Monday, July 21, 2014

Apia: Lot's wife

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        A broken Dartington crystal glass discovered last evening is perhaps the last of the damage from a wave that exploded onto and ...
Monday, June 30, 2014

Honolulu: bumf; second verse

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        I spent two hours and walked four miles this morning getting a worthless piece of paper.  The time was not all wasted.  I enjoye...
Sunday, June 29, 2014

Honolulu: passage mode; between passages; thanks to Waikiki Yacht Club

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        GANNET has been returned to passage mode.  It took about an hour and a half this afternoon, including filling and stowing three ...
Thursday, June 26, 2014

Honolulu: a productive day

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        Above is Sam the rigger.  Not perhaps his best angle, but one I was very glad to see.     He was due to work tomorrow, ...

Honolulu: the voyage can now continue; me; present position; when

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    When I reached Hilo I had only two moderate measures of Laphroaig left.  I drank one not to celebrate the end of the passage fr...
Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Honolulu: free light; hardcore; more passage photos

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    The above LuminAID has become one of my two primary cabin lights.  The other is a Navisafe Navilight 360°.      Because all ...
Sunday, June 22, 2014

Honolulu: the great and the small; an open boat around Britain; not bad

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        On the Tuesday morning I was in Hilo, I looked up from Central and saw a wall outside the companionway.  Considering that we were...
Friday, June 20, 2014

Honolulu: progress; one back pack at a time; the real FRANKENSTEIN

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        Sam , the rigger, a very nice young man, came to GANNET this morning, went up the mast to take measurements, and will return ...
Thursday, June 19, 2014

Honolulu: next; passage clothes; speed error; runners; an exceptional three

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        Above is a screen shot of iNavX on my iPad mini into which I just put a waypoint at the entrance to Apia, Samoa.  The straight...
Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Honolulu: Hilo to Honolulu log

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June 15, Sunday Hilo; Pacific Ocean 1100  Waited for the wind through a lovely, sunny breezeless morning.  Ripples slowly moved ...