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Hong Kong to Busan

by | April 19, 2026 | 2025 | 4 Comments

In Hong Kong, we had another World Cruise Gala, it was again, over the top. Great food and entertainment. It was held in the Hong Kong Palace Museum. They opened just for us that night. Even though we could see it from our ship, it was a 30-minute bus ride. This was...
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From Bali to Hong Kong

by | April 10, 2026 | 2025 | 2 Comments

From Bali, we spent a day at sea and then two days in Indonesia. For whatever reason, the Immigrations department had an early, 7:30, manditory face to face meeting for all guests and would not let us back on until everyone cleared. Then, the next day, they did it...
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Sailing North on sailwest.net

by | April 2, 2026 | 2025 | 6 Comments

It’s a lake out here.  We have left Indonesia and are headed to the Philippines.  We are traveling due North and crossed the equator in the middle of the night.  So, we are still a day ahead of you, but we are no longer upside down.  It feels good...
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Feb 13, 2024

February 13, 2024 With the Super Bowl in the rear-view mirror, we spent the rest of the day cruising to Wellington.  As usual, Kim shall go exploring and I will go on watch (for what I don’t know yet) and let others entertain me without them having a clue that...

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Wellington

Wellington

Feb 13, 2024

February 13, 2024 With the Super Bowl in the rear-view mirror, we spent the rest of the day cruising to Wellington.  As usual, Kim shall go exploring and I will go on watch (for what I don’t know yet) and let others entertain me without them having a clue that...

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Super Bowl Monday

Super Bowl Monday

Feb 11, 2024

February 12, 2024 Super Bowl Monday!  Starts in 2 hours. So, last night after I went back to my harbor master duties, I was able to safely move cargo ships in and out.  Even the Viking Cruise liner got out to sea safely.  Finally, it was getting close...

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Harbor Master

Harbor Master

Feb 10, 2024

February 11, 2024 First a shout out to my brother- and sister-in-law for a successful 45 years of marriage.  Kip is Kim’s little brother.  I have been told there is a special place in Heaven for women that put up with guys like Kip, hang in there, Colleen...

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Goodbye Auckland

Goodbye Auckland

Feb 9, 2024

February 10, 2024 As we left Auckland Harbor this evening, we finally saw some sea life.  We spotted a pod of Orcas!  The last time we saw anything in the Ocean was way back at Catalina Island.  What a treat. We are off to the Island of Tauranga,...

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Masts of New Zealand

Masts of New Zealand

Feb 9, 2024

Did you know that New Zealand has more sailboats per capita than any other counrty in the world? It's true!

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