh5Z05x0SjLeea5is4MOheq9BbBwyIMVvgCAcqKwatZrb64fyApyTTD1PvEKfgyRg6A9_bxDSaGVujvKU7D4cUPS1Wuf9L_XB1CyT8uTfC3P3p6v-ZZyvqJxBk719XD6s/s320/20200528_162153.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What they looked like aboard Shakedown</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">June heralded a waste-pump repair. It's a shitty job, but somebody has to do it, right? Galley sink drains need replacing, so all the piping below the sink got upgraded as well. Found an introductory package of 3 x 3-cheese frozen pizza for AU $6.50. Can't go wrong there. Well, got one out, preheated oven, added chopped onion, sliced hot dogs, and a good dose of sliced black olives, baked for 12 minutes and ended up with a superb US$2.00 pizza, more than we could eat at one sitting! Hauled the Tohatsu 8 to a local shop to replace two rubber bumpers which I could not get to. I had ordered and received the bumper/brackets and provided them. Cost was very reasonable and knuckles were saved for certain destruction.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgobm2m0xBah3Gtnrzc3y9B_JthEfThTxYTLTl8QzjK51eVm6QlZs1LJgbsL-bHDI0Psq8SPv_33iKPh2wZ6qH44CLvjaKoobMukX9By2iUoZ3eIR4OVJautX0kBgobhzE9agF2JepL9Lvh/s2016/20200619_144009.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgobm2m0xBah3Gtnrzc3y9B_JthEfThTxYTLTl8QzjK51eVm6QlZs1LJgbsL-bHDI0Psq8SPv_33iKPh2wZ6qH44CLvjaKoobMukX9By2iUoZ3eIR4OVJautX0kBgobhzE9agF2JepL9Lvh/s320/20200619_144009.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Out with the old drain system</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKLyW9HZIthZEvLPinkoP2O9eVWj2Wbrrt50oeQQGT6zhkscZ02h3Nrha-h14hRH4lrOtGYqcOUEeUonas6w3BqsNmsrfe48bP85X6CH9bt_doL0pARBYyXT6CPnQcGfqXtANWVZLvLIFL/s2016/20200619_143714.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKLyW9HZIthZEvLPinkoP2O9eVWj2Wbrrt50oeQQGT6zhkscZ02h3Nrha-h14hRH4lrOtGYqcOUEeUonas6w3BqsNmsrfe48bP85X6CH9bt_doL0pARBYyXT6CPnQcGfqXtANWVZLvLIFL/s320/20200619_143714.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This looks and works much better</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXjoJj4UkBW8SYQ_R4YdamcLj3QooTzka173aNMT_3kG3SbEGXOHn2nkf2RHPT7xydtbxToVBG0IzQAF3nbOxqh01ivimESEK5sjqyccoD4vE3t2gh40QMMgsIQwr8-nFtmN1UIfjBF2nr/s2016/20200619_144112.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXjoJj4UkBW8SYQ_R4YdamcLj3QooTzka173aNMT_3kG3SbEGXOHn2nkf2RHPT7xydtbxToVBG0IzQAF3nbOxqh01ivimESEK5sjqyccoD4vE3t2gh40QMMgsIQwr8-nFtmN1UIfjBF2nr/s320/20200619_144112.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The new look from the sink (no rust!)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9gXgvFnsVerAhZH3k1-QijPEU5SMGp7XFRO6-HuCD722DjZ8Xypg0Oxi07XR2f9-ZMEtRoJ_2pETdt-BKHP24bDd5ZTIxM-pmqJiGho4KOkYD3YxKSl67WP7GvuNM9EeIHu1lBFUl_339/s2016/20200406_124551.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9gXgvFnsVerAhZH3k1-QijPEU5SMGp7XFRO6-HuCD722DjZ8Xypg0Oxi07XR2f9-ZMEtRoJ_2pETdt-BKHP24bDd5ZTIxM-pmqJiGho4KOkYD3YxKSl67WP7GvuNM9EeIHu1lBFUl_339/s320/20200406_124551.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our first $2.00 pizza</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhILFg8tNJYcaV-ZCBY8mSH9edKol3UsBfxnDYTZVDgI4bQQFchYcWFx3nnPTN8SaaHi0MfF0hiH2jbopd7O3o8sZvopI1hHeJzq0nxFpllfjeCRW_R3vIwe9ZYrFGb56NjltvWcvpBOfPt/s2016/20200626_113204.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1134" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhILFg8tNJYcaV-ZCBY8mSH9edKol3UsBfxnDYTZVDgI4bQQFchYcWFx3nnPTN8SaaHi0MfF0hiH2jbopd7O3o8sZvopI1hHeJzq0nxFpllfjeCRW_R3vIwe9ZYrFGb56NjltvWcvpBOfPt/s320/20200626_113204.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The old Lazy Boys head-<br />ing for a new home</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG5DGICAhoyjLDMx-ani76Wyrd1DAvp2Yko6NFJiaMAVIY5BYP0ygXRfz-YHT47ixwa9g4JNj_x4LPAR5G0VlGJj83hcgDV4JN9Q8aCe_2f6fucCiJ6I7ox4wpOSXW5NnvVcJuT10adb88/s2016/20200520_112020.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG5DGICAhoyjLDMx-ani76Wyrd1DAvp2Yko6NFJiaMAVIY5BYP0ygXRfz-YHT47ixwa9g4JNj_x4LPAR5G0VlGJj83hcgDV4JN9Q8aCe_2f6fucCiJ6I7ox4wpOSXW5NnvVcJuT10adb88/s320/20200520_112020.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pulled cap rail off a portion of gunwales...rot. <br />Enough work (entire boat) for the season!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">July was spent attempting to get the boat in shape enough to perhaps make a trip up to the Great Barrier Reef before the cyclone season visits Australia. Got the engine started, after purchasing a new start battery, then found hydraulic oil leak, which required emptying out the entire lazarette, only to find that the hydraulic steering ram shaft had pitted badly, causing a leak at the seal. So the unit had to be removed, hauled into Gympie (50min. drive), and have a new shaft installed and pressure tested (only $380). And of course it had to be hauled back to the boat and reinstalled. The stay sail tracks had to be removed and reinstalled (one had partially ripped loose and broke). New mountings fabricated and fastened down either side of main mast. The watermaker decided to stop making good water. After troubleshooting, found out that one of the two membranes were leaking salt water into the fresh water product. Had to remove from mountings and removing membrane. Did not go well, as the nipple at one end broke off into the end plug. Ended up having to </span><i style="font-family: arial;"><b>carefully</b></i><span style="font-family: arial;"> drill out the plastic without damaging the surrounding aluminum. Rearranged the piping so a single membrane could make water, and called for a new membrane. The hoses from engine coolant system to the water heater were finally reconnected. Started engine to test for leaks and left engine running long enough to get some nice hot water. So we took showers. Towards the end of the month, the old (given to us) lift muffler for the genset finally rusted enough to warrant removal. Messy job...lots of rust chunks to clean up afterwards. Now the search for a replacement awaits completion.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx_XLXm5ygxnKFP5XOi6swnPx6El94NvBQV1yVemfNdagMARCSrRlZZhT5eATdDmLydVtHJA5-7CGEE2dmnM87OGQUTzLCGbwXmsLIfpeCi8GSH0L4kfi0TsmelbwcmIHFavWPgVeU95Go/s2048/20200701_112805.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx_XLXm5ygxnKFP5XOi6swnPx6El94NvBQV1yVemfNdagMARCSrRlZZhT5eATdDmLydVtHJA5-7CGEE2dmnM87OGQUTzLCGbwXmsLIfpeCi8GSH0L4kfi0TsmelbwcmIHFavWPgVeU95Go/s320/20200701_112805.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Random shot...one of our neighbors cleaning<br />his bottom while tide is out (about 300 yards<br />from our mooring.)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3EgjRa_5vjgAZzPl2i6Wnf40N2dE2_T-6K-OsUiWmc6e2ItHhpnoydtbkkr6mcZeItuUjS6DXNoeQE4cNe7vwKHkWbHPvGmxXXdaDc6TlzBYXNGs39k5QkRLiTcPa8KyhGAx4WYjrXUPH/s2016/20200709_092034.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1134" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3EgjRa_5vjgAZzPl2i6Wnf40N2dE2_T-6K-OsUiWmc6e2ItHhpnoydtbkkr6mcZeItuUjS6DXNoeQE4cNe7vwKHkWbHPvGmxXXdaDc6TlzBYXNGs39k5QkRLiTcPa8KyhGAx4WYjrXUPH/s320/20200709_092034.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The new Dremel attachment<br />which helps drilling<br /> vertical holes</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGFd7t_dQL9ng_x92FlpsWuhAM_3ESFquTrkVdCpeRKdvJJTSLpSxVpCnsJjn8-NGbV4hlKI7i5_4gS0Bqy79KAP7bKDdZ7s3_5ScpE_N5nRUIDgLSEsuqWf2A_66YZQOCrPGW1IbqpCh4/s2016/20200709_092054.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1134" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGFd7t_dQL9ng_x92FlpsWuhAM_3ESFquTrkVdCpeRKdvJJTSLpSxVpCnsJjn8-NGbV4hlKI7i5_4gS0Bqy79KAP7bKDdZ7s3_5ScpE_N5nRUIDgLSEsuqWf2A_66YZQOCrPGW1IbqpCh4/s320/20200709_092054.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The cockpit workshop/garage</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBcon5LpY_oWl6ppeTZjFey2E9z8s1-elK8cPN3f4UBTQ1-VWTxHT1QqhCp9pZa8NREWuVi7AW2nECgsFEsInyFofYG3fHbaH4CwzY5zX5SZ0CI_YYDdbq4DmBMP4kNAbhEm_OUirhvPhz/s2016/20200718_164448.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1134" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBcon5LpY_oWl6ppeTZjFey2E9z8s1-elK8cPN3f4UBTQ1-VWTxHT1QqhCp9pZa8NREWuVi7AW2nECgsFEsInyFofYG3fHbaH4CwzY5zX5SZ0CI_YYDdbq4DmBMP4kNAbhEm_OUirhvPhz/s320/20200718_164448.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The new slide track mountings</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ-juRdhggeX3tt-SPo1LF4Zq0bnErjS2l0QdyRqBAMPF-tZ_tMbyY-Cxr0-4fzLU4MvocgnQtsRJvPl-_-dkWdGn_wbIrip1quHf8eFpdMNKaX8BEZX-RWxp0Kgp7qGccraabjhsdk6-e/s2016/20200718_164532.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ-juRdhggeX3tt-SPo1LF4Zq0bnErjS2l0QdyRqBAMPF-tZ_tMbyY-Cxr0-4fzLU4MvocgnQtsRJvPl-_-dkWdGn_wbIrip1quHf8eFpdMNKaX8BEZX-RWxp0Kgp7qGccraabjhsdk6-e/s320/20200718_164532.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Making new holder for belay pins</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYpFfUSsYNZFd2DtDcnH_3fBSQnj91omNX8cHFUFi0LPndPciP1hSa-a26gseu5Nq0VgbSGdCQP6giDfJ2Np_-2tmzkCFKM7S-yxpfU6k61CZJ8odgYMES7Dx05LDHHhheM10Th41D4BgD/s2016/20200718_164550.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYpFfUSsYNZFd2DtDcnH_3fBSQnj91omNX8cHFUFi0LPndPciP1hSa-a26gseu5Nq0VgbSGdCQP6giDfJ2Np_-2tmzkCFKM7S-yxpfU6k61CZJ8odgYMES7Dx05LDHHhheM10Th41D4BgD/s320/20200718_164550.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Prepping deck boxes for new 200W solar panels</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP9DPvpa6CQaCCDbZ_DCUdEYAqYShY7M9BKCWwlud9Ua24kOhY07Jwh2vPvcpvty1dWAaWA8cviJA1e1k_qLTQS6RnUmGDBg-F7JvhcZ4Xx-bRz7j7i5FEQ-iIEHBasZE1NjOrX9QjFRRI/s2016/20200720_153236.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP9DPvpa6CQaCCDbZ_DCUdEYAqYShY7M9BKCWwlud9Ua24kOhY07Jwh2vPvcpvty1dWAaWA8cviJA1e1k_qLTQS6RnUmGDBg-F7JvhcZ4Xx-bRz7j7i5FEQ-iIEHBasZE1NjOrX9QjFRRI/s320/20200720_153236.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Random shot...Pelican Patrol</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPNxJF36QVWQTmWuO5djMGoBJQm4DXLK21G1vBM6_E0na3VNpzwOrReW2ypKf0-uQy-ZzfJ29-FAdLO_WCcAaSgT6kW-VcDuElmngWtDL881ZYz8Xc3CTcOAG5_XEqEg985XZzyBZH-wJ8/s2016/20200720_153620.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1134" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPNxJF36QVWQTmWuO5djMGoBJQm4DXLK21G1vBM6_E0na3VNpzwOrReW2ypKf0-uQy-ZzfJ29-FAdLO_WCcAaSgT6kW-VcDuElmngWtDL881ZYz8Xc3CTcOAG5_XEqEg985XZzyBZH-wJ8/s320/20200720_153620.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Staysail travelers secured<br />to new mounting boards</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpIDObg37swK77NN1x4arjjcfK8IVjyoA3ro9wPy4U-tTf9BMQh0WYFpbNd7gJlxxXzmvUD5e7xpYyBmZU7RoBrWaNmK7o6w1mrb-b5Xhc3YIwuXbM5O7y8OcZpdbFjr0w7H48oZ1hmxqr/s2016/20200720_153755.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpIDObg37swK77NN1x4arjjcfK8IVjyoA3ro9wPy4U-tTf9BMQh0WYFpbNd7gJlxxXzmvUD5e7xpYyBmZU7RoBrWaNmK7o6w1mrb-b5Xhc3YIwuXbM5O7y8OcZpdbFjr0w7H48oZ1hmxqr/s320/20200720_153755.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New solar panels mounted</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFZYJtEVGI9nEUTl5l5cigpTQNewC8pMLys7wSJthqT5EVhB0pzVlYD_XuQlcZn2o0gd_QfGVekcXI-FQsXV1yMdxWAB-SPOU1xyOBeh6n8SiQR0gAssR9125bnLjsPQxOAxp2C5d8Y-xI/s2016/20200721_121418.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1134" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFZYJtEVGI9nEUTl5l5cigpTQNewC8pMLys7wSJthqT5EVhB0pzVlYD_XuQlcZn2o0gd_QfGVekcXI-FQsXV1yMdxWAB-SPOU1xyOBeh6n8SiQR0gAssR9125bnLjsPQxOAxp2C5d8Y-xI/s320/20200721_121418.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Port staysail travelers mounted<br />to house roof.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA1wHyT_I_yODCZIp2Z_zvm1nzmVhYuR7JwUpU3pjYXKDIkpYLEa4HGwZvUGhq2UQX1iRGJ-UWhTew4K_cQvu0HWDXzFBa1ClCFUt6jcqkyClSaE7ymPYDtrJY0rVjffzAsTYcvrLj31rA/s2016/20200726_154042.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1134" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA1wHyT_I_yODCZIp2Z_zvm1nzmVhYuR7JwUpU3pjYXKDIkpYLEa4HGwZvUGhq2UQX1iRGJ-UWhTew4K_cQvu0HWDXzFBa1ClCFUt6jcqkyClSaE7ymPYDtrJY0rVjffzAsTYcvrLj31rA/s320/20200726_154042.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New belay pin holders up</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin4ASregkrP5A7YA09QHAT1-ia3XIRNGdo-zwHseVEQFrf3GTWIuOV455mvlYYi_WX8gSdj_O1C_FEhk7viDb0KIx5bqVtTGgb-OY1XQ2YcvJSq_gfZjuJESQDq9F41pmBbroFkLi1X1F8/s2016/20200726_154056.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1134" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin4ASregkrP5A7YA09QHAT1-ia3XIRNGdo-zwHseVEQFrf3GTWIuOV455mvlYYi_WX8gSdj_O1C_FEhk7viDb0KIx5bqVtTGgb-OY1XQ2YcvJSq_gfZjuJESQDq9F41pmBbroFkLi1X1F8/s320/20200726_154056.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New aft belay pin holders</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuUXMz2BE3ryM_L8Ob7jLuajT0ulMphAxzRW5c4BgWJSTVHcmb-TIdQMPmHqVOYzwDmEqKoW1x0HzrNOwSCD3SDVqT90XRNvJxtuTCF7DX_HsWUrv8R4eK3ni-BcmBsxrn054LzkobG3_R/s2016/20200726_162040.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuUXMz2BE3ryM_L8Ob7jLuajT0ulMphAxzRW5c4BgWJSTVHcmb-TIdQMPmHqVOYzwDmEqKoW1x0HzrNOwSCD3SDVqT90XRNvJxtuTCF7DX_HsWUrv8R4eK3ni-BcmBsxrn054LzkobG3_R/s320/20200726_162040.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Random shot...rainbows are far and few between</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJx3fWiTlmvLSkNDGi9Fr9PIhbELAZVcdr0sFD_q-slghE4ZTaW_aSA26D2ZrAPoL-i9RwXyUjeTLmjg0jkt2M7p5fAVe8LfwfZ3EzQaBFGehGIOSBz7NlXUpX77Sikx3XbIy_W0Ef2wWy/s2016/20200618_090426.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJx3fWiTlmvLSkNDGi9Fr9PIhbELAZVcdr0sFD_q-slghE4ZTaW_aSA26D2ZrAPoL-i9RwXyUjeTLmjg0jkt2M7p5fAVe8LfwfZ3EzQaBFGehGIOSBz7NlXUpX77Sikx3XbIy_W0Ef2wWy/s320/20200618_090426.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Water maker (2 membrane) 30gph</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinBeh5LmJFqgP8hcSwdXiEjWFGwwa1H9fTz7WCRVlABwpjVlX4aeTwitLeyFxY9_VVyIokh8jFosU21j62gX8RIyCoTPnlJ2aAo2cxoKNuW-bOAlpAN9cZjEdJmI-GCg6MRHbNpWzyTocU/s2016/20200712_154000.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1134" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinBeh5LmJFqgP8hcSwdXiEjWFGwwa1H9fTz7WCRVlABwpjVlX4aeTwitLeyFxY9_VVyIokh8jFosU21j62gX8RIyCoTPnlJ2aAo2cxoKNuW-bOAlpAN9cZjEdJmI-GCg6MRHbNpWzyTocU/s320/20200712_154000.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The offending culprit</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-JUYbx-ldLnVFcaK2xds3AYzZJ9MZqyy4_pmw1j5-akaCiQKa7866EN71RKUgBhQW5eVnzHawUVoChmve8ioHqpvHhM5AyRgnzPmSgbC2PdFwrFwIVj0HmfnXrkMuDzoMeqw-O7FX5T1f/s2016/20200712_154038.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1134" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-JUYbx-ldLnVFcaK2xds3AYzZJ9MZqyy4_pmw1j5-akaCiQKa7866EN71RKUgBhQW5eVnzHawUVoChmve8ioHqpvHhM5AyRgnzPmSgbC2PdFwrFwIVj0HmfnXrkMuDzoMeqw-O7FX5T1f/s320/20200712_154038.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What needed to be drilled out<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">August started with a little road trip down to Coomera (a bit south of Brisbane) to attend the wedding of our good friends (and boating buddies from Fiji to Oz) Adrian & Christine. It was held at Gold Coast City Marina and Shipyard, where Rainbow Shadow is parked and both of them work. The previous day, Adrian took me around to numerous shops in search of a replacement lift muffler. We stumbled upon one (that had lots of dust on it) that fit the bill perfectly! After we checked out of our hotel, we stopped at the Australia Zoo on the way back north towards Tin Can Bay. What a great place! We were there so long we decided to find lodging nearby instead of getting back to Shakedown well past "the darkness". We found a great little place near Glass House Mountain. First place either one of us had seen with no TV! Didn't miss it one iota. Back aboard Shakedown found us a bit worn out and under the weather. So we did what we've done every year since we've lived aboard....we rested and watched movie after movie after movie. Our annual "creeping crud" over, managed to get a new mounting built for our folding stainless steel boarding ladder. Now we can jump overboard and have a way to get back onboard (go figure).</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXf_TEswZQlaA66HfmkWp-mOTyGyqXKhFFSim073bpA_FfdCWO9t4KEZPtiJN_Ca5lPP25yfTN7fgVeH7nlQVZGz7kKUQJ-8JCWHFw7x-qLgMWT4UAMqpsAG_0DBU266pfCsnhexD0YJya/s2016/20200801_154129.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1134" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXf_TEswZQlaA66HfmkWp-mOTyGyqXKhFFSim073bpA_FfdCWO9t4KEZPtiJN_Ca5lPP25yfTN7fgVeH7nlQVZGz7kKUQJ-8JCWHFw7x-qLgMWT4UAMqpsAG_0DBU266pfCsnhexD0YJya/s320/20200801_154129.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Adrian and Christina wed</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQQd9Pl_eDPDFE_HBC5NJND7eR6Q64Jue_DWmZZ9ub93BcrqUy4qXmBVTRCcZC2pVXIncE2CSAW8xu4OKA8v9AbzuGGdO2mYXLzvyFOu3UmrgRHt0jbA0UGoWc2yMSUhznIlHKyVyMdA5D/s1629/20200802_083809.jpg" style="clear: right; 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margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibSc4A_BRE2zedWieuyZTi03QtsW0QpS3y6jzzZdRhaxJEPr1JM71HUDsIHkw_ovbD6xo36dxc6bvyMScbwknofPPyB5rgucdXu87dtJtduNjGFDgvVZkqfpV8ix9sPD7gLxncrzaCplAK/s1342/20200803_130404.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1342" data-original-width="684" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibSc4A_BRE2zedWieuyZTi03QtsW0QpS3y6jzzZdRhaxJEPr1JM71HUDsIHkw_ovbD6xo36dxc6bvyMScbwknofPPyB5rgucdXu87dtJtduNjGFDgvVZkqfpV8ix9sPD7gLxncrzaCplAK/s320/20200803_130404.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Home of the <br />Crocodile Hunter"</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBadsx1zNE3Cj3bMMRN6RQUidM42Tx62OgYsS6KPc4lMqkZfQ3OWLmVJv6TMH4I2sYy-5hxaR3DJ9s9UjuwuMxhrp5FREgtx08jw6o5SmOTXHudNxgGXWF8OqXNzRJPryeu2VuKIUtGaY1/s2016/20200803_100806.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; 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Our #1 fresh water tank (50 gal) was found to be leaking. Attempted a patch, but although a whole was filled, tank was still losing water. Since these tanks have three baffles (walls) to keep water from shifting too much, the other three parts of the tank are not accessible to do any work. So....took the tank out of the four-tank group. We now have 150 gallon water capacity instead of 200. Nice to have a water maker, that's for sure. It was time to begin the process to renew our Visas (12 month) to extend our legal presence in Australia. It's all an on-line process, and since we'd been here for two years now, it should have been a breeze, right? In the past two years, we'd had to get physicals, which we were hoping we wouldn't have to go through again (costs lots of money on top of the visa application fee), and were pleasantly surprised that no further medical check required. But (there's always a "but") they decided they wanted character references, from the National Policing authorities from each country we'd lived in in the past 10 years! And because they knew it would take more than the standard 30-day renewal period, we were issued a Bridging Visa until such time as all the investigations were completed. The Australian National Police responded quickly, no problems with these blokes. Then we had to get U.S. fingerprint card blanks, get to an Australian Police Station, get fingerprinted, mail to the FBI in Virginia ($38 for traceable mail), and we got electronic notification a few days later that, no problem with these folks. Last, but not least, and certainly the hardest, was Mexico National Police Certification....long story short, after some 30 documents were produced, we were informed the section in Mexico City that performs that function was shut down due to Covid. All this was uploaded to the Australian immigration office. Have heard nothing from them since. We believe they are probably busy with other things. But we still have the bridging visa, so we're safe from eviction. An e</span><span style="font-family: arial;">ngine oil change in portable generator closed out the month.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjd3edcy9hJnrQeew3_EIz3Bp3GMfdkFehZynRzGqT4t87FbcgWepvJbSguV0EeMJY2Zv_vYpESZqRax0HvFBuYEC3jdPY5k2i5OAD-vX9Jle_x3tOxvXQ30bw1fVXSRbHrOLUSsbOJqyS/s2016/20200820_164438.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1134" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjd3edcy9hJnrQeew3_EIz3Bp3GMfdkFehZynRzGqT4t87FbcgWepvJbSguV0EeMJY2Zv_vYpESZqRax0HvFBuYEC3jdPY5k2i5OAD-vX9Jle_x3tOxvXQ30bw1fVXSRbHrOLUSsbOJqyS/s320/20200820_164438.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Random shot...looking aft<br />to our stateroom from lazy<br />boys</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_pobvS8NBKjnUhqQC32HtbMOMJmtezV3vth9cmsp2_dfxwiYlHV3U_IrNHjBKlPQKIrZTxFCVDOmIEnjdYy0H8jkz7AS7wDAAVbm7cqvYmQXodRLph3kcbH-BN6JmVMCSVuv7HQhorbQz/s2016/20200820_164521.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1134" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_pobvS8NBKjnUhqQC32HtbMOMJmtezV3vth9cmsp2_dfxwiYlHV3U_IrNHjBKlPQKIrZTxFCVDOmIEnjdYy0H8jkz7AS7wDAAVbm7cqvYmQXodRLph3kcbH-BN6JmVMCSVuv7HQhorbQz/s320/20200820_164521.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New fresh water pump with <br />60psi (causing all sorts of<br />leaks in the FW system!)