The Great Mango Run – Costa Rica from Papagayo to Golfito
After Gus and Lyle left for home, Rebecca and I decided to rent a car and see the country. Cars here are expensive: one week for a small Korean car was $215, but with taxes and insurance…
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Captain’s Log February 21 to April 14, 2011
A Mauri Farewell
New Zealand is not cheap. Even though it has only cost us about 73 cents to buy a Kiwi dollar, we have found the cost of most things to be at least as expensive as in the old US of A. But it remains a value based on the friendliness of th…
Understanding Kiwi
As a public service to all those wayward Americans who may stumble into New Zealand, I offer some assistance in understanding the Kiwi language. “What?” you say. Don’t they speak English? Well… not really. After …
Three@Sea on TV Update
Location: Fajardo, Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18° 20.325′ N 65° 37.900′ W
In November David posted a blog about the possibility of a TV show with the crew of Three@Sea sharing our adventures (Three@Sea on TV?). We have been truly fortuna…
Three@Sea on TV Update
Location: Fajardo, Puerto Rico Coordinates: 18° 20.325′ N 65° 37.900′ W In November David posted a blog about the possibility of a TV show with the crew of Three@Sea sharing our adventures (Three@Sea on TV?). We have been truly fortunate to embark on this journey, and would love to share the beautiful locations we are exploring […]
April 19/11 More on the Weather
Oh Boy! The wind howled and then howled some more. Almost 36 knots in the anchorage and the waves built and broke and the water sprayed. Then… Bang! One of the ropes on the anchor bridle popped a strand and we have to make adjustments to keep the who…
Weather
Well even in Paradise (Oh sorry, we are still in Opito), you have to have a bit of bad weather and even as it is, it isn’t really that bad. Just a day of 35 knot winds and pouring rain. We’ve got a good anchorage and we needed a day to just “bum” aroun…
More Funny Names – Beautiful Places
So we are anchored in Paradise Bay (easy enough name) on Urupukapuka Island – Gottcha! Since it is a work day for Abbie, Glen and I head into shore on our own, there is a supposed to be a beautiful walk on this island. Well our fitness level has now sp…
The Kauri Museum
We had worked pretty hard on the boat and the entire crew felt like we needed a break and to enjoy some of the local area. We hopped into our trusty rental car and drove an hour or so south to visit a museum all about the massive Kauri trees that…
