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Entries Tagged as 'Life on the Boat'

Let’s say GRACE – over and over and over

November 25th, 2010 · No Comments · Australia, Cheers!!, Fellow Cruisers, Life on the Boat, Random Thoughts, Shore Excursions, Somebody likes us, The End

Happy Thanksgiving everybody!!  We had a great turkey day the Aussie way, throwin’ some brats on the barbie with the only other US boat we knew in the area.  It was such an enjoyable time.  I felt really happy that we could still celebrate the holiday with a nice day with friends and throwing the […]

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The good, the bad & the ugly are all, well, GOOD.

November 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · Australia, Introspection, Life Lessons, Life on the Boat, Loss of a Parent, The End, Thoughts on Family

Now that we are comfortably ensconced in civilization again and able to be off the boat and in movie theaters or cafes or restaurants at a moment’s notice, and have regular internet, and no longer have to worry about the anchor dragging or sails ripping or rigging breaking or being constantly tossed around at sea, […]

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random things I was thinking about while sitting in the quarterberth listening to it rain until I realized that the lazarette was open and I had to run out in my pj’s to close it and got totally soaked

November 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · Australia, Life on the Boat, Random Thoughts, The End

* starting a new blog about our “normal” life * celebrating Hanukkah (even though I’m not Jewish) * how I should never eat fish & chips again (even though they are so so so so so good, they are so so so so bad for my waistline!) * how excited I am about my new, […]

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Goodbye to big sky country: November 10 – our last day at sea

November 11th, 2010 · No Comments · Beautiful, First Mates, Life on the Boat, Passages, The End

As the end draws near, I’m becoming a bit more sentimental. Ha. Our last sunrise at sea: Our last sunset at sea: Thanks be to a glorious God who has provided so many spectacular skies along the way.

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Mixed Emotions (written Nov.9, en route to Australia)

November 11th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Introspection, Life Lessons, Life on the Boat, Our Route, Passages, Random Thoughts, The End

When we started this passage, I never thought I would spend almost its entirety curled up in the recesses of the quarterberth or laying on the settee, trying to keep my stomach happy and contained.  It’s strange to me that I’ve sailed almost halfway around the world and yet get the worst seasickness on our […]

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Final FINAL Passage!

November 3rd, 2010 · 9 Comments · First Mates, Introspection, Life on the Boat, New Caledonia, On Safety, Passages, The End

So, as I’m sitting here thinking about what to write in this post, it feels like just yesterday that I was sitting in this same spot getting ready to film my Bon Voyage video the night before we set off across the Pacific. Now, **nine months** and over TEN THOUSAND MILES later, we are about […]

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Weather waffling and McDonald’s in Noumea

November 1st, 2010 · 2 Comments · Fellow Cruisers, Life on the Boat, New Caledonia, On Safety, Passages, Random Thoughts, shoe-cruising

Hello!! I don’t know if I ever updated where we currently are, but we are at the Port Moselle marina in Noumea, New Caledonia. New Cal is an island country that is about 800 miles east of Australia. I was very excited because our guidebook hailed Noumea as “the Paris of the Pacific.” hahahahahaha I […]

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A Seaworthy Vessel (written 10/21 en route to New Caledonia)

October 26th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Fellow Cruisers, First Mates, Life on the Boat, On Fear, On Safety, Our Route, Passages, Random Thoughts, This Could Have Been Us, Vanuatu

Our initial plan was to leave Fiji on Saturday Oct. 9.  We didn’t feel too concerned about weather since we hadn’t heard rumors of anything nasty coming up, but – as usual – it’s always a good idea to check.  The weather for the near future – 2 days out – looked perfect, but the […]

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Fiji Highlight – Musket Cove

October 21st, 2010 · No Comments · Cruising with Friends, Debauchery, Fiji, Life on the Boat, shoe-cruising, Shore Excursions

Musket Cove has long been a cruiser’s haven in Fiji.  Located on Manolo Island, MC offers a fairly calm mooring field, laundry, hot showers, a mini-market, bars, restaurants, and access to a resort pool.  No trip to Fiji would be complete without some sort of resort relaxation, so we hung out at MC for a […]

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Life on the dock

October 7th, 2010 · No Comments · Fiji, Introspection, Life on the Boat, Our Route, Random Thoughts, shoe-cruising, Words to Cling to

After the last few weeks of sailing all around, it is kind of nice to be tucked into the marina berths here at Port Denerau.  Some of our other cruising friends scoff at the high prices of the restaurants here and another referred to this center of tourist madness as “Disneyland,” but I happen to […]

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