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTeHWrBcBRkwtXxqUxUzePRG4-Scr7cCtBCS7hr_diFErBnQBH0Ajo5-Bob3Hx9IwUochzT7sf9PMAOjO1Tvr5DTwj054wAKeupAlvtGpwPU1leXBUjZR_p-DwCn3mI8KmXGGpIWQ2QPma/s2016/20200822_083917.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTeHWrBcBRkwtXxqUxUzePRG4-Scr7cCtBCS7hr_diFErBnQBH0Ajo5-Bob3Hx9IwUochzT7sf9PMAOjO1Tvr5DTwj054wAKeupAlvtGpwPU1leXBUjZR_p-DwCn3mI8KmXGGpIWQ2QPma/s320/20200822_083917.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Random shot...Black Swan visiting</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiYpdeL1-x_kEitFCSccNGA2k6sfOvl7QPc-Kp3OJZun-ifmCwdZ2mEgKgPkMbdjN3_7qiW4h7gmCgHVaCBcejGVxcFppPGYKwy_o9UGWhD8JgmL98JJ705JtWgoXYFQAsViErxDXD2R72/s2016/20200920_172343.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1134" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiYpdeL1-x_kEitFCSccNGA2k6sfOvl7QPc-Kp3OJZun-ifmCwdZ2mEgKgPkMbdjN3_7qiW4h7gmCgHVaCBcejGVxcFppPGYKwy_o9UGWhD8JgmL98JJ705JtWgoXYFQAsViErxDXD2R72/s320/20200920_172343.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Random shot...contemplating<br />adding a second (aft) seat</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitBRKzfiY7t1TKJyJrECOCasleXuvXmWjSy9mw1LSvmQxQJIqAIzoFVyWtK7cfzRV8UWj7MLCZ9Vs0szShVuncBudZifrpXsDDS2ahfnv3vGolOGdkmervKbhgaB9hGyxHZyvq-2bcmxjr/s2048/20200922_154207.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitBRKzfiY7t1TKJyJrECOCasleXuvXmWjSy9mw1LSvmQxQJIqAIzoFVyWtK7cfzRV8UWj7MLCZ9Vs0szShVuncBudZifrpXsDDS2ahfnv3vGolOGdkmervKbhgaB9hGyxHZyvq-2bcmxjr/s320/20200922_154207.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another hole patched in cockpit floor</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihH7M4WbfY3Wb5COkNom1PsES8kILLmSQwRmS5imgqhe8fD4EYjg4agElkEvI1FPYR8yv4OQRBLJrKN_EHUF_tlYftHZmx13ZP-e_459u36JdYKwZPFmI32ELoCZYWCFJIQw_7gchN05D9/s2048/20200930_100155.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihH7M4WbfY3Wb5COkNom1PsES8kILLmSQwRmS5imgqhe8fD4EYjg4agElkEvI1FPYR8yv4OQRBLJrKN_EHUF_tlYftHZmx13ZP-e_459u36JdYKwZPFmI32ELoCZYWCFJIQw_7gchN05D9/s320/20200930_100155.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shelf for oil and coolant built on top of water heater</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">October was a working month, except for those days when it was so windy or rainy that not much could be done except watch movies....but we did manage to get our </span><span style="font-family: arial;">cockpit canvass zippers repaired. Finally m</span><span style="font-family: arial;">ounted the new water lift muffler and </span><span style="font-family: arial;">installed a new Sani-loo waste water treatment system, which allows us to legally pump out our newly treated waste water overboard (cost: $2,000). F</span><span style="font-family: arial;">ound new starter battery was defective, so shipped it back to vendor for warranty replacement. Meanwhile, over the side into the small dinghy and </span><span style="font-family: arial;">sand and primer-paint the hull. Of course this took a total of about a week, mostly done in the early morning before the wind kicked up too much. Although we had them fabricated over a year ago, finally got around to replacing the </span><span style="font-family: arial;">chain plates for the whisker stays. The </span><span style="font-family: arial;">last week of Oct was nothing but storms until Friday, allowing us to head down to Coomera for Christine's birthday party on the 30th aboard their boat Rainbow Shadow.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii_bNFhWn2vH12eoM7lsQITQ-IkeiRWGrhKtwwtR_qc-cAB1fR7bLSHp3A62ir2t52iyLynhZ5M02wZSzWp1x39OIkNxf-Q2fhta5pi7S5BHolXwMIr9oaj-01gjb_DAtlNQbRCjTnryhS/s2016/20201003_124510.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1134" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii_bNFhWn2vH12eoM7lsQITQ-IkeiRWGrhKtwwtR_qc-cAB1fR7bLSHp3A62ir2t52iyLynhZ5M02wZSzWp1x39OIkNxf-Q2fhta5pi7S5BHolXwMIr9oaj-01gjb_DAtlNQbRCjTnryhS/s320/20201003_124510.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nancy slaving away at<br />the sewing machine</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUUH-7Zxw6zAgrMXRVYd-edJScAN6ePgRLvd95ht1wEA2rnl582YBJvxgLIXmixAN90ZrifWyz4PhJzILKM_wKcoVBLLKypIkcoofEorb5N4ULTWtR3aBHP5u5kxshJWcufxCMjeuEPlfi/s2048/20201004_140339.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUUH-7Zxw6zAgrMXRVYd-edJScAN6ePgRLvd95ht1wEA2rnl582YBJvxgLIXmixAN90ZrifWyz4PhJzILKM_wKcoVBLLKypIkcoofEorb5N4ULTWtR3aBHP5u5kxshJWcufxCMjeuEPlfi/s320/20201004_140339.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New lift muffler installed</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV0-kWSTukcPXFo417zv6a9JIaoysUscoR-Lp72deO_ryCim9-8Wddu1f99NqFkwKlLadI5WHAWZtipg9_i10mIzzhqHGc87F9t9ox9TwRHxIGc0MsqQi00iJMh_gFDJRkKbDBcidne2n-/s2048/20201004_144006.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV0-kWSTukcPXFo417zv6a9JIaoysUscoR-Lp72deO_ryCim9-8Wddu1f99NqFkwKlLadI5WHAWZtipg9_i10mIzzhqHGc87F9t9ox9TwRHxIGc0MsqQi00iJMh_gFDJRkKbDBcidne2n-/s320/20201004_144006.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New starter motor for genset (only waited over<br />three years to locate it)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUKShCzrXvYjwyMSRX-Qt2nyCm_d4dqqNjcI_7jMU4VkyM6LGd8CpGr-HFHmilOJk-j3knJNHB28N-Z7EYMetDpibBmfJX8ZvTot8f_Xtzjr8JLE3TEH7VzM08YyA95r98BA2V9QGhqYPE/s2048/20201004_161852.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUKShCzrXvYjwyMSRX-Qt2nyCm_d4dqqNjcI_7jMU4VkyM6LGd8CpGr-HFHmilOJk-j3knJNHB28N-Z7EYMetDpibBmfJX8ZvTot8f_Xtzjr8JLE3TEH7VzM08YyA95r98BA2V9QGhqYPE/s320/20201004_161852.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The new Sani-loo (yellow<br />box) and new starter batt.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPNck7h7PZnfHIz_URLkcleql12DXpKFvQmFqy-vRTa1RdGtoiZ1fm0fbr3Byx9qlbqEru-V6yfezz4DqDBZW-ukQn8elr-TRMupWWjdXv2bq6vy8qo3st6LZNA7Y11BkeK72u_LqQJf5S/s2016/20201011_173627.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1134" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPNck7h7PZnfHIz_URLkcleql12DXpKFvQmFqy-vRTa1RdGtoiZ1fm0fbr3Byx9qlbqEru-V6yfezz4DqDBZW-ukQn8elr-TRMupWWjdXv2bq6vy8qo3st6LZNA7Y11BkeK72u_LqQJf5S/s320/20201011_173627.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sani-loo</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ3LnTNgaf2jprLCOjEG_9U2-sXlmGKDVU7azLSSFkwnu2FhyphenhyphenHZtK6Oo2bs6DSleh86m8mhOAZSEn-CWokQ8pIqnksfEEYdEyyvg5hpu_h8fWNuoBHtrHfMAQQM1v8vZanirDTxWSQA2eK/s2016/20201017_150732.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1134" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ3LnTNgaf2jprLCOjEG_9U2-sXlmGKDVU7azLSSFkwnu2FhyphenhyphenHZtK6Oo2bs6DSleh86m8mhOAZSEn-CWokQ8pIqnksfEEYdEyyvg5hpu_h8fWNuoBHtrHfMAQQM1v8vZanirDTxWSQA2eK/s320/20201017_150732.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Took small dink to sand<br />bar. More of a sink-in-the-<br />MUD bar</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv0CXrCn4ezCBbbPZOt5tICBpaBQD3wbwh6J400dRtJZeUcPWNzSMm5oOhL8gFmCmV9j1Y3Ql5rIuGjFBcNknX-JdZ2hqc5DeoTZyiKfZ2vs1W-9hpq8Y-nxdi2vcbHTkIqBgl6h9HHGqY/s2016/20201017_151939.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv0CXrCn4ezCBbbPZOt5tICBpaBQD3wbwh6J400dRtJZeUcPWNzSMm5oOhL8gFmCmV9j1Y3Ql5rIuGjFBcNknX-JdZ2hqc5DeoTZyiKfZ2vs1W-9hpq8Y-nxdi2vcbHTkIqBgl6h9HHGqY/s320/20201017_151939.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shakedown on her mooring with coat of white<br />primer paint</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeqRvTZhV5Nl96hDZ02WtHO_7GoMBEKsSFjkJHPoOEFkIXuOpQpw7wjz3Wc8Hl_DhTUfVKxOmUTZXBef1CXeuA4hfVrSUJcUTA1c7nof2WK4ThOHrkJEHrNFEa4T1zxBgA9iZwnYmfYNNc/s2016/20201017_174623.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1134" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeqRvTZhV5Nl96hDZ02WtHO_7GoMBEKsSFjkJHPoOEFkIXuOpQpw7wjz3Wc8Hl_DhTUfVKxOmUTZXBef1CXeuA4hfVrSUJcUTA1c7nof2WK4ThOHrkJEHrNFEa4T1zxBgA9iZwnYmfYNNc/s320/20201017_174623.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The shiny chain plate is what's<br />to be mounted both sides</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2DTN1qmG_AY_nQNA40MSvBcafsNbeALFsjv_Vj7bbG4iqeNRRZ3b9orm2piCFnp3wMsLURXWoLyLPt1fDx-I7BwUh0Ghx9rRmhGeHhJkRLokduclRfIrk__rykhObKRIzhnGoqQU2PVms/s2016/20201025_230700.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1134" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2DTN1qmG_AY_nQNA40MSvBcafsNbeALFsjv_Vj7bbG4iqeNRRZ3b9orm2piCFnp3wMsLURXWoLyLPt1fDx-I7BwUh0Ghx9rRmhGeHhJkRLokduclRfIrk__rykhObKRIzhnGoqQU2PVms/s320/20201025_230700.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A start on re-surfacing (paint)<br />the shower/head floor</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">In November, a n</span><span style="font-family: arial;">ew fresh water deck fill was installed, replacing a rusting, leaky one. The</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">new warranty replacement battery arrived, and now all is well in that department. The m</span><span style="font-family: arial;">ain engine needed paint job, so rust brushed off, sealant brushed on, and high-heat paint sprayed on. Nice and shiny once again. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">We started walking again (for exercise 3 miles every other day). </span><span style="font-family: arial;">The VHF radio stopped receiving voice. Found the antenna cable a bit loose. Removed, cleaned, and fastened it back onto radio. Works now. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Pulled stove top (grill) off, took it to welding shop and had loose grill strings welded up. Finally got up the courage and dove into the </span><span style="font-family: arial;">clean-out and repair of the h</span><span style="font-family: arial;">olding tank. The boys in Fiji broke the top seal of the tank while reinstalling the main engine. It was "temporarily repaired" using copious amounts of gorilla tape, which now had to be pulled off and glue removed from the poly tank top edge. Of course the interior needed to be as clean as possible to keep one from pinching one's nose by a laundry clip. Cleaning done, fiberglass used to repair the seam, all good again. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Had two extra ladder rungs welded into bottom of the stainless boarding ladder, allowing much easier exit from water onto the boat.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCJv-oN5xoIFZfG6U6owVFZ-WKRIFn8BlC6mK1PpHUo29gQ6Zs4NuXGkFAoaR35mPgztGbn_YFRaVZJvJ7nvd4BqONpYltUgxcqWLaAuIlE6K94RDGqf4lohcnRTa75_Bxu4S77hwLDT-Z/s2016/20201104_155358.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1134" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCJv-oN5xoIFZfG6U6owVFZ-WKRIFn8BlC6mK1PpHUo29gQ6Zs4NuXGkFAoaR35mPgztGbn_YFRaVZJvJ7nvd4BqONpYltUgxcqWLaAuIlE6K94RDGqf4lohcnRTa75_Bxu4S77hwLDT-Z/s320/20201104_155358.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Old deck fill "receiver"</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigQtkqbJtaA9Nnv8_h7k-WQiEiBgS8GzQY5WuQsbCi4hD2CpazAMtrijehTYvDG2cLz6ZVheh8PYlGTrYx7s09zXVSUnjdjq78ze5BT8Xw-7L2ju9YuUr8wIoRVuoRSzLGgyZZcjMz1MjD/s2016/20201104_163109.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1134" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigQtkqbJtaA9Nnv8_h7k-WQiEiBgS8GzQY5WuQsbCi4hD2CpazAMtrijehTYvDG2cLz6ZVheh8PYlGTrYx7s09zXVSUnjdjq78ze5BT8Xw-7L2ju9YuUr8wIoRVuoRSzLGgyZZcjMz1MjD/s320/20201104_163109.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New deck fill "receiver"</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKH2ffmn7pomyaXwPHPBG2RFzw0qg92oAyDB1W3sKy5m30BLhw_20aRtcl_lDEdm7OeByod4NDOherC8rft-b5zK2fWDWYi4dfsgMtfxCqWnOk1nFife5KpTeDah1tZQ9MNQqI3UN5-A6k/s2016/20201104_164200.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1134" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKH2ffmn7pomyaXwPHPBG2RFzw0qg92oAyDB1W3sKy5m30BLhw_20aRtcl_lDEdm7OeByod4NDOherC8rft-b5zK2fWDWYi4dfsgMtfxCqWnOk1nFife5KpTeDah1tZQ9MNQqI3UN5-A6k/s320/20201104_164200.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New deck fill cap</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTH-T9IcgywfwvzjhDcDgzXktM9ZikmmGYRmkIMvuHnYPYRdydQZmtRRN2-nbPcW0jWwPdUskjJDXr6ltdKtoGtoO6JiXx-O3kQadFIhhw6vIKl5Som2AqXBI9d2ShMW4k_MzG4NAfo_Rx/s2016/20201123_105209.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1134" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTH-T9IcgywfwvzjhDcDgzXktM9ZikmmGYRmkIMvuHnYPYRdydQZmtRRN2-nbPcW0jWwPdUskjJDXr6ltdKtoGtoO6JiXx-O3kQadFIhhw6vIKl5Som2AqXBI9d2ShMW4k_MzG4NAfo_Rx/s320/20201123_105209.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just another rotten patch to<br />be made</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinPxcpgKPTSaeRX_loRWGtRcxl3Jua95zZG6KdMByiUBkVViWYPdqtK6aIbOkmSmv7WqpPVGlRzDlLiEBJLvzwDkKgssf8Lyjik6EhdPBCVW9W2yZAESCH_S1wXDX_2pfPXCoh3WDYcfAI/s2016/20201123_170613.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinPxcpgKPTSaeRX_loRWGtRcxl3Jua95zZG6KdMByiUBkVViWYPdqtK6aIbOkmSmv7WqpPVGlRzDlLiEBJLvzwDkKgssf8Lyjik6EhdPBCVW9W2yZAESCH_S1wXDX_2pfPXCoh3WDYcfAI/s320/20201123_170613.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A new season, a new fire (Fraser Island) which<br />made international news (we got the smoke)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdp36zL3M3C0trb3ISzxYVRwP6AWBnTSQ7zwRsWwHc_KpWKJH5Lj1hhuPqCRfhzuyx3_xdt7XzfsCkqTGlroFHWDV5AMT6FuRYrGa_6tw1e6FF_9xU_AwWvWvR433u_hCqBDPCN395U7pN/s2016/20201123_171300.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdp36zL3M3C0trb3ISzxYVRwP6AWBnTSQ7zwRsWwHc_KpWKJH5Lj1hhuPqCRfhzuyx3_xdt7XzfsCkqTGlroFHWDV5AMT6FuRYrGa_6tw1e6FF_9xU_AwWvWvR433u_hCqBDPCN395U7pN/s320/20201123_171300.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Patch installed, awaiting fiberglass coating</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCE6ePv56ABsdJqPZBx-zopq_isQezLrbgEBteYalhpkGr1eQbRi3oWzP3YuxotRwl3AHORJ9qk6-Vg9jxwRKM3Pe4s5HxFoqp3F-R1CihRiicqHWuvbl7sGf4dZ_AP68kOCMXhEt_aXge/s2016/20201127_152514.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1134" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCE6ePv56ABsdJqPZBx-zopq_isQezLrbgEBteYalhpkGr1eQbRi3oWzP3YuxotRwl3AHORJ9qk6-Vg9jxwRKM3Pe4s5HxFoqp3F-R1CihRiicqHWuvbl7sGf4dZ_AP68kOCMXhEt_aXge/s320/20201127_152514.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Waste water pump joker valve<br />replaced and rusty electric <br />motor scrubbed and painted...<br />the put into service once again.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB_V43-tKzRIqueMhajHJdLZFAIU52baGiCRUeHIRCsvwyDf7rvZr8G1C1xbTPHJhKLFiZzp6_mMlt3fWqi8_yLvLlKF61buONyJTMQclxvZYwtAAaOIAG2drIjNl8T1u8F2gigAeAWf6b/s2016/20201217_114057.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB_V43-tKzRIqueMhajHJdLZFAIU52baGiCRUeHIRCsvwyDf7rvZr8G1C1xbTPHJhKLFiZzp6_mMlt3fWqi8_yLvLlKF61buONyJTMQclxvZYwtAAaOIAG2drIjNl8T1u8F2gigAeAWf6b/s320/20201217_114057.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New roof rack and basket for the RAV4</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxa_pe1aqf1uhw3iMgGesuvZMmaZCIMoFaL4To9P5gBCBp-QmylZlUc44tnNEg362vekFlUIOzZoln5k5x3s2bopFXAmoT91KTrMnGyORJrtVUbl9tIFn3Ih29W8jW8bjDecMGN5VBxoa5/s2016/20201218_145905.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1134" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxa_pe1aqf1uhw3iMgGesuvZMmaZCIMoFaL4To9P5gBCBp-QmylZlUc44tnNEg362vekFlUIOzZoln5k5x3s2bopFXAmoT91KTrMnGyORJrtVUbl9tIFn3Ih29W8jW8bjDecMGN5VBxoa5/s320/20201218_145905.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Random pic...sleeping quarters</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">We are now in December, and we found (online) and bought a huge Christmas present for down the road (if) when we get back to the States. We plan to turn it into a very basic RV for getting around when we want to get off the boat for awhile. The seller has been kind to let us store it where it is in Arizona. We also, finally, have a fresh water connection outside the cabin now, which will allow rinsing off salt water after we swim and enable us to use our pressure washer on the exterior of the boat. It was a really windy first two weeks, as we averaged 30-40 knots during the hours of around 0900-1700. Even clocked a 52 knot gust one day. Got the boat ready to sit alone while we went on our "road trip"....back to the top.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTw98R732Xprm5vDdWK1SFzgYI8VhWwscDb_Uo6XeCXQ0rPUWoAGg8VyBNp9jnDLc6Gul7iFmk3yhgUeRZNEzYhVSLk59dZETMaSzBfQI045SFa-0hgXr1ouR50GCP9jtxbqVI_GHtZo30/s600/Bus-01.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="338" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTw98R732Xprm5vDdWK1SFzgYI8VhWwscDb_Uo6XeCXQ0rPUWoAGg8VyBNp9jnDLc6Gul7iFmk3yhgUeRZNEzYhVSLk59dZETMaSzBfQI045SFa-0hgXr1ouR50GCP9jtxbqVI_GHtZo30/s320/Bus-01.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrZlymrXHQG_QdMGlIdHph02342BhqHIPEgtR0v8yL1MBVOXM6v5Jfa5RAWM3eu21r2D4EuQS4olc0TwYoQEQ-hGvTGUMKM6veg4zCXwa1p7v4j0zdUn5jV_YFU9o72LpwYRKDf7t2wm0j/s600/Bus-04.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="338" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrZlymrXHQG_QdMGlIdHph02342BhqHIPEgtR0v8yL1MBVOXM6v5Jfa5RAWM3eu21r2D4EuQS4olc0TwYoQEQ-hGvTGUMKM6veg4zCXwa1p7v4j0zdUn5jV_YFU9o72LpwYRKDf7t2wm0j/s320/Bus-04.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA2el2pZ9qDVLYEXv7TPhz5cYoIcJVgkJbKc0vXOYqQqIGJYqxiLIk3oSc5ESzSpmimRdTUee_OFwPY9otGjXihNa-VPKLX31MJ2iYwjMD9eSb-wMOVeT9qP9Jb-ZMc4okQc7GbyXgkr1f/s600/Bus-07.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="338" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA2el2pZ9qDVLYEXv7TPhz5cYoIcJVgkJbKc0vXOYqQqIGJYqxiLIk3oSc5ESzSpmimRdTUee_OFwPY9otGjXihNa-VPKLX31MJ2iYwjMD9eSb-wMOVeT9qP9Jb-ZMc4okQc7GbyXgkr1f/s320/Bus-07.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpUDawGgnMM-4RbMDakeVMu0V8oferkuvqd_Yo3CMdkeuLZE0it3de0T9G_MbC6z6auZaKO7BssPTkfvIh9kfNZFlACen53e1MXDuxJb8vFur-CCf0bsG8v1PA7WyuuqBQiJDBW4x1p_Er/s450/Bus-16.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="253" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpUDawGgnMM-4RbMDakeVMu0V8oferkuvqd_Yo3CMdkeuLZE0it3de0T9G_MbC6z6auZaKO7BssPTkfvIh9kfNZFlACen53e1MXDuxJb8vFur-CCf0bsG8v1PA7WyuuqBQiJDBW4x1p_Er/s320/Bus-16.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>SailShakedownCruisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09951753725788555156noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047114337631096419.post-55538217924206453862020-08-22T17:59:00.000-07:002020-08-22T17:59:30.671-07:00Happy 2020 from the land of Oz<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">January 2020</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The new year started out with good news. Our watermaker got fixed and is once putting out 30 gallons of fresh water per hour.</span><br />
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The NFL playoffs are in full swing. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The forward bilge got some attention, ripping out a kaput unit and moving the 1500 gph pump into it's spot (low point in bilge). </span><br />
<br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On the 23rd, we headed north on a road trip from Tin Can Bay to Palm Cove (about 30 kilometers north of Cairns up the Queensland north eastern coast). We had reservations for the 24th, so we (against, in hindsight, our better judgement) made a beeline to MacKay, where we</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our first night on the road . One bed, community bathrooms, no AC,<br />
1 overhead fan, empty mini-fridge, restaurant & bar covered ground floor. <br />
But only $32 AUD for the night ($20.80 USD)</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">spent the night and made the second leg of the trip to Palm Cove the following day checking into The Sebel at Palm Cove at 5 p.m. on the 24th, totally exhausted but pleasantly surprised with the accommodations. Our little RAV4 Toyota did a great job for a 2001 model with 254,000 kilometers used up when we bought it a year ago. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We took a trip north to visit Port Douglas and spend the day visiting the small town and the marina, where 30 years earlier, Nancy had climbed aboard a giant catamaran called Silver Streak and got the opportunity to visit the Great Barrier Reef and scuba dive from the ship. We got a chance to visit the current (newer version) Silver Streak, but only from the dock, as it was a holiday and all the commercial vessels were locked up and empty.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We spent the last day just 15 kilometres north of our hotel, at a crocodile farm and wildlife "zoo". We were really surprised and glad we went. We had a river ride (think African Queen) watching crock eyes staring at us and witnessing the feeding by the boat driver. The "zoo" part of the park had a good sampling of the local wild life and finished up the day with a very informative presentation on the actual farm where they raise crocs for their skins (shoes, belts, handbags, luggage, etc. made from their belly skin)</span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We were informed that they are sold at about two years old, and go for about $1,500 apiece.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It appears that virtually all the hotel/motels along the route we took consist of a Bar, Restaurant, Rooms under one roof, and every town we went through (even population less than 500) had this same setup. Reminded us of the old TV westerns having the Saloon, Food, and Rooms upstairs for cowpokes.
