DAMAGE!!!!

We have been on passage from Tahiti for eight days and over 1100 miles. We have been through multiple squalls, days of zero wind and some days of wonderful sailing. We are less than 30 miles from Niue, a tiny island nation about 250 miles east of Tonga. About an hour ago we were hit …

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Change of Plan

That warship waiting at The Suwarrow Island entrance meant business. It was a patrol boat from the Cook Island Authorities who did not want any visiting boats to anchor in the bay or go ashore on this uninhabited island. Despite having preauthorization to make this a stopover we have now changed course and are heading …

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Cleaning

After a quick trip to LA to get her hair done, see grandkids and get our Starlink dish, Fiona will be returning to Tahiti about 9 tonight. I have spent the past few days doing boat projects. These projects invariably make a bit of a mess on the boat which presents me with a dilemma. …

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