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Just —Crew Istaboa— again

It was nice having Karen over for a few days… Gets us up and doing stuff. We had a lot of fun (sometimes too much) running around in the Albury, snorkling, harvesting conch, and other island type things. (Rum)The first day we rode over to one of t…

Island dogs

Seems every year there are more and more boaters bringing their dogs to the islands.Dock and Bumber on NoMoydWkDon’t know a name, but couldn’t resist snapping a pic of this one watching as the bow line is being tied. There were two of these guys… the…

Ancient City of Teos

Yesterday we decided to extend our cruising time to make it to Sigacik and pull into Teos Marina. We looked at a weather forecast and decided that with the winds picking up we didn’t want to get caught in a storm. Glad we did, the winds are around 35 -…

Envoy In The Med 2011-06-26 03:30:00

We load supplies for Morris & Gail’s visit in Foca. Groceries are about the same price in Turkey as in NZ. A separate trolley contained the beer and wine!Morris buying fruit in Foca, Turkey where fruit is varied, fresh & cheap

Photos from Turkey

Ship at the end of its life awaiting break up for scrap. In the background are ships ashoreMorris trying to catch fish by trolling – no luck, but you’ve gotta tryFisherman selling his wares in Candarli. Thousands of commercial fishing boats venture out…

Storm

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The tournament fishing boats will have to came back through this! Sure makes sleeping great though, I sleep like a baby.

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Surge

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This video will help you see the kind of surge we have here now with the current weather. The last 2 days have been pretty bad with large waves and a lot of wind. There’s also an afternoon storm whi…

Backgammon buddies

Fiji is Marvelous!

Marvelous weather!!!! We arrived from rainy, rainy, cool Calgary to 30 degrees C, with clear skies and no wind. We have been using all of our outdoor spaces – the flybridge, the back cockpit, the boat deck – you name it. Star gazing in perfectly calm e…

Nature Cooks

Boiling hot springs at SavusavuAt the hot springs on Vanua Levu in the town of Savusavu, the water is boiling hot – literally. To test how hot, we put a couple of eggs in a canvas bag and sunk them in the bubbling pool. After ten minutes, we were rewar…