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Where There is No Doctor
I remember in the Peace Corps we got a book called “Where There is No Doctor” which had advice on various medical ailments and how to treat them when there is no doctor in your village. We don’t have that book on board, but we are often in places with no doctor, where the nearest… Read more
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Hiu Paus of Indonesia
A decades-long dream has come to fruition for me! I never imagined it would be with my 3 young kiddos and amazing life partner. Nor did I imagine it would go on for almost 2 hours with only us five in attendance . When we finally got in the dinghy the whale sharks were still… Read more
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Kaimana and the hiu paus (whale sharks)
The kids decided to stay on board, so we took a handheld VHF radio, and headed into town to provision and visit the Quarantine office to get our green book (apparently a necessity to clear out of the country). We left them a card with how to say, Jangan datang! (Don’t come) or Mohon pergi!… Read more
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Tual and Ngurbloat beach
This is the view of Tual from where we tied up our dinghy to the back of a coast guard boat. Then we climbed over two other boats and had to jump down onto a huge black fender and step up again to get to shore. After we cleared in on Wednesday and said goodbye… Read more
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Passage to Indonesia
Our autopilot died about an hour after we left Thursday Island. Riki put the spare one in, and it worked, but it was super loud. It sounded like a pinball machine, and we nicknamed it Pinball Wizard (sure plays mean pinball!). We used the wind pilot when we were sailing, but often there was no… Read more
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Reflections after (almost) one year living aboard
Luz (6) During the past year we flew to New Zealand, and then we sailed to Fiji, and then we sailed to Vanuatu, and we came to Australia on our longest passage, which was 9 days. We saw lots of cool animals. We saw a mama orca and a baby orca in NZ. We also… Read more
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