tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24206419210566345842024-03-21T18:07:25.357-07:00The BIG NEW adventureAnts and Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02248249489541668505noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2420641921056634584.post-90589230190984580292014-03-11T20:54:00.001-07:002014-03-11T20:54:59.453-07:00Autumn already!Me thinks this post should be written from the present time backwards as Christmas seems an age ago and it seems like lots has happened....nothing awful soooo here goes.<br />
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March <br />
We just spent a couple of short days (12-4) working/volunteering on the Australian Volunteers International (AVI) Stand at Womadelaide. It was about passing on our AVI experience to potential volunteers which we found a positive and fun process. In addition it enabled us to see some great WOMAD acts (complimentary day passes) and catch up with KI mates. Breabach, the Scottish trad band was excellent as was Dub Inc, a full energy French reggae/fusion/rock with Tunisian overtones. We also enjoyed Ana Brun, Sam Lee et al & Thelma Plum<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In the modern "old fashioned" photo booth with the obligatory shut eyes!</td></tr>
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Arrived back from Darwin on Saturday....we are now fleet owners (again) having purchased a Sparhawk 36 foot Cat Ketch......a bit radical...carbon fibre unstayed masts and a canard winged keel. She is a bit of a project boat having got freshwater damage to interior woodwork but she should clean up OK....we have decided to rename her Goshawk. She is being trucked down to Adelaide in early April.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Soon to be SV Goshawk, our new boat</td></tr>
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Break Free is on the market. She has been a great home but we would like to build a new house on the farm so to recoup some cash from the sale will be useful. So if anyone is interested in a Adams 13m set up for cruising.......<br />
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Beginning of March <br />
So we could see the boat in Darwin did a campervan relocation from Adelaide ($5/day plus fuel for a 4 berth)....brilliant fun, no hassle, cheap and comfortable...the highlights.....the sunsets, Simpsons gap, Alice Springs, Swimming at Edith Falls and Litchfield National Park, more sunsets, the desert starry nights, the Devils Marbles and to see all the GREEN from South Australia all the way to Darwin was amazing. Did you know they have eight foot high grass in the Northern Territory?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Desert sunset</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">a few of the Devils marbles</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Amazing tall grass at Edith Falls</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The top Edith Falls...the bottom was closed because of flood waters & crocs!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Litchfield Park, NT swimming holes</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ants swimming at Litchfield</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cathedral Termite mound at Litchfield</td></tr>
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January/ February <br />
Brisbane to Adelaide on Break Free<br />
Sailed down the east coast spending a few days around Sydney where we picked up our crew Rex. We made friends with Rex in Majuro when he was delayed with a flight for a few days. It was really nice having him aboard. He is good company. He sailed with us to Tasmania via Flinders Island on a lovely downwind sail. On the Sydney leg with the East Australia Current and a following wind we sailed, for us, a record 188nm 24 hour run.<br />
We all climbed Strezlecki peak on Flinders. Rex was a great fisherman while aboard and while we went exploring on Maria Island Rex caught dinner, yum.....Went to Hobart via Dunalley Canal definitely worth doing. In Hobart we tied up next to Constitution dock on the public pontoon really handy for exploring Hobart. Saw a great acrobat display by a French yachting couple....the performance is from the deck of their boat....<br />
Sailed south on the D'entecastreaux Channel to Kettering and Cygnet....met lots of friendly yachties. Caught up with friends Crystal and Girwyn at Port Huon, they are nearly ready to launch their lovingly self built yacht, SV Lucy after 5 years of sweat and toil.<br />
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We experienced a cold front with winds over 40 for 2 hours with a period of 60 and then 70+ knots in Port Huon and dragged anchor into another Adams 13. The most wind either Ants or Jane had ever experienced. Sailed to the southern most street in Tasmania and I went the furtherest south I have ever been. Lovely walk to .......... sailed straight to Portland as the weather was right and time was catching up with us. Couple of days in Portland then onto to Kangaroo Island....went home for just 6 hours and then up to Adelaide where we picked up the Relocation camper van for the drive up to Darwin.....<br />
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Back to KI now to be at home for more than a day or two (but if someone wants to look at Break Free plans can change). <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Only ACT to go now</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Somewhere near Tennant Creek</td></tr>
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<br />Ants and Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02248249489541668505noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2420641921056634584.post-37716638105944920832013-12-23T17:53:00.002-08:002013-12-23T19:50:14.018-08:00Our Journey Home to Kangaroo Island<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fred the very enthusiastic kelpie Pup from Quorn SA</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A lunch spot on the MacIntyre central NSW</td></tr>
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Hi Folks, We're home...we got back to Kangaroo Island Friday last.
Leaving a roasting hot 40's Adelaide to arrive home to a cool 15 and
rain....so I've been dressed in the jeans and winter woollies ever
since, Ants is in his usual tee shirt/shorts and thongs, much more
durable then me. Our house was delightfully in really good nick and,
thanks to our last tenant Faye, still quite clean despite being vacant for a couple of months. Our amazing Majuro experiences seems to be slowly slipping
into the longer term memory banks. I loved the girly time I had with
Majuro mates in the last few weeks...especially the muumuu day at
Wallaby Downs!!!!. Ants has had a great sail home and a good time
catching up with Brisbane mates.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nyngan....A memorial to rescue helicopters in flood times</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A classic Australian country building</td></tr>
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The last couple of weeks has been great fun, gallivanting across the
Australian countryside. After I flew into Brisbane, Ants collected me
in our hire car and we went back to Break Free for the night. She's
moored at Victoria Point, Moreton Bay until we collect her in January.
Amazingly enough we can check on the mooring anytime through a local
online 24 security camera web site called Point Halloran Storm Watchers.<br />
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The following day
we called to Jonica, Ants sister, for an overnighter at Ipswich. Jonica
has produced some inspired artwork and it was interesting to spend some
time with her. After Jonica's we drove down to North Arm Cove, Port
Stephens to visit friends Pete & Sandy, Break Frees previous owners.
Again like Jonica, Sandy produces amazingly beautiful artwork which I
found inspirational! Ants and Peter talked yachts.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Glider at Narromine Aerodrome NSW</td></tr>
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From Port Stephens we drove west to Narromine near Dubbo and stayed in a
campsite next to an Aerodrome which had just hosted the Australian
Junior Gliding Championships and is internationally renowned as a gliding
spot! I had never stood up close to a glider before...they are low to
the ground and have a huge wing span...awesome looking machines. Ants
was chatting to a Czechoslovakian glider pilot who wanted to fly 1000km in a day! <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Paroo River at the Coach & Horses campsite Paroo National Park NSW</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some of the Paroo River residents</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Campsite at Coach & Horses, Paroo River</td></tr>
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A long drive then to the Coach and Horses Campsite on the Paroo River
near Wilcannia...real outback country...red river gum trees, pelicans and
kangaroos galore. Oh yes and we used a $12/ 2 person single skin tent
(brand new from KMart) with a inflatable mattress for $19 (we have
about four tents back on KI) I was shocked that tents are now so cheap!.