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">October 18, 2019..back aboard Shakedown. Wouldn't you just know it? Pouring down rain, leaks even though boat is almost fully cover by tarps. At least the tarps lasted for four long months of the rainy season here. Spent the next couple of weeks getting reacquainted and g</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">etting settled back in.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">November...spent the month just mostly hanging out and watching football (NFL) on Monday Night, Thursday Night, Sunday Football. Of course over here, we actually watch on Tues, Fri, and Mon. Early. Still working on finding leaks and attempting to patch them. Not having too much success. Did manage to make an improvement by purchasing and installing a new galley sink faucet. Looks much better than the original one we installed way back in 2007. We're now firm believers in the "10-year-rule". Every 10 years, one must replace everything in their boat...simultaneously. Sort of like an unwritten warranty. We're two years behind, and the "stuff" is letting us know...big time. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">December....We got to visit with Adrian and Christine (of Rainbow's Shadow) who drove up from Gold Coast City Marina, about an hour south of Brisbane and spent the night aboard, but needed to get back the next day. It's always fun to have them around. The Toyota started to become difficult. After driving the dinghy to the launch ramp (where we park dinghy next to), and hike over to where the car is parked, it refused to start (or even turn over). Panic ensued, as a grocery run was in the immediate plan. Got the hood up, found the battery hiding under a cowling forward of the windshield to have a look. Since no tools were readily available, nothing much more to do than look for someone in the neighborhood that 1) had jumper cables, and 2) could provide a jump from their vehicle. The guy that lived across the street had a vehicle, but no cable. But he took off into the neighborhood and found a set. We got the car started!. Drove around town but didn't want to stall again, so when I parked at various places, just left car running. Bought a new battery and charger, installed new battery, drove back to launch ramp where dinghy was parked, loaded old battery and charger in dinghy, returned to Shakedown. Battery charged up just fine. Next day reinstalled old battery, left new battery behind driver's seat. Left the 10mm wrench in glove compartment.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Two days later, returned to car to buy groceries, etc. Dead battery! Repeated previous swap-out process, drove to store (wondering what could have drained battery so quickly). When returning to car and pulling grocery cart around to rear, I noticed the right rear brake light was on. Ah Hah! That must be the culprit. I did the mechanical voodoo trick, opened and slammed the rear hatch (door). The light went off. Problem solved, right? Nah. Must be loose wire or something. Got back to launch ramp, opened hood, pulled negative wire off battery (just in case), locked up and headed back to Shakedown. And that's the way I left it...hook up battery, start car, go to store, return, unhook battery, back to boat.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We got to drive to Costco the Saturday before Christmas week. First time for us, and it was fun. It took two hours to drive there (just north of Brisbane) and we got to spend about that amount of time just going up and down all the isles to see if there was any difference between this stores and those we'd previously visited in the States. No glaring differences with exception of the meats (all Australian - no USDA) and various small differences. We really didn't have a lot to purchase, so walked out of there having spent less than a hundred bucks (unheard of...right?). Re-attached battery cable, drove back to Tin Can Bay.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Rainy, windy, overcast, and 20 foot swells greeted us<br />as we rounded the north end of Frasier Island to make</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">very large "100%" sand island.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Well, we departed Bundaberg fairly early, heading northeast out of Hervey Bay, and had a crappy overnight trip to the bar at the south end of Frasier Island, but we made it to Tin Can Bay Marina, arriving the afternoon of November 2nd. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Two gals were at the dock to receive our dock lines. By now, the wind </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and the current </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">had increased from behind. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The bow line got tangled as it was tossed to waiting hands. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Although the dock crew finally got it, it was too late to throw the aft line as Shakedown's back end had already begun to swing out into the channel. The bow line was released and pulled in, we were very close to the houseboat on the last dock, and we did not have local knowledge of what lay beyond that houseboat (especially at high tide now). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The girls on the dock started screaming and waiving hands furiously, which was interpreted that we should NOT be heading in this particular direction. Once again, the reverse throttle was encouraged to not only stop us, but to bring us back towards our assigned dock. It did, and we slid professionally alongside our reserved spot, calmly dropped bow and stern lines, tied up and shut down the engine. (later, at low tide, we found out why the girls were screaming....we were about 5 feet, or so, from crashing into a submerged, at high tide, wall.)</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">At our new "home".You can't see it, but about a boat-width</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> outboard of us is the other side of the channel....</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Seems like something breaks every time we venture<br />out into the ocean. This is the second time this has<br />happened to the starboard stay sail track.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We managed to buy a used car (RAV 4) after about a </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The streets in Tin Can Bay are immaculate. As you<br />can probably tell, not a whole lot of traffic either.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">With a car and two water taxis ready to go, we felt a true<br />sense of freedom to come and go as we please.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Although we'd already been through the area, courtesy of the Rainbow's Shadow crew, we took the jump and drove our "new" car down to the town of Gympie. Actually, compared to Tin Can Bay, this could be considered a city. There's a mall, fast-food restaurants (Dominos, McDonalds, Hungry Jacks (Aussie version of Burger King)), and a fairly long main street with nothing but shopping on both sides as well as offices for doctors, dentists and optometrists. Gympie is about an hour drive, so it's not like we go there often. If we were to head north, there's t slightly larger town of Maryborough, but it's somewhat further but on the way to Hervey Bay and Bundaberg. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Our favorite fuel stop (and cheapest) about halfway </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">cactus is is supposedly one of the largest, if not THE</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">largest in Queensland</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Yes, we had a small pizza right here in Gympie.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We've made a trip or two to the city of Brisbane. And yes, this is a BIG city, with skyscrapers and everything. We visited Adrian and Christine at their new digs in Coomera (on the Gold Coast) and did some touristy stuff in Brisbane while Adrian was finishing up a job there. A bit of shopping and walking around with Christine as our guide was great.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Christine and Nancy posing on the walking bridge from<br />multi-story parking lot to shopping area</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Looking down and across the street from the walking<br />bridge was a re-purposed church, a golf-themed eatery.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After the South Pacific Islands, it was sort of shocking to<br />see so much stuff in one place</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Many of the buildings were pretty impressive</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some were fairly modern (space-age?) There was an<br />indoor waterfall in the large center hoop</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We lunched at a Japanese place. Very elegant shashimi.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The next morning found us departing Rainbow's Shadow, where we had over-nighted at their berth and heading back to Tin Can Bay. Had lots of fun hanging out with Adrian and Christine.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We also got to take a trip north to Uranga (Hervey Bay) to get some paperwork done with the Marine Safety Queensland office to apply for a permanent mooring. We just left the application at the office, as there wasn't anyone who could do anything with it immediately. So we put on our tourist hats and stumbled through the town of Uranga....starting with the Marina here....</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pretty well spells out what's expected from<br />the public around here</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This guy appears to be looking for his next dinner, but<br />we were pleased to find out he's not a live one</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now THIS is what I call "fishing". A harpoon gun (museum<br />piece actually)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Whales seem to be a popular theme in these parts</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A view out into Hervey Bay looking towards Bundaberg</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This Ibis acts just like Pigeons back in the States</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Australia is famous for miles of unblemished beaches.<br />Here's a nice example at south end of Hervey Bay</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We crossed the main street at this delightful cross-walk<br />and entered this hotel for a bite to eat</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Heading out of Uranga, this round-about displays<br />another whale statuette</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Morning walks became pretty much a daily routine during our stay at the Marina here in Tin Can Bay. We just step off the boat, walk about two blocks, and we'd be starting on a four-mile walk through very well maintained parks. After awhile, we started recognizing and exchange "hello's" with fellow travelers along these walkways.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The "official" start point every morning. the town of<br />Tin Can Bay to the right, and the actual bay to the left</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On one of our infrequent shopping trips to Gympie, we decided to stop at the town's museum on the way back. We're glad we did. It was small, but impressive nonetheless.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then it was off to Brisbane again. This time to simply have a signature witnessed by the Consul General of the U.S., who was gracious enough to bring some of his staff from the Consulate in Sydney up to Brisbane (for semi-annual one-day visit) to ease the travel burden for folks seeking U.S. Visas, and, in my (Hal's) case, to apply for a new Passport. Former passport having been declared lost sometime during the application process for a title to the car we'd purchased. Turns out that after the U.S. State Department was advised of the missing Passport and subsequently deeming it forever null and void, it turned up six weeks later at the Tin Can Bay police station, where I had submitted the vehicle title application. They had used the Passport to scan a copy for their files...I had left without checking whether it was in my possession. Got call six weeks later that they had found it still in the scanner, and would I like to come retrieve it. I did, but it was no longer valid, resulting in the trip to Brisbane...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On the way back from Brisbane, we experienced some difficulties with the shifting in the automatic transmission of our car. We managed to get back to our marina, but started shopping around for a place to have problem looked at and dealt with appropriately. Turns out the closest place was in Gympie (naturally). So appointment was made and car delivered. Turns out, nothing wrong with transmission, but the on-board computer was smoking/melting. So, while they worked on that...a stroll around the area was undertaken.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The car got fixed, joined the local RSL (Returned & Services League), similar to VFW, we were finally approved for a Queensland Government mooring at the Crab Creek mooring area, got the boat registered in Queensland through the Department of Motor Transportation, bought and had installed the equipment (concrete blocks, chain, rope, marker float, installation) at the approved location and moved the boat from Tin Can Bay Marina to Crab Creek (about 2 miles away) on April 2nd, 2019. This is where we will call "home" for quite a while, we hope. The rent is right (Instead of $900/mo. at the dock, we now pay $85/year).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The remainder of April and May was spent getting used to our new lifestyle. We can no longer just jump off the boat onto the dock, as we now step off the boat into a dingy, make our way to Crab Creek Park, tie up the boat to a tree or rock near the public boat ramp, and get into our car, which is parked nearby. We have new rules to go by, i.e., the tide needs to be in and water deep enough for use to traverse the very shallow (dry at low tide) area between the anchorage and the launch ramp. We have learned that we can safely maneuver about 2.5 hours either side of high tide. We miss that window, and we would have to walk the dinghy across the shallows. Fortunately, there's at least one high tide every day, sometimes two. We're back to making water again, and doing all the things that one normally does when at anchor. Solar panels are providing the majority of our electric needs, and our little Yamaha EF2600 is doing a great job when more is needed. Still trying to find a new starter motor for our internal generator....we've done more work on our roof to try to stop leaks, some dental appointments, and getting ready to make a trip to the States. We plan to be gone from Shakedown from June to October. We now have a safe place to let the boat rest comfortably during the Australian winter, while we make our way to San Francisco and beyond. We'll stay overnight with our friends Adrian and Christine on June 2nd and fly out of Brisbane on the 3rd.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And why are we going to be gone so long? In Fiji, we bought this.....it's in Michigan and needs some work....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Until October....Shakedown signing off...</span>SailShakedownCruisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09951753725788555156noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047114337631096419.post-53967743574116041962019-09-24T15:53:00.000-07:002019-09-24T15:53:04.004-07:00Australia...our goal is achieved!<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Australia, Part I</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><i>First of all, apologies for taking sooooo long to get this update posted. Am WAY behind and will endeavor to catch up in the next few weeks, if possible.</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">October 2018</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Way back when we owned and operated our 27 foot Chris Craft Sea Skiff, Nancy had asked, offhandedly, if it could get us to Hawaii. Alas, I responded, there is not enough fuel to get us out of Washington State....so began our quest. Buy bigger boat. Fix it up. Sail it away. With new goal in mind...Australia! So we bought it, fixed it, and sailed away. Our goal is less than two weeks away, barring any difficulties (weather)...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">While passing north of New Caledonia, we were buzzed (low level) by a very fast white jet which almost disappeared as fast as he appeared. Moments later, he returned and this time made radio contact (VHF) with us. I responded for both boats as were were asked a few basic questions as to who we were, registry, crew on board, and our destination. Having satisfactorily answered, they told us to have a safe and enjoyable voyage (heavy French accent). We figured it was New Caledonia customs/coast guard checking up on vessels in their territorial waters. Onward and forward...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">October 18th...arrive at Bundaberg, Australia after having spent the night in Hervey Bay drifting west across the entire bay during the night with stay-sail up. Checked in with marina on the VHF radio and got slip assignments. We would be met by immigration, customs, and the bio-security inspectors. Didn't know what to expect, but we got rid of a lot of items that could potentially have kept us in inspection for quite a while...</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pulled over short of Tin Can Bay and visited the ocean-<br />side town of Rainbow Beach. Adrian and Christine<br />taking in the view</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We actually went into the city of Bundaberg a couple of times to take a quick look around. The only item of note was that we found a brand new Honday 2.3hp and bought it, since our 2.0 had given up the ghost. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>SailShakedownCruisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09951753725788555156noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047114337631096419.post-1522383486694593312019-05-28T17:22:00.001-07:002019-05-28T17:22:31.743-07:00Port Villa, Vanuatu<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg67i-oacNbT_wJZiN3DH4NK2NYhbianeQpbzilwZuuIwAo1vq8gmvGmKxJscRuSVMjsGOwOu3xW0wmvdYBh-7Xw3gXA4W7Hj09I8Z-Yz3tEAzfxcyKmW74hrwXo6U3y0CyipThptJm-pnb/s1600/image001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg67i-oacNbT_wJZiN3DH4NK2NYhbianeQpbzilwZuuIwAo1vq8gmvGmKxJscRuSVMjsGOwOu3xW0wmvdYBh-7Xw3gXA4W7Hj09I8Z-Yz3tEAzfxcyKmW74hrwXo6U3y0CyipThptJm-pnb/s320/image001.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">After a relatively short and interesting crossing (5 days), we arrived at the quarantine ball in Vanuatu's capital city of Port Villa at 2150 on the 5th of September. During the trip, managed to hook our first Dorado fish, only to lose it during a failed attempt to bring it aboard. Sure was a pretty fish.... getting to a place to anchor near the quarantine buoy was a challenge, to say the least. It was dark (no moon), it seemed the entire shoreline was lit up, making it almost impossible to see the boats anchored in front of us (most without any lights on). Finally, after a couple of close calls, we dropped anchor, shut down motor, and were greeted by a cacophony of noises from shore, mostly loud music from the local night clubs...went below and most of the noise was blocked by our wood hull. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The following we got on the VHF radio and called the harbormaster for customs clearance. They came out by launch, boarded, had us fill out forms, asked appropriate questions, and cleared us in. Told us we would have to go into town to get immigration to stamp our passports. We hung out on the boat, getting it changed over to "in-port" condition. That evening, Rainbow's Shadow pulled in after dark, and we talked them in so they would not have to go through what we did.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The following morning, we got mooring ball assignments and headed into the actual harbor where we would through the entirety of our 28-day visit here. In company with Adrian and Christina (Rainbow's Shadow), we drove our dinghys to the dinghy dock, hiked downtown and found (after asking a number of locals) the building that housed the Immigration Office. We finally realized why hardly anyone knew the building....they don't have to immigrate.... More forms to fill out, got passports stamped. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The mooring field (Shakedown about center of photo)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hiking up the hill towards the supermarket.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Walking around up the backside of town (town and harbor<br />off to the right)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Got to top of the hill. Building on left is the women's<br />correctional center</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The beginning of the "big box" stores (as opposed to<br />the million tourist shops along the harbor road)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The local equivalent to Home Depot....very big and full<br />of building materials and tools</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Always something to fix!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Adrian standing by to catch falling bodies</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Behind Rainbow's Shadow is one of the numerous now-<br />deserted boats that did not avoid disaster during Cyclone<br />Pam, two years earlier</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Another view of the mooring area and downtown</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">One of the sunsets viewed from Shakedown</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Night life in the harbor</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">More of the mooring area looking back towards entrance</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We returned to Shakedown to find most of our things on deck and in the cockpit had been stolen. Were were only gone about four hours! Talk about disappointment! Best we could determine, it was a simple snatch-and-grab, since no break in had occurred. Missing were a 5 gallon jug of diesel fuel, our Honda 2000 generator, the "dinghy bag" containing tools, spare propellers, etc. for our dinghy, and other smaller items which would require replacing. Pretty dismal way to end our otherwise enjoyable stay. Now it was time to get out of here. When weather seemed appropriate, we departed Port Villa, and lifting our spirits, we knew next stop would be Australia!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>SailShakedownCruisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09951753725788555156noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047114337631096419.post-8477873128978616462019-05-11T20:14:00.000-07:002019-05-11T20:14:26.626-07:00Fiji Part IV<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Forgot to put in a few photos of Cousteau's Resort (owned by son of famous Jacques Cousteau) where we spent two nights at anchor and had a bit of fun....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">After spending a few days making our way south along the western side of the big island, we spent a night outside the entrance to Vuda Point to take the dinghy into the small harbor (and boatyard) to make arrangements to haul out and get the hull made pretty again. Our friends Adrian and Christine had already departed for Musket Cove, and we let them know we'd catch up the following day as there wasn't room in the boatyard for us just quite yet. We were scheduled for about a week out. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here's the island (Malolo Lailia) Musket Cove is located, <br />some 20-odd miles west of the big island</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We purchased a membership in the Musket Cove Yacht<br />Club (for $10), good for our lifetimes. Membership<br />Numbers: 19,012 and 19,013</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lots of room to roam during low tide</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The mooring field where just about every boat on the<br />island hangs out</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Time to leave Musket Cove behind and head back to Vuda Point to haul out on the 14th. Back in Savusavu, our diver Ezra had warned us of the numerous holes in our keel board, so we made that issue a priority for the haul out, as well as new bottom paint so we would into Australia with as little fuss as possible. Little did we realize that having a few worms would cause such a crisis when the local bio-inspectors were informed (by some unknown individual(s) which resulted in </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">quarantine </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">and </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">a shutdown of all work for four days). Turned out that the culprits were indeed just ordinary sea worms, and we were permitted to resume operations....we also replaced the bob stay, which is a length of chain attached at</span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> front end of bow sprit and front of the keel, very near the waterline. Also had time to get the carpenters into the aft head and replace the floor (sole).</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We found out that our Norwegian friends Halvar and<br />Ann-Helen (s/v Wilhelm) had "lost" their dinghy, having<br />split at all the seams and not repairable. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since we had an extra 8ft. dinghy that we'd probably<br />never use again, we gave it to this young couple, who<br />were ecstatic to say the least. But forced $200 on us.<br /></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Discussing some finer points of progress</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lifting boat and moving supports to gain access to<br />more of the keel board</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Watching the relocating exercise</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">How to balance a boat on the hard</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ripping off more of the keel board (worm board...so named<br />due to its sacrificial nature...let the worms eat it, and leave<br />the remainder of the hull alone)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ladder up and ready for use again</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Always test the ladder, boss</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ladder test successful!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The old worm boards (two 1x6" mounted in Mexico)<br /> finally removed and single new board (3x6") replacing them</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Two 21-ft. boards end to end completes project</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The pulpit boards (also installed in<br />Mexico) had rotted away at both<br />ends and need replacing</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Adrian and Christine's boat, m/v Rainbow's Shadow<br />keeping us company at the bar and restaurant most days,<br />awaiting our return to the water so we can move on west</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Path around the ring of boats</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hull is getting close to final inspection of primer<br />coats (silver/gray) before bottom painting (black)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Passing, and saying goodbye to our relaxing spot and<br />outdoor movie theater</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We headed north and dropped anchor near the (second largest) city of Lautoka and next to s/v Rainbow's Shadow. The morning of the 31st, we moved nearer the commercial harbor, anchored, joined Adrian and Christina to get supplies (mostly food stuffs). After dropping our goodies off at our respective vessels, took the dinghy over to the Customs Office to clear out of Fiji. Unfortunately, the process took a bit longer than expected, as we (Shakedown crew) learned that we had overstayed our Fijian visas by almost 30 days! It's now 1600 on a Friday afternoon. The office at the harbor cannot fix it. A cab was quickly arranged by the office staff, the skipper was driven to the downtown Customs office, only two people left therein. The head of the office had (luckily) been notified of my imminent arrival. She spent more than 20 minutes attempting to contact someone in the capital city of Suva to obtain an authorization number to create a document to keep me out of jail and get me out of the country! Having failed to obtain said "approval", she asked me if I could leave Fijian waters today, to which I replied affirmatively. She further asked if she could email me the document on Monday, after she got approval for issuing it. Again, same response. She sent me on my way, taxi having waited for me, and after returning to the harbor, getting our passports stamped, they started locking up, and we skedaddled right the heck out of there, got back to the boats, took a deep breath, started engines, and took off in a "cloud of dust, and a hearty Hi-Ho Silver, AWAY!" </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>SailShakedownCruisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09951753725788555156noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047114337631096419.post-21158311252550364522019-05-08T15:51:00.000-07:002019-05-08T15:51:19.669-07:00Fiji part III<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">January, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We finally got a chance to take the ferry from Savusavu to Suva, the capitol of Fiji, on the thrice-weekly ferry service connecting the two islands. We got a ride with Shane and his wife Tamara and towards the very end of the month, we both had birthdays.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hiking into town after parking car. But first, we visited<br />with Shane's sister and killed some time before businesses<br />opened for another day of trading.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Unfortunately, we had to return to the ferry landing (being required to be in the loading zone not later than 1630). We arrived on time, finally drove aboard about 1800, then sat around waiting (in first class once again) to depart. Apparently, the departure was delayed awaiting a truck hauling something important (maybe). We finally left a bit after 2200 into the face of a storm, sending green water over the windows in first class compartment....very uncomfortable all night, and the cold steel floor was still uncomfortable...duh. No more ferry trips planned....forever.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">February,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Engine parts arrived (from </span><i style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">France!</i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>)</i>, and the mechanics all jumped on the motor parts and started putting in back together. By this time (since it was dismantled back in November), the parts were spread all over the shop, slowing the process of rebuilding because of the searches for various pieces, nuts, and bolts....and we were fortunate when </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">tropical storm Gita hit the southern part of Fiji. We just got a lot of rain and some extra wind (topping out at one 50-knot gust. Nobody in our "hurricane hole" felt any need to worry. The moorings were as advertised.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> The engine finally got back together, tested and painted. There were a few bolts missing here and there, but they weren't "critical". Time to drop it back into the engine room....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">March,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Engine is back in boat, attached to propeller shaft, fuel, cooling water, electrical connections, control cables, liquids added (oil and cooling water). After starting and some minor adjustments, engine ready for duty once again! We departed the work dock and drove the boat under its own power to the mooring. What a relief..</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We departed Fiji on the 18th to fly to California for Mom's 90th birthday party.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Spent some two weeks in the States and attempted to fly back on the 30th. Upon arriving at the gate for our return (round-trip) flight, we were informed we could not board because we did not have a round trip ticket. We argued we were using the second half of our ticket. Not good enough for the LAX folks. We explained we had sailed to Fiji, our boat/home was there, and we were just trying to get back to it. One of the other attendants saw our dilemma, pulled out here cellphone, called the Fiji Customs office (in the middle of the night Fiji time) and spoke to the person on duty there. She passed the cellphone to me, I spoke with the guy at the other end, gave him all the correct codes, he asked to be put back on with the attendant, they spoke briefly, she hung up, they let us board...whew!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">April,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Due to the flight time and crossing over the international dateline, we got back to Savusavu on Sunday, the 1st. Our ride was not waiting for us. We had a difficult time getting a taxi, since it was Sunday, and Savusavu is normally void of any businesses being open or cabs working. After about an hour, the local airport operator called a friend (who owned a cab) and talked him into coming out to get us. We were robbed...solar panels, cellphones (broken into). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Cyclone Keni came near, but we again escaped any serious effects. Our new inverter/charger (Xantrex XC2000) arrived and installed, replacing our old (14 years) Freedom 30, which stopped charging. We replaced the "window" </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">(which had been temporarily repaired with clear packaging tape) </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">that was torn in the storm back in October. We moved Shakedown to the working dock at end of month to make some repairs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We also hired a carpenter to assist with locating and repairing the numerous leaks caused by rotting or broken sections of the "roof". Ezra (who did our bottom cleaning) became assistant to Tuti (his uncle and carpenter) in this effort. It was also a long and seemingly (for us anyway) painful process. The starboard rub rail was also removed and hull in that area patched. Then the entire hull was painted by hand by Ezra. We were always teasing Tuti about finding a small hole and making a large one from it and then fixing the larger hole....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As we were getting closer to a potential departure from Savusavu, we found out we needed a cruising permit in hand in order to visit any other islands in Fiji. It wasn't hard to get one, and in hind sight, could probably have done without it, but why chance some unknown wrath of the Fijian </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">government. While we were waiting for the permit, we started cleaning up our mess from the construction, packing supplies away, making the ship ready for the open sea and taking an evening off to join the few other cruisers for a "full moon" gathering</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Am trying to play catch-up with the blog....stay tuned for last portion of our stay in Fiji.....</span>SailShakedownCruisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09951753725788555156noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047114337631096419.post-89923753348526445132018-11-25T10:42:00.000-08:002018-11-25T10:42:26.131-08:00The Fiji Islands, Part II (December 2017)<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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We spent the month of December attached to our mooring ball (#14), out and away from the marina dock and safely tucked between land and a large reef. Even when the wind blew fairly strongly, the waters remained calm, with little more that 6-inch ripples tickling our hull.<br />
