June 14, 2003
I'M HOME NOW AND I AM PIGGING OUT ON SALADS AND ICE CREAM. I LOST 4
POUNDS CROSSING THE PACIFIC. TOMORROW WE WILL BE ON OUR TRAWLER (WHICH IS
NAMED SUNFLOWER), TO CELEBRATE FATHER'S DAY AND LEE'S BIRTHDAY. CAN YOU
IMAGINE WE ARRIVED HOME TUES. AND THE FOLLOWING SUNDAY WE ARE BACK ON A
BOAT. ARE WE CRAZY OR WHAT?
See "La Boheme E-Mail" for the latest information.
June 3, 2003
TAHITI AT LAST!
May 30, 2003
WE HAVE FOUND PARADISE......IT IS CALLED RANGIROA
MAY 25th
WE STOPPED AT NUKU HIVA FOR 1 DAY WHERE DAN ONE OF OUR CREWMAN LEFT US.
WE ARE CURRENTLY ON OUR WAY TO RANGIROA WHICH IS THE SECOND LARGEST ATOLL IN THE WORLD.
MAY 16th ATAUNO, HIVA OA
MAY 21st WHAT AM I DOING HERE?
WE HAVE RUN INTO MORE TROUBLE WITH THE BOAT AND WE HAVE BEEN DRIVING
AROUND THIS ONE HORSE TOWN TRYING TO FIND PARTS. WE ALSO HAVE BEEN
PROVISIONING AND I CAN'T EVEN BEGIN TO TELL YOU HOW DIFFICULT IT IS.
WE HAVE HAD OUR FEET ON SOLID GROUND. WE HAVE EATEN IN 3 DIFFERENT RESTAURANTS AND LIFE IS GOOD. I HAVE ORDERED 2 SALADS AS THE COMPLETE MEAL. I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW WONDERFUL IT IS TO EAT FRESH VEGETABLES. I ALSO HAD MY FIRST ICE CREAM IN 27 DAYS. IT WAS ONLY PLAIN OLD VANILLA BECAUSE THAT'S ALL THEY HAD BUT IT TASTED LIKE HEAVEN.
May 14, 2003
DAY 26 AND WE HAVE FOUND LAND. WE ARE POWERING ALONG THE NORTH
COAST OF ONE OF 9 MARQUESAS ISLANDS. IT IS VOLCANIC AND VERY RUGGED.
WE STILL HAVE SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE WE WILL COME TO THE ANCHORAGE.
THIS IS DAY 22 AND WE HAVE 270 MORE MILES
May 12, 2003
WE HAVE BEEN OUT OF WIND SINCE THE LAST TIME I WROTE. WE HAVE NO
GENOA AND NO WIND SO WE HAVE BEEN POWERING ALMOST ALL THE WAY.
GOOD THING WE GET GOOD FUEL MILEAGE.
THIS IS DAY 22 AND WE HAVE 270 MORE MILES
May 9, 2003
690 miles from the Marquesas
May 1, 2003
NOW WE WILL BE LUCKY TO MAKE 100 KNOTS AND
WE STILL HAVE 1270 MORE MILES TO GO. THAT MAKES IT 12 DAYS FROM TODAY
WHERE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN 8 DAYS IF THINGS HADN'T BROKEN.
April 28, 2003
WE LEFT THE GALAPAGOS ON 4/18 AT 1:30 PM.
FOR THE FIRST 3 DAYS WE POWERED BECAUSE THERE WAS NO WIND.
WE MADE APPROX. 100 MILES A DAY.
DAY 4 THE WIND STARTED TO BLOW ABOUT 12 TO 15 KNOTS
OUR DISTANCE INCREASED TO 150 MILES A DAY.
April 20, 2003
WE LEFT PUERTO AYORO, SANTA CRUZ, GALAPAGOS YESTERDAY ABOUT 1PM
AND WE HAVE POWERED OR FLOPPED AROUND WITH NO WIND FOR 28 HOURS.
WE HAVE MADE 116 MILES DUE TO A CURRENT THAT IS WITH US.
April 12, 2003
WE LOST THE WATER PUMP ON THE ENGINE AGAIN SO WE CAN'T POWER AND
THERE STILL IS NO WIND. SO WE ARE GHOSTING ALONG AT A ROARING 0.5 KNOT.
April 11, 2003
WE JUST CROSSED OVER THE EQUATOR.
April 10, 2003
WE ARE GOING DIRECTLY TO THE GALAPAGOS.
April 9, 2003
We are 373 miles from Ecuador.
April 6, 2003
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE NO WIND AND WE ARE POWERING AND HAVE BEEN ALL
DAY. IT IS HOTTER THAN HELL DOWN BELOW AND COOKING HAS BECOME A
REAL BURDEN. TONIGHT WE HAD SALAD FOR DINNER. THE 5 DAY FORCAST IS
FOR THE SAME DAMN THING SO I GUESS WE ARE MOTORING TO THE
GALAPAGOS.
April 4, 2003
WE ARE CURRENTLY IN PANAMA CITY.
March 28, 2003
We are in Colon, Panama in the queue to go through the canal.
March 25, 2003
We arrived in the San Blas Isl. Sunday and anchored off an island called Hollandes. It is one
of approx. 360 island in the area.
March 22, 2003
We left Cartagena about 3pm yesterday and we are on a broad reach toward
the San Blas Is.
Our lat /lon is 10 degrees 14min. N and 77 degrees 10min W.
March 18, 2003
We have been in
Cartagena since Tues. the 18th. It is an amazing city and we love it.
March 17, 2003
Our survival raft finally came at 10PM on Friday and we secured it to the boat and left at midnight. We are 64 hours out and our location is 11deg 33 min N and 74deg 35 min W. We plan to arrive at Cartagena, Columbia tomorrow around noon.
March 14, 2003
We are still waiting for our 6 man survival raft which "was at the airport" for the past week but
not delivered to us. It turns out that the airport is in St. Martin not here and there is only 1
plane a day coming from that island and they are all full and can't bring raft.
We have been promised to have it delivered tonight after 10 pm and the guys plan to mount
it and then we will leave. That will put us leaving around midnight. We will get a pilot to lead
us out of the channel into the ocean because it is a difficult task in the dark.
March 7, 2003
JAN and Lee are in the Caribbean provisioning for their voyage to Tahiti. Weather permitting,
they will leave on March, 13, 2003.
Jan says "I have been so busy working to get the boat ready to go that I haven't had time to write about
LaBoheme for my web page. I may get to it this week."
"It is very scary for me to be responsible for feeding the crew for approx. 2 months. It is
going to be hard to store that much food and it is hard to know how much food to buy. I could
do a whole story about how boaters doctor Chunky Beef Soup. If you have any good ideas
for provisioning, I'd love to hear them."
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