tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18381916707490367202024-03-04T23:12:05.791-08:00Life afloat on a 40 foot boat.Dennisailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10781404582975306348noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1838191670749036720.post-28426709060854194482014-10-15T03:20:00.003-07:002014-10-15T03:20:54.098-07:00Knotty Lady for SaleIts time to move into our new boat and someone else can take advantage of all the work we put into Knotty Lady. She will be missed.<br />
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Knotty Lady has been up on the hard while we repair the damage caused by the whale, which you can find in our blog on the August 2012 page. I am impressed at how the final repairs turned out. Its much stronger than it was when new with bigger cleats and much more glass in the area than standard. It has a new railing and the anchor roller has been rebuilt at is was also bent in the incident. Just need to do the railing and nav lights.<br />
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We did not plan to buy a new boat so we were getting Knotty Lady back to great condition for our next cruise. I even purchased a flexofold prop to increase sailing performance. To get it to fit I need to remove the drive shaft, and to get the drive shaft out I needed to get the rudder out! </div>
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When I finally got it out I found this corrosion on the rudder shaft. So that meant a new rudder needed to be built and installed. The new rudder fits great and has an even stronger shaft than before. The bearings have been worked and now there is no play either so steering should feel great along with the new prop. I cant wait to see how she goes when I finally test sail her!</div>
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After everything is back to A1 condition she will be put up for sale. So if anyone is interested let us know soon. </div>
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Hello guys. We are back! <br />
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We have been a bit slack on updates but be sure to go back a bit as we have updates from Fiji - Vanuatu - New Caledonia.<br />
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Bundaberg, Australia 13/11/12 – 27/11/1 </div>
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5 days and $9000 later, we have successfully imported Knotty Lady into Bundaberg, Australia. Except for the monies, the process was relatively painless. We had a nice time, relaxing in Bundaberg and eating the best prawns and drinking bundy rum!<br />
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The mystery craters – how were they formed? </div>
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We attempted to see turtles laying their eggs at the nature reserve - Mon Repos beach, Bundaberg. Unfortunately terrible lightning storms put a stop to that. Oh well next time. <br />
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Fraser island 21/11/12 – 26/11/12 </div>
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Time to explore Fraser Island – the largest sand island in the world. and guess what no coconut trees! But many great anchorages! The best thing about sailing the inside of Fraser is the ease of sailing in protected waters – no swell, no seasickness. The top half of Fraser is now a protected nature reserve, so no cars are allowed and you have the whole top half of the island to yourself. Sailors, however, are allowed to drop anchor wherever they please and pay nothing for the pleasure. <br />
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We time the tide correctly so we can dingy up the lagoon and into the three estuaries during high tide. Dinner, Dennis catches a mud crab – using the “ever so lethal” dingy anchor. </div>
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In the evening, we would enjoy listening to the turtles coming to the surface to breathe, one turtle every minute. </div>
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As we pass Platypus Bay, Nikki decides to pull the fishing line in – unsure if there was something on the line, maybe a piece of seaweed, unlikely fish - we are travelling quite slowly (3-4 Kn) in light winds. No, there is definitely a small fish, probably tuna on the line. No, it’s the world famous sport fish, a 6ft black Marlin and Nikki just reeled it in, no problems. Big Marlin are not good for eating, but this size is just right – a steaky fish and plenty to go round! </div>
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Onto River Heads (on mainland Australia) to pick up our friends, Shane and Lucy. <br />
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7 Nm motor to Kingfisher Bay, Fraser island. Slow 2.5hr walk to Lake McKenzie – nice swim and relax. Lazy route back – by taxi. Dinner and drinks at the resort. <br />
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We slowly sail through the beautiful Great Sandy Straits – very shallow day sailing. To avoid becoming high and dry - it’s critical to keep an eye for the navigation marks and time your passage on high tide. <br />
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Time to leave Fraser and cross the Wide Bay Bar – the notorious long and dangerous pass at the south of Fraser Island. Thankfully the winds are light and we have an easy crossing across the pass, even though we time the crossing wrong and go through on a changing tide! <br />
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Our final 100Nm, 16hour sail to our home port Scarborough (just north of Brisbane) <br />
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Can you believe it? The end of our pacific crossing – 9086 Nm in 8 months, and countless happy memories! Thank you for joining us on our travels. <br />
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4/11/12 -7/11/12 New Caledonia </div>
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New Caledonia, is another French island, that has been extensively damaged by successful mining. This South Pacific island, unlike the others we have visited is very rich. </div>