Leaving there we drove across to Quorn (northern SA) to catch up with
friends Anne & Michael and their new kelpie pup Fred....more
fantastic dramatic landscapes....its a shock seeing the humongous
Australian landscapes again after the Majuro north Pacific flatness and
sea views. <br />
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Then to Adelaide to stay with Ants's mum. I had my Australian citizenship
test last Thursday morning and thirty minutes later received a congratulatory email from the Minister of Immigration. No worries mate! After seeing
lots of the relatives in Adelaide we arrived back on the Island in the
rain, cold and wind!<br />
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We both would have liked to visit Canberra but we're saving a visit
until we have more time to spend looking around the city as it deserves a
few days at least. Christmas is here so Ants dug out the decorations
and we have a tree up. So........<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ants standing on the deck at home on Kangaroo Island</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jane on deck next to the very alive Kangaroo Paw (yippee)</td></tr>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">A holly jolly Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all</span></i></b>....<br />
miss all you Majuro people big hug from us Janexxxx & Antsxxxx</div>
Ants and Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02248249489541668505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2420641921056634584.post-85688205381188979672013-12-07T02:08:00.001-08:002013-12-07T02:08:55.674-08:00Break Free and the Boys reach Brisbane<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bran and Steve exploring Ebon Atoll</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and then being taken ashore by the entire Police force !</td></tr>
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The first leg of the trip was 2 days down to Ebon Atoll, the most Southerley in the Marshalls. A great stopover even with the "greeting" from the entire Police Force of six. Dave , a Mormon missionary from Oz helped us stock up on fruit and veg. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">But the Acting Mayor was happy with the permit (and $25)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Big Blue Sail near the equator</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Temporary gooseneck repair</td></tr>
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The second leg across the equator and the Doldrums was pretty easy going but some days of rains qalls made for a bit of excitement. But a reasonably fast couple of days (170 miles in 24 hours!) saw us near the Santa Cruz Islands (Solomon Islands) after 8 days when a missing pin at the gooseneck saw a 24 hour repair stop to replace it. At Graciosa Bay Moses, Titus, and Luke made for an interesting stop, and we topped up the fresh food supply.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Titus in a typical dugout in Graciosa Bay SI</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The only sign of human occupation at the Chesterfields</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finally a fish rather than broken gear! A Barracouda</td></tr>
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The Chesterfields were our next stop and great to have 2 nights at anchor, The reef complex is under New Caledonian (French) control but open for yachts to visit. We finally caught a fish rather than losing lures! Barracouda do not have the best reputation but we found it great eating (about 8 meals for the 3 of us over the next week!), The highlight of the stop is however the bird population who show no fear of humans, David Attenborough, eat your heart out, And on top of that turtles all round the boat. Excellent.<br /><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And still more</td></tr>
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From the Chesterfields it was a 4 day sail South West to Brisbane. The 25 knot forecast trough turned into 24 hours of 30 plus knots and pretty ugly waves but except for the three of us not enjoying the rough close reach it was actually quite safe and as it calmed down we had an easy sail into Moreton Bay. In fact the last 27 miles took less than 4 hours as we screamed across the bay and up the Brisbane River in flat water at 8 to 9 knots. What a finish. The next day Customs and Quarantine were efficient , even if a bit expensive at the $330 minimum charge.Then Brian and Steve flew home and I am on the boat resting up for a few days waiting for Jane to fly in on December 11.<br />
For those interested the trip was 2450 nautical miles done over 20 sailing days at an average speed of 5.2 knots (122 NM per day) and we used about 130 litres of diesel by motoring for just more than 100 hours.<br />
No damage other than the pin that fell out of the boom and dry decks 80% or more of the trip.<br />
A big thanks to our friends on Westward 2 and Imagine who kept in daily contact on the HF radio with forecasts and just that feeling of "we know you are out there"Ants and Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02248249489541668505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2420641921056634584.post-76108644895667337392013-12-01T19:45:00.003-08:002013-12-01T19:45:40.474-08:00A quick update from Majuro<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of my pastels at the recent Jambo Arts Exhibition...sold this one hence pink sticker!</td></tr>
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Ants, Steve and Brian are thankfully nearly in Moreton Bay after just under three weeks of sailing in Break Free. The weather yesterday for them was big seas, rough with high winds....Ants mentioned I would not have liked it...so not pleasant. The weather has settled down now and I can now mention the FISH word as they caught a big one on the way into one of the Chesterfield atolls. This set of atolls are very low lying uninhabited sea bird colonies ?600 nm NW of New Caledonia in the Coral Sea. I am hoping Ants will have some photos of the big trip....will keep you posted.<br />
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I have been really busy firstly with work as I have prepared and given a presentation on my curriculum which was well recieved. Then I exhibited at the 7th biannual Jambo Arts exhibition. I must say...it was good fun and I'll miss Jambo Arts....I have one last big event before I leave on the 11th and thats the WAM graduation on Thursday next....the ceremony is in the morning and I am going canoe sailing in the afternoon. Should be fun also!<br />
<br />Ants and Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02248249489541668505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2420641921056634584.post-79009014473228940122013-10-03T21:17:00.001-07:002013-10-03T21:17:35.138-07:00Ants does a little side trip<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jane found a shallow reef near Ejit Island</td></tr>
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Ants got offered a trip around 13 atolls and 15 villages so of course he could not refuse.Because of the drought emergency in the North of the Marshalls food aid is being sent to these atolls and his role was to check the quantities as they left the ship and sign off on the shore. All up 154 tonnes of food worth close to half a million USD so quite a job.<br />
The boat "Aemman" is 150 feet and 400 tonnes with a 600HP Yanmar and did 10 knots.<br />
The trip was about 1100 NMs and visited, Tabal on Aur Atoll, Ollot and Kaben on Maloelap , Wotje , Mejit Is, Ailuk, Likiep, Ebadon and Mejato on Kwajalien Atoll, Wotho, Ujae, Lae, Lib Is and finally Majkin and Mae on Namu Atoll. If you search them the names will sort of come up but is Ollot actually Wollot . Always a guess on the real name.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Note the high quality anchor chain on the winch</td></tr>
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When you look at the anchor chain you can see the maintenance is fair only but the nice clean Yanmar purred at 650 revs and the trip went smoothly. Entering reef passes by moonlight, with radar but no depth sounder is interesting. I just watched quietly.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And fuel drums the same</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of our crew in pirate "get up" going back to Aemman</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aemman alongside at Likeap Atoll</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2 tonnes or more of recycled batteries</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ants trying to be artistic</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Coconut crab and breadfruit I had for brunch</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A traditional caoe at Lae Atoll</td></tr>
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I kept in touch with Jane by HF radio and a couple of Sat phone calls and on the last day she sailed BreakFree out to meet me. Nige Glen and Sofie were also on board to meet me. After Aemman anchored one of the tenders transferred me to BF for a sail, a lovely way to finish the voyage.<br />
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<br />Ants and Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02248249489541668505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2420641921056634584.post-36186363057652029062013-09-11T00:00:00.000-07:002013-09-11T14:52:25.336-07:00Another Visitor<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
It has been really nice to have another visitor after Kerry and Jenni had been here in May.</div>
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July saw Ants' daughter Kimberley arrive on an Our Airline flight from Australia for a couple of weeks. We fitted in lots of bike riding, swimming, snorkeling, sailing, dinners and a three day visit to another atoll, Arno.</div>
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To get to Arno the three of us traveled on a small inter island ferry about 15 miles and spent 2 nights in a lovely bungalow. The highlight was to snorkel oceanside in crystal clear water with turtles ,sharks and looking into the deep blue (dropping quickly to 3000feet!) water.<br />
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The bike ride was interspersed with showers but it kept it nice and cool. We were joined by 2 others which was great. We organised one Sunday the inaugural Majuro Mountain Bike Riders Club and had 13 people turn up for the ride. The icecream shop doing big doubles for $1.25 was the bait.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Out fishing, Kimberley Ants and Cary</td></tr>
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We have had quiet winds of late and one morning a Westerley wind bought in a bit of oil from the fish freezer ships in the lagoon. Yuk! A bit of cleaning needed on BreakFree.<br />
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<br />Ants and Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02248249489541668505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2420641921056634584.post-78828421141670902602013-07-17T15:01:00.000-07:002013-07-25T20:03:19.455-07:00The Yachties Pub Quiz and lobsters<h4 style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Winning the pub quiz with Dave and Pam and eating lobster </span></h4>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">just a couple of bonuses living in The Marshalls</span></h4>
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The last month has flown by and looking
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and the little can wins!</td></tr>
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WAM, the canoe program, started with a
new group of 25 students so that means Jane has been very busy Monday
to Friday. Advertising, interviewing and selecting the students, and
then starting all happened in 10 days.<br />
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This is not the true
“Marshallese way”, but a regime imposed by the funding body, the
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A US ship the USS Pearl Harbour came to
Majuro as part of “Pacific Partnership '13” an annual Goodwill
mission with hundreds of American Navy/Army/Marines and a few
Aussies, Kiwis, Canadians, Koreans, plus plus who were involved in
building, health checks, veterinary clinic, sport, and many other
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*attending the Independence Day cocktail party on the ship</div>
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*WAM trainees with Jane were involved with a US Navy/Marine “Boat Safety” morning in Delap park where we helped promoting WAM and selling teeshirts</div>
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*the two of us helped the US Ambassador and the PP13 Commodore onto canoes for a race</div>
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*the Wellness Kitchen (Ant's garden) organised a cookoff between Navy and local restaurants</div>
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*Jane took WAM trainees on a tour of the USS Pearl Harbour</div>
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*Ants did a volunteer recorder role at a disaster response workshop (the Northern Marshall atolls are in serious drought with millions being spent but OK in Majuro)</div>
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*We were invited to a lovely semi formal dinner for 35 people at the house of the US Ambassador.<br />
*Over the visit we met and took sailing on BreakFree a very nice guy, Lt Bruce Hansen, who was the community liasion officer<br />
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On a health topic. Testing for Diabetes at the Navy/Wellness Centre booth at a health fair with 196 people showed 47 were over 300 (90 is good) and about 20 would have been hospitalised immediately in Australia. 40% to 60% of the population are diabetic because of a diet of white rice, white flour, white sugar, soft drinks and chicken. Not that Australia is a lot better as we heard on Radio Australia recently.</div>
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One of the big Tuna purse seiners</div>
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A family on a Sunday sojourn</div>
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Seiners and freezer ships, all part of raping the world oceans</div>
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The third week of May saw Kerry and
Jenni arrive from Adelaide. Ants spent time showing them the sites of
Majuro and environs. They arrived at the same time as some new AVI
volunteers started so it was quite a social whirl of evenings out and
day trips. Their first few days included the “AVI” dinner to
welcome the new arrivals. The Tuesday yachties night out at Marshall
Island Club (all you can eat pizza for eight dollars) a film night at
Wallaby downs. A day sail/snorkel to Eneko Island. A bike tour around
Rita and Delap, the shanty town suburbs of Majuro. At the weekend
Ants arranged a “Australian” sail on Breakfree for Wally (AVI)
leaving and our visitors to Enamonet Island so 10 people on a lovely
day trip.