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Now that the engine was out of the boat, and the dismantling completed, it was time to take a road trip to the other side of the island and the city of Lambasa (third largest in Fiji) to look for engine parts to rebuild the lower end. Turns out that number four piston was totally frozen and required a hydraulic press to free it.<br />
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Having stopped at some 20 auto parts stores, we came up with zip. I was assured the search for piston rings, head gasket, and those type of things would continue.<br />
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Meanwhile, it was time for the kids to arrive for Christmas vacation! Steven and Liz arrived at the Savusavu airport from Nandi airport on the big island (Viti Levu).<br />
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Spent Christmas day at a local village. Actually, the village was over an hour and a half away by pickup truck. The village name is NASASAIVUA, in the province of KUBULAU BUA. We were invited to spend the day, which ended up being one of the highlights of our time in Fiji...<br />
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The visit seemed, as always, too fast. But we had fun, they got to see some new stuff, and we got to see them. What a great year to finish up 2017!<br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">Finally, after some 6,000 miles of sailing without an engine, we woke up tied safely to the dock at the Savusavu Marina, Vanua Levu Island, Fiji. We got settled in, got through the customs/immigration/biosecurity check-in process, and decided to go exploring on foot just to get an idea of where we were, and what we can expect....we walked out to the road and turned left....</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This must have been laundry day, as many<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Quite a hike up this hill. Good thing the hospital<br />
was actually up there in case we needed it.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nancy still coming up</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hospital entrance</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Heading back through village...their version<br />
of setting out trash for the garbage collectors</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New home under construction</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The gas station</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Back to the marina. Not quite what was<br />
advertised on the web...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The local machine shop</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The administration building and Veterinarian's<br />
office.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The marina office</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The haul out facility (catamarans only)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Access to <u>the</u> dock</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another view of haul out and "yard"</td></tr>
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Then it was time to do a little exploring by dinghy to get a better picture of our surroundings and how we get our "car"(dinghy) into town.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The dock and yard from the water side</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Abandoned "whaler" partly on the shore</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Heading down the "creek" with Nawi Island<br />
to the right and boats moored in front of<br />
town to the left</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcSln6_jXvSlZkETJQhIkS-sJ-bm6zYnRXcl25qPb6dROm9XQNhBTKQFPGlAbrwXg_4HbcVSkntCO_W8PgS5ex8hRE6BQFHVdKxRpQ3XR3vBnowhXlHCXrMPzIyFh8S8jrSB6GZuqapjgQ/s1600/image131.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="697" data-original-width="1238" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcSln6_jXvSlZkETJQhIkS-sJ-bm6zYnRXcl25qPb6dROm9XQNhBTKQFPGlAbrwXg_4HbcVSkntCO_W8PgS5ex8hRE6BQFHVdKxRpQ3XR3vBnowhXlHCXrMPzIyFh8S8jrSB6GZuqapjgQ/s320/image131.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A somewhat derelict boat tied off to mangroves</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A dock to tie up to near the beginning of town</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Surf and Turf restaurant</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The restaurant owner's dock, which we found<br />
out was there specifically for cruisers convenience</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Walking along an "exercise" path towards town</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nawi Island</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The exercise path and equipment along it</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Still on the path</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Billboard marketing</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Taxi Stand at center of town</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Store fronts, Virtually all businesses are owned<br />and/or operated by Indians (from India)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The main road through town; a section of<br />the highway that connects to other towns<br />on this island.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bus "depot" and local cellular provider,<br />
Vodaphone</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More storefronts</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bus depot adjacent to taxi stand</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Surf and Turn restaurant open for business</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We thought we'd try it</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The view was nice</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The food was superb...<u>definitely</u> coming back!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Heading back to the boat looking over our<br />
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Time to get the main engine out of the boat...what a surprise!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The captain pushing Shakedown with our<br />
dinghy, which is tied fore and aft to boat. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Helmsman Benny and mechanic<br />
Luka manning the cockpit</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Passing the Copra Shed marina on the way<br />
to the Ferry wharf</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fellow cruiser Jamie, adding propulsion<br />
power from the starboard side of Shakedown</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Savusavu town behind us now</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The "end tie" to the wharf </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ferry left previous day. Making ready to haul<br />
the engine out. Nancy and Shane (machine<br />
shop owner) look on</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Luka and Benny securing hoist to engine</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Engine out and being loaded on truck to take<br />
it to Shane's shop</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sem (mechanic) ready to go back to shop and<br />
tear down the engine</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Time to shove off and head to our mooring</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">As stated in last post, we are indeed here....it has been only nine days, but we've learned a lot, and are shocked and amazed at how quickly our engine problem has been attacked. Two and a half months in both Nuku Hiva and American Samoa resulted in zero progress in repairing our main engine. We expected even less here in the tiny town (pop. 3,300) of Savusavu. But the engine is out of the boat, with a promise to have it </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">fixed "soon"..</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">So far, so good.....</span></div>
SailShakedownCruisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09951753725788555156noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047114337631096419.post-37471578122990300772018-01-11T14:54:00.000-08:002018-01-11T14:54:05.823-08:00American Samoa to Fiji, Nov 12-20<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">12th - Finally got out of American Samoa! Got pulled off the dock at 1025 this</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> morning, getting a tow from Andy Wearing with one of his charter </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">fishing boats. We are now about to pass the outer marker (Buoy 1). We </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">4.2 miles closer to Fiji!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">13th - Well, after we retrieved the tow line, we've ambled along with just </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">staysail and mizzen sails up. Took awhile to remove the bimini from the </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">dodger, as well as the stainless support bar, so that the main sail boom had </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">clearance to operate effectively. Finally got main raised, providing </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">additional speed. Had one more to go, and after another 45 minutes or so, </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">raised our heavily modified jib sail, which looks like a small kite now, at about </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">1/3rd its original size. It added speed but looks kind of funny.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We started moving along quite nicely, but our wind indicator crapped out </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">again, so we don't have the normal wind speed and direction read outs on the chart plotter. Need to get it </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">fixed. Got through yesterday and overnight quite nicely. This morning's </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">sunrise gave us pause, as we could see a 360 degree vision of thunder </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">heads. At 1030 this morning, it seem they ALL decided to visit us, one right </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">after another. This procession lasted until 1220! We have never seen this </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">much water fall from the sky for so long, ever.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And to top it all off, after the </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">initial surge of high wind gusts, it left us with zero wind!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So here we sit, rocking on waves, all the sails creating a ruckus as a result, </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and we're not happy. We did, however manage a 24 hour total of 98 miles to </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">this point. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Drying out....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">14th - Late yesterday afternoon was much better after the storm and </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">doldrums. Wind finally picked up some, we dried the boat, towels, </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">etc. New generator (Yamaha 2600) got a few hours break-in time. Sun set, </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">stars came out, moon rose at 0250 this morning, and the sky was crystal </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">clear. Our Sayes Rig steered the boat from end of storms through noon </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">today, and will continue on until we are close to land or need course change.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">15th - Surprisingly enough, the past 24 hours has been a calm, good-weather </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">sailing experience. The only complaint is not enough wind to get is to our </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">destination in time before the wind is totally gone. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We still have some 370 miles to go, and can't go fast enough to get to </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Savusavu by Friday as we'd hoped for. So we'll just have to see how it </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">goes in the meantime.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We're still trying to keep ourselves amused/busy while we're on our </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">scheduled four-hour watches, which USED to be hand steering the boat.....</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A beautiful sunny morning. Dried some towels, made 25 gal. water, </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">heating water heater for noonish showers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">16th - Yesterday was about as good as we've ever seen. Steady breeze, </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">sunshine, stars at night....we both had plenty of opportunity to sleep and </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">rest, as the steering vane took the steering off our agendas. We sailed </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">lazily at a 3.5 - 4 knots.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We were in touch (texting) with our friends Trevor and Kimi on Slow Flight. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">They left Fiji about the same time we left Am. Samoa. They were about 565 </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">miles north of New Zealand. They informed us they were in high winds, their </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">rail in the water (heeled over pretty far) and were doing 7-8.5 knots, and bad </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">weather was coming up. We asked them to share their wind. They informed us </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">they had begun blowing some northwards.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The old adage, "Be careful what you wish for", slapped us aside the head. At </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">0645 this morning, we had to disengage the steering rig. It just couldn't </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">handle the wind. For the next five hours, WE were heeled over dramatically, </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and making 7-8 knots while fighting with the wheel to level off. Then another </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">gust came and over we'd go, repeating the level-off fight....and so on...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">About noon, things calmed down somewhat, but the waves created by this </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">wind will continue to rock us fairly violently for the rest of the day. We did </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">make our best 24 hour distance yet this trip, logging 116 nautical miles. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">About 250 miles to go, with 390 behind us....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">17th - Yesterday afternoon started deteriorating about dinner time. Not going </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">to build up on it, but by 2210, we were up the proverbial shit creek. I had </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">just gone to bed an hour and a half earlier. Nancy woke me up by ringing the ship's bell and screaming "All hands on deck!!!!", and I </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">realized we were hard over to port and the sayes rig was engaged but not holding course</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">. I disengaged the rig and relieved Nancy at the </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">helm while she scrambled around below decks to deal with the leaks. It was </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">pitch black. I was pulling the rudder to port as hard as I could to get the </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">boat back on even keel. Wasn't happening! The wind just kept increasing, </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">the gusts getting stronger.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Now I was getting worried about any additional increases in wind speed. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Our port side decks had disappeared and the cap rails </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">were not visible behind the racing water. Heard a few things crashing below and was awaiting our </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">wind fate. The wait was short. We got broadsided from starboard with </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ferocious wall of wind. I couldn't believe that the boat could tip over further </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">without us being knocked down. So many things flew from their respective </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">storage spaces, it sounded like a small house being turned upside down! Nancy, hanging on for dear life in the galley announced water was rising in the galley sink...coming up from the drain...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In the cockpit, lots of stuff went flying, but it wasn't until the wind eased off </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">just a little and flashlight was located, that I noticed a milk crate containing some electric </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">tools and various parts jumped its barrier, flew across the cockpit, right </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">through the strataglass "window" and over the side. Looking back at "the wall" event, </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I could stand by the wheel, hanging on for life, and look straight down into </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">the sea. Pretty amazing stuff.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Anyway, fought this storm for just shy of six hours. The prevailing westerly </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">trade winds had started blowing down from the north. This storm literally drove </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">us 20 miles south to the beginning of Fiji outer islands. It had the markings of </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">a mini cyclone...a big entrance, a period of quiet, lightning, and a big exit. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This morning we were forced to turn around and sail 20 miles north to get </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">into Nanuku Passage, heading into the teeth of the winds that brought us </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">down there, albeit, only 20 to 26 knots on our nose....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Just before we got to our turning point, we got slammed by a similar storm, </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and then a trainload of smaller ones. Went through two as I was trying to </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">write this...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Well, we have logged 605 miles now. Hopefully we'll be at rest at a dock. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The good news is that, having expected doldrum conditions, these storms </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">are giving us a boost....whoopie, huh?.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">At 0745 this morning we're trying to struggle along with 6-7 knot breeze, </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">squeezing out about 1-1.5 knots of boat speed. Hope wind improves during </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">the day or we might miss Thanksgiving in Savusavu....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Some wind finally showed up at 1830, so got to point the boat in the right </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">direction, trim the sails, and engage the Sayes Rig by 1855. We've got </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">about 13-14 knot winds from the SE and we be making 3-3.5 knots boat </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">speed. Got another 55 miles or so to go. Just hope this wind hangs around </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">long enough to get that far.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">(19th disappeared! We crossed over...!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">20th - Got nailed by three more storms during the night. But </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">they pushed us forward in 25+ knots for about 14 miles before leaving us </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">stranded with zero wind. So we took the slow train backwards with the </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">current. A couple of hours later some positive wind, 10 kt came along. Sun </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">rose, wind a bit stronger.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We are now about 4 hours from out pickup point where dinghies will tie up </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">along side and escort us under power to the dock. More later. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">By the way, we've crossed the International Dateline. It is Monday here, </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">GMT +12! We sent a message via our Iridium email to the nice folks at Savusavu Marina:</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">As of 0800 local time, we are located 20 miles southeast of entrance to Suvasuva Bay. Barring any further assasination attempts by relatives of this morning's (0030) three squalls, and wind/breeze holds up, we might be able to get to dock by sunset today, with your assist....</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Our position at this time is S 16 58.996, W 179 33.681</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We managed to get enough wind to get into Savusavu Bay, and with Curly's help with dinghy propulsion and navigation, we tied up at the Marina dock a little </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">before dark. We have landed!!!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Q" flag is hoisted. Have to stay aboard until </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">tomorrow, when all the officials climb aboard and inspect and check us onto </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">the country. Then we will be able to jump ship and find some beer to drink. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We also found out that yes, it is GMT + 12 here, but it's also daylight savings, </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">so now, GMT+13. But it is the end of day, Monday.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We were treated to a beer by our new neighbor, Cookie. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We're tired and looking for an entire night of restful sleep.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Tomorrow, we wake up in Fiji, securely tied to a dock.....</span><br />
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SailShakedownCruisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09951753725788555156noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047114337631096419.post-30950072211800402712018-01-10T15:11:00.000-08:002018-01-10T15:11:36.753-08:00American Samoa 27 August - 11 Nov 2017<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">8/27 - Crews from sailing vessels Terrapin, Slow Flight, Pickles, and MonArk came out to greet us </span>at the "dog leg" in Pago Pago harbor, attach their dinghies to, Shakedown and guided us to our anchoring spot. Some of them also climbed aboard, jumped up and dropped our sails and made ready to anchor. </span>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">8/28 - Took Nancy to hospital this morning to try to find cause for her fainting spells (back on 8/18 </span>while still at sea), loss of blood, headaches, and dizziness when trying to stand or even sit up. The ER doc tested her and determined still bleeding internally...diagnosis: upper GI issue (most likely stomach) . Doc also suspect low hemoglobin. Blood taken & tested. Low hemo. Nancy will stay overnight, awaiting remainder of bloodwork and blood typing for possible blood boost or transfusion. Doc told us all blood shipped in from U.S. American Red Cross (it's not local).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">8/29 - Nancy is in the Surgical Ward Room #7, LBJ Tropical Medical Center. I visited this a.m. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and p.m. This morning she was already hooked up to her third bag of blood. Like at a gas station, </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">they're "filling the tank up". This afternoon, her fourth and last (for now).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">She's in good spirits but as everybody does complains of lack of sleep....and no food or liquid, but </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">she got liquid lunch of bullion soup, jello, and flavored water. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">She now has her ebook and mp3 player to keep her mind occupied. There is no TV or even a </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">clock. The blood pressure goes on every 15 minutes during first part of blood bag then dialed </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">back to every 30 minutes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We think she is scheduled for upper AND lower GI tomorrow....I go in earlier tomorrow to meet the </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">doctor (surgeon) before they move forward....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">8/30 - Nancy looking much herself this morning with color in her face and hands. Hemoglobin up </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">to 11 (from 6)...thats good. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">She got a Samoan roommate at 0300 this morning, along with as much family they could squeeze </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">in. She didn't like all the noise so she plugged mp3 player into her ears and drowned it out. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">She now scheduled for endoscopy late morning tomorrow. Resting up for it and stabalizing today.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Meanwhile, I got us checked in with customs and immigration, then found a new laptop...and </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">bought it. First brand new one for us in 13 years, because....</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It rained overnight and the external keyboard I was </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">using, the laptop keyboard having crapped out a month ago, got water in it and now IT is crapped out as well</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">!......</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Stopped by hospital again around 1630 to check in with Nancy. She's bored but looking forward </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">to getting it over with. Might get released tomorrow late afternoon</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I spent some time getting the lay of the land bus tour with "guides" Trevor and Kimi, off the boat </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Slow Flight. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">View from Sadie Thompson's Inn, where we were having<br />lunch at the Goat Island Restaurant next door</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">8/31- Nancy is back aboard Shakedown as of 1645!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">9/1 - Well, what a turn of events. Nancy gets discharged Thursday, I go to ther this morning with a 104 fever....had been increasing every morning past four days. Diagnosis: Pneumonia! Spent </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">almost entire day waiting for somebody in ER to see me. Got xrays which confirmed the Doc's </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">suspicions. Drugs for a week...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">9/2 - Nancy still get dizzy spells. We'll call the doctor tomorrow. Other than that, we've spent the entire first week at the hospital.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">9/3 - Well, we are still alive and kicking....just not very fast. Nancy still getting dizzy when she stands up...will confer with doctor on Monday. I am taking codeine reinforced cough syrup, Tyelnonl, </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and 7-day treatment of antibiotics. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Mostly sitting around reading or watching portable DVD player (Nancy). A couple of friends came </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">over and helped get our dinghy in the water.....Finally! They will probably be heading out tomorrow </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">for Tonga so our taxi service goes away as well. Good to know our "car" is in the water and </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">engine works.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Been raining quite a bit and it appears we have some new leaks...the fun never stops. I can't do </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">much until the fever releases me and I don't go into coughing spasms every time I take more than </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">a shallow breath....perhaps tomorrow will be better.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">9/4 - Still recovering. Should be able to get to shore tomorrow to pick up a few things.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">9/5 - After more than half a day of searching and bus riding all over, found the missing link and stove is now back in operation. Dinner by stove vs. Microwave!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">9/6 - Diesel generator decided to not start this morning, prompting me to tear down Honda 2000 </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">again to complete the harness connection as it should be. 90 minutes later it was running just fine. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Charged batteries. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Ran two more loads of laundry. Rain delays extending drying times.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I went for bus trip to ACE Hardware. What a refreshing change of pace! It was fairly large (see mini </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Home Depot) and had a surprising selection of stuff....including laptops, furniture suites, Bed, </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Bath & Beyond stuff.....taking Nancy next time for sure.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">On return trip, stopped at hospital and left note for Nancy's aftercare doctor that we need to see </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">him soonest. She still dizzy getting up. Never know if I gotta grab her or not....for the time being, </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">she's safe in lazy boy or bed.....</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'm down to my last 2 days of antiobiotics...had to pick up some OTC cough syrup though. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We be hanging tough</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">9/9 - Not too much happening. Fixing electrical issues, taking local buses to various stores that </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Nancy had yet to experience. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Had to buy extra beer today. They are not allowed to sell beer on Sundays here (Island-wide). </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Very religious population. </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Nancy sees doctor Monday to discuss her bouts of dizziness. All that extra blood didn't fix issue, </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">apparently.