Author Archives: Peter Rossin
Iron Lady’s Helm Station Revisited
For reasons unknown, I seem to be getting a lot of traffic on a post I did quite awhile ago on Iron Lady’s helm station. Since them, some things have changed so I thought it would be worth mentioning for … Continue reading
Nuka Hiva Part 1
Nuka Hiva is roughly 130 square miles in size and is the largest island in the Marquesas. The current population is approximately 2600 people. The principle town is Taiohae on the southern coast which was our port of entry. It … Continue reading
Marquesas
After Gel and George left us in Fakarava in the Tuamotus, it was time for us to head off to the Marquesas. The following will put the geographic equation in perspective. On this map, you can see Papeete – our … Continue reading
Pittsburgh
No – we didn’t fall off the face of the earth but internet service (even in Hawaii) has been pretty tough to come by. Now I understand why the harbor master at Ko Olina warned me that Hawaii is really … Continue reading
Equator
On August 20th at 2210 hours, some 5545 nautical miles after leaving New Zealand in mid May, Iron Lady crossed the Equator at 151 degrees 41 minutes West. Sorry – no pictures this time, too slow a connection. Weather conditions … Continue reading
Update
We have now been in the Marquesas since George and Gel left us in the Tuamotus. Deb and our friends Lisa and Dan just departed from Nuka Hiva for Pittsburgh. Steve and I are aboard and we are being joined … Continue reading
Fakarava Part 5
Next night was pizza night at the local wood fired pizza place. It took a bit of negotiating as the owner normally only opens for 6 people or more so the 5 of us said we would buy enough for … Continue reading
Fakarava Part 4
Next day, Deb and I were off to Bird Island – appropriately named as it was a rookery for nesting birds. Not sure what they were but there were certainly a lot of them. On the island, the ground is … Continue reading