Sayonara Japan, Aloha Hawaii
5 April 2011
MV Starr is departing from Osaka this afternoon at 1230, Tuesday, April 5 in Japan
We anticipate that the passage will take us 3 weeks, so our ETA will be sometime around 27 April to 1 May.
You can fol…
4/1-4/3 – The forecast was for improving weather on Friday, but not until afternoon. Unfortunately, by afternoon, the tide was low and we were afraid we couldn’t make it out of Black Sound. The consensus was to wait until Saturday morning and leave…
Stretching the Fuel Range to Cross the Pacific Part 2: Fitting the auxiliary fuel tanks.
Guest blog entry by Viktor Grabner, crewmember
Don has already written about the challenge of making our fuel last the 3800 nm voyage across the Pacific. He disc…
GOOD NEWS!!!
On April 2, the day after April Fool’s Day, Don signed back on as Captain of STARR.
The crew is delighted.
Here we go…across the South China Sea!
The South China Sea is an arm of the western Pacific Ocean bounded by southeast China, Taiwan, the Philippines, Borneo, and Vietnam. Yessiree…I didn’t know any of that a short time ago. Funny what you…
News Flash: Change of Watch aboard Starr
1 April 2011
Preparations aboard Starr for her voyage to Honolulu are in full swing. Unfortunately, we have to make bit of a startling announcement: Don decided to not take this trip with Starr, but inste…
We have been here for 1 month on the large boat mooring which consists of a nylon loop connected to chain, connected to a large 3′ square block of concrete connected by a second chain to a screw in the bottom. When the wind gets above 15k, we float the concrete block. This does not make me feel comfortable but it is the only option if you want to stay in this beautiful bay surrounded by coral reef. There are around 22 other moorings also available on a first come, first serve basis at a rate …
We have been here for 1 month on the large boat mooring which consists of a nylon loop connected to chain, connected to a large 3′ square block of concrete connected by a second chain to a screw in the bottom. When the wind gets above 15k, we flo…
The Freedman family has been busy over the last 3 weeks or so, learning a lot about operating our trawler, and getting to know one of the most wonderful cruising grounds in the world — the Exuma islands of the Bahamas. Truly, I don’t think I could hav…
