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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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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