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  • Cooking

    Turns out I didn’t provision that well when we left Savu Savu. Well, we ran out of meat after a week, and didn’t have that much canned goods. So I was cooking dried beans in the pressure cooker. I made lentil soup 3 times, which was yummy, luckily. I sprouted mung beans and put them… Read more

  • Qamea

    Qamea

    We spent a week anchored in a bay on the eastern side of the island of Qamea. Riki had been here twice before in 2012 and he always spoke so highly of it–kindof glowing as he gushed about it. So I have been wanting to go there for the past two years. To reach the… Read more

  • Guest guest blogger

    Guest, guest blogger Riki here to post.  Hannah has been incredible (as she is) keeping up with the posts of late.  Wade has been providing much fodder for content. This video is all I could manage between boat projects and Wade time in the last 6 weeks in Fiji.  This is a common occurrence between… Read more

  • While on Watch

    While on Watch

    We left the Bay of Islands in Vanua Balavu around 5 pm. We made it out of the pass before dark. It was quite windy, Riki’s guess was 20-25 knots, but it was from behind so it felt like less. (We don’t have a gauge that tells us the wind speed.) It was also a… Read more

  • Hats, Clips and More Dhal Please

    Hats, Clips and More Dhal Please

    One of Wade’s two favorite activities on Guava is standing on the nav table and pulling all of the baseball caps off of the ship’s bell where they are stored. Then he likes to ring the bell. Whenever we are down below his gaze drifts to the hats, his eyes light up, and he starts… Read more

  • In Spite of Ourselves

    In Spite of Ourselves

    In Spite of Ourselves is the name of a John Prine song that he sings with Iris De Ment. It’s a love song with some funny lyrics. John Prine has a special place in both Riki & my hearts because when we met in Savu Savu, Fiji two years ago Riki was playing guitar and… Read more