Day at the Beach

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The weather was absolutely incredible during our visit to Cannon Beach. Clear skies, warm-ish temps, and even a full moon. We’re always up early, so each day we got to watch the moon slowly sink into the sea while the sky gradually lightened up behind us. The full moon caused … Read More

Cannon Beach

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After a couple of weeks of life in suburbia we packed up Grammy and Bridget and headed towards the salt air. It’s easy to forget Portland is just two hours from some of the best coastline in America. Grammy checking out the new digs in Cannon Beach. Gotta love shoulder … Read More

Givingthanks

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We spent the next week messing around in the Vancouver/Portland area, hanging out and making dinners with Grammy, and getting outdoors as much as possible to enjoy the fall weather. We still have a few old toys around, and it turns out that for kids, getting on a pogo stick … Read More

Cyclone to America

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Getting the boat ready to leave is a big project. Ali cleans everything from top to bottom, and we go through pretty much everything we own in order to get rid of anything we’re not wearing or haven’t used in the last year. We were able to clear a lot … Read More

Fiji Above and Below

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It’s officially cyclone season, and with it has come the daily cloudiness and rain. There’s not much to be done about it, and the rain isn’t very heavy or long-lasting, so everyone just goes about their business, regardless. We head to town pretty much daily. It’s a two minute dinghy … Read More

Savusavu

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Here in Savusavu, Fiji, the marina we’re hunkering down at for cyclone season is working hard to finish their huge pool, but in the meantime we found a good pool of our own. Just a few minutes away on the dinghy, on the backside of the island, is a nice … Read More

Tonga to Fiji

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We’ve been in Tonga a few weeks, and enjoying our time here, but cyclone season is approaching and we sailors live with one eye on the weather forecast at all times. With a nice four day weather window approaching we decided it was probably a good idea to move along. … Read More

The Clan McWilliams Wreck

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The Clan McWilliams is a 423′ long copra steamship that sunk in Neiafu harbor way back in 1927. A fire started in one of the holds and once it was out of control everybody on the ship took off. Everyone but the captain and an engineer (who may or may … Read More

Around Neiafu

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Neiafu harbor is a peaceful spot. There are a couple of dozen moorings out here that cost ~$8 a day, which actually makes life a lot better in this bay because of the depths. Our mooring is sitting in 100′ of water. If everyone were trying to squeeze into the … Read More

Mariner’s Cave

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We moved over to an anchorage near an area called the Coral Garden. We went over and anchored the dinghy in shallow water and then swam a couple hundred yards across a barren coral wasteland. I began to think we were in the wrong place, but we eventually reached the … Read More

Port Maurelle

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We returned to the Port Maurelle anchorage again. It has quickly become a favorite. A thin tan smile-shaped shoreline, mooring ball in shallower water, and nothing but calm protected water all around us. Passing the Picton Castle, a sail training ship for anyone from 18-40 years old who wants to … Read More

Swallow’s Cave

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Swallow’s Cave here in Vava’u, Tonga is a nice big cave whose entrance has broken off to allow us entry. There are other caves in the area that aren’t so easy to access, but with Swallow’s you can drive the dinghy right in. It’s about 60′ deep and in the … Read More