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">9/25 - Today we showered and then drove the dinghy in high winds to the dock. Walked about two </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">miles for the exercise....then we hopped on a "Tofuna" bus (Tofuna being the destination, not type </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">of bus). We were going deaf from the noise (bass) from the radio (which is typical, but not this </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">bad) , so we got off at the "Blue Sky" phone store stop.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The same building housed a Carls Jr. Burger joint where we went for lunch. Way better than </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">McDonalds! Then we walked around the "mall" and, another surprise, found a miniature </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Montgomery Wards (2 story) department store. I bought a couple of (on sale) local dress shirts. </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Nancy was like a kid in a candy store. BUT her purchases were severely limited by yours </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">truly....we still need to repair/replace an engine, after all....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Then, went through a new (to us) grocery store and were pleasantly surprised, as we found a </span>number of things that weren't available at Cost-U-Less. <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Then a quick trip to the Exchange at the US Army Reserve Center for a couple of small items and </span>back onto a bus back to Pago Pago. A good $200 day...even had a nice early evening on the "Lido Deck"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">9/26 - Today was a mess....pure and simple....This morning started with a early gust of wind that </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">seemed sure to rip our anchors right off the bottom. I saw a gust just nudging 40knots. Then </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">comes a torrential downpour that was deafening. This phenomenon presented itself all stinking </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">day long. </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">To top it off, the two solar panels up at the front of the boat stopped working, and then the Honda </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">generator died as well. Meanwhile, trying to get wires and cables moved in the engine room so </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">we can haul the engine out end of week. Just a mess all day long. </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Finally got generator going again, after about three hours. </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Day was done</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">9/29 - Month end tomorrow. Who woulda thunk it? </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Today, which was scheduled to be quiet and calm, was anything but. All plans for said scheduled </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">morning got washed and blown away.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We did live through it and it cleared up about 1100. Nancy managed two loads of laundry and </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">weather cooperated to let drying on clothesline become a reality.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In between loads, took bus to CompuWorld and retrieved Lenovo laptop with new keyboard. </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Works again. </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Another short trip to town to buy bread, cookies, and beer (sun was still out!) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Second laundry load hauled in dry just before dark. Have appointment to see an official with </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Marina here on Monday....maybe we'll get a place to park boat to assist with hauling engine. </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Meanwhile, gotta get at repairing main & mizzen sails. We may yet have to sail out of here.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">9/30 - Got old Lenovo set back up to talk to internet (has new keyboard now), then we went to </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Post Office to see what the weekly mail flight brought us. Just two packages, but we now have his </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">& her coffe pots again. Was a real pain sharing just one (since we have different tastes in coffee). </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> Also got backup Lenovo Stick (a cigarette pack size PC) for the movie theater. </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">We took those items back to boat and then jumped on bus to Tofuna, where the Cost U Less is. </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Lugged the groceries back to boat. Day just about over. Rain on and off all day. Glad we had our </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">umbrellas with us.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">10/1 - </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Put on my Sailmaker's hat and spent most of the day repairing the Mizzen sail. Eight of the 13 </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">track slides had to be redone. Big needle, heavy duty thread, razor blade to remove old captive </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">webbing for the slides, and reuse for new slude slugs. It was a pain, but needed to be done if we </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">were going to hoist this sale. Even found a tear in the sail, which got patched up with sail tape.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">10/2 - Now that we've been over a month, I finally met with the folks that supposedly run the </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">"marina" here. It's a mess, but I asked if they could reserve a spot for us for around the 18th, for a </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">week. Was told to check back in a week....</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We decided over the weekend that we've done run out of time to even attempt to haul the engine </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">to attempt repair. At the very best it would take six weeks, which is unacceptable now. So we'll </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">finish repairing the rigging and sails , get towed out into open water, and sail to our mooring ball in </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Savusavu, Fiji. Hopefully to arrive on Nov 1st or soon thereafter. Trip should take about 5 to 6 </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">days. We know they have actual boatyards for pleasure yachts there, so we'll take care of things </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We sent a limited Power of Attorney (POA) today to our good friend Paul Flyr in Port Angeles, WA </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">to get our boat ownership papers turned in and a new one issued with a US Coast Guard </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">mandated 12 digit Hull Identification Number. We had attemptef to renew our boat registration </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">online, as we'd done for the past 12 years, only to be told wasn't gonna happen because of the </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">new Coast Guard regulation. And the only way to fix it was to show up in person at a Dept of </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Licensing office in WA to fix it. Wasted a few shekels on phone calls, after idiotic responses to </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">email inquiries to the Dept of Licensing. Finally found out a POA was sufficient. Gotta love our </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Homeland Security programs, for whom the USCG is now a part of....</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The constant 20 to 25 mph (gusts to 30) is getting old, as are the rain showers. Can't plan a thing </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">from one day to another. We looking more and more to getting to Fiji.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">10/3 - Another crap day. Winds to 30, rain to flood all of the East Bay. Dark from the overcast. </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Just wanted to crawl back to bed until it was over....but alas, things needed to be done. </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Spent several hours trying to track down a power problem preventing our VHF radio from working. </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> Weather calmed down enough this afternoon to make a dinghy run into shore to buy some </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">electrical components. Rain held off just enough to get me to shore. Then came the one hour </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">downpour. Had umbrella with me. Feet and sandals got soaked anyway. During a break, </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">hightailed it back to the boat, turning umbrella away from wind and destroying it by turning inside </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">out...</span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">But the original issue VHF not resolved and becomes tomorrow's #1 problem.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">10/4 - Pretty much the same as yesterday, but had to go in with two empty 5 gal. gas jugs to keep </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">generator fed. </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Kept troubleshooting the problem of VHF radio not working. After determining appropriate </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">voltage was getting to radio, determined it had just died. Ordered a new one a few hours later. </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Rain on and off today...plenty wind. Looking to a milder tomorrow</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">10/5 -Nancy has bum knee (right) which has swollen quite large. Lazy Boy for her with leg raised. </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> No rain all day...good...hardly any wind....better.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">10/6 - </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">This morning became surprisingly calm after an initial standard morning blow topping out </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">somewhere around 30 mph. Stayed calm until early evening, when we got an unexpect 20 minute </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">deluge! Guess that would be a tropical rainstorm. Took about 25 bucket loads to empty the big </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">dinghy....gotta love paradise.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Went to store earlier because couldn't find bread yesterday (at normal haunts). Got back to boat </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">(Nancy still has bum knee) and had a late lunch sandwich with new bread. The Walker Bay got </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">hoisted and dropped (gently) over the side, emptying the water that way was easier than buckets.. </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> After reinstalling all the engine parts I had removed in preparation for a now "not happening" </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">removal from boat, washed off the grease and grime, got into Walker Bay late afternoon, and </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">started the long process of hull cleaning (mostly rust removal). Two hours today was enough for </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">today. At this rate, 10 more sessions at least....all weather dependent.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Moving stuff around on deck....still finding flying fish now dry dead bodies...beginning to dislike </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">10/7 - We went to the Post Office around noon. Way more people in line than we'd expected. </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Anyway about 30 or so minutes later we walked out with only one box from our mail forwarding </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">service. The nice lady in the back(where we stand in line) told us they had not finished sorting and </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">we should check again Tues (Monday being holiday - Columbus!)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Took our stuff and hopped on bus, getting off across street from DDW Cafe. Good lunch spot. </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Got back to boat around 1430, NJ watched Miss American Samoa pageant on TV while I went </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">over the side into Walker Bay and did some more work on hull. </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">About 1700, we got HAMMERED with wind. Hours later, we're till getting 30+ mph winds. Even saw</span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> over 40 a few times. One of our boat buddies broke loose and spent 45 min trying to reset </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">anchor. They finally did.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">10/9 - Nothing happened today. Locals celebrated Columbus Day first time ever. Nobody in govt, </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">banks, busses open/running. Just like Sundays. Wind/rain all morning until 3pm. A 90 minute </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">break then wet again.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">10/10 - Today was pretty boring...a cruise liner showed up, we visited the post office, took bus to </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">stores, and came back to boat.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">10/11 - Today was even.less productive. Another crruise liner showed up to replace yesterday's </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">visitors. Rain started right after its arrival and lasted until 1630. Had time to run to store, and get </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">back 15 minutes later, before rain resumed. Expecting a whole day of rain tomorrow.... boring.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">10/12 - At 0930, it has now been almost two hours of relentless downpour of tropical magnitude. I </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">had to drop the big dinghy back into the water to keep it from tipping us over more than </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">comfortable. </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">We haul the dinghy up in the afternoon along side by a halyard from top of main mast. Have made </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">a three point harness for this capability. Doing this reduces the amount of growth of barnacles, </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">and other sea muck on bottom of dinghy and power train of outboard motor. </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Anyway, there's so much water in the hypalon that it had pitched forward an was causing strain on </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">the halyard (rope) holding it out of the water. The other dinghy (Walker Bay) has filled up nearly too </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">the top, partly because I failed to pump it out from the previous two days of (much lighter) rain. </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">I did manage to get to shore to get 10 gallons of gas today during a lull.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We are leaking pretty bad in the galley area and over the navigation station. Both are under </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">lowest part of deck and I need some dry weather to try to stop the hemorraging. Unfortunately, 10 </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">day forecasts for the past week show nothing but the same! </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Needless to say, this crap has to cease. The island is NOT suffering from a drought!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">10/13- Spent lots of time with the red bucket standing in knee high water inside both dingies and </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">bailing out MANY gallons of overnight rain water. </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Had a meeting with a guy from MWR (Marina folks) named Malo. He's supposedly helping us get </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">a space in the "marina" for this coming Wednesday so I can complete rigging work. Now we have </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">another meeting Monday along with some other players. </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Rest of day reading and falling asleep.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">10/14 Today it was up at dawn, clean water filter, make 40 gallons of water. Off to the Post </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Office....they had nothing but said to come back Monday and the will be done sorting the boxes. </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">So off we went for a hike down to DDW Beach Cafe and had lunch. Light rain had begun. We </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">hung out under a building's overhang until it cleared. Jumped on a bus and went shopping for </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">boat parts and food. Took cab back to dinghy. Sun set 45 minutes later. Watching TV and </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">kicking back tonight.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">10/15 - Pulled the starboard main cap shroud chainplate (started 0615- finished at 1035) It got </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">bent when a storm tore off our remaining kayak enroute Am. Samoa. Took it up to Tufanu to </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Andy's Wearing's shop (Industrial Gas Supply) to get new one made. Andy told me I could get it back tomorrow. </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">So getting up early again and removing the forward upper and lower shroud chainplate to take to </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Andy's tomorrow when picking up today's delivery.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">10/16- The morning was wonderous...nothing but sunshine! Got into Walker Bay dink and spent a </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">couple of hours unwrapping our port anchor's rhode (rope) from main anchor's chain. Long story. </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">A couple of hours later, was successful. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Done with that, headed to Post Office to cash one of their checks for losing part of an Amazon </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">shipment. Also picked up the new VHF radio to replace the dead one.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Headed to our "chinese" store for eggs, onions...etc. We call it that because of the owners, and </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">it's a small convenience store that's within short walking distance from dinghy dock. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Opened door to leave and ran into a volley of liquid basketballs clobbering everything in sight. So </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">much for weather predictions. Spent two hours waiting for a break. Finally decided to brave the </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">elements and head for sanctuary at McDonalds. Got there in time to see the flooding which would </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">prevent the ordinary man to cross to get to his dinghy.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So I ordered a Happy Meal and ate it. Some of the flooding had subsided, so I ran for it just to </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">find the dinghy filled with water, and me with a water pump that barely works....</span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">I had purchased a 12 pack of beer, so I emptied it and the cardboard box became my bailing </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">bucket. Got about half the water out before box turned to mush. So I just fired up the outboard and </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">drove, half full of water, back to Shakedown. </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Two hours later, we're basking in sunshine! What a pain!.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">10/18 - It's almost 1930 and dinner just completed. It is POURING down rain, the generator </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">doesn't want to cooperate, so TV is off and energy conservation in effect. </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Most of the day was pleasant...very low wind, some periods of sunshine, 88 degrees and 85% </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">humidity. Went up the Mizzen mast to unhook top of broken topping lift. Also found a small pile of </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">problems to be tackled soon up there.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We took bus to Tafuna to pick up new chainplate and came directly back to boat. Chainplate got </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">light sanding and one side got painted with enamel undercoating. </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The manual toilet had a hissy-fit first thing this morning...it backfired big time and blew contents of </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">bowl straight and out all over yours truly. After cleanup, used shop -vac to empty the bowl. </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Something stuck in flushing mechanism. Will address that issue further tomorrow.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The overhead lights in the forward compartment blinked and went out. A couple of hours later, got </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">it rewired and we got our lighting back. </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">That's it for today. Good to have new Kindles for evenings like this.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">10/19- </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Met with the MWR rep again about securing a place to tie up for a few days. Malo again pushing </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">me out and now wants to meet again Monday. So back to the boat and collect the appropriate </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">blocks (pulley) to install at top of Mizzen mast.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">10/20- Although it rained during the night, the sun was peeking through this morning and hung </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">around all day, for a change. </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">We had appointment to see Dr. Robert Gayapa. A follow up for Nancy and just some Rx's for me. </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Got our medication refills and both of us have blood work tomorrow.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">We headed back to boat. </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Both of us had projects...NJ sanding and applying Cetol to caprail and belay-pin holder. I installed </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">new chainplate. Still needs coat of paint and shroud attachment.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">While at McDonalds earlier, we ran into some other cruisers....we all decided to meet for cocktails </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">during happy hour at Sadie's Hotel, which is just across street from marina. We showed up </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">about 1730 and found everybody already there (apparently happy hour started at 1600). Had a great time telling stories and sharing boat </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">tales and knowledge. </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">A good day.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">10/21- Another day has come and gone. We got up early to catch a bus to the hospital to get our </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">blood drawn. On the way back, stopped at DDW Beach Cafe for breakfast. Then we took a </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">casual walk to the post office, about 3/4 mile, Nancy tripped on the curb after crossing street, and </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">fell onto the sidewalk. No physical injuries, thank goodness, </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">but a few scratches that needed attention</span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> . Patiently waited in line for 1100 to </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">roll around and the back doors to open. Door opened and everyone was informed the cargo </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">plane was delayed and wouldn't be arriving until this afternoon. Back to P.O. Monday....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">10/22 - At 2pm, drove dinghy over to the docks to help tow a friend's (Chuck & Karen) sailboat away from </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">the boat he was rafted up to for a couple of days. The wind was blowing pretty hard, pinning him </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">to the other sailboat. Grabbed his tow line from the bow, rigged up a towing rig for the dinghy, and </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">tied tow line to it. All was good as they called for me to pull the bow out. Everything went well for </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">about 15 seconds, at which time they realized they hadn't dropped (untied) a third line to the dock </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">that was apparently forgotten. The scramble began, the wind was pushing me towards the rear of </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">their boat. I had to pull in their tow line to get me back up front where I belonged. The shout came </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">to pull before they hit the boat behind them. So I did, a little too quickly. The tow line went taught </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">quickly but when I threw out my towing rig, only one side made it over the outboard, the other side </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">wrapped around front. Needless to say, it was neither a pretty sound or sight. The pressure on </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">the front of the outboard was immense, and that part of the towing rig did some damage to the </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">outboard. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Managed to get the sailboat off, dropped their tow line, and soon thereafter, outboard died due to </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">wounds received in battle (fuel line disconnect). Another boater friend offered to tow me back to Shakedown. I </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">accepted. About 30 seconds after towing operations began, HIS outboard died. Some 25 </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">minutes later, the skipper (Chuck) of the sailboat that was pulled away, came by in his dinghy and ended </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">towing both disabled dinghies to our respective boats.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">10/23- This morning I spent about 4 hours working a fix for the receiving end of the plug that </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">connects fuel hose from gas tank to the outboard's motor. What fun gluing two pieces of the marelon </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">bracket together and then fabricating a metal backing plate for support. Our "car" is in operation </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">once again.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We then took the newly repaired dinghy to shore, visited the post office, then stopped by a store </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">and bought Nancy some locally grown clothes, then beer, then hardware store for a hose clamp, </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">then visited with the folks at MWR again about getting a spot in their "marina". We were told to </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">pull in tomorrow morning. So we'll try that.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We got a fair amount of downpours throughout the day, intermingled with sunshine. Getting </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">proficient bailing out the dink. Anyway, got back to boat around 1630, made water, pumped out, </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">hung up the dink, had a brief period on our "Lido Deck" until another shower forced us below, </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">dinner and a smidgen TV. Day is done.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">10/24- We are now tied to a quay near the marina. It took more than an hour and a half to get an </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">anchor up. We cut the line to the other anchor and tied a buoy to it for later retrieval. Long day. </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Were supposed to do this at 0800. Actual time was 1630. Long story....So, this is first time in </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">almost eight months that we're on a dock. Lots of work in the upcoming 7 days.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">10/30- Woke up to another raging storm; torrential rain, big winds (40 knot gusts), rough seas </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">inside harbor. It calmed down around 1000 and we hopped onto a bus for Nancy's 1030 Dr. </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">appointment to schedule a procedure (colonoscopy) on Wednesday morning to make sure </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">internal bleeding had indeed stopped.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We're getting pretty beat up at the dock and I can't get much done as far as boat projects go....and </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">they keep multiplying. Drain motor in Maytag washer stop working, preventing door from opening. </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> Nancy lost a pearl earring in the bilge back aft. Had to bail out both dinghies, which were both full </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">of water. </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Another bus trip to hospital pharmacy to pick up a 4 liter container of fleet for tomorrow evening's </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">drinking pleasure. Back to hospital by 0800 Wednesday for a 0930 photo shoot of lower gastric </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">tract (colon). </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">So today she's on a liquid diet, as well as tomorrow. Broth for her, Spaghetti for me. b</span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">ug juice for both of us.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">10/31- </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> We had a few more light showers throughout the day but enough dry time to finally </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">get the topping lift on mizzen mast/boom replaced. </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Climbed up the mast only to find my shackles didn't fit by about a millimeter. Climbed down, took </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">off my climbing gear and went to the local hardware store. They did not have what I was looking </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">for (as was case in numerous visits) but I cobbled a couple of things that I hoped would, at least </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">temporarily, do the trick. Climbed the mast again. It worked. Climbed back down. Had to spend </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">a little time getting the boom end right, but now have new topping lift doing its duty (holding the </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">boom up).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Bought a new portable generator today. It's a Yamaha 2600, which is a little more </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">powerful than the Honda EU2000, and will be a great backup to the Honda. Our diesel genset is </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">kaput until starter/solenoid, and oil switch can be replaced. </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Nancy is busy taking her 4 liters of "go" juice in preparation for tomorrow morning's colonoscopy. </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Whoopie!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This was the first and last time we saw this tree....<br />it was chopped up and removed from the premises!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">11/1- Whadda day! Got up at 0600 and got showers out of the way. Left boat at 0730 to be at set </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">appointment at 0800 to check, get vitals, etc. Then we waited, in really cold waiting area (they like </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">their AC) until after 1130....procedure scheduled for 0930...then resked to 1115 or so. With </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">procedure completed, finally got out of there around 1315, jumped on a bus and headed for DDW </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Beach Cafe for lunch, where Nancy got to order a ribeye steak (and doggie bagging over half of </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">it). The results of the procedure were good.