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The following week, much to the
amusement and curiosity of the locals, we put Break Free up on Mieco
Beach to have its two yearly bottom clean and paint, many hands make
light work.
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At the end of that week Break Free and
crew sailed ninety miles north to Maloelap Atoll. We had a great time
exploring Airik, Toroa, Piggiatto and Tjan Islands. Lovely people,
interesting wildlife, lots of Japanese relics and good wreck diving.</div>
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Then we sailed south to Aur Atoll
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water was crystal clear (for divers info 30m visibility)
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Even though there is a drought
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and with the great fishing they are living pretty well. After ten
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kitchen fire starting to burn</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ready to dry Pandanus</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cooking a typical breakfast</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Collecting some greens for the pigs</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Going fishing</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It sounds like Anti Crabs (actually Handicrafts)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Areson and Kerry after antenna repair</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jane and Jenni on Airik</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A fish lunch at a Copra camp om Kemar Island</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A young Taroan at Maloelap Atoll</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Old Japanese gun emplacement</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peeling breadfruit with a modified cowrie shell</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lovely bronze trunnion mount on WW11 Japanese gun</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A resident of Piggeyato Island</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Foreshore crabs at Chien (Tjan) Island</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tjan net fisherman</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rowing out to wreck on Taroa Is Maloelap Atoll</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cable winch</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Intrepid diver </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Great banana grove on Aur Aur Island Aur Atoll</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mooring bollard 70 years underwater<br />
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Ants, Kerry and Jenni spent the last
few days taxiing to Laura, walking and bike riding around downtown
Majuro and the obligatory evenings of “wining and dining” for
all.</div>
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Ants is taking no responsibility what
so ever for getting K & J to the Airport after their flight to
Guam had closed nor the fact they had old bullets (just projectiles)
in their hand luggage. It is only a US federal offence to carry
ammunition on an American plane (they were travelling on United
Airlines) and the jail sentence shouldn't be too onerous. Ants has
promised to visit them in jail!!!</div>
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On a lighter note Jane is right back
into it as WAM's new trainees start on Monday....it has been hectic,
to say the least, getting things sorted in a week after 3 months of
waiting for government funding to be approved and then released.</div>
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'til next post, cheers J & A</div>
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<br />Ants and Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02248249489541668505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2420641921056634584.post-46881972964127180402013-05-19T01:23:00.000-07:002013-05-21T15:17:18.845-07:00A Little Side trip for Ants<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">We became friends with Dick and Gail off a motor
yacht Ice Dancer II. Yes friends with people off a power boat!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ice Dancer II in Majuro</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Gail had to fly home to Alaska with some health
issues and Dick needed a hand to get Ice Dancer back to Hawaii. So Ants jumped
on board to motor 2000 nms upwind.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The immaculate LARGE engine room</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">A bit about the boat. She is a Nordhavn 56' of
about 60 tonnes and a million dollar plus luxury long distance boat with 80000
miles under her keel. She has a John Deere 350 HP main engine with a 36 inch 4
blade prop and a 90 HP wing engine with folding prop which also has hydraulics
for bow and stern thrusters and winches. A couple of big generator sets fit
easily in the cavernous engine room. 8000 litres of fuel capacity gives a range
of 2500nms at 8 knots.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dick looking after the John Deere</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"> Dick and Gail have been all over the Pacific and
Cape Horn and Australia (Port Davey in Tasmania was a favourite).</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In better weather enjoying a fish dinner</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">The trip from Majuro was upwind in 18 to 20 knots
for the first 2 days and I struggled a bit with the motion (most unusual for
me). I still managed my watches plus a couple of small repairs deep in a bilge
and up the radar mast. Then the wind went light and we had 9 days of easy
motoring to Hawaii. <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Blue Marlin we released unharmed</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Brown Boobie</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">We had a good catch of a 100 something pound Short
Bill Spear Fish (great eating) and a catch and release 40 something pound Blue
Marlin.</span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguR9RwQC2torAWdOOrD4U6mrhaAbQYMsGkH97Ito0hZmdYClrRg1yxSkCkZKpSqZMKKtQZRJyRORLi5HQFgpzzCEymSvpSeQ_XfwbJ4BrcFjLBF7_czYJR77gXJsh4ZTXAgAoU78y2EIiJ/s1600/DSCF6747.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguR9RwQC2torAWdOOrD4U6mrhaAbQYMsGkH97Ito0hZmdYClrRg1yxSkCkZKpSqZMKKtQZRJyRORLi5HQFgpzzCEymSvpSeQ_XfwbJ4BrcFjLBF7_czYJR77gXJsh4ZTXAgAoU78y2EIiJ/s200/DSCF6747.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunrise in North Pacific</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">A very easy trip saw us arrive pre dawn at the Ko
Olina marina and after a little hassle with immigration (my electronic visa
waiver didn't work on a private yacht ;they did waive eventually the $585
penalty) I enjoyed 3 days in Hawaii before flying home to the Marshalls.
</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">An interesting side trip but I am a yachtie at
heart. I think it will take the European canals to convince me to be a power
boat man!</span></div>
Ants and Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02248249489541668505noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2420641921056634584.post-42038628027273867392013-04-26T19:40:00.001-07:002013-04-26T19:46:22.226-07:00More photos of the Jambo Arts Exhibition <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">my table....</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">note the Australian sea lion!</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXTMTUxo8NH6Lcz_XwclrZcGom_iPmOz-UxFl5eF0Mwe9FofZJckTZ0ezPjx1E2bEKfN5BHCZN_7MDBLQrpJg2mEI5vp_Cun_YcYcbamxh5v9UKIcnLWjdh0T7PYOQhgAnomlrsi6T42uW/s1600/P1050026.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXTMTUxo8NH6Lcz_XwclrZcGom_iPmOz-UxFl5eF0Mwe9FofZJckTZ0ezPjx1E2bEKfN5BHCZN_7MDBLQrpJg2mEI5vp_Cun_YcYcbamxh5v9UKIcnLWjdh0T7PYOQhgAnomlrsi6T42uW/s320/P1050026.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A pastel of Ants reclining</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXJFIG-e-DviUkhnWN4nmfqlEZTisgFjjngffybpNTs0muQvFjB6wkt_pHdgOWbV3tN62xMfNu-azI7MJbaC8c7CP7ULApbwwQWJNwQAHQV4D36CWPud2iTnlGNVXCQFlW_BZNkCzuh6Ty/s1600/P1050027.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXJFIG-e-DviUkhnWN4nmfqlEZTisgFjjngffybpNTs0muQvFjB6wkt_pHdgOWbV3tN62xMfNu-azI7MJbaC8c7CP7ULApbwwQWJNwQAHQV4D36CWPud2iTnlGNVXCQFlW_BZNkCzuh6Ty/s200/P1050027.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My model....</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj91yi2_9wSb_noOHaRfV3Y3IpcJnn0Uvcvvxtkl2Rq9mqWWLqTJn99-kdmBkh7P_t9e9PvXLLqVBDuH5SyPk_uai58JSmYvEiCvS5EeRgYc-qXJOih7RLLLKDy0hKRPxV1bVc-pkfT9pFt/s1600/P1050028.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj91yi2_9wSb_noOHaRfV3Y3IpcJnn0Uvcvvxtkl2Rq9mqWWLqTJn99-kdmBkh7P_t9e9PvXLLqVBDuH5SyPk_uai58JSmYvEiCvS5EeRgYc-qXJOih7RLLLKDy0hKRPxV1bVc-pkfT9pFt/s400/P1050028.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My least favorite portrait</td></tr>
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Jambo Arts is a Non Government Organization started up to promote art in the Marshall Islands. I joined recently and I'm really loving being involved with the group, they are quite an inspiring bunch. Last Friday and Saturday I exhibited some of my pastels in the biannual exbo and got a great response for my first public showing. Just thought I would post a few photos that a fellow Jambodian artist took at the exhibition. I sold a large format pastel of a Maori face moko. I might find a few more photos for the next post. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some of the exhibits, note the WAM model canoe. Can you spot the pastels of Ants reclining and the bearded man, some of my contributions? I bought the "LIVE" picture in the foreground which we have up on the boat now.</td></tr>
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We have just come back from a week in
Pohnpei. Where, you might ask, is Pohnpei? Part of Micronesia (FSM)
it is about 2000km west of here. A dozen or so Australian volunteers
from the North Pacific are treated to an annual meeting/junket to
talk about our experiences. So this post focuses on the 6 day visit.
