http://www.floatingfox.org/wordpress Cruising Logs of Kyle and Kathy Harris Fri, 23 Jan 2009 01:55:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In May of 2004 we purchased our first sailboat - a 1972 Tartan 30.  Having trucked it to Davenport, Iowa on the banks of the Mississippi we spent several months doing a complete refit.  In November of 2004 we splashed our boat, newly renamed Stap Isi (Melanesian Pidgin for "Chill ... http://www.floatingfox.org/wordpress/?p=7 August 16-18 - Beginning the Last Passage When we originally set out from the US last December our goal was to reach Madang by the end of July 2006. After waiting a month for our Panama Canal transit and a couple other shorter but substantial delays along the way we had ... http://www.floatingfox.org/wordpress/?p=260 July 28, 29 - 10 knots and scattered showers - Not We have mentioned before how difficult it can be to obtain reliable weather information in the low latitudes. We were encouraged, though, to find a US national weather service office in Pago Pago generating all sorts of marine forecasts for ... http://www.floatingfox.org/wordpress/?p=257 July 2&3 - Leaving Raiatea in No Wind When it comes to weather forecasts, we are spoiled in the States. Complain as we might, each evening we get 24 and 48 hour forecasts that are generally spot on. Even out to 72 hours the forecasts are fairly good. It is only ... http://www.floatingfox.org/wordpress/?p=254 Leaving Ahe - June 23 Friday morning at first light we raised the anchor and motored north to the pass. When we got there we found another boat waiting to come in. A couple we had met in Nuka Hiva. We went out first and then they came in. The winds were ... http://www.floatingfox.org/wordpress/?p=251