.: Hello from the Isle of Pines, New Caledonia

Friday, 16 August 2013

Hello from the Isle of Pines, New Caledonia

We are sending this to you via the Ham radio, so this will just be a quick update. We have spent the past week at the beautiful out island Isle of Pine with our Aussie friends Ara and Marios aboard Bubus. We've been having a blast snorkeling, having beach picnics, alternating dinners on each others boats and generally just relaxing and enjoying the wonderful weather and the post-card perfect anchorages.

We will be heading back to Noumea on Monday to get ready for the crossing for Australia. Peter will have 2 other crew members with him - one a university professor from Australia who we met in Vanautu and the other a 26 year old woman who is traveling the world on her bicycle and other "natural means" such as sailing. I have booked my flight for Coff's Harbour and will enjoy a week to myself getting a few projects done.

As always, we'll have daily postings once the crossing begins...either David or Barb will do this, since I won't be onboard. I'll update the blog with pictures early next week.
Enjoy the wonderful last days of August.

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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!"