In a teacup...mountains/green tropical
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We set off on the “puddle jumper”
flying West from Majuro to Kwajalein Atoll, 45 minute stop then
another quick bounce at Koserae and onto Pohnpei. Because of the
hills it rains more than Majuro. We went with four other Majuro
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Day two to four was the real reason we
were there, our “in country conference”. An AVI fellow had been
flown up all the way from Melbourne to help us network!! Short
working days finished by 2pm. Exploring Kolonia town in the
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Talking amoungst ourselves we
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roles: a different work ethic, financial management, even “what am
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The highlight of our trip was going to
Nan Madol. Nan Madol is the Machu Pichu of the North Pacific. It is a
impressive stone city built on a shallow reef flat between 200 and
1200 AD. It is constructed of long hexagonal basalt blocks which
according to local belief were flown in (by magic) and all done by
two brothers. The basalt comes from a quarry at least 30 km away from
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On the Saturday four of us hired a car
and visited spectacular waterfalls, Nan Madol, petroglyphs(rock
carving) and circumnavigated the Island....</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">typical Pohnpei parking lot</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">another toad!!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">another bloody waterfall and our guide</td></tr>
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On the Sunday twelve of us went on a
boat trip and swam with 5 foot wing span Manta Rays at Manta Road, a
gap in the reef. Had some great snorkelling and a picnic lunch on a
little coral island. Then finished with another trip to Nan
Madol...truly awesome.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunday boat trip</td></tr>
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Back home on Monday to Majuro. It was
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Ants and Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02248249489541668505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2420641921056634584.post-45527944641646715062013-03-30T01:36:00.000-07:002013-03-30T01:36:16.675-07:00Images of the Marshalls<br />
Happy Easter to all...things are ticking along nicely. Here are some piccies of life in the Marshalls...good and not so good!!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Great tow-bar!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nice boat</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yea I'll take a TV</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and perhaps a couple of those as well!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Presidents Cup Day </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nice tomatoes</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Big boat, nice helicopter, dirty fuel</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lomwe on the helm</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alfonso the crew</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">fishermen going home</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">lets just cut a hole in the wall!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nice foundations</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ants at Eniko</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nice house good foundations</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">but typical concrete cancer</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Break Free nicely reefed</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At Eniko</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ready to make coconut hooch</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Good working canoe at Jaluit</td></tr>
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<br />Ants and Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02248249489541668505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2420641921056634584.post-56326718007988992002013-02-17T17:04:00.000-08:002013-02-20T22:38:27.465-08:00Tooth Hurty in Majuro 430 in Hawaii<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
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<b>Life in Majuro</b></div>
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We're finding life on the lagoon in
Majuro is quite a thriving social scene with a constant stream of
activities to attend. What with the regular yacht club events, a
monthly yacht race, the Tuesday night dinner, nights out at the
Australian Navy Base like the Australia Day celebrations and various
other invitations to expat events. Then theres the Billfish club
which Ants is quite active in and my WAM work and AVI (Australian
Volunteers International) related events. Ants is still working away
at the Wellness Centre garden and just ignoring the “in-house”
politics.
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We have found its becoming unusual to
eat in. One problem I have found is all this socializing puts on the
weight!!! Ants (lucky him) does not seem to have that problem but all
I have to do is look at a coconut and Hey Presto...mid riff bulge. I
think one plausible excuse for me is the higher air temperature
relative to body temperature here means a person is less likely to
burn off calories in keeping warm. Not a bad excuse me thinks?</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ukelele Rod at the Party</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rent A Crowd at Ants's party</td></tr>
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<b>The big Six O</b></div>
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Our latest celebration was Ants 60<sup>th</sup>
birthday celebration which we held on our landlords (Ben Chutaro owns
the mooring we use) lagoonside lawn under a couple of coconut palms.
A truly beautiful, idyllic location. Ants had made up decent
quantities of a couple of versions of his renown homebrew which went
down a storm. About 30/40 yachties & landlubbers turn up to a
“plate to share” evening. Rod, a California Yachtie friend,
brought along his Ukelele and regaled us with his versions of some
old favorites. He did a great rendition of Jim Hendrix's “All along
the Watchtower” Uke style! The food spread was amazing and
delicious. Ants had politely requested, as the birthday boy, for fish
and vegetable dishes so Mahi Mahi and Wahoo turned up marinated in
lemongrass and sesame dressing yum. The party was a great success and
we have made a lovely bunch of friends here. Kimberley had commented
“wow already you have that many friends to invite” and Josh's
comment was “Wow 60, that's really old!”.</div>
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<b>Tooth Hurty in Majuro so 430 in
Haiwaii.</b></div>
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Before coming to the Marshalls it was
required by AVI that both myself and Ants had to have the “once
over” dental wise but unfortunately, just before Christmas, I
started to get a pain in one of my back teeth. By January it had
developed into an abcess and the only option offered here in Majuro
was to pull the offending tooth out. Well, I'm at that stage with my
teeth that I need them all. As it was a dental emergency, the AVI
insurance offered to fly me to Haiwaii (easiest and nearest) for root
canal treatment. Both of us decided we might as well go to Waikiki
together and have a mini break while I was getting the work done
....Ants bought a ticket for himself and so Aloha and all that....
here we come.
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another bloody tourist at Waikiki</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Waikiki from Diamond Head</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Australian 4WDs look tame compared with above</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and then a Bus bike rack in the land of the big car</td></tr>
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Our impressions of Honolulu and the
island of Oahu are mixed. It sort of reminded both of us of an
immaculate Gold Coast. Lots of overweight people evident and also
high numbers of homeless living beside the streets in little canvas
and cardboard humpies...quite often they had bicycles which I haven't
come across before. We did what we considered was obligatory and
visited Pearl Harbour. Unfortunately the day we were there it was too
blowy for the ferry to the USS Arizona memorial. Ants thought that
the real reason the navy cancelled was the Superbowl final was on, as
there was very little wind apparent in the bay. We were however happy
with a visit to the USS Missouri, a huge battleship that was
operational from 1925 up until the nineties and a WWII submarine,
both were impressive.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">USS Missouri 14 inch guns</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ants loading a Torpedo</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">PAPER plates and a good view at the Eco? Paradise Bay Resort </td></tr>
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In between dental appointments we
spent two nights on the Windward coast. We bussed around the Island
for a very reasonable $2.50 with a quick visit to Hailiewa and the
famous Pipeline surf beach. Paradise Bay Resort on the Windward coast
was a bit of a misnomer as it was in reality a mangrove creek. But to
give them credit they provided complimentary Kayaks to use in the bay
and we enjoyed paddling out to a sandbar turtle spotting and
afterwards utilised the hotel spa and pool. There was a Mai Tai
evening buffet which we enjoyed....A Mai Tai being an Haiwain
cocktail that is a mixture of rum, coconut, pineapple and most
probablly more very strong rum!! There maybe other spirits in there
but I found it too strong to drink let alone taste, it reminded me of
of the Irish hooch poteen. Ants appreciated them much more than I
did!</div>
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We managed to climb a few hills while
we were there after being starved of altitude in RMI (the highest
hill in the Marshalls is 30ft, Mt Majuro- the rubbish dump- is a bit
higher!). The classic Diamond Head was nice but crowded but the
Olomana ridge views were probably more spectacular. The volcanic
ridge walk was a good but serious climb with lots of exposure and
scrambling. Some bits had fixed ropes which helped, it certainly got
the heart rate up.
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...and seriously steep</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Olamana Ridge, it was quite narrow...</td></tr>
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All in all very enjoyable even if I had
to go through the dental work...</div>
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In our absence the Annual General
Meeting of the Mieco Beach yacht Club was held and Ants was elected
Race Director which I think he will enjoy doing. All that number
crunching and statistics is his forte. He has already organised a
reverse handicap for the next race which should be quite interesting.
