In part 1 of the ‘misadventures’ of Spirit of Argo we left the crew with no water and no water maker. Not a pleasant situation to be in. The humans had a restless night, squeezed the last of the water out of the tank to make coffee in the morning, […]
Monthly archives: August 2019
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Have you ever heard the saying THE BEST LAID PLANS OF MICE AND MEN? I am not sure where the saying comes from, but it has been used to describe plans that go astray. Man (and dogs)may be an intelligent creature, who can prepare and plan, but in the end […]
PARTING IS SUCH SWEET SORROW Time to say goodbye to the friends we have made in the village of Otepa, in the atoll of Hao, and go exploring. How could we say we had ‘visited’ the atoll of Hao, when all we had done was moor up at the village. […]
Who says you can not teach an old sailor new tricks?!?! We have had to do just that, to enjoy anchoring in the Tuamotu Atolls of French Polynesian. Not sure if any of you guys will get out this way, but I thought I would share some ANCHORING tips for the […]
The humans posted all my pictures of the Heiva celebrations in the last blog. Now here are some videos. Some of the activities in the first week of Heiva had to be rescheduled as a strong Mara’amu blew through French Polynesia. Everyone raced for shelter, the village in Raiora […]