Chara

Chara

Follow

Chara is a 1985 Amel Maramu. She is a center cockpit Ketch rigged sailing vessel which we have owned for 6+ years. We left Seattle WA in 2012 and spent a year in Mexico before leaving for the South Pacific last March. The owners/sailers are Bob & Joyce Sarff.

Recent Updates

Chara - September 6, 2016
Posted:

via streaming! Wow for technology.

Chara - September 5, 2016
Posted:

heading to Vanua Balavu

Chara - August 3, 2016
Posted:

will arrive savusavu early tomorrow morning. Have to deal with an alternator belt before that.

Chara - August 2, 2016
Posted:

anchored at Futuna and hope to check in and out straight away to get back to savusavu on friday ahead of the front

Chara - August 1, 2016
Posted:

<p>on a round trip!</p>

Chara - July 20, 2016
Posted:

Anchored at Koro Is Fiji

Chara - July 15, 2016
Posted:

<p>Anchored at Sawa-I-Lau in the Yasawa&#39;s. Winds out of the E at 15 gusting to 22. 95% cloud cover. Bar&nbsp;of 1015 temp 76 degrees.</p>

Chara - June 22, 2016
Posted:

At Anchor in Blue Lagoon

Chara - June 21, 2016
Posted:

At anchor all is well

Chara - June 21, 2016
Posted:

At anchor

Chara - June 7, 2016
Posted:
Chara - May 25, 2015
Posted:

all well

Chara - May 24, 2015
Posted:

eta tomorrow afternoon. Will start the engine soon

Chara - May 21, 2015
Posted:

a relay from Rewa as their radioTX is grim. All well

Chara - May 20, 2015
Posted:

720m from Suva but their radio antenna is caput so there will be few reports. They can receive so will be getting wx updates and VHF is good for those boats not too far away.

Chara - May 15, 2015
Posted:

Moved to Marsden Cove yesterday and waiting for next weather window. Expect ti leave for SavuSavu Fiji Sunday or Monday

Chara - April 29, 2015
Posted:

In Whangarei finishing up last minute projects. Hoping to leave in 2 weeks

Chara - October 24, 2014
Posted:

eta Tu am

Chara - October 23, 2014
Posted:

all well. Motored all day yesterday

Chara - October 22, 2014
Posted:

600nm to WR wth eta wed

Weather Reports