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We have to sail to the capital, Noumea to check in. It has a large affluent town feel to it. We spend our time provisioning and preparing for our final leg, to Australia. Unfortunately as we are running out of time with the South Pacific cyclone season beginning, we do not have time to visit the surrounding numerous islands. </div>
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8/11/12-13/11/12 Final leg to Australia </div>
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Everyone is talking about it, the weather window has arrived and it’s time to go. On the way, we finally manage to download the weather using our satellite mobile phone – no idea why it never worked before. Unfortunately for us, it shows a deep low coming up the east coast of Australia. You don’t want to stay in the South Pacific longer than you have to, in fear of tropical cyclones, and so there is not much we can do, but ride in to it. We start to prepare for our first bad weather. The worst is not knowing how bad it will be when it hits. Strong SE change and bang 35-45Kn wind. We our comfortably sailing only with our 2nd reefed main. Thankfully we do not need to guard the helm as the autopilot is coping quite nicely. Not much for us to do, except watch a movie and get a good night sleep. Weather settles over 24 hours and we are nearly becalmed as we head into home waters. 812 Nm, Av speed 6.2Kn.<br />
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23/10/12-26/10/12 Passage to Vanuatu </div>
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27/10/12- 28/10/12 Anatom, Vanuatu </div>
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With light winds, its takes three days to sail, of which we motor half the time, to the most Southern island in the Vanuatu island group - Anatom. </div>
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Vanuatu is one of the poorer islands in the South Pacific. The locals typically live in coconut leaf and bamboo houses.</div>
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Vanuatu are volcanic islands and so generally its beaches are black sands. This white sand beach is supposedly the only one in Vanuatu - which is why this island is called Mystery island. </div>
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Port Resolution is a lovely traditional village with friendly locals. </div>
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2/11/12- 4/11/12 Onwards to New Caledonia </div>
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Light wind sailing to New Caledonia. It would have been very easy had the autopilot not failed - "No Power!" Helming 24 hours a day is not for the faint hearted, it is intensely boring and fatigue sets in. Thankfully we are able to reduce our sail so that our boat becomes nicely balanced. We strap down the tiller and hey presto, you are sailing towards your destination with no hands! Although this is fine in light upwind passages, this autopilot malfunction is a big concern for us, especially as our next leg homeward bound is big and scary. Dennis spends the next day, successfully rewiring the autopilot. </div>
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Then soon after, just around one of the outer islands of New Caledonia, Mare islands. Fishing frenzy - We find a massive school of fish, we catch 3 more Walloo and 4 yellow fin tuna in 1 hour. With our freezers full, we stop fishing and continue our sail into New Caldeonia. </div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">435 Nm sail to Fiji from Tonga- Usual passage of strong winds, rough seas and mahi mahi. As we enter Fiji, we cross the international date line, and the longitude now reads east. The wind dies and we motor into port, Savusavu, just in time for a cheap and cheerful Fijian Buffet! </span><br />
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<span style="text-align: start;">Bula! Fijians know how to make visitors feel welcome. They are full of smiles and waves. Fiji is a large country comprised of two major islands and hundreds of little islands. To do it justice you would need to spend 2 years travelling around, we have only one month! </span><br />
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<span style="text-align: start;">Good 25 Nm beam sail to Namena reef, Fiji's finest marine park renowned for its excellent marine life. It's a deep anchorage and relatively unprotected with winds funnelling around the island. Unfortunately we were trapped on the boat during our entire stay by bad weather (despite the weather grib predicting no winds!). We had to move our anchor at one point as marked wind changes, our yacht swang within a boat length of a neighbouring yacht - not fun!' </span><br />
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<span style="text-align: start;">27/9/12- 10/10/12 Viani Bay, Vanu Levu - a magical spot </span></div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">We cut our losses at Namena Reef, and move on to the more protected anhcorage of Viani Bay. Viani Bay is home to the Fisher family, a wonderfully welcome traditonal Fijian family. Jack Fisher, the head of the family, is an awesome bloke and an ideal tour guide. With Jack, we spent a week diving some world famous spots.</span><br />
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Our favourites were the Great White and Purple Wall - impressive 40m deep wall covered in white and purple soft corals, and the Zoo - as it names implies, full of marine life. Totally gutted that we misplace the underwater camera charger and miss out on some awesome Kodak moments.<br />
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<span style="text-align: start;">Dennis becomes ill - too much kava! (the water was probably contaminated). Fortunately Dennis was well looked after at Viani Bay with daily delicious home cooked meals from Jack's nephew, Albert's and Pa's, home. </span><br />
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<span style="text-align: start;">11/10/12 - 14/10/12 Koro island </span></div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">A day sail takes us to the relaxing island of Koro. </span></div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">15/10/12 - 17/10/12 Makogai island </span></div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">18/10/12 - 21/10/12Musket cove </span></div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">An overnight sail to Musket Cove.</span></div>
