We arrived O.K. to the Apia Harbor in Western Samoa at 9:00 am. They didn't have room for us in the marina, so we anchored in the bay. No big deal as we had 4.5 days of soot and smoke to scrape off of the boat (the engines are smoking big – Detroit…
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Kensblog Offseason – Return to Hong Kong
Greetings all!
Roberta and I have some big news…
At the end of my last blog entry I mentioned that we had made the decision to take our boat, Sans Souci, to Singapore. However, after returning to Seattle, Roberta and I gave it more thought, and ch…
#24 Catalina Island
Hello from beautiful Catalina Island! The last two weeks have been so full of activity from dawn until dark, there was absolutely no time for me to write. It’s been one first after another, and as you may presume, we have taken delivery of …
Pictures of Turkey
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(Western) Samoa
Western Samoa is no more. Its name was changed to simply Samoa in 1997. However, in an effort to differentiate it from its neighbor to the East, American Samoa, we continue to refer to it as Western Samoa as many others do. Samoa is between longitu…
Bound for the Louisiades!!
Saturday 11th September, sunny 15knt easterly and the excitment was high amongst the 25 skippers and their crew as they await the final weather briefing and hearty breakfast on the verandah of the Yorkeys Knob Boat Club.
With all the formalities out of…
Test Msg
36nm NE of Cairns and all is well. 16.35S 146.18E
Suwarrow to Samoa
We arrived bright and early to the pass at Suwarrow on Sept 7/10 after 4.5 days on the rolling ocean. Suwarrow is a tiny little atoll in the northern Cook Island group. It is basically a narrow perimeter of sand and coral rock around a 5 x 5 mile lagoo…
When Displacement Speed Beats Planing Speed
Our Alaska trip was simply amazing. The glaciers and mountain scenery were incredible—we
spent over a week in Glacier Bay National Park and several days in Tracy and Endicott
Arms (trip
map). We also cruised the complex ou…
Back To The Heat
The crew of New Paige returned to Turkey after spending almost 5 weeks in Canada and boy IS IT HOT HERE! We flew into Istanbul and met up with friends Frank, Joni and Kiara from California. We stayed in the Sultanahmet district of old Istanbul at the Ferman Hotel; very centrally located. We were there […]
