Milkfish Picnic
PHOTO GALLERIES 2009 South Pacific For Saturday afternoon’s activity, our village patriarch (named OJ) had also invited us to join his family on a milkfish outing which we later realized was an event put on Read More …
Travel
ANZAC Memorial Day
PHOTO GALLERIES 2009 South Pacific It’s Monday morning and Rod and Geraldine have hitched a boat ride across the lagoon to the big city of Omoka (population about 150) for propane and shopping, leaving Mike Read More …
Clearing In to Penrhyn Atoll
PHOTO GALLERIES 2009 South Pacific When I talk about our “other life” here’s an example. A recent morning started with Mike in his bathing suit balanced on Raven’s swim step while I gave him a Read More …
Diving with Sharks, Bitten by Butterfly Fish!
PHOTO GALLERIES 2009 South Pacific We’ve had a couple of busy days – a swim or a snorkel every day is the best way to take a shower. Swim first, then shampoo and a fresh Read More …
Bora Bora – Settling In
PHOTO GALLERIES 2009 South Pacific Here we are the balmy South Pacific after freezing last weekend in San Diego and Tucson both! Of course it’s probably warming up nicely there as well, as soon as Read More …
Volcanoes, Earthquakes & Tsunamis!
The following video and news story on March 18 definitely caught our attention, as we plan to be sailing into Tongan waters come May, remaining there through October. This volcano is actually a couple hundred Read More …
Onwards to Rangiroa
After just a few days of catching up on sleep, refueling, provisioning, misc repair jobs, etc., Raven and crew set sail for Rangiroa some 600 miles away. Rangiroa is located in an archipelago of atolls Read More …
Landfall at Nuku Hiva
Raven made landfall around midnight (French Polynesia time) last night! I’m sure the crew is already anticipating a well-deserved big celebration and some nice shore time in one of the most beautiful places on earth! Read More …
Weathering the storm!
How to Weather the Economic Storm! Maybe a little tongue-in-cheek, maybe not! At any rate a fun look into the mind of the designer of our new FPB and the reasoning behind the boat’s innovative Read More …
En route to French Polynesia
Raven set sail last Monday morning from La Paz on her way to the Marquesas in French Polynesia. Here in Tucson Mike and I have been receiving daily email reports from Rod giving us some Read More …