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It wouldn’t be an adventure if it was all easy
Tim & Jer We had Roni and Sven working on the boat all day Tuesday and Wednesday fixing multiple issues with their lovely blend of humor and hard work. Sven had the delightful opportunity of hanging out on the top…
bike ride
After lunching on coconut ginger prawns I headed out on a bike ride. We are anchored near Hanga Roa on the S. end of the island. According to the maps, there are not roads on the N.W. part of the…
Easter Island
Jer: We arrived to Easter, got the anchor set, and went back to bed for a few hours around 5:00 a.m. on Sunday. After we woke up, Sven went into town to bring his sister who is vacationing here and…
First big passage almost in the bag
It’s been a long passage. Even though we stopped for a couple of days at Robinson Crusoe, it feels like an 18 day passage. We’ll stop in Easter Island for a little longer than originally planned to make some repairs…
success
I’m very proud of the beautiful and delicious loaves of bread I baked today. I looked at the photo Tim took and said “it looks like I haven’t showered in days.” Yep. We had a discussion last night about optimizing…
good morning!
I woke up this morning to the sound of voices and tools; not a good combination early in the day so I buried my head for a minute, groaned, and walked out to see what was going on. Our auto-pilot…
Times are a changing
We’ve had the great luxury of having Sven on board these last two weeks an that’s all about to change. Tonight for the first time I took the last shift from 4:00AM until 8:00 +/-. Slept very well for about…
nothin’ much
Another day on the Pacific. I don’t have any epic hijinx from the past to report and the present is very peaceful and pleasantly monotonous. I’m still reading. I finished The Prince of Tides and loved it the second time…
The joy ride
So perhaps it’s time to finally layout the story of my first great adventure. I’m not sure my parents would have called it an adventure at the time but perhaps where they are now they can appreciate it. Introduction: In…