If it goes to plan a whole range of cruising boats should cross the
finish line together.</div>
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'til next time.J&A</div>
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For those interested the link to our
yacht club web page is</div>
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<a href="http://www.sailingmarshallislands.com/">www.sailingmarshallislands.com</a><br />
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which includes quite a few photos of Break Free, the results of Race 3 and mentions our involvement with the club.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Break Free nearly catching Seal after starting twenty minutes behind</td></tr>
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Ants and Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02248249489541668505noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2420641921056634584.post-39091211684871945402013-01-05T16:14:00.000-08:002013-01-05T16:56:46.972-08:00Northern Atolls Christmas<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Anchorage at Tabal Island, Aur Atoll</td></tr>
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<b>The Plan</b></div>
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We made a decision early on
to take all available opportunities to explore, aboard "Break
Free", our new tropical locality to the full. The Christmas break was our
first decent chance for visiting the Outer Atolls. We had from December
21st until the 5th of January. Ants after a suggestion from "De
la Mer" had been pondering over the charts and planned a visit to Aur Atoll
60 nautical miles to the north of Majuro and then, if time,
onto Maloelap Atoll to the North of Aur.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">De la Mer</td></tr>
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<b>The Company</b></div>
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The WAM program associate
director and husband, Kiwis Kathy and Kevin kept us company and sailed
with us aboard their 42ft Steel ketch "De la Mer".<br />
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<b>First Stop</b></div>
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We left Majuro on the 23<sup>rd</sup>,
at around six in the evening, for an overnighter. Unluckily it
was blowing from the direction we wanted to go so unlike most gentlemen
we had a bit of a bouncy upwind sail. We arrived in the mid morning
of the 24th (nicely timed for bommie spotting) at the south
entrance to Aur Atoll and spent the day sailing across the lagoon to the
island of Tabal in the North West corner, where we had been told most of the
population (about 300) of Aur had decamped for the Christmas
festivities.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tabal Beach</td></tr>
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After rowing ashore we were
taken to meet the Mayor in his little grass hut. He was asleep on a
pandanus grass mat platform in the open plan hut with his wife in the small
outer “kitchen bit” of the hut. We showed him our visitors permit, paid
our $25 and were told we were welcome. The local Iroj (the chief of
Tabal island) told us the "beat" celebrations would be in the
church Christmas day morning and again we were welcome. Back in Majuro, around the
churches, over the few weeks leading up to Christmas we
had seen (and heard!) lots of people practising dancing and
singing. This "beat" is done in rows sort of like line dancing with a
leader with a whistle at the front. Each Church "chapter" puts on
a performance on Christmas day and a collection is taken for each group. It
actually seems to be fairly competitive with each group having
distinctive dress or uniforms and trying to out dance the previous
mob.</div>
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<b>A Marshallese Christmas day</b></div>
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First thing "De la Mer"
joined us for prsent swapping followed by fresh fruit and pancakes.</div>
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We attended the local Tabal
"beat". Quite a different Christmas experience....a
mixture of modern US, traditional Marshallese with a almost tribal feel.
Every section of the local community was represented from young to
old. We were invited to the community feast...and seated at the big
table with all the local dignitaries!!! the food was served on amazing woven pandanus plates and was very
traditional Marshallese fare....Pork, beef, preserved breadfruit,
coconut milk, pandanus meat, tapioca starch and green drinking coconuts....I
can't say yum but there was enough to feed an army for a week! We only
stayed from 11am until 7pm so missed a few hours of the celebrations!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aur boys sitting on bags of copra (coconut meat)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Making the plates for dinner</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looks easy....not</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Christmas lunch at the mayoral table</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The lovely older generation at Tabal</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The "beat" around the Walls of Jericho (that is what they said)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The orange "beat" team from Aur Aur village, Aur Atoll</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The yellow team of Tabal village</td></tr>
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<b>Next stop</b></div>
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After a fond farewell from
Tabal we sailed to Bigen...a beautiful anchorage and deserted
island. The underwater visibility was at least fifty metres.</div>
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<b>Maloelap Atoll</b></div>
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From Bigen we sailed north
to Maloelap. On the way we caught Tuna, Wahoo and in the lagoon we nabbed
a Rainbow Runner (our first). </div>
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We anchored at Taroa a village full of
Japanese World War II relics....this is where the five islands of Maloelap
had all decamped for Christmas. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">De la Mer going ashore at Taroa, Maloelap Atoll</td></tr>
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We had an amazing snorkel over a
Japanese munitions shipwreck in the anchorage. About 100 metres long in 15
metres of water and almost intact except for a bombed bow.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Repelling invaders!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Break Free through a rusty wreck</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A typically shy Marshallese boy at the new school in Taroa</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In ground cooking (in a truck brake drum)</td></tr>
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Ashore were the remains of
fuel tanks, admin buildings, plane wrecks, air raid sheltersand
numerous craters from bombs dropped on the WW2 airfield and even a 6 inch
cannon on the beach!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1940's Air Raid shelter/ 2012 house</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The boys with their toys!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Old Japanese Admin building</td></tr>
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On island the Christmas sports
festival of baseball and volleyball was in full swing. The 5 groups of
Maleolap were on the closed airstrip involved in a serious competition. It was closed because the lawn mower could
not keep up with the grass despite a valiant attempt. <br />
A great visit for us.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mowing the runway so the planes can land!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aerodrome baseball</td></tr>
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<b>Airik Island</b></div>
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Our next stop at Airik was
strange because except for cats, dogs, pigs and 2 women the population
was at Taroa. As we walked around a boat load of Airikians returned from
Christmas celebrations and it all came to life again.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Residents of Airik</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">18 more young residents with MUM</td></tr>
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<b>Back to Tabal</b>
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A great downwind sail saw
the fish larder replenished with 6 fish landed between the 2 yachts.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A live turtle going from Taroa to Majuro by boat! Sad? or just a difference of cultures?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A bunch of so called "300" variety bananas we were given</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Making donuts for a feast</td></tr>
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Tabal's New Years Eve was a
bit unusual....we're still not sure if they celebrate the New Year
arriving or not...Ants & Kevin ventured ashore but other than after
midnight local Policemen, and other small groups</div>
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singing songs at peoples front doors
for presents (like thanksgiving) not much was happening. The
outer Atolls are dry....a no alcohol policy so maybe that has something to
do with it??</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Flat out enjoying island life</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A couple of "cheeky" boys from Tabal in their new wellies!!!</td></tr>
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<b>The homeward leg</b></div>
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We called into the southern
village of Aur Aur but with the wind and sea conditions ended up
anchoring off a nearby island with the anchor at 11m and the boat in
20m...not ideal. Winds a brisk 25 plus. The sail home was a brisk
broad reach downwind. The open seas had worked up a bit of a roll
with a 3 metre swell. At one stage we had three or four large waves
stand up abeam of the cockpit and dump a large dose of the Pacific on
us and the back of the boat....its humorous after the event!!! It
took eleven hours to do the 80 nms. To the skippers delight the
fish count went up by two Mahi Mahi, one a huge 139cm!</div>
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All in all a great trip.</div>
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Ants and Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02248249489541668505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2420641921056634584.post-53866987234545129762012-12-06T20:56:00.000-08:002012-12-06T20:59:59.284-08:00Majuro, near the edge of the world!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brian at Eniko Island. 4 miles from Majuro</td></tr>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Here is</span> </b>our first update from very nearly the edge of the world......<br />
Jane is happy and BUSY at work at WAM so I have taken on the scribes role this time.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jane with Kevin & Kathy on the way to work.</td></tr>
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<b><big>MAJURO</big></b><br />
The town/city/capital is a vibrant spot of around 25000 people with an
interesting mix of Micronesian people and expats (mainly NZ Aussie and
US) living on a small narrow strip (about 5kms by 400 metres wide). The
American influence is obvious with lots of cars, taxis being half the
traffic. A taxi is 50 or 75 cents per person as far as "the bridge" at
the end of the main island, about 5kms, so most locals don't walk. A bit
run down but very liveable with supermarkets, stores, hotels, cafes and
attractive views ocean side and lagoon side. You can ignore the run
down buildings as well as the wet rough footpaths. We have reasonable
internet access (but not on Break Free) and with mobiles and VHF radio
