All the gear is aboard. The last spares and provisions are going aboard today. Final banking is being done....time to close the accounts.
Water and fuel is topped off. Charts are aboard. (Hard copies....not electronic LOL)
Including tide tables of the South pacific, Sailing directions, SoPac flags and Chart #1.
There is even a real working sextant aboard....thanks Mike aboard the M\V Captn MJ Sousa.
Mike is hoping to meet Devon and Crew at Christmas Island. He also serves as the SSB radio test link and secondary sat comm link. Mike's knowledge of the South Pacific (30 plus years) should be a big help next month. Devon previously served as a deckhand and engineers assistant on Mike's boat for about 10 months. The MJ Sousa fishes for tuna in SoPAc and NZ waters.
The famous Transpac sail boat race start on July 9, 2007 (same damn day!) and head for the Big Island. http://www.transpacificyc.org/
they have good weather links for the area Blaze is sailing
Blaze should arrive in Kauai about the same time this race finishes in Honolulu.
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Hey Devon and Crew: It was great to meet you today, and we wish you the best of fine sailing--good weather and steady winds. We'll watch for posts from you.
Kay & Don
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