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Monday 10 August 2009

WE MADE IT!

With all hands on deck to witness the sunset, we made a dramatic entrance through the narrow pass to the anchorage/marina in Tahiti. We were escorted by one whale and a small pod of dolphins. We are now securely anchored for the next two nights. As I write this Doug and Peter are putting up the Sunshade and then we’ll be all set. For our stay here. We have all day today and tomorrow to do errands, while Doug and Shelby will go off exploring. Shelby is leafing through the tourist brochures right here beside me.

Peter & I are so excited to see Kylie tomorrow night when her plane arrives at 9:15 p.m. We will spend the night at the marina and then the following morning will set sail for Moorea and the anchorages on that island. I will update the blog again next Friday, August 14th.

Until then…..Happy, happy birthday to Shorry tomorrow. We’ll have a few gin and tonics and will be thinking of you.

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QuickStar's journey

Captain Peter Bruckmann and First Mate Diana Young (also often acting as the Admiral) set sail from Vancouver in August 2007 aboard sv Quickstar, a 46-foot Beneteau. Each year we have ventured further across the Pacific, while returning to Silver Star Mountain, in Vernon, B.C., Canada for the ski season (and to reconnect with family and land-based friends). This blog explores the highs, lows and adventures of life at sea and the wonderful countries visited.
Thanks for coming along for the ride.

Updated Friday, September 2, 2011

A doctor examining a woman who had been rushed to the Emergency Room, took
the husband aside, and said, 'I don't like the looks of your wife at all.'
'Me neither doc,' said the husband.
'But she's a great cook and really good with the kids.'

Updated July 29, 2011

As for worrying about what other people might think - forget it. They aren't concerned about you. They're too busy worrying about what you and other people think of them."

Michael le Boeuf

Updated Friday, June 10, 2011

I learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."

Maya Angelou, Poet

Updated Friday, June 3, 2011

"Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it."

-- Johann von Goethe

Updated Friday, August 13, 2010

Why sharks swim around you!

Two great white sharks, swimming in the ocean, spied a ship in distress.

"Follow me, son," the father shark said to the son shark and they swam to the ship. "First we swim around them a few times with just the tip of our fins showing."

And they did. "Well done, son! Now we swim around them a few times with all of our fins showing." And they did.

"Now we eat everybody." And they did. When they were both gorged, the son asked, "Dad, why didn't we just eat them all at first? Why did we swim around and
around them?"

His wise father replied, "Because they taste better without all that shit inside them!"