between all the boats and WAM good local communication. The food is a
mix of stale imported veggies, good local bananas, yam, coconut, pumpkin
and great fish (Tuna steak for shushimi or whole fresh reef fish from
$2 to $5 a pound, $4 to $10/kilo) and a whole range of tins, oats, etc
at any of the 20 plus stores.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ocean side....showing the rubbish problem</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cemetery on Ocean side at low tide</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Downtown Majuro...note KLG chicken fastfood</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A "Mom & Pop store" in the 'burbs</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From the tallest building you can see ocean and lagoon sides</td></tr>
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<b><big>OUR WORK</big></b><br />
Jane is at WAM 5 days a week (google "WAM Majuro" to find out about the
canoe project) and finding it difficult to juggle teaching Maths and
English, writing/adjusting a basic curriculim, meetings, more meetings,
and then other requests needing her attention.<br />
I have been doing a bit of building some afternoons at WAM and catching
up on boat maintenance and household stuff. Last week I started some
gardening supervising/teaching at the Wellness Centre (an NGO run by
Canvasback Missions) attached to the hospital. In the Marshall Islands
over two thirds of 60yo people have diabetes and 90% of hospital
admittances are a direct result of Type 2 Diabetes. I will do 3 mornings
a week at the garden with 4 Marshallese to work alongside.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jane & her boss Alson at an Art opening</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">WAM trainees at a Retreat</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Three gardeners Ants is working with</td></tr>
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<b><big>SOCIAL LIFE</big></b><br />
Our life is almost too busy. The Mieco Beach Yacht Club has made us very
welcome. There are about 25 yachts here, about 8 semi permanent and the
rest here for the Xmas cyclone season. We have been to the yacht club
pub/restaurant meals each Tuesday night, a yacht club meeting, a yacht
club Melbourne Cup Lunch, Thanksgiving dinner, a pre race skippers
meeting , and last Sunday the first yacht race of the season." Break
Free" did well being a close 2nd to a fractional rigged, kevlar sails,
39ft custom racer/cruiser and the rest of the fleet well astern. Our
crew of 6 was all Australian including the commander of the small Aussie
Navy base(2 people helping manage an Australian donated Patrol Boat)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Skipper & Robert (crew) out sail training</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The one Ants didn't catch!</td></tr>
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Then you throw in,<br />
Yoga and excercise class for Jane.<br />
Billfish Club for Ants (went out on a 30ft powerboat on Saturday all
day,6am to 5.30 pm, and the boat caught MahiMahi, Tuna, Wahoo, and
Barracouda but missed out on Marlin in the Take 5 comp).<br />
An Art opening/exhibition last thursday night.<br />
And from tomorrow 2 hours of Marshallese language class maybe twice a week.<br />
Throw in some boat to boat social stuff, some box playing, and a
weekend at a small island swimming and snorkelling and that sums it up!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Innovative timber body work!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A car parked on a basketball court (for good...!)</td></tr>
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<b><big>BREAK FREE</big></b><br />
We are happy living on our boat. Our mooring is only 100 metres from
shore but we have a nice breeze most of the time.When ashore our dinghy
lives on an endless line just in front of our landlord's (Ben)
apartments and Wire or his son Astor? keep it safe at night. We have
calm water and offshore wind 99% of time and the morning it blew
Westerly at 10 knote I was surprised that some yachties got jittery. A
big west wind is the once a year or less so fingers crossed. Most of the
maintenance jobs from the trip are done and the varnish has even had a
touch up<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Break Free & Little Fart at their moorings</td></tr>
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<b><big>NEGATIVES</big></b><br />
Not a lot. <br />
We are nearly used to the weather, 28 to 32 and humid with some very wet
days, mould grows well! I live in shorts Teeshirt and thongs.<br />
The town water is not safe but we catch rainwater.<br />
The lagoon close to town is polluted but I swim each day use a mask and snorkel andto keep it out of my nose/sinuses.<br />
Jane was bitten by a dog on the leg last week as we walked back home one
night. But the local hospital was great, clean, attentive, and quick at
after hours emergency. 4 stitches, antibiotics, dressing change each
day for a week and only $35. Don't worry. She is now fine but will be a
bit wary from now on. <br />
Good cheese, coffee, and dark chocolate hard to find. Life's OK.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Note hole in leg!</td></tr>
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<b><big>COMING UP</big></b><br />
We should by next week have 2 second hand bikes to ride the 3kms to WAM
and Wellness and the 35kms to the end of Majuro Atoll (70kms return). <br />
Over the Xmas break we will probably sail 70 miles north or south to another atoll.<br />
We WILL update the blog and photos.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Quiet reading spot</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">School kids on the way home</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More kids, sunset, ocean side</td></tr>
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<b><big>CONTACT US</big></b><br />
We would like to hear from you. Email is always good and anyone who has
SKYPE and sends us there details we will happily skype voice call at
prearranged time. Our skype name is antsandjane.<br />
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So till next time Cheers from both of us<br />
Ants and Jane (XXXs and hugs for those who want/need/deserve it)<br />
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<br />Ants and Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02248249489541668505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2420641921056634584.post-91123076972463510212012-11-11T21:47:00.001-08:002012-11-11T22:10:02.332-08:00The Last Big Leg<div id="gview">
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The last leg from Espiritou Santo to Majuro. 1500 nautical miles.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brian looking nautical?</td></tr>
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After Santo our last sight of land was Tikopia, an isolated lonely looking island on the very NE corner of Vanuatu. Then 9 days of open ocean until we glimpsed the top of a couple of tall buildings at Tarawa in Kirabati (obviously a bit taller than the unsighted palm trees). You could be forgiven for thinking that day after day on the open ocean could be monotonous but truly it is quite varied. Firstly in the Inter Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) the weather is very changeable with squalls to calm to good sailing winds which meant lots of sail changes to keep up best sailing speed. From full plain sail with Yankee, Staysail and Mainsail, to wing and wing, to flying the big blue drifter.<br />
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For other entertainment there is spotting birds, whales and flying fish. We saw Sperm Whales (confirmed by our Whale book) and nearer Majuro we spotted Pilot Whales. Terns, White Tailed Tropic Birds and Red Footed Boobies were common. It was great to watch the development of tropical squalls and amazing looking vertical cloud formations which hopefully didn't pass over us. As we got nearer the Marshalls and Kiribati we saw quite a few Purse Seine fishing trawlers and their on-board helicopters. One particular day, not a boat in sight, we noticed a chopper making a bee-line for us....they flew really low across the water towards the boat, did a tight circuit, waved and saluted, then returned to wherever they had come from.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Purse Seine fishing trawler near Kiribati</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Impellor repair on last leg</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ants retrieving a halyard on last leg</td></tr>
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I found I relaxed into the sea journey and having Brian as crew enabled me to take to my bunk whenever I was uncomfortable with the motion. Brian was a gentleman throughout the trip and we both appreciated having him on board. Ants did the cooking as he seems almost bombproof towards the motion of the boat. Between the three of us plenty of books were read and lots of chat...and one movie night!<br />
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The equator crossing was celebrated late at night at 7 knots with a couple of glasses of port kindly donated by Don Duffy (KI friend) and a big feed of chocolate. Unfortunately I was bunk bound and waited for the following day to celebrate.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">7 knots across the equator</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ants raising his glass of port after crossing the equator</td></tr>
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We had plenty of time to look at the statistics of the trip so here are a few numbers for those who might be interested in that side of things:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A bad phone photo of a table from our Android tablet of trip stats</td></tr>
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It seemed no time at all after this that we found ourselves sailing past Milli atoll, at 8 knots (favourable wind and current). this was our first view of the Republic of the Marshall islands. Milli looked tantilisingly tropical with tall palm trees perched on little motus (islands) with waves crashing on the reef.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the islands of Milli atoll</td></tr>
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We arrived in Majuro in 11 days and 22.5 hours out of Santo. Ants had written a post it note before we left Sydney to say the last leg would take 11-12 days. Once again according to plan!!</div>
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A note from Ants. It is really unusual for us to cruise/sail to a timetable and it was amazing how this whole trip went almost exactly to plan. We met crew at the right time and place. The right weather arrived as if we had ordered it and Break Free performed at her best. Our breakages/ breakdowns were limited to a couple of impellors, a spinnaker block at the top of the mast and a CV joint needing lubrication. Trev the trim tab auto pilot was a great addition to the crew, he ate little (less than one amp), never complained and steered 95% of the way. On a personal note I have had psoriasis for forty years and by Sydney it was nearly gone and now in Majuro I have clear skin for the first time since my teens!! (I must be at my relaxed best when I'm sailing). <br />
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In our next post we will tell you about the joys of Majuro! <br />
Cheers Ants and Jane<br />
