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Galley Wench Tales: Our Sailboat
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Journey: Pearson 365 Ketch. Journey sailing into Gustavia, St. Barts, the Caribbean,. January 2013. Eventually we'll get one with our sails up. Thanks to Alice Kilgo of Ocean Star for taking this photo. About 150 square feet of living space inside. Journey sailing into Abacos, BAHAMAS. Thanks Ann of Krazy Lady for the photo. For those for whom size matters, or want to peek under the hood. Click here for a Quick Specs Summary. Signed, sealed but not quite delivered. We won't know until we're there. If you...
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Galley Wench Tales: April 2015
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Thursday, April 30, 2015. Hair Raising in Hiva Oa. Wayne - before his Hiva Oa haircut. Ack - trying to find the after shot! The long overdue antidote to terrible tresses. Dana - after her Hiva Oa haircut. Wayne - neat and trim after. Dana - before her Hiva Oa haircut. Baie Tahauku, Atuona, Hiva Oa, Marquesas, French Polynesia (S9.48.260 W139.01.924). When not doing boat maintenance and repair and provisioning, we are getting in some much needed R&R. Tuesday, April 28, 2015. Marquesas - Marked Forever.
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Galley Wench Tales: Howler Monkeys & Parakeets @ Dawn: Sailing Rio Chagres, PANAMA
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Saturday, January 31, 2015. Howler Monkeys and Parakeets @ Dawn: Sailing Rio Chagres, PANAMA. Fort San Lorenzo above the Rio Chagres entrance is not that hard. O find when you know what to look for, and where. 8220;Rio Chagres” came in answer to the question, “What’s between Bocas [del Toro] and Shelter Bay Marina, Colon? 8221; Those who’ve sailed there get all misty-eyed. The normally unusual word “magical” soon follows. The walk from the dock to Fort San Lorenzo. Was abut as straightforward as it gets.
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Galley Wench Tales: August 2015
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Saturday, August 29, 2015. 1 = American Samoa Bus Rides. How you not love a bus with flames painted on the outside? No two buses are painted alike in American Samoa. Part of what I love about Portland Oregon is its enthusiastic acceptance of alternatives to traditional commuting. Portland's mass transit - light rail, bus, and even a street car is a model many US cities aspire to. Walking and bicycling are also popular options in its temperate albeit all-too-often-rainy climate. Fuzzy green dice inside?
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Galley Wench Tales: June 2015
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Thursday, June 25, 2015. Swanky Tahiti: Revamped Pearl of the Pacific. Nothing sings “Pearl of the Pacific” more flamboyantly than. A pearl crown. Photographed at Tahiti’s Pearl Museum. Broken boat parts and a little rampant consumer spending lured us to Tahiti, French Polynesia, population ¼ million. Plus, the Pape’ete-Mo'orea Pacific Puddle Jump party affordably offered a brilliant quickie Polynesian culture experience, and cruiser reunion. Our first sunset in Tahiti; heckuva a welcome! Healthy coral r...
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Galley Wench Tales: Two Tickets to Paradise?
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Friday, August 23, 2013. Two Tickets to Paradise? View from Nassau mainland to “Paradise Island”. From Journey’s cockpit. We are on the left side of the bridge;. 8220;Paradise Island” is on the right. But a bridge away from Nassau, sits the site for two Bond flicks ( click here to get your Bond audio grove going. 8220; Casino Royale. 8221; and “ Thunderball. 8221; - Paradise Island. More Paradise Island star-studded trivia? Indeed, Paradise Island’s sprawling mega-resort Atlantis. Over Paradise Island's ...
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Galley Wench Tales: Dolphin House, Bimini Art Extraordinaire
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Wednesday, June 26, 2013. Dolphin House, Bimini Art Extraordinaire. 20 years of various and sundry bits of flotsam and jetsom were collected and transformed into something…. Welcome to Dolphin House,Bimini, Bahamas. These conch shells are very. Strong," Ashley declares. Do you notice how I've used. Them in the foundation? Thanks to the artistic genius of Ashley Saunders, Dolphin House is a veritable explosion of creativity. It’s a wonderworld where life imitates art imitates life, joyfully. Is it a home?
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Galley Wench Tales: Bare Facts: St. Thomas’ Secret Beach
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Monday, March 25, 2013. Bare Facts: St. Thomas’ Secret Beach. Does this look like a beach entry welcome sign. It’s what. We’ve come to expect. Our Caribbean clothing optional beach survey continues…. On St Thomas, we’d heard Magen’s Bay fit the bill. As the crow flies, or here, the pelican, it was just a few miles across the narrow part of the island from Charlotte Amalie. However, in between was a shoulderless narrow mountain highway, not walker-friendly trails. 8 for each of us, and our cheapest option.
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Galley Wench Tales: Not So Krazy Lady
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Monday, May 5, 2014. Not So Krazy Lady. Kathy of Nancy Lu hamming it up for. Teacher Ann of Krazy Lady at Hog Cay, Ragged Islands. 8220;When I was a 16-year-old exchange student in New Zealand, some guy asked me to go sailing. I was hooked,” Ann Gates declares. 8220;When I got back I told my mom I was getting a sailboat. ‘Sure,’ she said, not really believing me. Then I showed up with one on a trailer….”. That was 40-some years ago. Kathy hams it up again at our. Lesson from Ann. Kathy. Also present GWT,.