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Plenty of yachties gather here in wait for a good weather window for their next passage. Plenty of drinking to be had at the beachside bar and DIY barbecue Looking for toilet roll, we discover 10L of spirits in our bilges! We are only allowed to bring 4.5L of alcohol into Australia and so its big party time!<br />
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<span style="text-align: start;">Over to Lautoka, a busy port on the main island of Vanu Levu, to do our check out procedures. </span>Unfortunately with the Cyclone season coming, it's time for us to move on.<br />
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<span style="text-align: start;">24/10/12 - 26/10/12 Passage west to Fiji </span></div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">Unpredictable shifting winds have us spending 24 hours beating into the wind, motoring for 24 hours and nice downwind sailing for about 1 hour. </span>336Nm Av speed 4.7 Kn<br />
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After the whale 20/8/12 - 23/8/12 </div>
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After a week of work, we are glad to be coming to the end of the repairs. Dennis does a trip up the mast - No problems there besides a sheave block being ripped out for the spinnaker halyard, we are now seaworthy! <i>For those that missed it. We had some serious damage caused by a whale. Details in a previous blog post.</i></div>
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Three whales pop up only 100m behind the boat. The other boats are much amused to see Dennis standing at the bow of our boat, yelling "Go away!" The whales are huge and powerful, it was awesome to see them swim by.</div>
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Lakepa village fair - A chance to enjoy some Niuean culture Javelin throwing.</div>
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Niue is home to the sea snakes. Highly venomous! It's a good
thing their mouths are too small to bite as they often bump into you coming up
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An island tour to the wild side.</div>
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A big thank you to the Niue Yacht club, especially Keith
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24/8/12-26/8/12 Passage to Tonga! 260 Nm fast downwind sail. Smooth sailing.</div>
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These islands are famous amongt cruisers, with the sailing being very similar to that of the Whitsundays in Queensland Australia. Check out this awesome view from the top of Mt Talu. So many islands to go explore. </div>
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We sail around Bora Bora to the Blue Lagoon, a fantastic southeast anchorage overlooking the peaks of Bora Bora. The blue lagoon is also a great place to relax and enjoy all the different shades of blue water. With too much clear water to tempt us, we took the opportunity for a dive and snorkel with Manta Rays!</div>
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Life in paradise is a lot of fun but boats can be somewhat frustrating at times. Until recently, most sailors have not had water makers. Even now only half the boats currently crossing the South Pacific have one. Without a water maker, you need to have strict water restrictions to conserve your tank water and your fingers crossed for frequent rain until you are next at port with a clean water supply. So it's not the end of the world when our 6 month old water maker packs it in again, but it does spell the end to our daily fresh water showers. The high pressure water pump has leaked salt water into the mechanism and now it's all corroded. Unfortunately we have a lot of spare parts but not for brand new equipment and there is nowhere in the South Pacific to get a replacement part. We are in luck, after a good clean and a careful rebuild of the pump, we have water again! Anyone in a betting mood - how long will the water maker last before it dies again? hopefully we'll be back in Australia and we will be drinking beer instead!</div>
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We head out to our last French Polynesian island, Maupiti, 25 Nm away. The weather man is wrong again, he predicted 15-20 knots and we get 30 knots of wind. No big issue, we just go faster and arrive in good time (2.5 hours). With wind, however, comes swell and waves. By the time we get to Maupiti, we have 3-4m swell with waves crashing on the bar. The pass is not safe to enter (or leave - the boats inside will be stuck for another week). </div>
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Our crossing was terrible. Strong winds for 2 days. Followed by reducing winds for the next three days. Unfortunately swell builds quickly but subsides slowly. We rolled constantly back and forth for the entire trip. The seasickness was pretty bad! We did manage to read a good book each towards the end of our crossing. Nikki was looking for inspiration and read Serge Testa 500 Days Around the World on a 12 Foot Yacht. Serge, a fellow Brisbanite, is in the Guiness Book of Records 1989 for sailing around the world in the smallest yacht, a boat only half a meter bigger than our dingy. Dennis better behave or he may be forced into doing his own world record! You can see his tiny boat at the Brisbane maritime museum where it is now stored. Dennis chose to read a thriller, Steven Callahan Adrift Seventy Six Days Lost at Sea - a real story of what can happens when it all goes wrong. </div>
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1) Go fast - The stronger the winds, the faster you go, the quicker and bigger your catch. Within 2 hours of strong winds, we caught 2 skip jacks, which had to be returned as the weather wouldn't allow filleting, and a Mahi Mahi, which wasn't so fortunate but made a number of tasty dinners. </div>
