Dwindling Echo Bay Community – Day 4
Foggy Morning 0840 Billy's Museum – 160 people in the 60's and 35 school kids, to 8 people today 1030 Burwood Fish Farm – 2 generators and something heavy, offload…
Yorke Island: Historic Military Post – Day 3
0700 offload at Jackson Bay 0900 Yorke Island Walk – World War 2 (160 people) 1230 West Cracroft 1300 Bocket Point – offload fuel 1545 Pott's Lagoon – logging camp,…
M.V. Aurora Explorer – Day 2
As promised we were promptly woken up around 4am as the engines started up on the Aurora Explorer. Due to tidal flows and the areas we were going to, our…
Coastal BC Freighter Cruise – Day 1
After searching for years for a coastal British Columbia voyage that would take me to remote locations, I finally discovered one. The m/v Aurora Explorer was just the vessel I…
Aranui 3 Day 14: Leaving the Aranui One Day Early, With Seven People and Too Much Luggage
Day 14 · Rangiroa, Tuamotu Islands · 20 April 2007 Packing seven people out of three cabins should be an Olympic event. There should be medals. Possibly counselling. Our final…
Part 6: Aranui 3 Cargo/Cruiseship Week 2
Part 6: April 14 - 20, 2007 - The Aranui 3 Voyage on the Aranui 3 to the Marquesas - Week 2 Day 8: April 14 - Hiva Oa: Puamau…
Aranui 3 Day 13: The Day at Sea When the Staff Adopted Our Family
Day 13 · At Sea · 19 April 2007 A day at sea can sound boring until you realize boring is exactly what you need. After nine straight days of…
Aranui 3 Day 12: Saying Goodbye to the Marquesas, One Flower Stone at a Time
Day 12 · Nuku Hiva and Ua Pou: Taiohae and Hakahau · 18 April 2007 Returning to a place is different from arriving the first time. The first time, you…
Aranui 3 Day 11: The Pig Dance, the Giant Tree, and the Beach That Fought Back
Day 11 · Nuku Hiva: Hatiheu · 17 April 2007 There are beaches that invite you in gently. And then there are beaches that say, “Let’s see what you’ve got.”…
Aranui 3 Day 10: Ua Huka Tried to Impress Us With Horses, Cliffs, and Mosquitoes
Day 10 · Ua Huka: Vaipaee, Hokatu, and Hane · 16 April 2007 The Aranui’s arrival in Vaipaee looked like something a ship should not be able to do. Which,…