Twas the week before Christmas and all thru the house We were busy preparing (there ain’t no mouse). Snow was falling and on our outside tree. Creatures were stirring to find things to eat. The stockings were hung by the … Continue reading …
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First Year Issues
It is as axiomatic as the Second Law of Thermodynamics (can be translated as Murphy’s Law) that all boats have issues. Clearly some boats have more issues than others. I have had some that were nightmares from the day I … Continue reading &…
Happy Thanksgiving!
It was a beautiful fall here in western Pennsylvania – one of my favorite times of the year. Cool, crisp days and the foliage was beautiful. The critters are preparing for winter – this fellow has been attempting to get … Continue rea…
Underwater Photography
While in Qamea in Fiji, we took some underwater shots of the reef using our Panasonic Lumix DMC T53. The Panasonic is actually underwater camera number 2. Our first, a Fuji died a horrible death at the hands of the … Continue reading →
Iron Lady – My Wife’s Perspective
After some 5000 cruising miles since delivery in March of 2011, I have some pretty specific thoughts on how Iron Lady is working out. Some were surprises to me. At the top of the list was that I felt safe … Continue reading →
Storage Mode
Before returning to NZ, Ian and I had set up a checklist of things to do before Iron Lady goes on the hard at Circa. This will make commissioning and getting underway in January a much simpler affair and we … Continue reading →
Communications
In my last post, I mentioned I would be covering upgrades that we are doing to Iron Lady after a season of cruising. Someone asked about our communications system as well as upgrades and since that is one of the … Continue reading →
Savusavu 2
With a variety of weather enroute from Yanuca, we arrived Savusavu shortly after noon. There were showers about and we were able to catch this unusual double rainbow. We were anchored just outside the main mooring ball area with a … Continue read…
De Novo Lovo
The trip up to Yanuca was butt ugly and unfortunately the anchorage off the village didn’t offer very much protection. We scouted around for a better spot and talked to another visiting yacht and the conclusion was to stay put. … Continue r…
Message in a Bottle
Our next stop was Yanuca – home of the former and future Lovo. Before heading off to the Lau group, however, we contacted Jack (acting Chief) who happened to be in Suva at the time and gave him the approximate … Continue reading →