Thursday Yesterday was John’s last day before going back home. Like Adrienne’s flight a couple days before, he didn’t leave until 2230 (10:30 pm). Even though we had all day, we all decided to Continue reading
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Visit to Musket Cove, Malolo Lailai, Fiji
According to our cruising guide, the “mecca” for yachties is a place called Musket Cove, located on an island called Malolo Lailai just to the south west of Nadi. At the time the guide was written, 1992, it had some of the Continue reading
Uncomfortable Weather in Papeete
Up until now we have pretty nice weather ashore. But now the weather has been yucky the last few days. There is a big storm to the south of us and we have been getting some of the wind and waves from the storm. The wind was 24 knots, coming from unusual directions, causing the boats Continue reading
The 8kw Generator Choice
Time for boating tech talk”¦
When buying the Nordhavn 43 you get to choose the size of diesel powered electric generator. The options are 8 kilowatt (kw) (66 amps at 120v), 9kw (75 amps), 10kw (83 amps), 12kw (100 amps), or even no generator at all. The short answer is we chose the 8kw and are happy with the choice for the way we use the boat, as live aboard cruisers not connected to shore power. The reason takes a bit of explanation. Continue reading
Apataki to Fakarava Escorted by Squalls
Ok, we caught up on pictures, now back to general updates…
This morning when we tried to pull up anchor, the chain didn’t come up at all. As we suspected, it was tightly wound around the coral. We had to do a lot of maneuvering of the boat to get it unwound, but we got the anchor up without having to go in and untangle it.
As we left, the water was very calm in the lagoon. Until we Continue reading