Author Archives: B.J.

You are Now Free to Move About the Country…

By B.J. | Published August 8, 2015

Lovely slogan, if you can do it. In the past I’ve talked about moving around coral infested lagoons when we were in the Tuamotus.  Moving in these waters you need to be able to SEE what is ahead of you.  Just like the Tuamotus, Fiji has really, really lousy charts.  Read On..

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And Then There Were Three…

By B.J. | Published August 4, 2015

This has been a tough post to write, I think it has taken me a week just to get my feelings under control enough to write it without getting too mawkish.  Apologies in advance if I can’t control myself anyway. Last Tuesday we put Will on a plane for the Read On..

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Media Shout Out – Boats and Outboards!

By B.J. | Published August 4, 2015

We wanted to take a brief moment to thank the folks at Boats and Outboards for selecting Sail Evenstar as one of their “Top 20 Sailing Blogs” in a recent feature on their site.  They found us somehow – thanks for looking! Boats and Outboards is “The UK’s Number One Read On..

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Three Years Out

By B.J. | Published July 23, 2015

No matter which side of the dateline you are on now its been three years since we slipped the lines and went cruising.  The date was Sunday, July 22nd, 2012 that we actually cast off the lines from Brewer’s marina in Greenwich Bay and didn’t look back. When we left Read On..

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Frankenfreezer

By B.J. | Published July 13, 2015

Sometimes you just have to FIX some things. Readers may recall we’ve had some struggles with out freezer, mostly relating to it leaking refrigerant – that actually seems fixed.  There is one other design flaw in it that also causes occasional troubles in the tropics – we can’t open the Read On..

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Malolo Lailai (or Musket Cove)

By B.J. | Published July 7, 2015

A few miles out of  Port Deneau lie the Malolo islands, a gorgeous complex  of reefs and islands surrounded by stunning green and blue waters.  On the smaller Malolo island, Malolo Lailai (or “Little Malolo”), hosts several resorts and the famous Musket Cove Yacht Club. Joining a New Yacht Club Read On..

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You are Here – Port Denarau, Fiji

By B.J. | Published July 4, 2015

We’ve not actually seen much for Fiji so far.  We arrived here from New Zealand all in a rush to make sure we were good for our flight back to the states and ahead of the weather.  When we arrived both kids still had to finish school so we put Read On..

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We’re Ba-ack!

By B.J. | Published July 3, 2015

OK, maybe you didn’t notice right off that we were actually gone since I’ve not exactly been Polly Productive out here on the blog, but we were off the boat and back in the U.S. for a few weeks. Shortly after arriving in Fiji we parked Evenstar at Port Denerau Read On..

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The Clearance Hurdles 1500m Event

By B.J. | Published May 26, 2015

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..

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//WL2K Land in Sight! Day 7 to Fiji

By B.J. | Published May 23, 2015

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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