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Awesome! We love this place! It would almost be worth buying a boat (and doing the
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Tropical paradise at a bargain - $50 dollars entrance fee allows one yacht, 2 people to stay for two weeks. This deals includes unlimited excellent snorkeling diving, fishing and beach barbecues Put your wallet away, there is nowhere to idle your pennies here.</div>
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Japanese fishing Buoy - traditional glass buoy. We are chuffed with this now rare find. We plan to make it into a light fixture for the boat at some point in the future</div>
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7/8/12-10/8/12 520 Nm sail to Niue Another passage - more seasickness!</div>
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We were hoping to swim with the humpback whales who are abundant at this time of the year and are known to sometimes spend time in the harbour. Awesome limetone formations - arches, caves, pools. All is going well so far.</div>
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Niue is a tiny independent nation, in free association with New Zealand. Niue "the rock", is entirely comprised of limestone and is a result of a raised reef. It's a beautiful island with friendly locals.</div>
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<br />Apparently we were stuck by a whale at Niue on the 13th of August. <br /><br />There is much to update on all the awesome places we have been before we got to Niue, but I thought I would put this up first. <br /><br />While we were gone having dinner and using the internet on shore this damage was caused to our boat. Witnesses on yachts in the mooring field said they heard a loud bang at around 8:30pm . They looked over to see our boat moving as if it was being driven by motor. There was no other boat near ours and there were no other boats moving in the harbor at all. Whales have been frequenting the mooring field and coming very close to boats during our stay. There was no wind to speak of and the sea was calm.<br /><br />The anchor roller has been ripped clear off the deck along with the bow cleats and it has taken the port side railing at the bow with it. When the whole lot was dragged under it pulled our anchor which was stored in the well out by the chain and it ripped through the anchor well doors on the way out. Luckily there was not much wind and the chain fouled a coral head which stopped the boat drifting out to see or on the rocks. <br /><br />Our furling code zero is not connected to a stay as it is raised by the spinnaker halyard then furled with a facnor furler which is connected to a bale on the end of the anchor roller. When the anchor roller was ripped off, the code zero was ripped down from the mast when the halyard broke mangling the furler and damaging the sail in the process. The anchor roller is bent and was found with the cleats jammed in it. Apparently the cleats broke off first and jammed in the roller which caused the roller to then take the load. <br /><br />Niue is not a safe anchorage in all weather as it is open to sea with no protection so we have started to make the boat seaworthy ASAP. We have cleared the mess and solidly reattached the bow cleats with stronger bolts than before so we are safely moored again. The anchor locker doors will be easily reattached by some panel beating of the hinge. The bow roller will be straightened and reattached after re enforcement of the damaged bow section of the yacht. Strong bars of stainless steel will then be bolted under the external hull to deck joint from around 1 meter from the bow to further re enforce the bow roller. If these temporary repairs turn out as planned I will be happy to continue to go on my cruise as planned arriving in home Australia in November. <br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 14px;"><br /></span>
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Farewell Tahiti - It was time to leave the hustle and bustle of the capital and explore the smaller Society Islands. A picture of Tahiti from its neighbouring island, Moorea, 8 Nm away. </div>
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Slow overnight sail, 83Nm to Huahine island. After our recent bike ride at Moorea, we decide to go further, be more adventurous and cycle the entire island, 68km round trip. It was a fun day stopping off to appreciate the local way of life.</div>
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Copra production - Throughout French Polynesia, production of coconut oil is very common practice and one of its major exports. It is heavily subsidised by the French government and subsequently it is a very lucrative business. Here is a picture of the coconut drying.</div>
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Huahine island, is like Tahiti in that it is comprised of two islands, Huahine Nui and Iti. The islands are connected by man made bridge rather than a natural isthmus. </div>
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We celebrated our successful bike ride with happy hour cocktails - mai tais for $4.50, large beer for $2.50. Very cheap for French Polynesia! Afterwards we went out for a tasty dinner at Albert and Annette's Roulette - food truck. These food trucks serve excellent food and are very common throughout the Society islands, being frequented by both tourists and locals. We enjoy a tasty local specialty, poisson cru - raw tuna with coconut milk. It is believed that beer and coconut milk together are bad for you and so we had Chinese style instead - a vinegar based dressing. </div>
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Here's a pic of my homemade poisson cru - unfortunately the tuna had to be bought. We are currently in a fishing drought! After two more happy hours and dinners, we bid our farewells!</div>
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Slow downwind 23 Nm sail to Raiatea. This island was traditionally the most important island of French Polynesia, both for trade as well as religion. Here is a picture of the largest Marae site.</div>
