Crew Wanted: St Martin to W.Australia

[savoir]

Plan your passage through the west Pacific boatman. Fuel docks and decent shopping are thin on the ground. The only ones I know of are Vila and Honiara with nothing in between. I would suggest Vila because the fuel is cheaper and the shopping better.

You don't want to have to jerrycan 100 gallons or whatever.

[atoll]

cheapest fuel in the pacific is in pago pago ,american samoa,after panama and galapagos.

once you have got your canal transit date do all your shopping in colon,much easier than on the pacific side.

daru passage,starting at bramble cay is the easiest for getting thru torres straits.

[captain58sailin]

Sounds like a good trip boatman! Bon Voyage!

[savoir]

USA pumps a lot of money into Pago Pago. Groceries are cheap too but every Samoan I ever met would rather live in Apia. You get the same in Majuro which is one seriously sad place.

There's gratitude for ya !

[boatman61]

Have 600 gallons of fuel and 300 gallons of water... should see us good for the trip... both of us have been liveaboards on old boats in the past so are used to managing water well... did a 49day solo SXM to Salcombe with 90 litres of water and still had 20 at the end...

[atoll]

also hiva oa is good for a brief stop as no charges to be paid there.
check in with the gendarme in the village
you can stop in suvarov,without having to formally checkin to the cook islands.

chesterfield reef you can anchor there,just past new caledonia ,uninhabited

can anchor behind the wessel islands on the top end of aus as long as you dont land if seeking shelter for repairs.

Originally Posted by boatman61

Have 600 gallons of fuel and 300 gallons of water... should see us good for the trip... both of us have been liveaboards on old boats in the past so are used to managing water well... did a 49day solo SXM to Salcombe with 90 litres of water and still had 20 at the end...

[speakeasy]

Have a brilliant passage, Phil. Will look forward to your updates as/when you get net access.

[savoir]

600 gallons ! woweeee ! With all that diesel aboard you'll have no room for beer.

[boatman61]

Originally Posted by savoir

600 gallons ! woweeee ! With all that diesel aboard you'll have no room for beer.

Lol............. its amazing the nooks and crannies one can find for the 'Beer Neccesities...'
Just gotta get rid of the 5 cases of Coke Zero the 'Ex Crew' bought when we provisioned in Nth Palm Beach.... oh... and 2 of Sprite Zero...
Why is it people who drink that crap get fatter....

[flysci]

Originally Posted by boatman61

... both of us have been liveaboards on old boats in the past so are used to managing water well...

Hey Phil, do I sense romance in the air?!

[boatman61]

Originally Posted by flysci

Hey Phil, do I sense romance in the air?!

Don't be silly....
Friends only... romance is/was a 90's thing and we are both to old and wrinkly to fancy each other...
but we do hunt well together with a good escape route when the unwanted come onto us....
'Oh... I'd love to but my wife's giving me the evil eye... thats her over there...'
and vicki verki....

[boatman61]

Anyway...latest update...
we arrived in Shelter Bay 1500hrs yesterday afternoon... passage was slower than I'd hoped... got light winds and so was 24hrs later than my predicted eta....
But we were in time for 'Happy Hour'.... so that cheered me up...
Forgot its Easter w/end so nothing happens till Monday... been talking to an Aussie who's been here 2 weeks now... been cancelled twice...
ah well....

[Wotname]

Good to hear of your arrival and good luck with the next bit - enjoy your Easter Break

[flysci]

Originally Posted by boatman61

Anyway...latest update...
[FONT=Comic Sans MS]we arrived in Shelter Bay 1500hrs yesterday afternoon...
But we were in time for 'Happy Hour'.... so that cheered me up...

Hey Phil,
I am here with my boat and 2 crew. I was at happy hour last night too. Perhaps you saw my crew playing music - the drummer and the guest guitarist with the singer.
I'll be there again tonight.
We will transit the canal on Sunday. Hope we run into each other. I'm in slip E32.
Margo

[boatman61]

Originally Posted by flysci

Hey Phil,
I am here with my boat and 2 crew. I was at happy hour last night too. Perhaps you saw my crew playing music - the drummer and the guest guitarist with the singer.
I'll be there again tonight.
We will transit the canal on Sunday. Hope we run into each other. I'm in slip E32.
Margo

Hey Margo.... you know there's no alcohol tonight its 'God Friday'......
I'm taking a bottle of 'Stoly' in a brown bag.... and ordering 'Virgen Mary's'......
we're on C26.... near Jedi.... now I know what a Sundeer 64 looks like...