January 14-16, 2015
We buddy boated with Iguana and Field Trip on the North Bay of Motukawanui Island, which is the largest island in the Cavalli group. Highlights included a nice hike across the island, Jack breaking Tim’s record with a 45 lb kingfish, and the appearance of the Field Trip Quad Copter. If you haven’t seen the video yet, you definitely need to check it out. Some stills are captured here.
Logbook – January 14, 2105 (Opua to Motukawanui Island, North Bay)
Passage Log Highlights
- 1010 Depart fuel dock
- 1222 P engine off. Main + Genoa
- 1532 Engines Off Motukawanui Is. North Bay
Daily Notes
- Day sail to Cavalli Islands
- T/B/Jack/Mark (Field Trip) spearfishing. Jack shoots B’s fish that got away
Email to family and friends dated January 14, 2015
Subject: Exodus – Cavalli Islands
We are heading out of the Bay of Islands to go about 20 miles north to cruise the Cavalli Islands for a couple of weeks. Not sure what internet connectivity will be like. I just uploaded a new movie to youtube (link on facebook) from when we were at Minerva Reef.
Love and miss you all,
-D.
Logbook – January 15, 2015 (Motukawanui Island, North Bay)
Daily Notes
- T/J – spearfish – J huge yellowtail
- D/T/B – short hike on island
- Dinner on Exodus w/ Iguana & Field Trip
Email to family and friends dated January 15, 2015
Subject: Exodus – Spear Fishing Follies
We made it the short hop up to the Cavalli Islands and we are anchored off of the largest island, called Motukawanui. There’s a low pressure system passing to the East of us that isn’t supposed to affect us too much, but it could kick up some south winds, so we’ll probably hang out here until that passes. We are here with Iguana and Field Trip, and as soon as we got here the guys were in the water, including Brenden. It wasn’t a very lucrative outing. Brenden shot a medium sized Trevally, and it got away. But a little later Jack was stalking a school of fish and he saw one that already had a hole in it, so he took a shot at it. He brought it to Brenden, and sure enough, that was Brenden’s fish that got away. Crazy!
There’s no cell service here, so I’m back to old school SSB email. Oh, the horror!
-Love and miss you all,
-D.
Logbook – January 16, 2015 (Motukawanui Island, North Bay)
Daily Notes
- T/J – Spearfish with guys from Auckland (Mark Helms)
- D – hike across the island
- Potluck on Field Trip. Resistance.
Gresham Family Exodus 