March 30 – April 3, 2016
Jaluit is a little over 212 miles south of Kwajalein and is one of the more southern islands in The Marshalls. We made a pitstop here to relax in a flat anchorage before pressing on south.
Logbook – March 30, 2016 (Kwajalein to ?)
Passage Log Highlights
- 1539 Engines on
- 1613 Engines off Main (1 reef) + genoa
Daily Notes
- Editor’s note: When we left, we actually didn’t know where we would stop. Ultimately, we were headed back to south of the equator, but weather would dictate our route and timeline.
- Speedo not working in the beginning of the trip
Logbook – March 31, 2016 (Kwajalein to ?)
Passage Log Highlights
- 0304 Main (1 reef) + genoa
- 0307 Vessel on AIS – CFA20 15.9nmi
- 0600 Main (1 reef) + genoa
- 1125 Same
- 1724 Same
Daily Notes
- Nothing to report
Email to Family and Friends Dated March 31, 2016
Subject: Exodus – on passage
We made a last minute decision to leave yesterday afternoon. The forecast still had an unfavorable wind angle, but light velocity so we went for it. And I must say that bashing upwind in 12 kts is a whole lot nicer than 25 kts! So far, the passage has been uneventful and we are all comfortable enough. No fish yet.
I think we will stop tomorrow at an island called Jaluit, but it will be a game time decision.
Love and miss you all!
-D.
Logbook – April 1, 2016 (Kwajalein to Jaluit)
Passage Log Highlights
- 0443 Main (1 reef) + genoa
- 0456 P engine on
- 0600 P engine + main (1 reef) + genoa
- 0810 P engine off
- 1350 Engines on
- 1603 Engines off Jaluit
Daily Notes
- Brenden tries to spear rainbow runners
- 221 total miles
- Scrabble safe arrival
Logbook – April 2, 2016 (Jaluit)
Daily Notes
- Go to shore – walk around the town, paid our fee
- T/B – spearfish, B feeds the sharks with a grouper. “Shark ball”
Email to Family and Friends Dated April 2, 2016
Subject: Exodus – Jaluit
We stopped yesterday at the atoll of Jaluit, which is still in The Marshalls. We are taking advantage of the total independent operation of different government offices in order to stop here after we have cleared out. We have our approval to visit Jaluit from The Ministry of Internal Affairs, which we got in Majuro, and that’s what we showed today to the town council member as our permit to be here, and we paid our fee and all is well. Meanwhile as far as customs and immigration back in Ebeye are concerned, we have left the country. Breaking the rules like this isn’t something to brag about, but sometimes it’s necessary as a cruiser given that the official ports of entry/exit are often dead upwind.
The village here at Jaluit is a relatively large one, and unlike Ailuk, there was no smiling welcoming committee of children. I wonder why that is, and I can’t help but cynically think that the kids of Ailuk are used to the cruisers who bring them lollipops, so they are conditioned to rush us when we arrive.
I am more and more becoming opposed to all of the well-intentioned charity that cruisers throw at the islands. When I think of the experience we had at Ailuk, I think Tim made much more of a human connection by hanging out with the guys and helping with their copra and by teaching the kids skim boarding and dodgeball than by just giving away a bunch of stuff, like lollipops, that they don’t really need.
Anyway, we might leave here as early as tomorrow and try to make it down to Tarawa or we may stay as long as a week. We are back down closer to the equator and it’s HOT and the weather forecast fluctuates immensely, so we’ll see. The anchorage is flat and we are comfortable, so it’s hard to be in a hurry to head off to Tarawa.
Love and miss you all,
-D.
Logbook – April 3, 2016 (Jaluit to ?)
Passage Log Highlights
- 1220 Engines on
Daily Notes
- Editor’s note: Once again, we left without clarity on what our destination would be. Maybe Tarawa, maybe Funafuti, but we knew we would have to play it by ear.
Gresham Family Exodus 