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Ants and Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02248249489541668505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2420641921056634584.post-87809099502918995212012-10-16T16:09:00.001-07:002012-10-16T16:09:33.432-07:00New Caledonia and Vanuatu<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Hi Folks, just a small update before the last big leg of our journey to Majuro.<br /><br />We left Noumea and had a lovely sail to Ile Maitre, a small island resort near Noumea. Ile Maitre is a conservation area and we found it was great for snorkling. The coral reef fish were abundant and incredibly varied even if the visibility isn't that good. Then we sailed across the south end of the lagoon to what we are calling horseshoe bay....a quiet little nameless bay where we anchored for the night which was on<br />our way. The following morning we moved to Ile Ouen, Bay Ouara...had a walk up the hill above the small village. The next day we moved nearer to Goro, one of the lagoon exits and had a great swim in a freshwater<br />pool up over a cascade....it was a lovely feeling to remove the saltiness from my skin just for a while.<br />
<br />According to Ants we had the best ever sail onto the atoll of Ouvea, 100 miles<br />downwind in flat water and fast. We anchored in the lagoon near the "church with the two spires".<br />
Oh yes, we spotted a Sperm Whale on the way...a characteristic 45 degree blow and rounded dorsal fin also they are frequently seen on the edge of a deep drop off in the sea.<br />We had a little walk ashore just to stretch our legs after the overnighter and met the local Gendarme who pointed us in the right direction for a walk around. We found the people quite friendly. Six hours later we were on our way again.<br />
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What I haven't really talked about yet is while at sea, in between the ports/stopovers we use a 24 hour watch system. So someone is always on watch, which involves watching for other boats/ships, tweaking the sails, changing the sails according to the changes in the weather. Most of the time its been 2 hours on during the day and 3 hours on during the night. Ants, Brian and Kerry have covered the night watches with 3 on and 6 off. I help during the day.<br /><br />The sail to Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu was again fast. At first the sea was a bit rolly but conditions got more comfortable on the second day. We anchored near customs in Luganville and eventually<br />managed to get everything sorted. We have to go back to immigration<br />tomorrow as they shut at 3pm. The local vegetable market which seems to<br />be open 24 hours a day was one of those places I could have spent ages in. Lots of sweet potatoes wrapped in banana leaf baskets, chillies, a huge variety of bananas, taro, spinach, tomatoes and really friendly helpful people.<br />
We are over halfway now from Sydney and two thirds from Kangaroo Island.....just 1420 nm to go.<br />
<br />Ants and Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02248249489541668505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2420641921056634584.post-40767740975098618882012-10-09T22:49:00.000-07:002012-10-09T22:49:45.685-07:00Life on the High Seas<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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The few days in Sydney were great and a welcome bit of land time. Departure saw us loaded up with all sorts of delectable goodies from Ants cousin & family, Kristine & John. They came to visit us aboard Breakfree for the day with young Isabel and Conor and left us with lovely real butter, King Island cheddar and lots of other treats.<br />
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A small bit of a downer was the fact that all dairy and fresh foods will be taken by customs in New Caledonia....but we really enjoyed the process of having to consume all the goodies before we arrived. The morning of arrival in Noumea we treated ourselves to a gourmet version Emmental omelette and freshly squeezed orange juice. And then they let us keep the last of the cheese anyway!<br />
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The first long leg was Sydney to Elizabeth Reef. We had a nor'westerly when we left, by that night it had gone SW and we had thirty knots plus so we were screaming along downwind with our staysail up alone. I spent quite a bit of time on my bunk the first few days as it was too rough for me. To get East from Australia we could not have chosen a better mix of winds (so the boys say). 520 nautical miles in three and a half days at 6.2 knots.<br />
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But I must say my condition has slightly improved compared to other trips. I haven't been actually sick once since leaving Kangaroo Island which is a first for me. Its been great having Brian and Kerry as crew as I'm not worried about not being able to do my share of the watches.<br />
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Being at sea absolutely miles from anywhere can be a bit daunting but life seemed to settle down to watches, sail changes, food preparation, reading and even watching a movie from the hard drive with the digital telly....when its not too rough. We only spotted one solitary ship for the whole of the ten days, it still amazes me about the vastness and space on the ocean. <br />
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We also saw a constant stream of Shearwaters migrating south along the way. We all spent a while trying to identify what we thought was a Cape Petrel, when we're stuck with the bird identification, taking a photo and zooming in quite often helps.</div>
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Elizabeth Reef was a welcome stopover....on our approach we caught a 25kg, 1.3m Yellow Tail King Fish. It lasted well and tasted delicious....actually a bit like chicken! The reef is truly in the middle of nowhere....90 miles north of Lord Howe Island. The anchorage is just in the lagoon entrance and once we anchored we noticed quite a few small reef sharks..(Ants was gutting the King Fish!) ...swimming around the boat.</div>
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The next leg to Noumea of 600 nms was notable for light winds and too much diesel. Of note were 2 mechanical problems. The first was a broken impeller which caused a small overheat but Ants fixed it fairly quickly. More worrying was a prop/gearbox/shaft rumble that gradually became loud. But an hour bum up in the engine space at midnight and Ants found a dry CV joint and some grease had it quiet and no further concerns.Five and a half days later we had a lovely sail up to Dumbea Passage and a midnight motor into the Noumea anchorage. We are now past the half way point.1900 miles to go!<br />
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We were all looking forward to a few days ashore by the time we arrived. And very French it is with coffee French sticks(baguettes really) and pardon, au revoir, merci.<br />
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We berthed at Port Moselle marina which is right in the centre of things. Copious showers, a big dose of shopping and a big feed at Monsieur Boeuf (Mr Beef) and I feel like a landlubber again. We managed to catch up with cruising friend Marie Lise from S.V. Pied de Lune who we last saw in Sydney last year. They have their yacht berthed in another yacht marina CNC. Ants has been busy with a bit of boat maintanence.<br />
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Noumea was a welcome stopover but I'm looking forward to Vanuatu and our final arrival at Majuro. We are still trying to keep to schedule and make the Republic of the Marshall Islands for October 29th so I'm keeping my fingers crossed for fair winds....and none of that upwind stuff.... <br />
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In the last post I had mentioned our stopover in Refuge cove. I was thinking to myself what an apt name as it is a true refuge from the ravages of Bass Strait. I had been concerned about how rough the seas of the Strait would be as I am, as most of you are probably aware, a fair weather sailor and take to my bunk feeling green around the gills when the boat starts rolling. All that water funneling through a fairly narrow, relatively shallow Bass Strait gap, in the overall scheme of the big southern ocean quite often means a confused sea. But this, I am pleased to say, has been my best Bass Strait crossing yet.<br />
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A few days spent around the Lakes was really enjoyable. Jim and Peter, our cruising friends, who are well experienced local sailors, had pointed us in the right direction and after being thoroughly spoiled by them we headed over to Ocean Grange where we tied up to one of the many the public jetties. Had a great chat to a recently married American gentleman living in the beautifully located Grange overlooking the Ocean. Next day we sailed to the small town of Metung and discovered the quiet backwaters of Chinamans Creek where we tied up to another handy public jetty and spent a lazy few hours. The following morning we motored to Lakes Entrance, quite a busy one street town with a great selection of Op shops.<br />
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Dawn on Friday saw us with a light wind in a confused sea waiting for the expected change in wind direction and a trough to pass through. Thankfully, as the wind gradually built up from the south west the SE swell was knocked down and we had an excellent sail. Ants and Greg saw a Humpback Whale fully breach...an amazing sight. Once we had gone past Gabo Island and rounded the corner into New South Wales the winds eased to a light westerly. This sail included a 24 hour run of 155nms which for coastal sailing is a record for Ants. "Breakfree" does like a good wind on or aft of the beam.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The lookout for Narooma bar</td></tr>
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On Saturday we made the decision to make port at Narooma as the Adelaide Crows were playing Hawthorn in the AFL prelim. final and we couldn't concentrate on sailing in those conditions. Unfortunately for all on board we lost....but they put up an admirable fight and it was a close match....next year.<br />
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Narooma is a pretty little seaside town on a hill by a bend in the river (sounds like a song?). There is a great fish co-op by the bridge where we treated ourselves to flake & mullet fillets. Greg braved the elements by having an outdoor cold shower down by the beach. Ants went for a cool swim off the back of the boat. We were there on Market day and had great fun rummaging the stalls for fishing lures etc. I got some "happy pants" light weight cotton, quite colourful, trousers which, I think, will be ideal for the Marshall Islands....even though they look a little like pyjamas!<br />
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Leaving Narooma we crossed the bar and motored in a sloppy confused sea for the cold front to arrive. We could see the clouds approaching from the south and finally the southerly buster arrived with gusto at 35 knots. For a few hours we were sailing with only the small staysail at 7 plus knots and a maximum of 9 knots! After 30 hours and 160nm we sailed in past Sydney Heads at 22.00hrs. Greg was particularly impressed with the vista of the lights of Sydney. We anchored quite comfortably on the southern side of the harbour in Rose Bay.<br />
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Our thanks go to Brian & Ros for use of their washing machine, the feel of clean salt free sheets is most enjoyable. We also appreciated a lovely Thai meal with them at Randwick, its always great to catch up. Thanks also go to Greg, our departing crew who has jumped ship to fly home to Trudy & the twins on Kangaroo Island. A more able, willing, considerate and good humoured crew we couldn't have wished for. We are hoping to catch up with Kristine & John (Ants's cousin and family) Thursday. Also tomorrow we will be joined by the new crew Brian MacArthur and Kerry Hall for the next leg of our journey.<br />
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The forecast for Saturday and a few days beyond is for a mild westerly change so an excellent way to leave Australia for Noumea, possibly an 8 day voyage. We have booked in with Customs for clearance on Friday and than dawn Saturday should see us away.<br />