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We took the dingy for a ride up the river in Baie Faaroa. This is the only river in French Polynesia which is navigable by dingy for more than a few hundred meters. We explored it to the first set of rapids which was around a 2nm trip.</div>
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We enjoy pleasant protected sailing around the island as we sail in the lagoon behind the fringing reef. For the first time, we successfully manage to Goosewing, with code zero and head sail, travelling 4-5 knots in 5 knots apparent wind. <br />
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We wharf up to Uturoa town quay. The last time our boat was touching land was when we docked in America. It's a great time to relax and not stress about the anchor/boat. We celebrate with the other yachties who are equally pleased to be attached to land with one too many drinks! I think we may have acquired stowaways by docking though. We have since spotted a cockroach on the boat. Will Australian customs burn our boat before allowing us to import due to infestation?<br />
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The weather deteriorates and so we move to seek shelter. We sail to Tahaa, a small island which shares the same fringing reef as Raiatea and is only 2Nm away from its closest point. We were very much looking forward to exploring this island, famous for its vanilla plantations and reportedly the best snorkeling in the whole of French Polynesia. <br />
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What actually happened - Initially 20-25 knots downwind and we are making good progress with the full main. Winds slowly increases to 30 knots, the boat becomes more difficult to handle, a squall is approaching and visibility is falling. Gale! Thankfully we have already taken down our main and have only a small head out when the winds came through. Despite the small head sail we are still being overpowered by the winds and we further reduce our head sail. Before the squall we were recording wind speeds averaging 30K from the ESE when the squall hit the wind increased to over 40k but backed to the NE when meant we were no longer going down wind but on a reach. All is good, we made a safe passage and it was a bit of fun.<br />
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With the advent of modern weather forecasting, generally you have weather on your side. The weather files revealed a front but not with much wind associated. Fronts are predictably associated with strong winds and these winds are often underestimated on the weather charts. We knew we were going out in less than ideal conditions but we had a timeline by which we needed to be in Bora Bora. <br />
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Bora Bora - a honeymooners paradise. One of the most expensive places in the world to take a holiday...........if only it would stop raining and blowing.<br />
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We find secure anchorage in 12m of water, sand bottom, on the southeastern tip of Motu Toopua. 4:1 scope with a Delta 55lb anchor is holding us well in frequent gusts of 40-55 knots. It is uncomfortable sleeping as the boat tacks constantly back and forth into the wind. <br />
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We are still trapped on the boat by bad weather. It starts to improve slowly and we can once again venture away from the boat. <br />
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14/7/12 Bastille day - This is a public holiday to celebrate French and Polynesian culture. We move to Vaitape, the main town on Bora Bora, to partake in the festivities. We enjoyed an evening dance show, with lots of bum wiggling and impressive drumming.<br />
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now exposed and becomes increasingly uncomfortable, with a sharp chop building down the entire length of the 30 mile lagoon. It is
now time to move on, so we raise our anchor and set sail for our next atoll 40
Nm away, Toau.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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a huge yellow fin tuna. We are doing circles with the boat for over an hour,
but finally we landed the fish. Needless to say when we arrived into harbor we
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We had a slow 4.5 day 455 Nm sail to the Tuamotu islands, the land of
coconuts and tropical marine life. These are small coral islands that were
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The coral reef is a hazard to sailing boats, hitting a reef can result in a sunken boat in minutes! Only until the advent of GPS did sailing become safe enough for boaters to come here. GPS, however won't tell you if you're about to hit a bommie and so you need someone on the constant lookout. Better vantage from high up - See Dennis standing on the boom.</div>
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18/5/12 - 24/5/12 Tahanea atoll</div>
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Time for snorkelling. We snorkel through the little
channels, being pushed along by the current. There is heaps of marine life -
coral stacked on top of coral, schools of every reef fish imaginable and at least 3 sharks every time you put your mask on. Can you believe it awesome! See for
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Excellent spearfishing - Dennis is getting particularly good
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We had a day out into the middle of the atoll to a small
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bommies. Good snorkeling.</div>
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One night, we decided to go coconut crab hunting on an island in the SE corner of the atol. Coconut
crabs are large land dwelling crabs which eat coconuts! They are able to husk a
coconut and will amputate fingers and toes within seconds. We weren't sure how
we were meant to catch the crabs or if it was legal on this island but after spearing some fish for lunch, we
wanted some crab for dinner. It turned out to be relatively easy - there are
many crabs on this island and they hang out on the beach and move very slowly.
