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Report From Onboard Jenny

Please do not include the following text in a reply. ============================== ======================Tuesday, February 15, 2011 2:10:20 PM Location: Lake Worth Latitude is 26 degrees 50.218 minutes north. Longitude is 80 degrees 3.223 minut…

Catlins of NZ – Wonderful Suprise!

Day 6 – This area is called the Catlins Coast and a good portion of it is scenic reserves. When Europeans first came to NZ, they cut down every tree in site, so all of the forest reserves are replanted and now protected as it seems the bent of even mod…

South Island NZ continued

Day 3 – Peel Forest to Cromwell – Today we see rolling hills and valleys with rivers and a canal that joins one lake to another.  There are dams on every piece of moving water in this region.  In the canal they have salmon farms setup – ingen…

Sunday, February 13, 2011 – Leaving Ensenada Carrizal underway to Barra

Sunday, February 13, 2011 – Leaving Ensenada Carrizal underway to Barra My recent silence is almost entirely the fault of Stieg Larsson and a girl with a dragon tattoo who played with fire and kicked a hornet’s nest. It has been almost three w…

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A beautiful day in the neighborhood

So we did a little walkabout.I loaded up my camera with a fast telephoto lens and we took Radar out for a walk in the park at downtown Stuart. Snapped a few shots while out. It was fun.Leaving the marina, you walk under the new Roosevelt bridge via the…

Great Barrier Island

We left Whangarei in relatively calm seas with hopes to spend a night at the Mokohinau Island group.  I had heard the diving here was good, but too many weeks at a dock spoiled us for calm waters and it was way too rolly here.  We moved on an…

Tropical Cyclone Yasi

Within days of T/C Anthony, Tropical Cyclone Yasi hit, devastating one of our favourite towns, Cardwell. Cardwell is our grocery stop whilst we are at Hinchinbrook Island.
We further prepared Opal Lady, adding our 20mm thick storm boards to the saloon …

Report From Onboard Jenny

Saturday, February 12, 2011 12:57:25 PMLocation: Miami BeachLatitude is 25 degrees 47.172 minutes north.Longitude is 80 degrees 8.86 minutes west.This weather observation was taken on Saturday, February 12, 2011 12:44:09 PM local time.Observation lo…

Report From Onboard Jenny

Please do not include the following text in a reply. ============================== ====================== Friday, February 11, 2011 2:41:21 PM Location: At anchor outside No Name Harbor Latitude is 25 degrees 40.401 minutes north. Longitude is…

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Shots over the bow

The favorite view for crew IstaboaGoing back through some archived images while working on a photo book (for personal enjoyment), we came upon a lot of these shots taken from the pilot house and over the bow. A lot! It’s made us realize how fortu…