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Tuesday Aug 3, 2004 N 19o 44.5’ W 157o 40’ We continued to pound our way north over the weekend. Sailing close haul into the wind, Lillian would either power her way though the waves or rise out of the water, like a whale, and then fall back into the sea with a resounding 15…

Thursday July 29, 2004 Pounding our way north N    10o 20’ W 155o 40’ Five days have pasted since departing Kiritimati (Christmas Island) and we are currently making steady, if not smooth, progress towards Hawaii, with 550 nautical miles to go. The winds are strong with choppy seas. When sitting at the helm, it feels…

Saturday July 24, 2004 Enroute to Hawaii!! N 02o 22’ W 157o 14’ At noon today, we weighted anchor and left behind the atoll of Kiritimati (Christmas Island) in the nation of Kiribati. Setting out on a long passage has become nearly routine, except that this time our next destination is the United States, more…

Information on the Republic of Kiribati from the www.cia.gov information website Name: conventional short form: Kiribati  ( pronounced keer-ree-bahss )         former: Gilbert Islands It was discovered by Captain Cook on Christmas Eve, 1777 Background: The Gilbert Islands were granted self-rule by the UK in 1971 and complete independence in 1979 under the new name of…

Penrhyn, Northern Cooks S 09o 00’ W 157o 53’ We arrived in Penrhyn atoll the afternoon of Wednesday, July 14th. Penrhyn is the northern most of the Cook Islands, 1800 miles away from the capital island of Rarotonga. The Cooks are a “self-governing demoncratic commonwealth affiliated with New Zealand” (Ref. Charlies Charts). Similar to many…

Tuesday July 13, 2004 120 miles SE of Penrhyn, Northern Cooks S 10o 23.3’, W 156o 56.4’ Peter and I are at sea again, sailing from the French Polynesia island of Bora Bora to the remote Northern Cook island of Penrhyn, 600 miles to the northwest. Our last day in French Polynesia we hiked to…

Tuesday, July 6th, 2204 Taipoi Fuel Dock, Raiatea One of the tasks we had to accomplish, once the engine had been repaired at CNI, was to refuel. This required leaving our mooring at CNI and going over to a fuel dock on the other side of Raiatea. I confess, despite having been out sailing for…

Friday July 9, 2004 Bora Bora, French Polynesia S 16o 29.332’,  W 151o 45.707’ On our way to the popular French Polynesian resort island of Bora Bora, we needed to make a quick stop at the shipyard, Chantier Naval des Iles (CNI), on the island of Raiatea to order a new shroud. The shrouds are…

Thursday July 8, 2004 Bora Bora, French Polynesia S 16o 29.332’, W 151o 45.707’ My wife, Kay, and son, Matthew, arrived on schedule in Papeete on June 7th via Tahiti Air. Two days after her arrival, Kay lashed out that she was ready to go home. A week later she was swimming and smiling among…

Tuesday June 8, 2004 Port du Phaeton, Isthmus of Tahiti Nui and Tahiti Iti S 17o 43.906’ W 149o 19.588’ We left Rangiroa, Tuamotus through the pass of Tiputa shortly after 2:00 pm on Sunday, May 30th to time our arrival in Tahiti with sufficient daylight for navigation. There are approximately 200 nautical miles of…