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Cocos - Paradise Found
To the paradise of Cocos Keeling Passage: October 15th - 22nd Cocos: October 23nd - 26th We find we need to mentally prepare ourselves...
jolie655
Dec 10, 20246 min read
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Indonesia
Click for website page.. https://www.oceansfive.net/indonesia Indonesia Crossing from Darwin to Indonesia: September 24-27th Indonesia:...
jolie655
Nov 28, 202419 min read
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Land of OZ
To Oz we go… Australia - August 13 - September 24, 2024  Click webpage for Videos https://www.oceansfive.net/australia How often do...
jolie655
Oct 20, 202423 min read
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Primitive Pacific
CLICK this link: https://www.oceansfive.net/vanuatu to see the active Volcano - On to Vanuatu We depart from Musket Cove, Fiji, on...
jolie655
Aug 31, 202411 min read
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Fiji - Finally
Fiji Finally! Pics and video @ https://www.oceansfive.net/fiji This blog may seem longer than usual, because (yikes!) it is! We arrived...
jolie655
Aug 9, 202426 min read
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Kingdom of Tonga
To the Kingdom of Tonga we go…. https://www.oceansfive.net/tonga For the eight day journey we’re facing, we know ahead of time to expect...
jolie655
Jul 8, 202410 min read
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Pearls of the Pacific
The other Society Islands. https://www.oceansfive.net/societyislands We sail into Huahine on Monday morning, around 9am and set anchor...
jolie655
Jun 28, 202415 min read
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Big Waves, Happy Faces
The Society Islands Part 1- Tahiti, Moorea https://www.oceansfive.net/societyislands On our way to Tahiti, we are told there’s no space...
jolie655
Jun 14, 20249 min read
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Circles in the Sea
The coral atolls of the Tuomotus. Check out the location page https://www.oceansfive.net/tuamotus. Another blah blah blah blog. I don’t...
jolie655
Jun 3, 202411 min read
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Let's Get Vertical - Marquesas
The Marquesas…htg https://www.oceansfive.net/marquesas Anchoring at a small island across from Hiva Oa, as the total eclipse continues to...
jolie655
Apr 27, 202413 min read
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The Long Haul to Marquesas
You may have received an email the other day of Rob’s post of our crossing. Here is mine. As you can see, it’s much longer (Sorry! As I...
jolie655
Apr 12, 20248 min read
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18 Days
Well. 17 days and 18 hours. The Pacific Crossing. It's a blur. Rob blog. :-) The Earth is an ocean dotted with land. Sixteen days into...
jolie655
Apr 11, 20243 min read
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Monsters are Real!
Galapagos: The Second Half Currently, we’ve begun our three week sail to the Marquesas. I haven’t written a single letter of the blog...
jolie655
Mar 26, 202411 min read
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Oh My
Galapagos - The first few days Our first day, Thursday, March 7th, we decide to take it slowly and not to participate in any formal...
jolie655
Mar 20, 20247 min read
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Onward to the Galapagos….
Sunday, March 3rd, as we begin our journey to Galapagos, we find ourselves in summertime, lake-like seas; waves and swells are...
jolie655
Mar 16, 20244 min read
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Galapagos, so far
Life astounds us with the sights, sounds, smells and constant movement of the Galapagos. Birds soaring in the air and in the water....
jolie655
Mar 11, 20241 min read
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Sloths and Crocodiles, oh, and sailing..
We sure spent a lot of time at docks recently. Docked at Shelter Bay waiting to pass through the Canal and now docked at La Playita...
jolie655
Mar 3, 20248 min read
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The Shortcut
4am Entrance to Panama Canal The afternoon of Sunday, February 18th, after permission from the Panama Canal Authority, we moved Jolie out...
jolie655
Feb 24, 20244 min read
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Change of Scenery
San Blas to Shelter Bay Friday, February 9-14 Sadly, we wave farewell to the San Blas Islands and sail a beautiful beam to broad reach to...
jolie655
Feb 22, 20245 min read
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Time Machine
Guna Yala (San Blas Islands, Panama). Disclaimer: This is more of a journal than a blog, so it is a bit long. I may have too much time on...
jolie655
Feb 13, 20248 min read
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