The trick is to put a stick infront of them and they will instinctively grab
hold of the stick - end of the hunt. We found 4 within 1 hour! Had we been sure it was legal we would have cooked them
on an open fire. They have a sac at the back full of coconut oil which makes
for nice dipping sauce. I'm sure it would have been tasty ;-)<br />
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We didn't get any pics but this a pic I found of one in case you were wondering what a coconut crab might look like. They are the worlds biggest hermit crab. They start out in life using a small mollusk as a home then later on in life they use a coconut as protection. Finally they become so big they no longer need the protection of an artificial shell.</div>
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Next stop was Fakarava island 47 Nm away - very do able
distance by day but you have to time your exit and entry of the atolls, due to
current within the passes, and so we decided to do an overnight sail. A large
pod of dolphins joined us for sunset, taking it in turns to play with the bow
of the boat. Wind picked up to 20-25 knots and we were going to fast despite
reducing our sail, so we decided to bare pole and to our surprise we were still
sailing between 4-5 knots!<br />
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Fakarava island is the one of the larger atolls, 30nm long.
The reason we came here and the reason why many come here is to dive with the
sharks. You do a drift dive from the entrance of the south pass, towing your
dinghy behind you. Down to 20m and we saw 200 sharks eek! mainly black tips,
but also white tips, silver tips, black fin and grey reef sharks.</div>
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After we had our fill of diving, we decided to feed the shark, within minutes we had around 50 sharks circling the boat, trying to get a bite!
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29/5/12- 31/5/12 Passage across Fakarava island</div>
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We spent a few days sailing through the atoll to enjoy a beach bonfire and hang out with the locals.
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Ferme and Iris are a
lovely hospitable local couple who live on a coconut plantation that we
met half way up the atoll. They invited us over for drinks - Jack Daniels and coconut
juice! Like this couple, many locals speak french, and no english. Nikki has
audio french lessons which she has been motivated to do for the last two months
when we realised that we couldn't get by with speaking just english! The
lessons seem to be working, we think we had a basic but good conversation
across the evening. Ferme entertained us with his guitar and singing.<br />
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1/6/12- 5/6/12 - Rotoava, Fakarava North</div>
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Onward sail to the most northern part of the atoll and we
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The Tuamotu islands were previously big pearl producers and
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Our collection of rare and alluring mollusks. </div>
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We took a tour of Hinano pearl farm which was interesting to see how pearls are cultured. The highlight of the tour was Dennis buying Nikki a pearl necklace and set of earrings!
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Fourth and Final stop in Nuku Hiva: Taiohae.</div>
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We chose to stop here last as this is the best place to re-provision. We still have a bilge full USA cosco canned food but some fresh French cheese and salami goes a long way. Our next stop will be the Tuamotus Archipelago where fruit and fuel is difficult to get. We are fully stocked on fruits from Daniels bay and now our fuel tanks are full. Just few more preparations and we will head off. </div>
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On the way into this bay I had a huge marlin on my 40kg fishing line. It promptly spooled all my line off then ripped the rod out of its holder (which I tie on for occasions just like this). The line snapped of course but I could see the monster jumping and spinning like you see on TV. It was still a great experience. I now have a second reel with 150kg line attached! </div>
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The view from the plateau which I missed seeing in person. Nikki took these pics from horse back on a day tour of the island by horse. </div>
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The anchorage. We got hit by a squall which lasted around 2 hours while we were on shore. We have only seen rain for no longer than 10 minutes since we left the USA. We came back to the boat which had dragged about 50 meters. I moved it today as our new position was too close to other boats. Our 55lbs delta anchor does not like mud bottoms. </div>
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We visited the small museum owned by veteran cruiser Rose. She cruised here in the early 70s and her and her late husband purchased a lot of land here and practically opened the Marquesas to conventional tourism by opening a hotel.
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Nikki had a lot of fun trotting and cantering with Lisa. Nikkis horse was a little feisty at first, <i>but being a rodeo champion</i> she was able to show him who was boss.</div>
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Third stop in Nuku Hiva: Daniels bay.<o:p></o:p><br />
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This is another breathtaking anchorage with steep cliffs all around and a sandy beach for going ashore with the tender. We took a walk to the 3rd highest waterfall in the world. The walk was serine and the feeling of awe when we approached the fall through overhanging cliffs has unfortunately been missed in our photos. It has to be seen in person to be understood. Most of the walk followed the remnants of an ancient roadway. Stone walls and pae pae (stone house & temple foundations) were seen almost everywhere for the 1.5 hour walk to the falls. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The main waterfall disappears into another inaccessible crevasse before re-emerging over a smaller fall into a lovely waterhole full of crayfish in which we had a swim.