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Oh yeah, even Ants has some trepidation. It is a big trip from here on.<br />
The next time we email/blog may be a couple of weeks from now and it will be from foreign lands!<br />
Salutations, Jane & Ants Ants and Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02248249489541668505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2420641921056634584.post-87665607160168708232012-09-17T16:42:00.003-07:002012-09-17T16:42:42.095-07:00According to planAmazingly enough it really has all gone according to plan....so far<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A select group of Strawbridge Pointers wish the Breakfree crew 'Bon Voyage'!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The mirror calm waters of American River on our departure</td></tr>
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We left American River pontoon at 9.20 am on a beautiful sunny mirror calm morning. The date, to my amazement, had been selected months previously was 9am on the 10th of September (we had to wait the 20 minutes for a couriered packet). Aboard, joining us as crew for the Sydney leg, is the now proven very able seaman Greg Roberts aka unofficial Commodore of the Strawbridge Pointers. On the pontoon, to very kindly wave us off, were three keen "Pointers" John, Leslie and Robert of American River. <br />
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Leading up to our departure we had a couple of incredibly hectic days, enjoying a campfire cheerio with friends, packing up our belongings, deciding what to take, selling our old reliable "Fred the Ford", packing all of the boxes of stuff onto what appeared to be a increasingly smaller boat the list seemed endless. We must add without the help of family and our Kangaroo Island friends it would have been even more arduous, thanks guys. Incredible as it still seems to us all our bits and pieces did fit on the yacht easily! (its a miracle)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The first sunset of the voyage</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Greg one of the Motley Crew....not looking very motley here in the new red jacket!</td></tr>
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Our first stop was lovely historic Port Fairy where we enjoyed two nights after the 300 nm passage. With a bit of time to read all the info boards we gained some insight into the early history and the truth about the name change from Belfast to Port Fairy. A birthday dinner for my 52nd at The Star of the West Hotel was enjoyed by all.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Breakfree and Skipper at Port Fairy Itinerant berth</td></tr>
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OK so Ants has said that the sailors amongst you might be interested in the vital statistics of the weather and winds we have had of the first part of our journey.<br />
Kangaroo Island to Port Fairy:<br />
*Light winds then increasing northerlies, good fast sailing 20 minutes of rain in the last 20 mins. Altogether 300 nautical miles at 5.5knots average.<br />
Stayed in Port Fairy two nights<br />
Port Fairy to Refuge Cove, Wilsons Promontory:<br />
* Rough 25-30kts south westerlies, moderating 2nd day and we eventually motored into anchor after 36 hours for 200nms.<br />
Wilsons' Prom to Lakes Entrance:<br />
* Very gentle 3-10kts aft of the beam with lovely flat seas for 100nms (this is BASS STRAIT!)<br />
Lakes Entrance to Paynesville/ Raymond Island. 2 hours easy motoring.<br />
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Oh I have forgotten to mention the new chap onboard, Tommy, he spends hours on the helm....a thankless task. Tommy is our new autohelmed trim tab that cannot be faulted. The selfsteerer is a trim tab attached to the back of the rudder with a linkage direct to an electric autopilot on top of the tiller....really does work a treat! Tommy can take light winds, heavy winds, motoring and sailing and draws a short ration! He actually hogged the helm and the other crew only had 40 minutes steering in all the passages.<br />
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A few photos of the voyage so far for your perusal:<br />
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One of the joys of cruising is meeting up with like-minded yachty folk. Here we are at Raymond Island, Gippsland Lakes where we have been spoiled by the hospitality of cruising friends Peter, Coralie, Jim & Linda. They have showered, fed, entertained and transported us around this beautiful spot....heartfelt thanks. <br />
Where to now...we have the next few days to appreciate the lakes while we wait for the weather window, gentlemen don't sail to windward do they.... Breakfree can, but does not choose to unless incredibly important.<br />
Keep you posted XXAnts and Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02248249489541668505noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2420641921056634584.post-27757505903898503382012-09-03T05:07:00.003-07:002012-09-03T18:16:48.249-07:00This is the BIG but ROUGH plan....Time is truly flying. We have just arrived back from a busy three day Australian Volunteers International (AVI) pre-departure briefing in Melbourne. It was great to meet the other North Pacific volunteers and find we all have similar hopes and a few concerns. Thanks to AVI changing the assignment start date I am now able to sail all the way with Ants. This will be my biggest/longest sailing voyage ever. Ants, in thirty five years sailing, has never done a leg as long as 1500 nautical miles (2700 km) either. By the end of the conference we officially knew we had the assignment....phew.<br />
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Melbourne was really enjoyable, nice motel, Lygon Streets amazin' selection of Italian restaurants and good weather! When we walked along Lygon Street we were offered from a free glass of wine to a bottle of wine, bruschetta and coffee if we would dine in that particular establishment. We opted for a bottle of wine with a spectacular seafood special, yum. It was fun each morning to walk along the Fitzroy/ Carlton streets and admire the incredible Street Art and the mix of old and new buildings. We had a lovely evening catching up with friends Julie and Royce where we got a great recipe for an alternative choc dessert made with creamed avocado and coco. It may help Ants to survive the two years choc free in the Marshalls.<br />
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Lots of farewell dinners with family and friends makes leaving for the Marshall Islands seem more real. Ants's daughter, Kimberley, has been over visiting this week. Also Adelaide friends Kerry and Jenni were over for the weekend and helped scrub and partially anti-foul Breakfrees' bottom....gosh the water was a tad chilly!! (Oz translation: Bloody freezing). Its true that tide and time waits for no man.<br />
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So our plan is ROUGHLY to leave Kangaroo Island for Sydney. About 1000 nautical miles</div>
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September 10th: KI; possible stops: Robe; Portland; Port Fairy; Lakes Entrance; Eden; Sydney</div>
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Crew: Ants; Jane; Greg Roberts <br />
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Arriving Sydney September 26th (Greg goes home to Trudy & the twins)<br />
Leaving around 29th:<br />
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Crew: Ants; Jane; Kerry Hall; Brian McArthur <br />
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Arriving New Caledonia/ Noumea October 10th/17th <br />
onto Vanuatu (about 300nm) where Kerry will abandon ship<br />
Leaving around October 17th for Majuro, Marshall Islands, the longest leg, about 1500nm non stop!!<br />
Crew: Ants; Jane; Brian Mc.<br />
We will crack open a bottle of bubbly as we cross the equator....or spend weeks stuck in the doldrums! <br />
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Proposed arrival date 28th October.......As is apparent this is all very approximate and weather dependent. Also, as is obvious to the mathematically minded, the days don't quite add up....that's sailing for you.<br />
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When we leave home next Monday we will still have both mobile phones and internet so communication through text and email is probably the best. Also excuse the occasional grammatical/spelling errors cuz this is a very casual blog. Chat soon. Jane & Ants XX<br />
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P.S. Ants helped to edit this post<br />
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Ants and Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02248249489541668505noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2420641921056634584.post-78429108062414405252012-08-12T04:15:00.001-07:002012-08-19T03:32:38.068-07:00September 10th 2012 @ 9am<div>
That is when, according to Ants, we will be sailing from Kangaroo Island to start our journey to the Marshall Islands. Well its all weather dependent so give or take a day or three....but of course Ants is always right so we probably will leave around then!!!<br />
<b>Our big new adventure is a two year assignment with Australian Volunteers International (AVI) in Majuro,</b> <b>Marshall Islands, mid North Pacific.</b><i><b> </b></i>I think the main claim to fame is Bikini Atoll which was used by the US after world war II for testing nuclear bombs. The Bikini Islanders were asked to move by the Americans "For the good of Mankind"!! America still has a close relationship with the Marshallese. I will be working as a volunteer for the WAM project http://www.wamprogram.org in Majuro as a teacher trainer. <br />
The project gives unemployed youth vocational training building traditional outrigger canoes....my job is to formalise the basic literacy program.<br />
Because of the high sea to land ratio...they have agreed to us taking and living aboard our Adams 13m yacht, Breakfree.<br />
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Our boat is called Breakfree but a slip of my finger has resulted in me renaming her at one stage Beakfree on one place on our blog. This
is no laughing matter as this could suggest we sail in some sort of
short faced liberated duck......which couldn't be further from the
truth.<br />
Our much loved Adams 13 is a sleek mean cruising machine
and her name should suggest escaping the rat race for far flung
adventures on the not too high seas.<br />
Mind you my sister has the
habit of doing a "Freddy Mercury" with the obligatory fist in the air
and attempting to sing .....I wanna break freeeee, whenever our yacht is
mentioned.<br />
Even the naming of Breakfrees little tender has
caused a certain amount of consternation....with a suggestion of calling
it "little wind" or even "little fart". <br />
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I still can't believe its happening.....I spotted the AVI site and suggested it as a possibility for us both and Ants did not hesitate in saying he thought we should apply for it. We are both really excited about the prospect.<br />
We have invested in a new Asus android as it has an internal GPS and all the charts for Australia and the Pacific can be bought for under $40 through Navionics...a great app.<br />
Anyway I just thought, as Ants has sailed up to Adelaide and I'm home alone I would give the new blogger app a try!!<br />
I'm still working at Kelly Hill Cave as an Interpretive Officer. I also have had a few days temporary teaching at Kingscote school over the last few weeks as my long awaited Australian teacher registration eventually came through. My first day in an Australian school was teaching a Year 4/5 primary class and my second teaching Indonesian....it was quite interesting.<br />
But now the time is drawing close to leaving, The house and farm are both leased and next week we are off to Melbourne for a Pre-Departure Briefing. And then the final packing! <br />
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