Passage to Hawaii

Starr

10 April 10, 2011,0400Z
26 22N/144 46E

We are 700nm SE of Ashiya. Yesterday at 0200JST, we pulled into Chichijima 27N/142E., 600nm from Ashiya and re topped off, loading an additional 2700 liters of fuel.

We departed Chichijima at 1500JST,…

Passage to Hawaii – Part 1

Starr

10 April 10, 2011,0400Z
26 22N/144 46E

We are 700nm SE of Ashiya. Yesterday at 0200JST, we pulled into Chichijima 27N/142E., 600nm from Ashiya and re topped off, loading an additional 2700 liters of fuel.

We departed Chichijima at 1500JST,…

Sunny Sunday

Hi All,It has been a busy few days.  On Friday Jimmy (Scott’s cousin), Joy, Blair and Marcia arrived in the afternoon (from Port Charlotte area).  They came out to the boat and we all dinghyed over to the Dockside for supper.  A lovely e…

Little Farmer’s Cay/Great Guana Cay

Once through the cut at Galliot, we continued west and then north around Little Farmer’s Cay. We arrived near Oven Rock around 1530, in plenty of time to find a good anchor spot. Not as easy as we anticipated, we found the bottom in 3 areas too hard …

Biloxi

We left Ingram Bayou this morning in patchy fog. Sometimes it was a little hairy, but then the sky would be blue. Of course, crossing Mobile Bay was somewhat treacherous at times. We arrived at Biloxi and docked at Marina until Wednesday. Hoping Garmin…

Biloxi

We left Ingram Bayou this morning in patchy fog. Sometimes it was a little hairy, but then the sky would be blue. Of course, crossing Mobile Bay was somewhat treacherous at times. We arrived at Biloxi and docked at Marina until Wednesday. Hoping Garmin…

Sunday, April 10, 2011

What a beautiful, laid back place. We walked all over town this morning. We found the Catholic Church, but Mass was already over. Once we got back to the harbor, we signed up for the WIFI, took care of yesterday’s blog and then went swimming. At first,…

Three Sheets Northwest on MV Dirona

Dirona
recently
was featured in the Three Sheets NorthwestMy
Boat series. When we answered their questions, it had been about a year since
we'd …

Kama Hele: SailBlogs 2011-04-10 11:17:31

[picture: Lilo’s first dinghy ride] (Continued…)

About to commit my first act of

EPOXY! Ohhhhhhh that wonderful sticky stuff that makes such a great mess! 😉 Panels for cabin side prepped and lined up ready for the sticky stuff. I used the power planer to relieve the joints so the cloth would lay down in instead of standing proud …