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We were warned of falling rocks from the 300m high overhanging cliffs. Especially when it had been raining (which it had). A bag of helmets is provided which we laughed off. On the way back I found this head sized rock 0.5 of a meter from the path which was not there on the way in. In not sure how much help a helmet would have been if this hit you on the head!</div>
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We sailed past some spectacular mountains and cliffs on the 4 hour sail to Anaho bay from Controllers bay. Anaho bay had
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mountain ridge. The water was clear and
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village here can only be accessed by boat or a 2 hour hike over a mountain
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Just like what you imagined a tropical island paradise to look like right?</div>
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These are some views you get of Anaho bay when you go for a walk to the shops. Walk to shop = 2 hours one way to Hatiheu.</div>
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Ronnie & Chris from SV Ladybug and I on the ridge.</div>
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The Tikis in Hatiheu are some of the best around. Look closely and you can see the shamen holding and infant which is about to be put to death and eaten. Apparently the first born from each family were ritually killed and eaten.</div>
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Back to Anaho bay. We met a
local character named Kareem who told us many stories about his exploits from Polynesian
voyaging canoes to nano particle reactors. Above is his house on his own private beach made from floatsome and used building materials. We had
dinner with him and his family at the other end of the bay. When you
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This house was lifted of its foundations when it was hit by the tsunami that devastated Thailand and Sri Lanka in 2004. The Marquesas were hit but I do not believe anyone was killed. In some areas they reported a huge reduction in tide many meters below normal levels which then surged back few meters above normal hightide levels. This happened around 3 times in 20 minute cycles, which was enough for locals to catch on and grab all the lobsters off the rocks on the low water between surges. Risky business but we were told the lobster catch was good.</div>
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Our plan was to circumnavigate the island stopping last at Taiohae bay which is the biggest town in the Marquesas. First stop: Controllers Bay. This is where I landed the Yellowfin Tuna as
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We went for a walk to the next bay to find a beautiful stream and bay.
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I'm decorated in my Marquesan bone carved ear ring and necklace
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<span lang="EN-AU">11<sup>th</sup> April to 16<sup>th</sup>
April. First stop - Atuona Bay, Hiva Oa Island, Marquesas, French Polynesia. Oh
so nice to be on land. Atuona is a small
town with all the necessary essentials, including fresh baguettes – very tasty!
The locals entertained us with Dragon boat races around the yachts whilst
enjoying a barbi. We spent one day doing a full island dirt track tour with a
couple of other boats (Momo and Cheers), and had our first taste of local
polynesian seafood cuisine - yummy!</span></div>
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Smiling tiki. Most tikis were removed by the missionary's because they were not compatible with their religion. Well that and they apparently encouraged cannibalism. I asked a native Marquesan what native animals they ate before the islands were visited by the Spanish and Europeans which introduced the meats we are used to. The answer was humans. </div>
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April. We start island hoppin</span>g. Day sail 45 Nm to the most southern island Fatu
Hiva, Bay of Virgins. Rated as one of the most beautiful anchorages in the world. Famous for it
phallic like stone projections and previously called bay of penises before the
missionaries got hold of it. We wandered through the village to have a swim in
gorgeous waterfall and up to the top of the hill. We traded some old rope with
Phillipe for 10 pampemouse (sweet grapefruit)! After a few jack daniels and on
his fishing tinnie, Phillipe took us to Omoa, the next port 3 Nm away. We
stopped off on the way to enjoy the scenery and go for a swim. Unfortunately
the winds started to pick up, the anchorage became very blowy and after helping
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<span lang="EN-AU">20<sup>th</sup> April to 22<sup>nd</sup>
April. 47 Nm day sail north to Tahuatu, Bay Hanamonenoa. Windy (se
20-23Kn) downwind sail. Both seasick
(dennis more hungover). Dennis caught impressively large Mahi Mahi on the way!
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<span lang="EN-AU">23<sup>rd</sup> April. Early morning 10 Nm
sail to Hanamenu Bay, Hiva Oa. No luck with fishing – tangled lines, few bites
broke free, the only thing we caught was a bird (we safely managed to release
with no harm to the bird!). Rolly
anchorage. After a trip to the beach, we start a 75Nm night sail to Nuka Hiva
Island – the most northerly island of the marquesas island group. Strong winds
initially, lightening up over the course of the night – easy broad reach sail.
