Life in paradise
So how do I spend my days? I am often asked. Cruising has been defined as working on your boat in exotic places and I do my share of that. The recent mechanical dilemma is the unexplained battery problem. I seem to be stumped as of…
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Life in Indonesia
Life Amongst the Dragons
Life amongst the dragons
This is my third visit to Komodo, it is clearly one of the great cruising destinations of the world. The Komodo National Park is a refuge of wildlife protected by the residents and government. It is the home of exotic animals b…
Drama in the Anchorage
Drama at the anchorage
It never takes long for us to meet everyone in any anchorage we frequent; it is the way of cruisers. We share our corner with a large commercial looking ship turned luxury charter boat, Salina. We met some of the crew at shore …
#2013-14 Exit Ketchikan to Tolstoi Bay on Prince of Wales Island East Coast
We loaded 500 gallons of fuel at Anderes Oil. That 500 gallons powered us all the way from Anacortes, WA to Ketchikan, AK via Victoria, BC at approximately 1.35 miles per gallon including diesel heat. Yahoo what a bargain!Before we left …
Yole Boats
The Annual Yole Boat Races: No keel, just a large crew hanging over the water to keep the boat up right. (View Post…)
Matoutou Crabe
FOOD: I was in the Le Marin Marina office last Monday, and the manager told me that everyone on Martinique eats crabs that day. When I asked why, he only shrugged, and couldn’t tell me. I had noticed on their calendar that literally every other day w…
EXPERIENCE KOMODO NATIONAL PARK
EXPERIENCE KOMODO NATIONAL PARK
ABOARD THE FAMOUSE WOLD PASSAGEMAKER
M/V FURHTUR
We are now offering limited openings for two people to spend one week exploring Indonesia’s famed Komodo National Park. With only you as guests your stay can be a u…
French Humor in Bouys
Would any country but the French do this? (View Post…)
#2013-13 Gaggling to Ketchikan
At 7AM Wednesday we left the Yacht Club closely followed by the Nordic Tugs 52 True North. Captain Jeff hadn’t yet exited Rupert via Venn Passage and wanted to follow us through the narrow, winding canal. We entered Chatham Sound by 8AM wit…
#2013-12 Oh Yea Prince Rupert.
On the 45-mile long Grenville Channel, it’s all about the current. The flood current rolls in from both the south and north entrances, meeting “somewhere” in the middle. Likewise the ebb starts “somewhere” in the middle and moves out a…
