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15 Sep Farewell Palau

Posted at 00:00h Posted in Sailing from the Philippines to New, Treasure Hunting through the Pacific by MelThunderbolt

We are leaving Palau tomorrow after being here for 6 weeks instead of 2. As you know, we have been waiting for generator parts and finally everything is back and running in good order, we have air-conditioning – hallelujah, so we don’t...

01 Sep Kapingamarangi Atoll

Posted at 00:00h Posted in Sailing from the Philippines to New, Treasure Hunting through the Pacific by MelThunderbolt

We had been out on the open ocean for over two weeks. Dates and days of the week fell away and the only thing left was night and day, on watch and off watch. Daily activities included making meals, reading, napping and...

30 Aug In Memory of Charlotte the Pig

Posted at 00:00h Posted in Sailing from the Philippines to New, Treasure Hunting through the Pacific by MelThunderbolt

We had been invited by the Chief on Kapingamarangi Atoll for a feast in our honor, an invite we could not decline. We could see lots of hustle and bustle on land while sitting watching from our anchored boat on the...

01 Aug Life in Tarawa

Posted at 00:00h Posted in Sailing from the Philippines to New, Treasure Hunting through the Pacific by MelThunderbolt

I sit here today in the one and only coffee shop in Tarawa, Kiribati. I look over the beautiful clear water bay and see locals out on the reef with their nets, catching their dinner, I wonder what my family...

30 Jul Life’s what you make it

Posted at 00:00h Posted in Sailing from the Philippines to New, Treasure Hunting through the Pacific by MelThunderbolt

Bill and Stella from Sea Horse Marine arrived yesterday, bringing all sorts of tools and gadgets with them to aid in our pump removal. After a team discussion of tactics, a Spanish windlass was set up with line, freezing spray,...

01 Jul The Way of Fate

Posted at 00:00h Posted in Sailing from the Philippines to New, Treasure Hunting through the Pacific by MelThunderbolt

There are moments in life when you question the reasons for being in situations that you are in… and then all of a sudden you realize why…. We have been in Kiribati for as long as I can remember. We have...

30 Jun New Zealand Rugby World Cup 2011

Posted at 00:00h Posted in Sailing from the Philippines to New, Treasure Hunting through the Pacific by MelThunderbolt

I am sitting near a lovely warm fire at Matt’s house in Wellington, New Zealand. My iPhone gives the temperature outside as 6 degrees. 6 Degrees!!! I noticed today that my brown island tan has given way to a purple-blue hue from the...

01 Jun Bula from Paradise!!

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I remember wondering where I would be in a year’s time around this time last year, I felt that 2010 was all about closing chapters and letting go, it was not a great year for me and I promised myself...

15 Sep Farewell Palau

01 Sep Kapingamarangi Atoll

30 Aug In Memory of Charlotte the Pig

01 Aug Life in Tarawa

30 Jul Life’s what you make it

01 Jul The Way of Fate

30 Jun New Zealand Rugby World Cup 2011

01 Jun Bula from Paradise!!

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