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Monthly Archives: May 2015
The Clearance Hurdles 1500m Event
Well, we’re here. Right now we are anchored off the Royal Suva Yacht Club in the city of Suva which is the largest population center in Fiji. Checking in here is an arduous process that took the better part of two days to get completed. The Hurdle-thon Day One Arrive Read On..
Posted in Customs & Immigration, Fiji
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//WL2K Land in Sight! Day 7 to Fiji
Land Ho! We’ve been able to see Fiji pretty much all day now. Specifically we an enormous volcanic mountain and the attached land, which we believe to be Kadavu Island with it’s 828 meter peak of Nabukelevu (also called Mt. Washington), an extinct volcano. That is not our destination, however Read On..
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Nice Wind Shift…Not! Day 6 to Fiji
One of the routine parts of passage making is watching the weather. We watch it carefully. We get weather reports emailed to us daily, we download weather model data (in a file called a GRIB) and watch the predictions, we get on the radio to one another and talk aboutthe Read On..
Why You Should Check Your Oil Every Day – Day 5 to Fiji
Every book on cruising, every engine user manual, every “tips and tricks for not killing your engine” guide, every coastal and cruising instructional course out there says one thing in common: Check your engine oil every day. This is basic, but I am convinced that only the most meticulous people Read On..
Posted in broken things, Fiji, Fish, passages
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Shorts Ho! Day 4 to Fiji
Woohoo its finally starting to feel tropical! This morning it is warm enough to wear just shorts and a t-shirt in the cockpit and no shoes. Finally! Last night for about an hour we had some great wind – 18 to 20 knots on the beam – I sailed blissfully Read On..
Day 3 to Fiji – Do a Wind Dance, Please.
Do you remember yesterday how I was complaining that the wind was “all from the wrong direction”, “dead down wind” and “slow”? I take it all back. Last night the wind started getting lighter and more shifty. All night we watched it closely, heading the boat up for speed when Read On..
Request to Help With Sharing!
Once again, I’d like to ask my our readers if they could take a moment to share the blog posts up on Facebook, particularly if someone could share it on the Sail Evenstar Facebook Page. While I can regale you with tales of high adventure about sailing downwind slowly, breaking Read On..
Posted in Fiji, Housekeeping, passages
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//WL2K Slow Boat to Fiji – Day 2
Well we’re not getting there fast, that’s for sure. And its still pretty cold. Getting warmer, but not so as you’d want to be running around in shorts just yet. Or even just one layer of clothes. We’re still sailing downwind and putting up less than stellar performance numbers; the Read On..
Its Not Warm Yet – Day one to Fiji
We’re almost a full day en route to Fiji and I can say unequivocally that it has not actually started to get warm yet. Our current latitude is analogous to somewhere in South Carolina, though we don’t have a great big land mass nearby. The is from the South, which Read On..
Posted in Fiji, New Zealand, passages
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All our Bags are Packed, Ready to Go
No, we’re not Leaving on a Jet Plane, but we are leaving New Zealand today. We’ve been here six months, its getting cold, and we’re ready to head to warmer places for a while, so its off to Fiji. It is about a six-day trip, plus or minus a day. Read On..
Posted in Fiji, New Zealand, passages, projects
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