Category Archives: South Pacific 2013

Palmyra Atoll was our last stop enroute to Hawaii from the Marquesas. The Atoll lies about 6 degrees north of the equator and is out of the cyclone belt so it is a logical place to wait for a weather … Continue reading →

Christmas Island lies at 1.5 degrees North of the equator around 157 degrees West. The transit from Nuka Hiva to Christmas was around 1230 nautical miles – a little over 5 days for Iron Lady. The following is a map … Continue reading →

Steve Dashew just put up an interesting post on Grey Wolf – FPB 6 if I recall. She is bound from NZ to her new home port in England and plans to depart NZ for French Polynesia shortly. That is … Continue reading →

Still back in Fatu Hiva on my posts but caught this image recently and thought it would be of interest given the season. Hope all of you nauti guys and gals have been nice and that something special (maybe an … Continue reading →

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 →

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 →

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 →

For those of you who have been following for awhile, you know about our clearance adventures in Fiji and Tonga. If not, I recommend the Tongan experience in particular which (in retrospect) was hilarious – you can do a search … Continue reading →