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">An unexpected storm hit us from the "wrong direction" so had to add some more bungee cords to </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">our tarps. Also paid for another 8 days at the dock. Hopefully the system that has the area void of </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">wind clears out in that time span. Besides, not finished with rigging repairs.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">11/2 - Having gone up the mizzen mast a total of four times (pant, </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">pant) the mizzen sail is mounted once again and ready for duty. Lazy jack (starboard) has been </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">put back into service as well. Beer on the Lido Deck</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">11/3- Yesterday was hot and calm and mostly sunny. The project was to sew the six track slides </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">back on to the main sail this time, having had LOTS of practice on the mizzen track slides. Only </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">took about four hours of uninterrupted effort to complete this project. Another hour to get </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">everything back to where it belonged. Now we have have three sails ready to go. Just need to </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">climb to top of main mast to put the jib halyard back through the block up there and re-attach it to </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">the jib sail. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Our friend Chuck (owner of the sailboat we pulled away from the docks) came over and copied </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">more of our movies. We shared leftovers with him and had a few more beers than we should </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">have.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">11/4 - Awoke this morning with fuzzy brain. There was zero wind, so went out and raised the </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">mizzen sail, with intention to bring it down in an orderly fashion as it should be. But, as usual, I got </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">stymied once again as a 10 knot wind, from wrong direction, magically arrived and prevented my </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">planned flaking of the sail as I lowered it. I ended up just dropping it and will be repeating the </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">event later. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Then we went shopping, getting back in time to join a farewell party for some of our cruising </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">buddies who are heading out on Monday for the Marshall Islands for Cyclone season.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">11/6 - Overcast and showers marked this entire day. Grabbed umbrella after friend Chuck came </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">over, and were offered by another friend, Greg of sailboat Beach Flea, a ride in his van out to </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">CompuWorld. Chuck needed a quick repair on his laptop, as he and Karen are sailing away </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">tomorrow for the Marshall Islands. I needed a new wifi adapter, but no luck there. We then caught </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">bus to Ace Hardware to get find some hose connectors, a new small frying pan, and another bath </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">towel. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We then bussed it back towards town, stopping at Carls Junior for lunch. Chuck was killing time </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">while the techs were diagnosing his laptop.</span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">After lunch, back on bus, stopping to drop Chuck off and me continuing on to the Post Office to </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">find a new drain pump for the Maytag washer waiting for me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">11/7- This morning's GRIB download showed favorable winds starting Saturday and forecasted to </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">hang around until we arrive Savusavu, Fiji, some 1100 kilometers west-southwest. So, looks like </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">we leave here Saturday morning (fingers crossed). And since Friday is a holiday, which I </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">accidentally found out today, have to check out of the country Thursday....</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Got up the main mast right after lunch today, rained all morning, and got the jib halyard re-hung </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">through the block (pulley) from which it had unravelled. Got the jib sail hanked onto the forestay </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">and all is well there. Now ALL four of our sails are ready to play! (Actually, it's only 3.5 sails, as </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">the lower half of the jib was cut away in the Nuku Hiva repair...)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Have bilge pump issues to deal with, washing machine, VHF radio to install, and dinghies to clean </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">and get aboard. To say nothing of having to put everything away....including a couple of large </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">tarps.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">11/8 - Got lots of things done today, starting with a 0530 replacing a bungee for the front starboard </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">mooring line. Later, off we went in a mini bus to the laundromat to get what we needed to get </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">cleaned. Washing machine will be fixed in triage fashion. Have more important jobs first. </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Nancy came back from laundry place (our Maytag still out of commission), I had finished scraping barnacles off both dinghies, so we </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">went across the street to Sadies and had lunch. Back onboard, time to get the decks cleared and </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">get both dinghies aboard. Got it done by 1630...Time for the Lido </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Deck.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">After we finally knocked off enough sealife (barnacles) off the anchor chain, started hauling aboard about 50 feet at a time on order to arrange the chain down in the chain locker. The overcast skies were thwarting our efforts at every turn, it seemed. Finally, got to wthin 100 feet of anchor still out. Got NJ into dinghy that I had previously tied both ends to port side of the boat. She would control power and tiller operations. Rain showers continued but during a lull, anchor finally released its grip of bottom some 55 feet below Shakedown and we were free. Nancy put the idling Tohatsu 8hp outboard in gear and gave it some throttle. We were underway on temporary power! (since our main engine lies dormant/kaput in the engine room).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The plan, after consultations with local knowledge, was to get the boat out to the edge of the bay, right before crossing over into the ocean, stop and pull motor off dinghy and get dinghy aboard the boat. Then raise a sail or two to get us out into ocean and start our journey.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Always expect the unexpected...there was no wind to carry out that last part of the plan. So if we stopped and completed the first part, we would be sitting there with no power and potentially drift into the rocks a few hundred yards to either side...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">But all of a sudden, a breeze popped up going generally in the direction we needed. So, having previously rigged the stay sail for the possibility of this maneuver, I scurried out to the foredeck, jumped up to the main mast, grabbed the correct halyard, and started handpulling the sail up. Got it to the top, cleated the halyard to the mast, and stood back looking at my quick handiwork.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The aforementioned breeze popped up again, nicely filling the sail....until I noticed...the halyards were racing out to meet up with the sails. They weren't supposed to do that! During the hectic morning, I had failed to secure these(two) lines to their respective winches, AND, forgot to tie stopper knots at the end of each, which would have stopped them at a pulley. Needless to say, there was a lot of activity gathering in the partially wet sail that dropped into the bay when I released the halyard. Spent the next 10 minutes or so untangling the sheets (rope) from themselves, the sail, and various appendages around the foredeck, finally re-routing them back to the cockpit winches and securing them. All this was done while constantly checking our location relative to the rocks. We slowly sailed a few hundred yards and the wind died again. Still hesitant to be totally without ANY propulsion, I elected to leave the dinghy where it was....another mistake...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Nancy climbed aboard, I dropped into the dinghy to remove fuel line from the outboard so it could burn up the fuel in the carb. It seemed to take a very long time. Later it dawned on me that I should have disengaged the fuel line from the engine instead of gas tank...ended up burning all the fuel in fuel line, including the primer bulb! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">So now we were sailing cautiously out of the bay between the "Sentries" Big rocks. The wind kept dropping down to zero, so we were alternating between drifting and sailing, and didn't want to lose the option that the dinghy could provide. So on we went....until suddenly, the wind shifts, has increased speed to over 20 knots with associated waves of 6 to 8 feet high. Now we have a problem....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The dinghy is smashing against the side of the boat's hull, the boat is rocking left to right. How will we the dinghy around the back and get the outboard off in THIS crap?!? So the boarding ladder goes over the side for Cap'n Hal to climb into the dinghy. Almost gets tossed out of it. With two long lines and a short one to use, Cap'n manages to use the lines to get around back after more than 20 minutes had gone by. Nancy has to bring him the forgotten adjustable wrench to unscrew the broken transom mounting screw, whose handle had broken off upon arrival in Nuku Hiva. Got that one loose, attempted the other using the installed handle...handle broke off. Attempted the 8" wrench to no avail. NJ had to go get the 14" adj. wrench, which, after a lot of coaxing managed to loosen this screw.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Now the tricky part...getting the lifting rig mated with the hoisting straps while there two boats are lifting and rolling next to each other in a most uncoordinated manner. Having tied a safety line to the outboard, we were pretty much insured of loss should something go amiss....after numerous tries, hoisting rig and lifting straps were joined. NJ started hoisting, the boat started rolling, the motor started flying and crashing numerous times into the side of Shakedown. Cap'n grabbed blade area in attempt to reduce swing and get motor up on its mounting bracket. But he couldn't hang on due to boat separations from wave action. NJ managed to use safety line to get motor to sit fast against the railing. She was exhausted. Meanwhile, an exhausted skipper still had to make the return trip in the dinghy to the boarding ladder and...get out. Not only were wind and waves involved, but the boat had picked up a little speed, the lone stay sail providing it (unattended). Wit</span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">h a </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">literary license here, it was an "epic struggle - man against the sea". The skipper finally got aboard after some 35 minutes effort. He completed making the motor fast where it was, then joined Nancy in a brief rest period. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">No additional sails were to be raised today, so we just sauntered along the southwest coast of the island, watching the dinghy following along side awaiting its fate. The fuel tank and the large wrench were still in it. Almost impossible to board it. Time to rig a new hoisting rig. Decided to just tie painter to hoisting halyard and just lift the dinghy and everything in it, since the fuel tank was secure and the wrench can be replaced. Up it came and was secured to aft coach roof just before sun went down....we sat and watch night come on. We did not lose wrench, but we did lose the seat board. By midnight, we had only managed to travel 22.1 nautical miles...the wind had died and we were once again adrift floating with the 1 knot current. (As a side note, during our 2-1/2 months at anchor, the boat travelled 440 nautical miles!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">This morning we were still with no wind. It picked up around 0800, and we had gained 5.6 miles of floating in current during the night. We spent entire night with all electricity off. Neither of the generators wanted to start and I was too pooped to care. Took a look this morning...start batt for diesel was low but didn't have enough house battery power left to charge it. Decided we could use Honda generator to provide charging power. Found water in the carb (again) and some piece of crud in spark plug gap. Went to pull starter rope and noticed rope cover had torn and there were only a few interior strands left. Told Nancy hopefully it'll start before it breaks. It didn't and it did!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Pulled fully charged main engine start battery, swapped it with genset battery. Started genset and let it push a full 20 Amps out to electrical consumers for three hours. Spent rest of day standing watch and trying to rest sore muscles and frizzled brains. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">At 1755 we reached 50 nm since anchor up....the rest of the journey, all 2,111 nautical miles of it was just more of the same. This time, instead of losing the port side kayak, as was the case in the voyage from Mexico to Marquesas, the starboard kayak got ripped off during one of many storms, but it only bent the chainplate about 45 degrees instead of ripping it off. That was a good thing.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is our self-steering apparatus.<br />We've owned it since 2007.<br />We decided to see if it worked.<br />It did!<br />Wondering what was wrong with us to<br />wait this long to stop this silly hand steering...<br /></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The mizzen sail track slides separated from the sail and<br />finally had to be dropped, as it wasn't helping by just flapping<br />around in the breeze....</span></td></tr>
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<br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We managed to keep ourselves amused by reading books or just watching the scenery (which gets old when all one sees is the ocean). We did have to disengage the Sayes Rig numerous times during squalls, because it just couldn't handle the sudden shifts and intensity of the winds. </span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The last nine days were to prove the worst of the trip. Nancy had fallen very ill, resulting in a bedridden existence until we got to port. The worst of the storms caught up to us with about 2 days left to go, giving the Captain an opportunity to hand steer for the last 19 or so hours in 35-45 knot winds. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Luckily, we were in contact with sailing friends who were awaiting our arrival in American Samoa, and they (with four dinghies), met us on arrival in Pago Pago harbor to help us limp in to a safe place to drop anchor. We had finally stopped.</span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
SailShakedownCruisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09951753725788555156noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047114337631096419.post-6799240435114069642017-10-20T12:49:00.000-07:002017-10-23T00:06:00.921-07:00Nuku Hiva<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We awakened to the thumping on our hull fairly early, it seemed. Dashing around to find some shorts and ascending the companionway steps into the cockpit, a dinghy with crew of Myaluga had arrived with a welcome pouch of continental breakfast...bread, eggs, coffee, etc. We thanked them profusely, had breakfast, then just looked around. It's May 18th, we are in the Marquesas, French Polynesia, anchored in 60 feet of water in Taiohea Bay, Nuku Hiva....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">During our stay in Nuku Hiva, we spent a great deal of time with the owner/operators of Yacht Services, Kevin and Annabella. We worked very hard together to get our engine working again. But alas, after 2-1/2 months, no fix was to be had. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Fruit market next to restaurant at the Quai</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As we were warned prior to our departure from Mexico, it was <i><u>expensive</u></i> here! Even with a fairly good exchange rate, it drained our piggy bank quite quickly. But since there was no place else to go, we just absorbed it with smile :) We were able to visit five different markets (Magasin) and found we had to visit almost all of them to get everything on our shopping lists, since they individually did not carry everything. It was interesting to note that most of the foodstuffs were canned or frozen, with the exception of the baguettes, which were fresh daily and could be had if you got there early enough. The fresh fruit market was also a fun experience and the fruits (and sometimes vegetables) were very reasonably priced. Beer (and any other alcoholic beverage) was out of sight, compared with what we're used to. An 11 oz. can of beer was $2.50 US. Everything we bought was brought in by the by-weekly ferry/supply ship. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Small market we nicknamed "the blue store"</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Looking out at the anchorage from the blue store</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The main road looking from front doors of the bank</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Part of the harbor scenery from the boat</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The local beer we brought back to the boat.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This bottle had a $.60 return fee attached</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">to it, so it behove us to bring it back to store.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Quai as seen from the blue store</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Walking up the hill from the blue store towards<br /> the hardware store</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Met a new friend along the way to hardware store</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Part of the fowl population...chickens everywhere!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The hardware store. Surprisingly well stocked.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The regular supply ferry on the left and cruise ship on<br />the right in the harbor, viewed from Shakedown.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Another view of the Quai </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A view of Shakedown way out there at anchor</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"The Map" created by Yacht Servies</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Nancy liked picking these up all the time</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Walking along the water front</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Monument</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Another view of monument</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Heading up to a church (here looking back to harbor)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Believe this to be the largest church on the island</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Ornate front doors, which we found slide on rollers and<br />were unlocked</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The grounds around the church</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Stonework was intricate and trademark of area</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Inside the church </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">View of "town" from hill behind the Quai</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Up on the hill under statue of a<br />Tiki and her protector</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Had to get the Captain into the act</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The anchorage from 'tiki hill"</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The tiki from the front....what you would see entering<br />the harbor</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">What became a pretty steady staple for us during our<br />time in Nuku Hiva</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Out-riggers participating in a race as they paddled by<br />Shakedown</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Our tour guide and her van as six of us prepared to spend<br />the day seeing the sights on the other side of the island.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A good view of the bay and anchorage</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Although there was a lot of work and running around to do, we did take a day to go on a guided tour of some other parts of the island. We hooked up with crews of <i>Bright Moments</i> and <i>Elevation</i> and shared in the cost of the tour.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Nancy, Jill & Paul (s/v Elevation), our guide, <br />and Jim (elbow) & Linda (s/v Bright Moments)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">One of the north island inlets and anchorage</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A valley view on north side</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Another north island inlet. The village there is where<br />we were going to for lunch</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A spider flower (or some such latin verbiage)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Heading towards our luncheon</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">After lunch stroll along the waterfront</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Still strolling</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Strolled to this "quai" before turning around and getting<br />back into the van</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Saw a few of these "ancient" villages, and suffered<br />the mosquitoes living in the soggy ground</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There really weren't a lot of restaurants, so we mostly had our meals onboard, thus saving us probably considerable sums of money. Did we mention everything is expensive? Taking walks, when the opportunity and weather presented themselves, was a nice way to see the surrounding town.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Shakedown as seen from the beach on other side of Bay<br />from Quai </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Finding more shells</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Having climbed a large number of steps, we arrived<br />at the Pearl Lodge Hotel which consisted entirely<br /> of these "huts"</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">More bailing!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The island had a month-long festival in July. Restaurants moved from their normal place of business to the "fair grounds" and set up shop next to the town's auditorium, which is only about 300 yards or so from the quay.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Bella Pizza set up shop here. We ate here a couple<br />of times. Pizza was different, but tasty nonetheless and </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">cost between $18-24 U.S., one size.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Many of the temporary plywood walls were hand <br />painted and very decorative</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A group of "yachties" gathering for dinner and a show</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">during the month-long local festival.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Pre dinner livations and chatting</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The paintings were awesome</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Our host, Kevin, owner of Yacht Services (in red hat0</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Friends Jim & Linda on their "Bright Moments" with their<br />dinghy "Tender Moments" preparing to leave Nuku Hiva</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Nancy with Annabella, co-owner of Yacht Services,<br />and Kevin's wife</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We were thinking of sailing straight to Tahiti to see if we could get engine repair help there, but we were down to our last two weeks on our 90-day visas, we were sure that the capital of French Polynesia would be more expensive than Nuku Hiva, and they didn't know if they had room for us at the boat yard, we decided to check out of the country and head directly for American Samoa, a 2,000 nautical mile sail away. We were told there should be diesel mechanics there, since it was home tuna tuna fish cannery and they had a fleet of fishing boats. And we could order parts, as it had a U.S. Post Office. So, on Aug 5th, off we went.... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>SailShakedownCruisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09951753725788555156noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047114337631096419.post-50257129349892983392017-07-06T12:06:00.001-07:002017-07-06T12:06:53.815-07:0049 Days<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Herewith, the short story of our journey from Banderas Bay, Mexico, to Taiohae Bay, Nuku Hiva, Marquesas, French Polynesia. What follows is a copy of every daily text message sent to immediate family. The headers have been stripped off and spelling and grammatical errors fixed (mostly). It's a fairly long read....but then again, it was a fairly long journey.....having departed from the customs dock at Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico, on March 30th, we begin the following morning....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">March 31, 2017 8:50:00 AM CST</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Got through first night ok, although were really tired from yesterday's activities. We're about 90 miles out to sea now. Motorsailed for 12 hours because there wasn't enough wind to move us at all. We under sail as of 8 this morning, making 2 to 2.5 knots progress. Wind is around 10-11 knots. Anyway, that's it for now.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">April 1, 2017 8:37:16 AM CST</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Believe it or not, still out at sea. We didn't turn on engine at all, so we're a bit slower as winds are a bit on the low side, allowing for average speed of 3 knots. Got caught up on some sleep and getting used to the watch schedule (4 hours on watch, 4 hours off). We have a total of 160 miles behind us now. Moving forward... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">April 2, 2017 10:43:56 AM CDT</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The only complaint about yesterday was how cold it is. Soon as sun set, temps dropped to 72°! Other than that, we're SLOWLY making our way. Made lasagna yesterday. Gonna take it out of fridge and cook it today. Sun is coming out of clouds, so can remove at least one of three sweaters. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">April 3, 2017 9:36:13 AM CDT</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Total overcast this morning. Have run generator to charge batteries. Very slow going all night, although made up a little mileage during day yesterday. We now have some 307 miles on our trip odometer, so we're about 10% of our trip finished. Had lasagna and fresh asparagus for dinner last evening. Yum. Trucking along at a whopping 2 knots....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">April 4, 2017 10:23:11 AM CDT</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We had a rolicking night with winds roaring through like waves. We'd be sagging in 6-8 knot winds, then winds would suddenly jump to 14-16 knots! Then, 5 or 6 minutes later, back to 6-8 knots. This went on all night. Was a grueling exercise in wheel spinning. Had leftover lasagna & corn for dinner. We're roughly 1020 miles southeast of San Diego, and 400 miles southwest of Puerto Escondido, Mex. Wahoo!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">April 5, 2017 9:51:31 AM CDT</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Was a whole two degrees (up to 74) warmer last night after a fairly pleasant 80 degree day. We're making slow progress but not complaining because we're still catching up on our sleep when it's calmer. Was great getting in phone contact. From this end, it seemed more clear than when we were surrounded by land. Nancy baked two loaves of bread last night, keeping our starch intake normal(?). Overcast greets this morning but can see a bit of blue here and there. The solar panels need to get to work so I hope the clouds get gone... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">April 6, 2017 9:39:39 AM CDT</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Not much to say this morning. We've been moving so slowly, I believe I saw sea snails wave as they passed us by. We hope the wind picks up a bit today. Nancy's bread came out really well. So we have tuna salad sandwiches for next several lunches! We got a lot of good sleep with boat going so slow.... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">April 7, 2017 9:59:52 AM CDT</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Spent another day and night wallowing along at 2 knots or less. Waiting for the wind forecasted to arrive this weekend. Little things continue to break or fall apart. Fixes are pretty quick though.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">According to last night's chatter on the HF radio we now have sailboats along the entire 3,000 mile run with more leaving Mexico weekly. Kind of fun.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It was a bit warmer at 77° at midnight. Slow slow slow and a bit tedious. Still hopeful wind coming this weekend.... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">April 8, 2017 9:39:16 AM CDT</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We are now early into Day 10 of our journey. Got some wind and trying to figure out what to do with it. Haven't seen it in so long.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Nancy's pressure cooker stew was served up for dinner. Tried using red instead of white cabbage. Tasted different but still good.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Passed 600 mile point</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Brief bursts of wind but average less than 4 knots..</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">April 9, 2017 6:36:12 PM CDT</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Made 70 gal fresh water</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">NJ did a load of laundry</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Leftovers for lunch and dinner</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Making better mileage</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Almost full moon overcast skies</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Passed through the 700 mile mark early this morning. Only 2,300 miles to go!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">April 10, 2017 9:15:57 AM CDT</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We caught a small yellow tail tuna, about 6 lbs. Ate fish with last of fresh asparagus.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Lots of wind. Finally making some speed (relative term here)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">800 mile marker passed</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">April 11, 2017 10:38:30 AM CDT</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Not much to tell today.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We're eating through the leftovers, sleeping, or standing/sitting at the wheel keeping the old gal on course. Most of the time we're successful. Winds are strong and the seas have built up, and they are strong as well. Looking at about 4 more days of this pattern Total overcast....gloomy, but not too cold with hats and sweaters. Never giving up my shorts though.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Passed through 900 miles and are at 954 miles as of this writing. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">That's it for now.... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">April 12, 2017 11:13:30 AM CDT</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A brief lull in the gale force winds. Nothing much happened except for steering in 20-25 knot winds and 6 to 10 foot waves.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We did have a couple of accidental gybes, which caused pandemonium with numerous items which had not been adequately. Needless to say, there will be a lot more cleanup when winds calm down again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We passed the 1000 mile mark. We're at 1068 at this writing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Spent my off watch time yesterday hunting down cause of total solar power failure. Found the culprit (burned wire) and replaced it with heavier gauge. Did same for its two brothers. This morning making power.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Extra Tylenol and ibuprofen got on the menu yesterday. Lots of extra exercise steering in a gale.... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">April 13, 2017 10:07:18 AM CDT</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Pretty much a repeat of yesterday's winds and seas, and overcast skies. Plodding along with our two smallest sails, the stay sail up front and mizzen in back. A lot better for boat and crew. We go a nit slower but we're still making acceptable progress.