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clearance for our boat to leave the US, we were informed that both we and the
boat were illegally in the US. Our options - do a runner to Mexico or admit
fault to US Customs and potentially pay a number of hefty fines. We chose the
latter and thankfully the US Customs were in a good mood! Now with our papers in order, we celebrated
our good fortune with Australian Delivery Captains – Paul and Sherilee who successfully
got us drunk the day before our departure! </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">20<sup>th</sup> Mach – 10<sup>th</sup>
April – We leave San Diego with hangover thanks to farewell celebrations. The
first day was marked by good winds, big swell (enough to make Nikki seasick – unfortunately
a reoccurring theme!), beautiful sunset and sunrise. The next few days were
spent getting use to Ocean sailing. Land vanishes and then it's just the Ocean,
the sun and the moon, a few albatross, infrequent visits by porpoises and later
dolphins, to keep you company. We travelled quickly in the tradewinds – 15-25
kn of winds NE. On the roughest day of our passage –day 10 in 4m swell, we
caught our first and only two fishes of the passage. Our prize benito and Mahi
Mahi made fantastic sushi and tasty barbi dinner! Day 11 we crossed the midway
point, another 1400 Nm to go! A few minor squalls mark our entry into the Doldrums
on Day 14 – latitude N 04. For the next six days, we have gorgeous weather –
sunny days, clear nights, and very light winds, 0-10 Kn NE/E. We spent the days
sunbathing whilst watching the cummulus
clouds build, the magical sunsets, the rise of the full moon and the shining of
the stars. Despite the lights winds we made good progress with our Code Zero
(very large front sail)! Day 17 – Hello Neptune! We uneventfully crossed the
equator just before sunset and a full moonrise. Day 20 – We wake to squalls and
lightning storms – one bolt struck a few hundred metres in front of the boat, a
bit too close for comfort! A couple more uneventful days sailing and on day 22
we see landfall in the early morning! We did it! 2800 Nautical miles (3222
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 15px;">Avalon Harbour</span><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"> on the eastern </span>Catalina island - First
stop only 4 hours away at a cruising speed of 6 knots. Famous little island - owned by Mr Wrigley
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We were making good time with our code zero and 15 to 20 knots of wind downwind. A neat
cruising speed of 7-8 knots and peak speed of 9.8 knots! At that speed the 77 Nm journey would take less than 10
hours but we weren't that fortunate and the wind died after sunset. We
persevered for the next 8 hours cruising at a snail speed of 1-2.5 knots.
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">17th Saturday March 2012 - Storm - thankfully we are
chilling out in San Diego, waiting for the blow to pass and then we're
off. Goodbye America! Next stop isles of the Marquesas!</span><br />
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<br /></div>Dennisailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10781404582975306348noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1838191670749036720.post-41102146974082004442012-03-05T20:04:00.000-08:002012-03-18T10:55:02.428-07:00<span style="font-family: inherit;">We have been so busy that we have had no time to tend to our blog. Finally we have made a few spare minutes to update it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We have been in the USA for almost a month now and we were due to leave Tomorrow. But between working on the boat, and a little going out for dinners and drinks and enjoying ourselves time has run away on us. So we have pushed it back another week and we plan to start cruising on the 12th March. and with a gale warning current, its not a bad idea to stay put and start provisioning and finalize any projects ( a list as long as my arm!) that need doing on the boat.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Our boat has been moored in the heart of Wilmington for the past 4 months. Wilmington is an industrial area with a lot of trucks, cranes, oil rigs and ships. It was amazing to see the dirt gather on the boat - cleaning the deck of the boat was a never ending chore. We must mention how lovely the people at the marina were - so nice and friendly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Finally after two weeks of working on the boat, we made our maiden voyage - 23rd Feb.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So onto some pics! Our first day sailing in pics..... We moved onto a more expensive marina close to the sea called Shoreline Marina at Longbeach. Here you can take a 2 minute walk and order a $50 steak.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The taste of a $2500 glass of water. Desalinated to perfection. almost...... The high pressure pump died minutes later. It wasn't Dennis's fault though, there was a manufacturing defect with the pump - which he later repaired.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A few presents for each other before we leave. These should keep me busy on those long calm watches. I have a little roland battery amp too!</span></div>
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Hello to all landlubbers and salty dogs alike. You have stumbled upon Nikki and Dennis' sailing blog. </div>
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These pages will document the passage of our boat "Knotty Lady" from Long Beach California to Brisbane Australia over the course of 2012. </div>
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We purchased the Hunter Legend 40.5 in September 2011 when we visited the US. We then went back to Australia until Feb 2012 to continue working while we had a few things done on the boat. We will spend the next month or so fitting the boat out in preparation for our voyage to the Marquesas in French Polynesia which will be our longest passage and first major stop. From there we will island hop our way back home as slowly as possible to maximize our time in paradise.</div>
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First day out sailing and it feels great to have left the dock at Wilmington after 2 weeks of hard work, but the work has only just begun. We still anticipate another 2 or 3 weeks of preparation once we reach the marina at Long Beach.Dennisailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10781404582975306348noreply@blogger.com2