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Visit from Friends

Posted on April 18, 2015 by Frank Taylor

Last week our long-time friends Andy and Aliza arrived for a visit to Tahina while we were in St. Lucia. After long flights, and a very long taxi ride from the other side of St. Lucia, they were glad to … Continue reading →

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At Nai Yang the Airport Beach

Posted on February 19, 2014 by Frank Taylor

After our visit to Phang Nga, we had a nice sail down back to Ao Chalong. There we arranged to go get some provisions in town. Karen is leaving this week to fly back to the US to attend the … Continue reading →

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Trip Home Coming

Posted on November 8, 2012 by Frank Taylor

For those of you wondering how we manage staying connected with friends and family while gone on a five year sailing circumnavigation, it’s actually not as difficult as you might imagine. First, thanks to the Internet we can keep connected … Continue reading →

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Passage to Cairns

Posted on June 19, 2012 by Frank Taylor

As was said in our last post, we stopped at Magnetic Island first after leaving the Whitsundays. We went ashore and walked a trail to some WWII fort ruins on the high part of the southeast side of the island. … Continue reading →

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Lots of Friends

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Frank Taylor

We’ve been working hard the past month both in moving the boat up from Port Stephens, and performing maintenance and cleaning all over Tahina (to prepare her for our season on the Great Barrier Reef). But, a nice balance to … Continue reading →

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Friends in New Places

Posted on December 19, 2011 by Frank Taylor

It’s so nice to travel to a new place, where we’ve never gone before, yet already have friends there. Friends can help give us the information we need to get our bearings and get settled. But, even better, we have … Continue reading →

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Briefly Back to Nouméa

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Frank Taylor

We left Ile Ua the other day and returned on a beautiful sunny day back to Nouméa. We wanted to return to get a part we had ordered to allow us to keep our watermaker connected to the new higher-voltage … Continue reading →

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Visiting Opua

Posted on November 17, 2010 by Frank Taylor

Our friends Mark and Dana on s/v Northfork arrived a week before us and are currently in a marina in Opua. They already have a car and offered to drive down to Whangarei to pick us up and bring us … Continue reading →

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