Ransom

After 8 weeks stuck in Fiji with mechanical problems we were ready to leave this morning until weather maps showed high probability of cyclone in area. Just can't seem to win for losing. Great new crew onboard, hope springs eternal!

Posted: Wed, 7 Oct 2015 - 14:36

Posted: Mon, 5 Oct 2015 - 09:44

5:30 Friday oct 2. We are inside the eastern island group of Fiji cruising... Tim...use exact subject and password and status with parenthesis ...best to copy and paste it that way. Then write your

Posted: Fri, 2 Oct 2015 - 06:43

Morning has broken...5:30 Friday oct 2. We are inside the eastern island group of Fiji cruis g along at 7 kts in 25 kts of breeze from our starboard quarter. Jib is reefed slightly for the comfort of

Posted: Wed, 30 Sep 2015 - 06:48

Malo e Piti Vava'u, Tonga! Fiji here we come! Five weeks of "playing" in the Vava'u island group was wonderful. Some of the highlights were; beautiful weather, picturesque islands and anchorages

Posted: Fri, 4 Sep 2015 - 08:00

Vava'u update. I've waited to write about Vava'u until I was defrosted. The sun is out, the winds have lightened, the air temp has risen and we are loving Vava'u. The first week was the opposite and

Posted: Sun, 23 Aug 2015 - 11:21

Arrive safely 11am in Tonga. Sounds so common, clearly it is not. We are tidy up at the customs dock in Nieafu waiting to check in tomorrow morning. Sunday's are church days and nothing happens

Posted: Sat, 22 Aug 2015 - 04:58

Exciting times! In the blink of the eye we've been launched into the future. It was 1pm Thursday the 20th and the next second it was noon on Friday the 21st. Took us a while to work out the date and

Posted: Thu, 20 Aug 2015 - 09:28

DANG! Bad news came our way when we woke from our naps...bad weather on its way. Gale force winds and 15 ft waves predicted to hit Beveridge reef Monday and Tuesday. We think we would be safe inside

Posted: Wed, 19 Aug 2015 - 09:42

We've arrived! As predicted the winds picked up yesterday afternoon and we sailed in 15-25kts just forward of the beam all the way to Beveridge Reef. Try as we may we were not able to slow ole Ransom

Posted: Tue, 18 Aug 2015 - 07:42

Slow going! We are really paying the price of extending our Aitutaki departure. Winds have been less than 5 kts since midday yesterday...but...we still standby our choice to stay for the amazing

Posted: Mon, 17 Aug 2015 - 02:48

Rocking and Rolling across the Pacific! We stayed an extra day in Aitutaki to experience a great all day celebration of their winning dance and singing teams return to the island. We are paying the

Posted: Sat, 15 Aug 2015 - 08:33

Anchors away 0930! Aitutaki will forever be in our memories as a highlight of our sailing adventures. The island is beautiful with many opportunities to explore and experience the Cook Island

Posted: Thu, 6 Aug 2015 - 05:09

Settled into the anchorage in Aitutaki. Interesting night to say the least. We attempted to nose our way up to the reef outside the lagoon to anchor for the night. We crept closer and closer to the

Posted: Wed, 5 Aug 2015 - 08:30

Another nice day sailing in 15-20 kts, gusting to 25, just forward of the beam.icing on the cake was sunshine all day long. We knew there would be no way to make it to the entrance to the pass by

Posted: Tue, 4 Aug 2015 - 01:51

Nice sailing in 15-20 kts, gusting to 25, just forward of the beam. All of us had to find our long pants and jackets, hard to believe it but we are freezing at night. Must be in the low 70's. No

Posted: Sun, 2 Aug 2015 - 00:00

Fish On! John caught a beautiful 3' 35lb Mahi Mahi yesterday on his favorite lure, the green machine. Mahi Mahi will be on the menu for a long time. Enjoyable first day, 134nm run. No other boats

Posted: Sat, 1 Aug 2015 - 00:00

Left Bora Bora and heading to Aitutaki Island in the Southern Cooks Islands. The first European to weigh anchor in Aitutaki was Capt Bligh on board the Bounty, just two weeks before the infamous

Posted: Tue, 28 Jul 2015 - 08:02

Successful trip to Sydney, Tim and Ceci now own a beautiful Camper Nicholson 60' Ketch. They are headed back to Tahiti and the plan is to leave French Polynesia later in the week for Palmerston.

Posted: Mon, 20 Jul 2015 - 09:09

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