We haven’t been moving much recently. Haven’t budged for 17 days actually except when blown around on anchor in passing squalls. We’ve been hemmed in by a weather that is being kept over the Solomon’s by a couple cyclones that formed in the coral sea. Days and days and days of rain. It started off…
Category: Solomon Islands
Galley Notes; How to Dress a Squid
So, you’ve managed to convince some cephalopods that your lure looked tasty and now you’ve got a bucket full o’ squid. Visions of calamari are dancing in your head, but just how to you get from whole animal to delicious, deep fried morsels? “Dressing” a squid does not involve turtle necks or tutus, it is…
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How to find the Perfect Anchorage, Just Squidding
All you need to know about finding the perfect anchorage…just squidding!
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The Photograph-ed vs. the Photograph-er
What happens when the photograph-er becomes the photograph-ed?
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Galley Notes: Confessions of a Fungi-phobe
Shopping for fruit and veg in the Solomon Islands couldn’t be easier; most days I don’t even have to leave the cockpit. Outside urban centres like Honiara and Gizo (where there are stores and fresh markets and people have jobs that pay money) we almost never go ashore for fresh goods. Guaranteed sometime during the…
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New Year, New Islands to Explore
After over a week of heavy rain and sometimes very blustery winds the weather has finally broken. We are taking this sunny opportunity to escape from the dirty little town if Gizo and start exploring the surrounding islands in the western province of the Solomn Islands. Our first stop is to check out a cyclone…
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Home for the Holidaze; Christmas Traditions Onboard
I like Christmas. A lot. Maybe more than I like peanut butter. Ok that is getting a little carried away, but you get the idea. Maybe it is because the Christmas’ of my childhood closely resembled those of movies and greeting cards. Growing up in semi-rural Nova Scotia we went “oot da back” and cut…
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Sailing, Storms and Safety in the Solomon’s
We got some stormy weather from Mother Nature as this years Christmas present.
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Halo from Hazy Honiara
We have officially crossed back into tropical weather having crossed the 10*S line on the chart on the way up to the Solomon Islands. Things here are sticky and overwhelmingly hot, at least when you are walking around the city in the midday sun with bags full of groceries. But even while sailing we’ve been…
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Sailing to the Solomon’s
Sailing to the Solomons and you can follow along.
