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Monthly Archives: October 2011
Windy Night
Tahina has been performing very well as usual. We did another 186 miles on the third day. Unfortunately, the third night was very light winds and we were using the iron jib (engine) for much of the night. We kept … Continue reading
Sailing to Australia
The first part of our trip from New Caledonia included very pleasant weather – except for the lack of wind during the day. Blue skies, the beautiful waters of the second-largest barrier reef lagoon in the world, lots of birds … Continue reading
Enroute to Australia
Jason arrived yesterday evening, and we went out to dinner in Noumea along with the crew of s/v Kilkea. It was my birthday, so afterwards we went to an ice cream place! We finally got out to Tahina late in … Continue reading
Boating Life: Blue Water Passages
One thing we are often asked about world cruising by sail boat is whether we are frightened by going on long passages across the ocean. The thought of going out to sea alone on a small boat hundreds or even … Continue reading
Preparing for Australia
After spending a day recovering from jet lag from our trip to Rome, we spent a day at the marina where we kept Tahina doing some basic chores. Mostly the chores involved taking advantage of the marina facilities: shore power, … Continue reading
Posted in Boat Maintenance, News, Preparations, Sightseeing
Tagged Australia, Crew, Jason, NewCaledonia, Noumea, Preparations, tahina
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Rome in Two Days
As mentioned in earlier posts, we had a trip planned to Rome last week. We left Tahina at a marina in Nouméa, and jumped on a series of planes to make our way half-way around the world to Rome. You … Continue reading
Posted in News, Sightseeing
Tagged Colloseum, fish-eye, fountain, Italy, perspective, photography, Rome, sightseeing, StPeters, Trevi
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New Bora Bora 360 Panorama
One of the things I do with my spare time is spend a lot of time processing our photos. We have many thousands of photographs from our first two years on this trip. As I learn new techniques for processing … Continue reading
Posted in 360 Panoramas, News, Sightseeing
Tagged 360, bikes, BoraBora, Panorama, photography, tahina
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Hiking in New Caledonia
New Caledonia prides itself on some nice trails up through the mountains. They have a trail from the old mining area where we anchored near Prony Bay, all the way over to Nouméa (more than 50kms worth of trails away). … Continue reading
Non-Cruising Mode
We have been in Nouméa for a few days now. We came here planning to just get some provisions and make sure we could get a marina slip by the end of the week. Then we planned to go back … Continue reading
Tonga Whale Watching Trip Photos
In reviewing our photos archives, I realized yesterday that we never posted a photo album of our awesome whale watching experience in Tonga (way back in September of 2010). This is the one where we got to swim with the … Continue reading
Posted in News, Sightseeing
Tagged calf, Humpback, Swimming, tahina, Tonga, tour, Whales
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