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…
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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Throwback Thursday: Power Struggle Part 2
The second installment of Throwback Thursday Power Struggle. Will she drown in her own soggy boredom? Will he return to a brand new women? Read on to find out.
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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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Throwback Thursday: Power Struggle Part 1
A two part Throwback Thrusday story about the first time Steve went work and I played singlehander up a river in Panama.
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El Nino and the Watermaker
“Water, water everywhere but nary a drop to drink.” Sailors, watermakers and the upcoming cyclone season.
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Sailing to the Solomon’s
Sailing to the Solomons and you can follow along.
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Throwback Thursday: In the beginning
I dash up the stairs, across the cockpit of our little boat and lean out over the side just in time. My recently eaten peanut butter sandwich comes up in a violent convulsion of abdominal muscles, each new heave making a prefect splash in the calm water before floating into our wake in oddly recognizable…
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Expectations and Reflections
I realize this space has been pretty quiet for the last few weeks. We’ve been moving a lot and there has been a fair amount of exploring; us trying to squeeze as much of Vanuatu in before we leave. And then there is the endless everyday-ness of living and travelling on a sailboat; equipment failures,…