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Passed 1100 miles.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Almost done eating all the leftovers from fridge. Still have to work through the frozen version.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Today is expected to be a bit tamer on the winds and seas...we see.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Our holding tank (septic tank) is clogged and completely full. Good job for the plumber? And I'll get on it after the morning watch.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Here comes the sun, wind,waves....gotta get busy!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Caught a 40 lb yellow-fin tuna yesterday. Took about 35 minutes to land him.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sorry this is late. Our aft sail (mizzen) broke and we had one hell of a time with getting it down...20+ winds and big waves. Anyway, it is down and attempts to fix will be made when winds calm early next week.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We have one sail up, the jib, and it pulling us downwind at a respectful 5 knots.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We are fine and moving along...</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Until tomorrow. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">April 15, 2017 6:38:40 PM CDT</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Have written most but have to get some </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">April 15, 2017 10:41:12 PM CDT</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The best part of yesterday was that we passed 1,350 nautical miles.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Unfortunately, we lost another sail. This time the Jib/head sail. Pretty shredded but we'll see if field repair is plausible or a professional sail loft. We also lost one of our kayaks, stolen by one of the several waves that raked our port cap rails. Unfortunately, one of the kayak brackets, bolted to a chain plate, was also ripped off, snapping the chain plate off.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So we have our work cut out for us. Had hamburger for dinner. I"m off to bed. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Easter Sunday, wonderful sunrise, and abundant sunshine, and waking up from a second three hour uninterrupted nap.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Good way to start a fixing campaign. Yesterday was just either steering or sleeping away the exhaustion.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We"re still making forward progress safely. Until tomorrow.... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">April 17, 2017 4:42:24 PM CDT</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Passed 1500 miles. Worked on mizzen sail. Finally got it fully up about half hour ago.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Going to bed. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">April 18, 2017 1:29:51 PM CDT</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">After the torturous raising of the mizzen sail, it was finally time for some R&R</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Warmer weather finally for our night watches. Like at 5 a.m. this morning was 81°. A lot more comfortable.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Ran into a couple of small squalls overnight, but avoided some of the larger ones with help from our radar.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Today's project: Get fresh water from the tanks into the shower faucet....we're smelling a bit ripe??</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Passed 1,600 miles. Moving on... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">April 19, 2017 10:01:03 AM CDT</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">After spending over an hour unbolting, unscrewing, and moving of furniture, finally got access to water tanks. Ran a 1/2" water line direct from one of the tanks to the pump on other side of boat under the galley. Anyway it worked enough for both of us to take showers (first time in 2 weeks). Needs more work but we feel refreshed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Luckily there was zero wind so I could work in relatively calm seas...like being at anchor. We finally got wind about 5 p.m. and got going. The overnight sail was fairly smooth and this morning's sunshine in mostly overcast skies is welcome. A lot of squall lines around, so we see.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Heading due South now. Seas picking up, as is wind.... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">April 20, 2017 12:07:54 PM CDT</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Not much doing except trying to make our way to Nuku Hiva. The big (diesel) generator, which hasn't been working since San Carlos, came alive after tinkering with it for a few hours. We were both excited to hear it running. After 30 minutes, I declared it fixed!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It died 45 minutes later....ugh! One more to put back ON the list.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Had a couple of nasty squalls from 0400 to about 0530. They're worse when it's pitch black out. Got Nancy up at 0540 to take over a lumbering boat in only 4 knots of wind, and went to bed. Got up at 0930, started coffee, traded places with Nancy and finishing up this message. Moving on.... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> April 21, 2017 7:59:53 PM CDT</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Too pooped to pop. Will write tomorrow. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Going to have to send later. Lots of activity today. Nancy baked 3 loaves bread.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">April 22, 2017 12:26:52 PM CDT</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Long story, but of the four ways we can charge batteries, none worked yesterday, so we went to "emergency" power savings so we had enough juice to navigate by.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Made it, hoping for sun for solar salvation. Nothing. Got Honda gen-set running but will not be able to use after our last 3 gallons of gas is gone.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">April 23, 2017 12:02:22 PM CDT</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If I repeat myself, please ignore. I've been updating members of the fleet out here of our trials and tribulations.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Yesterday we had both generators working. The Honda 2000 just wanted a cleaner spark plug. Problem here is lack of sufficient amount of gasoline for remainder of trip. In fact there's not enough for three more days.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The other one was a bit more complicated , but I ended shorting out the sensors (oil, temp,voltage) and now it works. I will need to buy and replace oil sensor because it tells the fuel relay to shut down even when the oil is at perfect level. Exasperating, but we working again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Still trying to get through storm/squall alley (as I'm calling it now). Had another beauty last night from 2100-2230! Big winds whole time. Ended up having to go wrong way to keep control of the boat. Rain was horrendous.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So now we have winds coming the wrong way so we have to steer west instead of south. So it goes.... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">April 25, 2017 7:49:52 AM CDT</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Fantastic morning. Lots of sunshine, deep blue water, comfortable 80°, and a small breeze.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">At noon we got just enough wind (9 knots) to break out of this "place" Some 11 hours later we made up the near 20 miles we had drifted northwest.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Water maker is in the fritz now as well....</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Working with vendor to get problem resolved.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Bracket on main engine holding secondary fuel filters broke. Temp fix with seizing wire....ugh again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Main engine still won' start, even after cleaning corrosion off primary starting cable...guess I'beat the start motor onto submission.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Another intense squall during the night. Nancy handled it all herself. Training wheels now officially off.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">When Nancy relieved me at the helm for her 4-hour watch, I told her that our official crew list is now at 139. Two have last name of Rogers. The remaining 137 have last name of MURPHY!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And they struck again. The latest being the Dell laptop computer on which I did all my weather monitoring and trip logging, among others. Have to dig a little deeper but when the screen goes into horizontal rapid flip then 15 seconds later summarily loses all power and shuts down (crashes), it is NOT a good sign.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Anyway, back to the watermaker saga, after removing the pressure relief valve, and plugging hole, it tested badly. Did a check on how much water the boost pump (salt water intake) was putting out to the high pressure pump, the 2 gpm was sufficient for this unit. The boost pump complained throughout the 15 second test. Turned it off, then decided to perform second test. (A Murphy clan member steps in here) The boost pump did nothing. Just sat there. I was about to report my findings to Rich, owner of the company that sold us the watermaker, when I decided better to check all electrical connections first. Replaced a couple of connectors that MAY have some corrosion, then flipped the power switch. Nothing. Same reported to Rich.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">He asked if I had any type of spare pump we could use to limp along until port. I had something and we agreed it may work. A couple of hours later we we making fresh water, at a reduced rate, and got a 5-gallon jug filled before turning this now very loud (old tractor sound) motor off. Still have to reinstall pressure relief valve today prior to making more. Have hopefully set an anti-Murphy barrier around this important piece of equipment.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Meanwhile, still heading South at snail's pace.... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">April 27, 2017 8:36:23 AM CDT</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Do you believe we're still out here and not yet across the equator???</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Yesterday was all about making potable water. Spent the morning reinstalling the pressure relief valve, but when I asked the company owner how far down I should screw the spring housing, he finally got back to have me remove it again. Slightly frustrated, I did so. We fired up the 3kw genset and the watermaker and made water for one hour and shut it down. The "new" pump was quite warm/hot, so instead of burning it up, decided to do an hour, stop an hour, do another hour and so on. Did this 3 times yesterday with success, so we have 55 gallons in the tank and filled a 5-gal jug as well. Will make some more today and tomorrow, etc intil tanks completely full.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Other than that, had a squally evening but a clear (pitch black) rest of night. We made 10 miles per watch, which averages to 2.5 knots per hour....we can WALK faster!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Installed AIS receiver yesterday. Had it repaired in La Cruz and finally got around to putting it back in.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Found radar reflector dragging in the water during morning. Fell off the main mast port lower spreader, pulley and all. It stays down until I can order new one.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Got stuck in current again with no wind. Moving slowly southerly direction at 1 knot.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Made more water. Now have over 100 gallons...going to make more today.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Lasagna for dinner. Nice to have genset working to allow reheat in microwave!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">April 29, 2017 8:01:52 AM CDT</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Not much going on. Last night on the 3rd run of the watermaker, I turned it off about 25 minutes into its scheduled 60 minute run because smoke was coming out of the high pressure pump. Will investigate some more today.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Dad, (via emails and his internet access) helping me try to figure out what went wrong with one of the laptops.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Worked on replacing the emergency mounting of the main mast cap shroud. Half way done. Hopefully will be done today.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Waiting still for wind. Made 22 miles on past 24 hours...UGH!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The good news for yesterday was completion of an "anchoring" solution (temp of course) for the shroud that used to be attached to a chain plate. Still need to climb up the mast and re-attach the port side lazy jack, which had broken and fell to the deck about 10 days ago.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Them we should be able to hoist the main sail as high as its first reefing point and hope there's a bit more breeze!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Did finally get around climbing the mast...twice. The lazy jack line got tangled at the base of the mast? So had to go down to make it right. Then I remembered to bring camera with. Got lazy jack installed and took some photos whilst the mast was trying its darndest ti fling me into the ocean. But I had on my trusty climbing gear so wasn't going anywhere. Today we try raising main sail and see how it goes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Meat loaf, sticky rice & corn for supper.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Was going to make more water around 7 last night. The 3k genset just sat there when I pressed the start button. Something else to do today. Whoopie!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">May 1, 2017 7:55:05 AM CDT</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hoisted main sail at 3:30 pm to see how rig was going to handle it. Tied in 1st reef so sail would not rise much above upper shroud</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Crossed 2,200 mile marker.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">AIS works. I reinstalled it after repair work was done back in La Cruz. Timing was perfect. Was able to identify two fishing vessels that had come within our 12-mile radar range. The AIS let us know name of ship, speed, direction, call sign etc. Pretty handy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We had quite an afternoon and overnight run. Not only was mainsail up but we got lots of wind in the 18-20 knot range! The shroud is still where it's supposed to be...that's good.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Made some more water, and that's good too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sun is out this morning. Wind still blowing. We're sailing!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">May 2, 2017 8:15:03 AM CDT</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This morning the sun is up but the clouds are back, seemingly sorrounding us. But no squalls yet apparent.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Yesterday spent some more time trying to figure out what's happened to our fresh water delivery system. The good news is Nancy was able to take a shower. The bad news is the brand new water pump I installed can't pressurize system because air is getting in somewhere. More research. Whoopie.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Made more spaghetti sauce and wagon wheel noodles to munch on. Nancy made more bread. Cookies are up next.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We will cross the Equator sometime tomorrow, barring any further visits by the Murphy family.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Having the mainsail up is giving us a real nice boost. Too bad about the jib sail...that would have REALLY gotten us going.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The full holding tank pump-out still needs attention and it shall get it today.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Grumpy....that's what I am. With all that's happened, along comes Murphy again and knocks out the wind speed & direction display in the chart plotter.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Immediately thereafter, after having made two full days of great speed towards our goal of getting across the equator yesterday, the "wheels come off" and at 1a.m., with only 8.4 miles to go......the wind drops suddenly to zero!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We have since floated along with the current. Still have 5.5 miles to go. Perhaps lunch at "The Equator", a highly recommended place for lunch.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">May 3, 2017 11:01:19 AM CDT</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We crossed over the Equator at 0905 this morning. Still no wind but the 1 knot current did it, just a whole lot slower. We are now Shellbacks,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">May 4, 2017 8:07:41 AM CDT</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Yesterday was, even with the equator crossing, a dull one. We continued to float along just like shipwreck survivors. The current pushed us lazily at one knot and we stayed wind-less until a slight breeze came up about 6 p.m.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Of course we didn't know how fast the wind, or from what direction it was coming, because our wind vane, after over 10 years of flawless service decided to go on vacation with one of the Murphy clan. Well, we did without before the unit, and can get by without it for now. Sort of like a microwave. Really nice to have but can heat coffee on stove like in the old days.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We had some more of our tuna and wagon wheel pasta for dinner.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The sun has risen and the wind we have is pushing us along at about 3 to 3.5 knots. Acceptable.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Cold day, cold night, cold morning. Weather guessers got it ALL wrong....it's not hot at the equator. The sun is officially risen, but miles of clouds prevent seeing it. I guess we'll get through it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Yesterday I finally got hold of somebody that had any knowledge of our 10 year old wind anemometer. Turns out these guys in France built it! We're in email contact and am awaiting response to questions about the diagnostics he sent.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Nancy got a shower, a BIG deal around here, since I haven't found the source of air leaking into the closed system yet, but can make it work long enough for shaving of the legs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We spent the whole day just driving the boat or sleeping. Crossing the equator can be quite stressful. It wasn't, but it sounded good.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Well, today starts Pacific Puddle Jump Day 38. I would love to say "it seems like only yesterday" but....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Anyway, the real yesterday was uneventful, with exception o two new loaves of fresh baked bread, and we mostly stood watches and slept. We crossed the 2,500 mile marker...that's good.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hard to believe, another sunrise in the middle of nowhere.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Not much happened yesterday. Am still chasing down, for the time being, some electrical problems that have cropped up. This particular one involves lighting in the passageway between salon and aft cabin. Neither light will work. Traced problem to a broken/wet wire in engine room, reconnected, but not getting enough voltage. Will need to replace entire wire run.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We passed mile marker 2,600. Looks like we making some progress at least. Another of our friends just dropped anchor in Nuku Hiva yesterday. Of course we are envious, since they left Mexico a week after us!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Well, we're cripple, so we can claim an excuse....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It's nice to have the technology to be able to communicate with just about anyone, anywhere in the world, anytime. All while using one of oldest methods of propulsion....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Yesterday's highlight was restoring the ability for our wind indicator up on top of the main mast to communicate wind speed and direction to us via the data screen on our chart plotter. Working with Christoph, from the company that built the unit, a break in the wire between the unit's controller box and the power supply from the steering station due to corrosion. The break was repaired and the two units are chatting and once again providing useful navigation information.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Spaghetti dinner. Driving the yacht.... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We are officially back in our drifting-with-the-current mode once again. Wind died a couple of hours before sunset and is still absent this morning. We made 11 knots over past 9 hours. Oh well, it was calm enough to wash my hair at 0245 this morning.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Yesterday's highlight was tackling the job of getting the crumpled pile of shredded jib sail off the pulpit at nose (pulpit) of the boat. I was kind of hoping that I could salvage the top half of the sail to tie off bottom and hoist top part to get some more wind catching capability. But it was a no go because it ripped just above where the tie-off lines would have worked.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So it's in two bundles stuck in a nook and cranny on the foredeck. At least we now have access to the anchors to drop, should we ever find the day when that opportunity arises.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Got the Lenovo up and working, finally getting it to boot in safe mode and creating two new users with Admin privileges. Between backing up and transferring files, whole process took about 30 hours. But I have my weather forecasting application back and talking to the Iridium GO! to download the forecasts.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Well, the sun is up and thus far a fairly nice lazy looking day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Passed the 2,700 mile point yesterday morning (after I sent the 0800...) at 0903. Of course little did I know that we would travel only 26 miles through 0735 THIS morning! We may still have outdone Kon Tiki....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Spent the sluggish day yesterday dealing with computer issues. One bit the dust permanently and the other I had to restore back to factory condition and reload applications and all the backup files. Unfortunately my weather application won't install because the required Windows Updates have not been installed, and having no internet access, can't do so. So will have to rely on friends waiting in the harbor to download and text me that info.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Attempted to jump the starter motor. Got lots of arcs and sparks (as advertised) and heard start motor spin, but didn't have enough battery left to continue experiment. We try again today.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">You know, when one crosses the equator, they become a Shellback. Just didn't realize that the "shell" part was so heavy as to slow us down THIS much! I'm ready for a beer, but it looks like it will be awhile yet before we can belly up to a bar. ....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Tried again to jump start main engine by shorting out solenoid for starter motor. Got starter to turn but solenoid wouldn't engage the flywheel. So we continue our drift southwards...and contemplate next move.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Finished clearing up the mess around the pulpit and mounted two solar panels back up there. I had noticed a pretty low daily output in amperage from the solar array. Finally tested to find none of the panels at back end of boat were putting anything out. Looks like another wire corrosion issue to deal with. Anyway, the additional two up front ought to help in the interim.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We still have some 439 miles to go, having passed the 2,750 mile marker this morning. Yesterday we covered a whopping 17 miles in 24 hours! Had a couple of rain showers during the night, but nothing more.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And who would have guessed we'd be rationing butter? Guess we eat more than we should be. Not critical, just interesting.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sun has made its way up over the plethora of clouds surrounding the perimeter of "our little world"..... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Finally got holding tank/waste water pump problem straightened out. Nancy pleased to be able to use "her head" once again. What a great Anniversary present, no?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Recharged house batteries and made water. Added solar panels that we had stowed away to make room for the jib long ago. Went from 43 Ah to 148 Ah yesterday! Still need to deal with the third array and get it up</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and running once again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Today is our 16th wedding anniversary....on the high seas heading to exotic places....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Crossed 5° S at 2353 (0653z). At 134 30.329w. Passed 2,800 mile point this morning. Sun is up and we are moving. About 380 miles to go.... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">May 13</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Day 45 at sea. Who would have guessed this</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">would be an journey of epic proportions...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Yesterday morning, the skies filled in with some pretty thick clouds, as far as the eye can see (which was about 24 miles on all points of the compass), but nothing on radar indicating any rain pockets. So we had just started a little anniversary party when the wind came roaring in and the skies started dumping rain on us. After scratching the festivities and scrambling to close hatches and prepare for getting wet. Well, for the next hour or so, the rain washed the boat but the wind just roared at nearly 28-29 knots, changing direction several times. And wouldn't you just know it? Mr. Murphy was right there to add more complication to the already bad situation. Somehow, he managed to steal virtually ALL of the hydraulic fluid out of our steering system, making us extremely vulnerable to the vagaries of the wind! Scary indeed. The rain stopped and the wind receded to a manageable 18 knots, allowing me to get more hydraulic fluid into the tank behind the ship's wheel.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We then </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">set the sails appropriately and took a sled ride for the rest of the day and well into the early morning hours. We are STILL riding on the back of that huge storm.....nothing else broke, so THAT'S good!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Did manage to put together a small dinner and half a glass of wine. Exhausted crew going to catch up on rest. We're JUST coming to 2,900 mile marker. Nuku Hiva is 311 miles down the road, and we just crossed 6° S.... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">May 15</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Yesterday, we were sailing at a fairly good speed for a change. The storms had a lot of wind left over that we put to good use. We did need to go a bit more west, but the boat doesn't take well to having the wind come up her skirt from behind, 30° either side. And wouldn't you know it, that's the direction where our wind comes from....so yesterday we turned due west (270°) for 20 miles to help all of the south (180°) sailing we've been doing, and the currents in the doldrums have been pushing us.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We probably will need to do the same today...don't want to miss our target at this late stage...220 miles to go.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Had meat loaf, corn, and sticky rice for dinner. Yum!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We passed the 3,000 mile marker, AND the 7°S Latitude line juas after 0300 this morning. Small squalls during the night that were quite manageable..... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In a mess again, so short email.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Nancy baked bread. I ate a third of one while hot out of oven.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Lots of heavy duty watching. Our best mileage - 98! We tired of steering.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Another piece of deck equipment broke on the wee hours requiring time on deck (an hour) to at least allow use of stay sail. It ended up being dropped and raised three times before rigging was marginal but working.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Saw land this morning. Hua Huku is island just east of "our island". Hopefully we land today. Fingers crossed. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We were gratefully assisted by crew from Rob (s/v Tiger Beetle) and Greg (s/v Beach Flee), who tied a dinghy to us and pushed us through the pitch black night into the inner part of the bay to a place we could drop anchor. Thanks, guys!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We had traveled 3,266 nautical miles since March 30. We were never in any real danger, but we did have some exciting periods along the way. We're happy to have been able to drop the anchor and look forward to some extended rest before we plunge into the repair game.</span>SailShakedownCruisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09951753725788555156noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047114337631096419.post-54366633913878964932017-03-30T09:20:00.001-07:002017-03-30T09:20:39.421-07:00La Cruz, Part III<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Well, we've been busy, busy, busy, attempting to get the boat, and the crew, ready for a 2,700-plus nautical mile passage to the French Polynesia Islands before the end of this month (March). Target date has slipped a couple of days to 29th, but that's simply to receive another paycheck and buy more food and other goodies for the trip. Meanwhile, the projects, although fraught with complications, have come to fruition to some degree. The lazy-boys got re-upholstered and brought back aboard Shakedown, even though we weren't QUITE finished with the fresh water tank/sole (floor) rebuild until about a week later. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We can now see how much fresh water we have in each of the four 50-gallon tanks, which gives us the necessary information to how much water we have to make at any given time. We are VERY jazzed about this! The floor is done, the chairs are back in their respective places, we have access to all the (new) water tank valves (without having to move the lazy boys out of the way). Life is good. There are still a few projects remaining, but it's looking better all the time (as of this writing anyway).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We have managed to get around just a little (other than the necessary store trips for supplies, food, and repair parts). The Malecon in downtown Puerto Vallarta is a must see (but only once) for the variety of weird stuff and wall-to-wall "gringos". </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Spent a week in a downtown Puerto Vallarta hotel....just for the fun of it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Well, we're sitting at the dock in Nuevo Vallarta awaiting the Port Captain's clearance processing so we can "legally" leave the country of Mexico. We've enjoyed the past three months in La Cruz and are now looking forward to pointing the boat west and south for the next 20-25 days in open ocean, hopefully arriving on the island of Nuku Hiva in the French Polynesian island group called the Marquesas. Until next time....Adios from Mexico!</span>SailShakedownCruisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09951753725788555156noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047114337631096419.post-15351129560812194162017-01-21T17:11:00.000-08:002017-01-21T17:11:22.665-08:00La Cruz Part 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well, we've now been in La Cruz (in the ancorage) for close to a month. We've really gotten to like this small town. Lots of places to eat, lots of places to shop, fun places to just look around, like the Wednesday and Sunday markets (in town and at the marina). After we said goodbye to son Steve, we quietly celebrated the New Years with Nancy watching the plethora of fireworks around Bandaras Bay, and Hal sleeping through it all. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We were captivated by the guitar. Found out used to belong<br />to a La Cruz icon (who also owned the bar before his death)</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We've finally settled in and got started on a number of projects, including signing up for the Pacific Puddle Jump, which is the first step in committing ourselves to heading to the Marquesas (south pacific) this year. We almost went last year but decided to wait and see a little bit more of Mexico. Glad we did, too. The holding tank needed some serious cleaning, which was finally accomplished (details omitted to protect the queasy). We've been attending seminars on Tuesdays and Thursdays in preparation for the "Jump" at the Vallerta Yacht Club over in Nuevo Vallerta, we finally got the lazy boys off the boat, into the dinghy, into a cab, and about 1/4 mile up the road to a canvas/upholstery shop right here in town. We gave him three weeks for the job, mainly because we need the same amount of time to finally get to the fresh water tanks (that live below the lazy boys) some TLC, as we figured they had not been attended to since this vessel was launched. That particular project is now completely underway. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We've got tentative plans to depart Mexico around March 22nd but we look forward to hooking up with some friends from far and wide between now and then.....the sunsets continue....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Well, we've finally arrived at La Cruz on the eve of Christmas, the 24th, and resting comfortably at anchor just outside the marina. Once again, we had virtually no wind, so sails didn't get deployed with the exception of our trusty "windbreak" sail (stay sail) just to make us more visible and to minimize the port-to-starboard rocking caused by the swells. Unfortunately, son Steve had to depart from us, as his vacation time was coming to an end. We did manage to get him out in the town of La Cruz and a bus trip to Puerta Vallerta for a quick afternoon of eating and walking around the skyscraper hotels forming a continuous wall along the sea shore. On the 29th, we took a taxi to the airport, had lunch, and wished Steve a safe flight home to the Baltimore, MD area. We, of course, had to get through the "empty nest" syndrome....</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Steve complying with the request on the sticky note</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lunch in La Cruz at La Glorieta de Enrique</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We made good time after departing San Blas at 0730, arriving and dropping anchor in Chalaca Bay at 1115. Although we only stayed here for one day, we made the most of it right from the get-go. Right after we'd anchored, a gentleman swam up to the boat from the beach. Introduced himself, Tom, and we traded information via the four W's. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We then dropped the dinghy into the water, climbed in and tied up at the "dinghy dock", which was, in fact a panga pier. We attempted to check in with the Port Captain, but found out he's off for the weekend, and if we were still here on Monday, we could check in then... for such a small place, there were MANY photo opportunities, and we are happy to share them with you (after culling about half of all photos taken). They are captioned when appropriate, but basically we visited a very small beach town with a small bay out front...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yup, we had a really good day. We'll catch a few winks and head for La Cruz tomorrow....</span>SailShakedownCruisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09951753725788555156noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047114337631096419.post-10843616023007215252017-01-01T09:49:00.002-08:002017-01-01T09:50:15.410-08:00Isabel and San Blas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">After having our hull cleaned and water tanks topped off this morning, we finally pulled out of our slip in Mazatlan at about 1420 to take advantage of a one-hour break from ongoing dredging operations in the entrance channel. With a new addition to our crew, namely son Steven, we pointed out of the harbor and towards the south for an overnight cruise to Isla Isabel, the so-called Galapagos of Mexico.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Unfortunately, we arrived a bit too early the next day (0530), so we had to just drift about until the sun came up and we could see well enough to enter the southern anchorage. More misfortune befell us as, upon entering, we saw that the anchorage was full. We waited an hour to see if anyone was preparing to depart, but nobody was a likely candidate. So we took some photos and pointed the bow of Shakedown south once again and headed toward San Blas.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Based on what we've heard and read in the guide books about the wealth of biting flying bugs, we decided to forgo the estuary anchorage near town and head for Ensenada de Matanchen, which was only about 3.5 miles south of the San Blas entrance. We found this to be a really nice anchorage in what seemed to be the middle of the bay. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The back side of the northern tip of the bay viewed <br />from our anchorage</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Made it to the beach in fine style. Wheels REALLY help.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hal clowning with camera.<br />What a heart!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">That's Shakedown out there...in 18 feet of water...</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Took a dinghy ride halfway around the rim of the bay. This<br />was one of the nicer "plantation"-style house along the bay.</span></td></tr>
