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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Click this link if you want to start at the beginning:
FIRST BLOG ENTRY
If you want to start at the beginning of our trip:
START OF TRIP
If you want to see the story of our trip from South Carolina
(where we bought the boat)
to Lake Ontario Click this link:
SOUTH CAROLINA
After such a busy week leading up to, and including the Pacific Puddlejump Rendezvous we have really appreciated a week of relative calm...
First though, if you wish to see pictures from the rendezvous, check out the official web page HERE.
Late last Sunday afternoon we caught the ferry from Moorea back to Papeete with our friends from New Zealand. After one last dinner out with them we said our goodbyes until we meet up in NZ in a few months....
This was also the week we said a sad goodbye to Christina. She flew home to the USA. It was a little strange without here after so many weeks.
On Tuesday we sailed back to Moorea and anchored in Cooks Bay, then Opunuho Bay. Both were quiet and beautiful. While we were there we both got a tattoo. The artist is amazing and created a tattoo with a story of our life.
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| Papaya Tree |
Shelley got a turtle for being a Shellback now and the southern cross with a Marquesian star in the center which we followed across the ocean.
From Moorea we did an overnight passage to Huahine. The winds were calm and the seas were well behaved. It was a lovely passage. We arrived in the morning and anchored in what can only be described as the most beautiful water we have ever seen. In almost 20 feet of water, we were able to clearly see how the anchor was set. Shelley saw a lobster scurrying across the sandy bottom... Amazing.
As beautiful as everything was, we were tired so did very little except relax on our first day here.
We explored Fare, the village, bought a few fresh veggies, and quietly celebrated 2 years of traveling the world. Hard to imagine, that over the last two years we have now travelled just under 10,000 nautical miles, visited 7 countries and met countless wonderful people.
Last year, we published some of our statistics. so here are the numbers from this year.
| 2014-5 | 2015-6 | % change | |||
| Maintenance/Repairs & Improvements - Boat | 6950 | 8730 | 20% | ||
| Food - Groceries & Sundries | 5500 | 8000 | 31% | ||
| Insurance | 4400 | 4700 | 6% | ||
| Slip/Mooring Fees | 4150 | 2300 | -80% | ||
| Food/Beverages - Dining Out | 4100 | 3440 | -19% | ||
| Fuel - Diesel | 1900 | 860 | -121% | ||
| Fuel - Gasoline and Propane | 300 | 510 | 41% | ||
| Entry/Exit Fees | 1400 | 2270 | 38% | ||
| Travel - Away | 1300 | 2000 | 35% | ||
| Local Transportation | 1300 | 2100 | 38% | ||
| Subscriptions/Instructor/DM Fees | 850 | 460 | -85% | ||
| Entertainment | 850 | 800 | -6% | ||
| Maintenance/Repairs & Improvements - Engine | 650 | 120 | -442% | ||
| Computer/Phone/Internet | 550 | 630 | 13% | ||
| Medical Expenses | 500 | 680 | 26% | ||
| Clothing | 450 | 440 | -2% | ||
| Scuba Expense | 400 | 1000 | 60% | ||
| Gifts | 1200 | 1075 | -12% | ||
| Fishing Gear | 0 | 100 | |||
| Shipping Expense | 0 | 560 | |||
| Miscellaneous | 250 | 340 | 26% | ||
| 37000 | 41115 | 10% |
On the income side of things, we took in $24000 vss $19000 last year. Thus our net expenses work out to about $1500 per month again this year. This coming year we will strive, yet again, to get our net monthly expenses down to $1000 per month... Who knows...
The good news is we are having a BALL! And I guess that's what counts... Right?
Cheers!
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Location:Huahine, French Polynesia
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