by Dana | Jan 27, 2018 | cruising life, provisioning, Seattle Boat Show 2018
This is a screen snap; for ticket, etc. here’s the link https://seattleboatshow.comWhat’s been keeping me (too) busy (to post, of late)?*Presentations!Provisioning (with a nod to celiacs at sea): 5:15 pm January 29th 2018Northwest Women in... by GWTAdmin | Jun 29, 2016 | Fiji culture, Fiji history, Levuka Fiji, Levuka Ovalau isles Fiji, provisioning
Lush Levuka, Fiji’s former capitol is also one of Fiji’s few check-in point options. We were impressed at the highly visible red-orange navigational markers posted on the church clock-tower roof and in the hillside behind it.Now a sleepy little backwater, whose... by GWTAdmin | Apr 30, 2016 | local food, new zealand cakes and candiies, provisioning
Lamingtons at Orakei Korako, in New Zealand’s geothermal country.I didn’t bite.What the Heck’s A Lamington?Shortly after arriving in New Zealand, a friend* sent a link to “a list of 60 things we think you should to do while you are in New... by GWTAdmin | Apr 3, 2016 | new zealand culture, new zealand dairy farming, provisioning, road food, road trip
In New Zealand, sharing the road with dairy cows headed towardheir milking station is not uncommon. Many dairy farms buildtunnels under the highway for their cows to cross betweenpaddocks and to the milking stationsNew Zealand’s cows ruined my... by GWTAdmin | Jul 1, 2015 | cruising life cruising destinations, misadventures, pape'ete tahiti french polynesia, provisioning
My Mac Powererbook Pro laptop isn’t this old… but it may as well be. Image pilfered from themuseumstandard.co.uk.We’re in Tahiti, a stone’s throw from an authorized Apple store in Papeete’s downtown marina. A rare event in our... by GWTAdmin | Feb 11, 2015 | cruising planning, Panama canal, passage making, portobelo panama, provisioning, Shelter Bay marina
This freighter pilot leaned on its horn when Wayne guessedincorrectly where it was headed. Wayne adjusted course rapidly.“Small yachts look out of place on the Panama canal lock,” notes our Panama Cruising Guide. With three days left to our Panama...