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SailShakedownCruisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09951753725788555156noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047114337631096419.post-27375640392314064922016-12-20T13:05:00.000-08:002016-12-23T15:20:39.070-08:00Mazatlan<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We arrived in Mazatlan around 3:30 p.m. on Nov 16th, and made our way to our slip at the Isla Mazatlan Marina and Golden Resort. We were very pleased with end-tie space, as it gave us plenty of room to dock, and will give us plenty of room to depart this rather shallow water (2-6 feet under the keel). We plan on departing here this afternoon (if weather holds) and head further south, hopefully stopping by at Isla Isabela and Chacala on the way to La Cruz. We will have a third crew member all the way to La Cruz/Puerto Vallerta, as son Steven is joining us for his vacation from the Baltimore area. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We've had time to work on the boat, thankfully, and have some work done, like new "chaps" to protect the dinghy from further abuse by its driver and the UV from the sun. Hopefully this investment will extend the life of the dinghy considerably. We also managed a short trip to Concord, CA to be with Hal's parents as they celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We can finally see our objective! Land Ho!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Heading to the VERY small entrance to left end of photo</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Our first sunset in Mazatlan</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Half way on our first 3-mile hike in the morning. This is<br />overlooking El Cid Hotel's beach on the right</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A look from inside of entry to the El Cid, Mazatlan, and<br />Isla Mazatlan marinas. Dredging operations ongoing.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">How to get somewhere, not so much how to get back though.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Isla Mazatlan marina (we are at far end)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The front gate (entry) to Isla Mazatlan Golden Resort & Marina</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Where the road begins (cars, buses & taxis)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Mall within easy walking distance. Across the stree<br />is Walmart and Sam's club</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Getting ready for Feliz Navidad </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In the mall. Just happened there was this mural and the<br />little bee in middle of shopping floor</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Our new friend Mike showing off his home brew.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Walking towards a golf course, we came across this giant<br />rabbit/hare</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Just another morning outing to get our exercies</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Found an entry to the beach between hotels</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The beach looking back towards the entry to marinas<br />(around the point and hard right hand turn)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Lori is pleased as we went out with them early one morning<br />to make sure all systems that s/v/ Eileen May had installed.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Skipper Ed manning the tiller</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Returning from a successful</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Palmira that Nancy found on the sidewalk</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A bus ride into "Central" (center) of town. Here we saw<br />tables and tables of shrimp, crab, lobster and unknowns.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A peek at downtown</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Another look at downtown</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We found the central market. It spanned an entire<br />city block!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Market butchers (there were a couple dozen or more)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Town square where you can get your shoes shined while<br />looking at the huge cathedral</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Italy isn't the only place they have pidgeons in the square</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The bus trip back to the marina</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">From the bus, a look over the malecon and out to sea.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Mexican football fans have a sense of humor as well</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The dinghy has new clothes. These "chaps" should<br />last a long time.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Took the bus to the end of the line and ended up at<br />the commercial port of Mazatlan proper</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Part of the port is for private vessels</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The port also hosts a marine training facility</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And a water purification plant</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This used to be the Yacht Club. We heard the Port Captain<br />shut down the facility some years back</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A raised sidewalk on the other side of the street we<br />were walking on</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We are departing Mazatlan now (in about 10 minutes)....be back soon....</span>SailShakedownCruisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09951753725788555156noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047114337631096419.post-55263861014373124722016-11-14T18:25:00.000-08:002016-11-14T18:25:25.635-08:00Topolobampo and Copper Canyon<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We left San Carlos after an evening of saying our goodbyes at Shots restaurant. After about three months there, we hauled up anchor and set sail south for Topolobampo. After some 30 hours and 202 nautical miles, we tied up to the dock at Marina Palmira Monday, the 7th of November. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Topolobampo appeard to us a quiet, sleepy (mostly) town of people engaged mainly in the fishing industry, having the largest population of fishing pangas we've ever seen. The town also hosts a small commercial pier that provides for import and export of goods.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Since the marina sits very close to the main highway and a railway, we got to watch 18-wheelers and freight trains, laden with goods, come and go by us throughout our visit.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunset on our way south, smooth ride through the night.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Arrival at our new temporary parking spot at Marina Palmira</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We were quite surprised with the exercise equipment<br />staged along the Malecon</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nancy checking out the own-body-weight pull-up exercise</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Our friends Ed and Lori had come to the Marina Palmira a day following our arrival. They had been, briefly, our across-the-dock neighbors during our last days in San Carlos. Our friendship goes back to Puerto Escondido where we'd spent last year's hurricane season. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Our main goal of stopping here (besides a good rest), was to take the train to Copper Canyon (Barrancas Del Cobre). So, on election day (both of us having previously voted by electronic means), we got up at 4:00 a.m., picked up a specially ordered taxi cab (thanks to Omar, marina manager) at 5:00 a.m, who whisked us to the train terminal in Los Mocis, where we bought round trip tickets for return the following day. We boarded the train, it pushed off at 6:00 a.m, and we were on our way....the photos are pretty much self explanatory...we start with our train car...</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The ramp down to our boat</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The fuel dock, where we came to fill jerry cans with fuel</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stopped for lunch at a small family-owned restaurant for lunch<br />in Topolobampo (Cochina Econonmica)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lori</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ed</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More homes in Topolobampo</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As of this writing, it appears that the weather, although not perfect, will allow us to have a fairly comfortable trip to Mazatlan beginning at 6:00 a.m. tomorrow (11/15). We've had a great time here and wish to thank all the great people on the dock and especially the two Omar from the office. They watched over us four like mother hens, and we really appreciated that. We'll always have fond memories of this place called Topolobombo...</span>SailShakedownCruisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09951753725788555156noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047114337631096419.post-48971495990810849232016-11-04T18:41:00.001-07:002016-11-04T18:41:34.960-07:00Three months in San Carlos <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We arrived in San Carlos (in the state of Sonora), Mexico safe and mostly sound after having departed Bahia Concepcion at 0400 and arriving a little over 12 hours later on July 29th. We met up with s/v Shearwater (Eric & Pati) and dropped anchor nearby in San Carlos Bay. The marina was but a quarter of a mile away, at best. We were tired, so we just had a beer and a bite to eat and hit the sack.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The following morning, we dropped the dinghy in the water, lowered and mounted the outboard and hooked up the gas tank.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">During the following three months, a lot of repairs (mostly minor) were completed, new friends were made, we had reunions with old friends as well. We attended a few events, had the opportunity to survive a tropical storm, enjoyed some great food, and good company. We also started walking </span>again after we tied to the dock, and our feet logged some 118 miles in Sep & Oct!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The entire month of August was spent at anchor in the San Carlos Bay. We really enjoyed the peace and quiet during the week. On weekends, we sometimes thought we were back in Cabo San Lucas Bay, getting rocked and rolled by the charter boats, water ski boats, jet skis, and pangas heading out & back from fishing trips. The bay is normally quite calm and well protected. We really enjoyed it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The bay is also very photogenic, but we felt there simply wasn't enough room to include the other 100 or so photos in this blog. We spent quite a bit of time driving the dinghy into the Marina and parking it at the dinghy dock to gain access to shore service. Of course the first order of business was to find an ATM, which we did. It was attached to the new (and only) bank in the town of San Carlos. It was only a mile and a quarter hike.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And as we hiked, we started to get a feel of what it was going to be like during our stay. We came to San Carlos to spend the hurricane season away from the normal paths of previous hurricanes. So we knew we were going to be here for about three months.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We caught up with Mark & Cindy on Delta Swizzler, snugged up in the Marina, and had a reunion dinner at Shots Restaurant & Bar. We also met the owners, John and Judy Harris.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We were able to gather together with friends at Hammer Heads restaurant & bar to watch opening ceremonies for the Summer Olympics. Had a great time oooohh-ing and aahhh-ing</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We had a couple of small incidents during the month. Early in the second week, the wind kicked up to about 28 knots and we started dragging. Turned on the engine, pulled the anchor, and discovered it was "fouled" with old mooring line wrapped around it, preventing the anchor from resetting. After cleaning the line off the anchor, we reset and it held the remainder of the month. Late in the month we were visited by a Chubasco (strong, short-period thunder storm). We failed to pull down our shade awning over the foredeck in time and it was ripped apart in two locations and finally got hauled down. A week later, it was repaired (by Nancy) and we hung it back up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Our good friend Pat Waddell, skipper of s/v Ballena showed up to haul out and have his boat bottom fixed up. A few weeks later, he was delivered back from the yard and we gave him a small hand with the relaunch.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Early September brought us Newton. He was NOT a welcomed visitor, to say the least. But just before he arrived, we attended a music concert at a beach bar a few miles north of San Carlos. It featured our new friends Luis Quijada (who was featured singer/guitarist at Shots Restaurant on Tuesday and Thursday evenings) and his girlfriend, Cynthya Valdiosera. Luis' daughter was the featured (opera) singer, with Luis' band providing the music.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Because of the forecasted track of hurricane Newton showed "him" to have turned in a northeast direction, he was now making a target of the Guaymas/San Carlos area. We were lucky to get a slip in the marina to be able to ride the impending storm out tied to something more solid than an anchor. As it turns out, almost all boats anchored out ended up coming into the marina, "just to be sure". A few unattended boats remained on their mooring balls. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The morning of the 6th, a diver previously hired to clean our boat's bottom of barnacles, etc., showed up at 9:30 a.m. even though the heavy overcast had created a threatening mood. But he got the job done in about two hours and headed home, 600 pesos better off. The wind had already increased enough to begin making noises in the rigging and the docks were heavy with activity. Double checking dock lines, doubling up where necessary, checking neighbor's boats if owners were absent (which many were), checking again. As the day progressed, we'd heard that what was a Hurricane crossing the middle of the Sea of Cortez, had been downgraded to a Tropical Storm. Little comfort, but potentially less damage. The full force of the storm seemed to be over us late in the afternoon, increasing winds hourly. At 10:25p.m., there were several, what we thought were lightening strikes, but were actually some large transformers or electrical transfer stations blowing up. Within seconds of these flashes, power shut down and everything was black as far as the eye could see. We boaters are grateful for our onboard generators, so it was no problem for us. We also lost water pressure on the docks because the pumps providing water also were denied electricity. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The wind, which had reached sustained speeds of 40-45 mph, with gusts of 55 mph finally started subsiding and was diminished enough by 4:30 a.m. that allowed us "dock walkers" to get some shut-eye. Our friends </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Carolee</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> and Jay Tyson (s/v Shameless) produced a video of the event, posted to You Tube. It pretty much tells the story, and they did a wonderful job putting it together. Thanks, you two! The link is <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwI3ZIAhzJ4" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwI3ZIAhzJ4</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Mid month brought Mexican Independence Day, which was a big deal here. Lots of flags flying, lots of parties planned. We were invited by Luis & Cynthya to a "real Mexican Independence Day Party" at Cynthya's brother's house in San Carlos. We gladly excepted and looked forward to being party of a family affair. We got there, were introduced to the what appeared to be the extended family (and friends) of about 40 people. The food and drinks were fantastic, and the Marimba Band appeared and got the night going. Suffice it to say, when we got dropped off at the boat at 4:00 a.m. or so, we had survived a Mexican fiesta!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The following Monday, Nancy started water aerobics classes....and rounding out this month, we revisited Soggy Peso (which had reportedly destroyed by Newton earlier) and celebrated Samantha Terry's birthday. Samantha & Myron, Sam's husband, (s/v Discovery) were our next-door neighbors right after the storm and old acquaintances from Bahia Concepcion days. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of the homes overlooking the bay</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another home overlooking bay</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And yet another of the many homes overlooking the bay</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you look hard in the background, Shakedown becomes<br />part of "the view"</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Birthday BBQ at the Bahia Condos</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some guy showing off at the pool</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Birthday Girl Shirley and husband Dan</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Walking to Marina Real</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Arriving at Marina Real after some three miles of hoofing it.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The hotel pool where we spent many an afternoon</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Looking back at road we're climbing</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Turned around and this is what is before us</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Finally, the top is near, but gate was closed</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Peeking through the gate at Sea of Cortez</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A couple of 4-leggers grazing along the roadside</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Farewell dinner for Shearwater & Delta Swizzler crews</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Shakedown at her slip in Marina San Carlos</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Three Presidents Plaze Guaymas</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Fonatur docks in Guaymas</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On the Malecon in Guaymas</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Malecon, Guaymas</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Church near end of Malecon</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Park across from Church, Guaymas</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">More replacing rotten wood on "the roof" of boat.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Walked past this construction for two months</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They finally filled all these cages with rocks</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nancy's favorite row of bushes/tres to sniff the flowers</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These are the flowers "Rain of Gold"</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another view of Shakedown in her slip, with s/v Discovery<br />(Myron & Samantha) on the right</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> We invited Luis and Cynthya over for a dinghy cruise and dinner, which they accepted and so we did. We didn't bring our camera on the cruise, but Luis took a pile of photos, but we haven't received a copy as of this writing. We ourselves were negligent in even taking much in the way of photos while they were onboard. But we had a great time!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Not only was there a hiking/climbing trail into the canyon, but there were five zip-lines cris-crossing the canyon. We chose not to zip line this day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We decided a new custom mattress was needed for our forward bunk space. The old one just didn't fit any more (too small) after some modifications were made to the base under the mattress. An upholstery man (Jose) just happened to be walking around to advertise his services and he knocked on our boat. Since we were planning on going out over the cruiser's net the following morning to ask for recommendations for an upholstery person, he had perfect timing. He came back the following morning to measure, and four days later delivered the finished product. We were happy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Having left the repair work behind in Puerto Escondido, we headed north once again, stopping at Carmen Island, tucking into Ballandra Bay, then, because of the flying, biting, bugs, we decided to anchor outside the town of Loreto in company with Shearwater and Delta Swizzler. We then headed to San Juanico and spent the night, and then continued north, rounding the point and entering Bahia Concepcion. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We finally dropped anchor at Playa Santispac. Dinghies were lowered the next morning and we got together to look at various anchorages in the area. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The following morning, we headed over to Playa Coyote, dropped anchor and then dingied over to Playa El Burro for the annual 4th of July party, which has been hosted by Geary Ritchie for years and years. Geary also happens to be the weather guru (announcer) for the Sunrisa Net every morning. It would appear everyone had a great time, to be sure.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Returned to Santispac the following day. Ran out of propane yesterday, so we'll ask Carlos (Anna's Restaurant) to help us out getting the bottle filled in Mulege. Also have other projects to work on, and this seems the most likely place that I'll find help if need be.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We got a call from Shearwater about 1000 this morning. They've decided, in company with, Delta Swizzler, to head a bit north, remain overnight, and then make the 15 hour journey to San Carlos (mainland). Per his instructions, dropped propane bottle and 5 gal. gasoline jug at Ana's, as Carlos has offered to take them into Mulege and get them filled and return them tomorrow.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Had crew of Ana's over for a visit in the evening and served up spaghetti and salad. Crew consisted of Edelma, Carlos, and Caesar (Edelma's son). Had a good 90 min. visit and they were ferried back to the beach in the dark (½ moon out).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Carlos took us to Mulege to shop a little bit, including 20 gal of diesel. Our stereo bit the dust a couple of weeks earlier, so we went in search of a replacement. After hitting virtually every store in town, we about gave up. The only place we hadn't been in is a paper supply store, but Carlos knew the proprietor and we went in. Turns out she also sells washing machines and car stereos out of her back office! What a deal. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We got another ride to Mulege (via Carlos) today to get some computer work done (wifi) and pick up some fresh fruits and veggies. We purchased a large fan for Ana's kitchen. Some huge smiles greeted our arrival back at Ana's!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Started painting starboard hull. It hasn't seen paint since we left Richmond, CA back in 2013. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First coat of paint on starboard hull completed while Nancy worked on sewing covers for the two gas gerry cans. Started up the hukka and scraped the starboard hull. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Had to go out at 0315 in the morning to take down our awning because we got a mini-chubasco apparently, with wind coming offshore from the north, quickly reaching 20 – 26 knots. This phenomenon lasted until about 0340, at which time, the winds just died back to 2-3 knots once again. Hull painting continued for a couple of more days. The captain was in a dinghy with paint and a 1-1/2" paint brush. That's all we had onboard, so that's what was used. But it finally got done.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Scraped port side bottom of boat with newly acquired 10” scraper. There was a lot of movement in the water, but the job got done fairly quickly (90 minutes or so). Went to Ana's for farewell dinner and ended up buying four boxes of Pizza from a guy from Mulege, who had about 30 pizzas in his van. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Took off from Santa Barbara, turned right (south) and dropped anchor at the northern anchorage of the Isla Requeson. Got settled in and then took dinghy around the bend to Hotel/Restaurnat at Playa Buenaventura. We met owner Mark and son Nathan, the Mark's wife Olivia a bit later. Had a great home made pulled pork sandwich (shared) and, of course, some beer. We had originally planned to spend only one night at anchor here, but after we got to Buenaventura, we knew we were probably spending a bit more time. Ended up spending six nights at anchor here and having a really fantastic time. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Our anchorage at Isla Requeson (means Cottage Cheese!)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The main entrance to Santa Rosalia. Mark was kind<br />enough to take us along when he had to drive up for<br />fish and shop for the restaurant</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">On our way to buy a big fish for the restaurant</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Entry to the small port (upper right) as viewed from our<br />lunch stop at a Chinese restaurant just outside of town.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In the truck on the retrn trip surveying the Playa <br />Buenaventura property</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Shakedown resting comfortable at anchor</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hal rescues a lost bird about a half mile offshore</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Not really trying to steal it....</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Where else would you find<br />a bottle of this!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Why, right here at Mark and<br />Olivia's place</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Olivia hamming it up for the camera</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pulled anchor this morning after a totally unexpected wind storm out of the north from 0615 through 0845. Finally calmed down and we headed north and dropped anchor once again in Playa El Burro to get the boat ready to make crossing to San Carlos in the next few days.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Departed El Burro and motored up to Punta Chivato, dropping anchor in the southern anchorage by Shell Beach about 6 hours later. We anchored in 13 feet of water, as the shallow water ran about one mile south (approached in 20 ft water for an hour). Got good holding and took dinghy to the “famous” big shell beach. The reputation is well deserved...but we didn't bring the camera! Water was pretty rough for landing and NJ got dunked getting out and getting back in after filling a bucket with sea shells. Had burgers for dinner and settled in for a restful night.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The planned restful night was not to be had, as winds kicked up to 20-25 knots at 0100 in the morning. The awning was taken down and the light show (lightening) to the northeast started. The winds calmed to 10-15 by 0200 and we went back to sleep. The process repeated at 0315 and subsided again around 0445. At 0615, things got worse. The winds climbed quickly to the 25-30 knot range and remained there until 0700, at which time, the seas (waves) had built up to 4-6 foot chop, and between the two, managed to yank our anchor free and we started drifting towards the shore. Decided to start engine and get the heck out of there. Finally managed to get anchor up at 0805 and we were finally making our way to sea! We fought the nose-on wind and waves for over 3 hours trying to make it back to Bahia Concepcion. One wave hit from under the port side and lifted the kayak right up out of its rail mount, necessitating an at-sea rescue and recovery. Lots of water came over the bow, cleaning the decks but also some finding its way below...We finally arrived at the entrance to Concepcion and dropped the hook at Bahia Santo Domingo at 1110. Time for our first cup of coffee. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After departing Santo Domingo at 0400, we arrived in San Carlos at 1635 and finally got the anchor down at 1700 or so. We anchored in the Bay just outside the Marina. The crossing was fairly rough with constant hits from 20-25 knot induced winds on the beam. A few things that were overlooked in packing, found their way to the floor via a short flight through the air. After having spent virtually all of the month of July here in Concepcion Bay, we have now left Baja California in the proverbial rear view mirror and are in mainland Mexico!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>SailShakedownCruisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09951753725788555156noreply@blogger.com0