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Living in La Paz

We’re still on our boat but we’ve settled into Marina de La Paz and plan on staying here for awhile, which means at the present we have no plans to leave. We’re no good at making plans let alone following them so we didn’t sign any long term le…

Labor Day

Just a few funnies for Labor day.This one reminds me of Pickwick Lake in Tennessee; where we had a home and kept Istaboa for several years… There the real labor day weekend was the weekend after, when the locals would throw a party at Jon’s Pier and …

Back South of 48

We've spent the last few days lazing in the the sun in the San Juan Islands after
returning from Prince
William Sound. Yesterday we anchored in Reid Harbor on Stuart Island. Jose Sousa…

First Days in Vanuatu by Bear

On the 30th of August, Oso left Fiji heading for Vanuatu (the next island group). It took us two and a half days to get to Vanuatu. On the crossing, the ocean (at some times) was as calm as a lake! It was a fairly crossing. I had very little schoo…

Sunday shakes but no Quakers

Today was a mellow Sunday morning, taking it easy and messing with small boat projects, anchored off a small village in Anatom, Vanuatu.   The generator was running and the new batteries were happily charging.   When one of our…

Seal

Happy Labor Day to the USANordhavn Exumas Abacos Bahamas trawler Caribbean Pickwick Boat dogs

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Cruise ships in Paradise

Of course cruise ships go to beautiful places or why else would people go on cruises. But when we read about Vanuatu being one of the most remote and primitive places in the South Pacific, we didn’t think cruise ships would have found it as well. However, a day after arriving at the southern most […]

Beating on Rocks

I spent the afternoon sitting on smooth rocks in the middle of a cool, mountain stream doing laundry with seventeen year old Serafina from the island of Anatom (Aneityum), Vanuatu while Bear played hide-n-seek and swam with six local boys all abo…

A baby

… had to put it up.This will be a happy day at Compass Cay and Wild Tamarind. Will has flown back to the Exumas to complete the project at Wild Tamarind and repair the damage Irene inflicted on the system at Compass Cay. Tucker’s very proud that his …

Hello Vanuatu

We arrived Anatom, Vanuatu at 1230 on Thursday after a great 55 hr / 453 nm passage.   There is a large bay fully protected by a barrier reef, so we are settled and looking forward to a smooth calm night.   Anatom has only recently b…