September 24-28, 2014
Logbook – September 24, 2014 (Neiafu to Port Maurelle)
Passage Log Highlights
- 1637 Engines on
- 1640 Depart Neiafu
- 1747 Arrive Port Maurelle
Daily Notes
- Papa & Nana leave 😦
- T – spearfishing w/ Jack (s/v Iguana) on clan MacWilliam Shipwreck. T got 2 carron leure + 1 trevally
- Moved to Port Maurelle – met Chris & Logan (11 yrs) from S/V Tewaka
Email to family and friends dated September 24, 2014
Subject: Exodus – Happy Birthday B!!!
He may be 12 years old today, but he’s still funsize! Today is Brenden’s birthday, and even though there are still a few kid boats around, he didn’t want a party or anything. I think there are 3 main reasons for this: 1) He’s a little pouty that Lady Carolina isn’t here, and “why can’t we go to Fiji, I mean, EVERYONE else is going to Fiji?” 2) The kid boats who are still here are all small kids or girls. 3) He’s got his mind set on spearing a Tuna, and that’s all he wants to do today, SPEARFISH!
So, we are at Port Maurelle, and the boys are going to spearfish in a small gap between two nearby islands today. Brenden is pleased with this plan because someone told Tim they saw a bunch of dog tuna there. I’m not sure if Alex is going to go, but Brenden keeps giving him the cute pouty face, so we’ll see if Alex can hold out.
Yesterday, when we were still in Neiafu, Tim went spearfishing with a kid, and by kid I mean he’s probably in his late 20s or so, on the shipwreck there in the harbor. Tim had previously dove on it with the hookah, because it’s at 70-100 feet deep. Well, I guess when Jack (the kid) suggested it, Tim couldn’t resist the challenge, and off they went. Yes, Tim can still keep up with the youngsters. They came back with 5 fish between them, and we had trevally last night for dinner, which I can’t say any of us enjoyed very much. Except Brenden, that kid just loves fish.
Love and miss you all,
-D.
Logbook – September 25, 2014 (Port Maurelle to Anchorage #11)
Passage Log Highlights
- 1408 Depart Port Maurelle
- 1528 Arrive – engines off #11
Daily Notes
- B’s b-day!
- T/A/B – cold & lumpy spearfishing in “the gap” between Nuapapu & Kitu
- Move to #11 to visit Ark Gallery. B picks whale painting (not parrot fish)
- Snickerdoodles! Pasta w/ no veggies in the sauce
Logbook – September 26, 2014 (Anchorage #11 to Neiafu)
Passage Log Highlights
- 0949 Engines on, depart #11
- 1011 Engines off, main + genoa
- 1115 P engine on
- 1117 SB engine on
- 1210 Arrive Neiafu
Daily Notes
- Sail most of the way back to Neiafu
- Visit to customs. We can get duty free fuel if we are going to Ha’apai
- Dinner w/ Chara!
Logbook – September 27, 2014 (Neiafu)
Daily Notes
- Lunch @ Bella Vista
- D – ladies night w/ Chara (Joyce), Lochmarin (Sara), Rockstar (Amber), Comandante (Tina), The Southern Cross (Catherine), A-Train (Gwen), Et Voila (Wanda)
- T – poker night on Comandante
Email to friends and family dated September 27, 2014
Subject: Exodus – Chara’s here!
We came back to Neiafu on Friday, because Chara’s here! For any who don’t remember, Chara is part of our family of cruisers from Mexico, and they are one of the gang that left Banderas Bay together when we set out across the Pacific. We haven’t seen them for 5 months, since the Marquesas, so we’ve had a lot of fun catching up. And with Joyce here, we are instantly part of the social scene and I enjoyed a ladies night out and Tim went to guys poker night last night with a bunch of people we don’t know.
It’s a quiet Sunday morning now, and the sun is out after a couple of much needed days of rain here. We are planning to clear out on Monday in order to transit island groups and head to the Ha’apai group some time next week.
Love and miss you all,
-D.
Logbook – September 28, 2014 (Neiafu)
Daily Notes
- T – helped fix sail drive on Et Voila
- Potluck on Exodus w/ Chara, Novae, Iguana, Et Voila
Gresham Family Exodus 