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DAY 51 – February 24th
At Sea in the Perfect Pacific Ocean Yes, it’s another totally perfect day. The ocean continues to be an incredible shade of blue; the water is calm, and the sky almost cloudless except for a few puffy white clouds on the horizon. Apart from 2 stormy...
DAY 50 – February 23rd
Pitcairn Island There are 4 volcanic islands in the Pitcairn group – Oeno, Henderson, Ducie, and Pitcairn itself. Only Henderson and Pitcairn are inhabited. We arrived at Pitcairn early this morning. The islanders were waiting for us in their long...
DAY 49 – February 22nd
At Sea Not quite in the tropics yet. At noon the Commodore announced that we had sailed 17,332 miles since we left Southampton, and have 364 miles to go to Pitcairn. The depth of water under our keel is 3,190 meters. We are 98 miles away from...
DAY 48 – February 21st
At Sea Yet another sunny, calm sea day. All my plans to get some of my projects done, simply aren’t working out. The weather is just too good to stay indoors – the pool beckons. I did go to one talk this morning. Roy Hunt’s talk on “Irving...
DAY 47 – February 20th
Cruise By Easter Island The day I developed tender envy We had an extra hours’ sleep tonight, so it wasn’t too much of a challenge to get up and finally meet up with Roscoe, who was in his usual early morning perch. Thanks to those who told me where...
DAY 46 – February 19th
At Sea in the South Pacific Ocean Yet another sun drenched day with a perfectly blue calm sea. The color of the water is an almost iridescent blue – it sparkles away and is really a beautiful site. Our tablemates saw dolphins yesterday, so we are on the...
DAY 45 – February 18th
At Sea There was no way to avoid it, the laundry had to be done today. Usually the launderette is the hub of bad behavior and gossip, but again today it was the height of discretion and good behavior. Nothing exciting to report at all. Additionally, everyone...
DAY 44 – February 17th
At Sea Nine sea days in a row – followed by Tahiti. Life doesn’t get much better than that. Some people are complaining about it, but especially if the sun comes out, I am very happy. I checked the daily program to see if beading was at the same time...
DAY 43 – February 16th
Valparaiso The day I discovered Pisco Sours We were due to dock at 7:00, but when we awoke we were still moving, and nowhere near to the port. The Commodore had not made any announcement, so we got up and got ready to be in the Queens Room at...
DAY 42 – February 15th
At Sea How on earth could we have been cruising for 6 weeks already? I want to slow time down, it is simply whizzing by too fast. The sea was calm, but it was too cool and windy to sit by the pool. We stopped by to congratulate Juliana on her new...
DAY 41 – February 14th
Golfo Corcovado Channel There is much unhappiness in the kingdom. Well not really the whole kingdom, just our cabin. And not the whole cabin, just me. The card in my video camera was full, so yesterday I downloaded all of the film onto my external...
DAY 40 – February 13th
Pio Xl Glacier The Commodore had said that he expected us to be at the Pio Xl glacier (named after the pope of the same name), at 8:00AM. We awoke to a misty rainy day, so we decided that we would give the outside decks a miss for now, and headed up to the...