RAVEN Is For Sale!
Update October 27, 2009 RAVEN IS SOLD! Photo Gallery Sundeer 64 Data Sheet Cutter Rig Diagram 1 Cutter Rig Diagram 2 Interior Layout It’s almost time for us to say good-bye to Raven. Our new Read More …
Travel
Passage Videos
Nick frequently crews aboard Raven when a long passage requires an extra hand. The cool thing is that he takes video and posts it on YouTube so even if we aren’t aboard, we get a Read More …
Tiger Shark Encounter
PHOTO GALLERIES 2009 South Pacific Yesterday we headed out of the harbor towards the anchorages, and this morning we decided to move around to a favorite spot called Blue Lagoon – a beautiful circlet of Read More …
Port of Refuge
PHOTO GALLERIES 2009 South Pacific We’re safe and sound in Port of Refuge Harbor, Neiafu, Vava’u, Kingdom of Tonga. Nothing exciting to report about our 750 mile passage – alternately reading, sleeping, and standing watch Read More …
Shark Chumming
PHOTO GALLERIES 2009 South Pacific We changed our plans a bit – bad weather was forecast for around Niue that we wanted to avoid, also due to hit Tonga in about six or seven days, Read More …
Suwarrow Atoll
PHOTO GALLERIES 2009 South Pacific We arrived at Suwarrow atoll Thursday morning at the end of the 200 mile passage from Penrhyn – uneventful sailing, light winds, a very comfortable ride. At night the radar Read More …
Disneyland Underwater
PHOTO GALLERIES 2009 South Pacific For us Penrhyn’s biggest attraction is underwater. We’ve been in the water constantly on this trip, snorkeling and swimming several times a day and scouting out the site of our Read More …
Penrhyn Yacht Record Book
PHOTO GALLERIES 2009 South Pacific Tetautua Village maintains a Yacht Record Book – an oversize hardback book with lined blank pages, covered with canvas and stored in a vinyl water resistant bag. Each visiting yacht Read More …
A Big Fish Tale with an Unhappy Ending
PHOTO GALLERIES 2009 South Pacific Rod unpacked his speargun and has started shooting our dinner. He’s a really good spearfisherman, free-diving down and hitting his target almost every time, with an aim good enough to Read More …
Coconut Crab Brunch
PHOTO GALLERIES 2009 South Pacific Our hosts from Tetautua Village have continued to entertain us. This morning we followed our leader OJ by dinghy some four or five miles to the far side of the Read More …