Kwajalein Photo Log

March 14 – March 25, 2015

I’d tell you how much fun we’re having in Kwajalein, but then I’d have to kill you. (https://www.facebook.com/USArmyKwajaleinAtoll)

Logbook – March 14, 2016 (Ailuk to Kwajalein)

Passage Log Highlights

0816 Engines on
0832 Engines off, genniker
0939 Engines of, out pass
0950 Engines off – genniker
1740 Fish on! (1)
1826 Genniker

Daily Notes

(1) Mahy Mahi – Exodus 1, Shark 1

Logbook – March 15, 2016 (Ailuk to Kwajalein)

Passage Log Highlights

0245 Genniker
0600 Genniker
0845 Fish on (1)
0849 Genniker
1250 Engines on (2)
1318 Engines off
1417 Engines on
1434 Engines off – Dock
Engines +10 min to move from dock to mooring

Daily Notes

(1) Mahi Mahi – hooked both lines, wrapped in jellyfish tentacles
(2) Tried to sail through pass – wind shift + current. Genniker torn along edge

On a mooring ball near the base and town

A couch and B sits on the floor?? (At Todd and Megan Ropella’s house)

Email to Family and Friends Dated March 15, 2016

Subject: Exodus – Passage to Kwajelein

We left Ailuk yesterday morning loaded up with Marshallese handicrafts. I think I mentioned before that they have a shortage of rice and flour on the island, and since we decided to come straight to Kwajalein (where there is ample provisions) we decided to leave all of our remaining rice/flour with them. Unlike some places we’ve been, though, they aren’t particularly interested in hand outs and they gave us more baskets and wall hangings, so that it’s a “fair trade.” It’s really crime how long they’ve gone there without a government supply boat. The Marshall Islands gets so much money from the U.S. and people on the outer islands don’t have food?
Anyway, our passage to Kwajelein was a pleasant downwind run and we made great time, pulling up to the dock at the Army base early afternoon. And now it’s just like being in a small town in the U.S. I’m ready to leave already, but apparently the teenage population here is skewed more girls than boys, so A & B are already getting a lot of attention. So, how can we just rush off? We are checking into whether they can attend the school for a few days while we’re here, and Brenden’s really excited at the thought. I think Alex is too, but as usual he’s a little more cool about it.
We also found out there are job openings here, so who knows…
Love and miss you all,
-D.

Logbook – March 16, 2016 (Kwajalein)

Daily Notes