Favorite Photos, Summer 2005

• Picnic in the park, E Oahu
• Pineapple plant
• Acrux Kitchen
• Ray & Richie in the dingy, off the bay in SE Oahu
• Bay in SE Oahu
• Frankie on Acrux
• Karen in car seat, with toys
• Karen in life jacket
• Karen sleeping on the Acrux bench
• Frankie making bread
• Richie playing on the "toy bunk"
• Sailing east Oahu with friends on the Acrux
  

• Polynesian canoes off Honolulu
• Frankie, steering the Acrux
• Hawaiian Sunset

• The Acrux in Lono Harbor
• Richie playing on the beach at Lono Harbor

• Whale in the distance
  
• John, a hitchhiker we picked up and gave a ride to Maui
• Bow of the Acrux while sailing into Lahaina, Maui

• Whitecaps at anchor off Lahaina

• Preying Mantis hanging out on the Acrux door
• Lahaina
  

• Rainbow over Lahaina

• Ahihi Beach (S. Maui)
  

• The Cliffs of SW Lanai
• Five Needles (Lanai)

• Five Needles (Lanai)
• We were anchored in a small cove on the western side of Lanai, by Five Needles
  

• Frankie swimming and Richie in the dingy

• Tied up to the dock at Keehi (Honolulu)

• Dingy on the beach, Nawiliwili
• Richie playing in the water, Nawiliwili
• Swinging rope...
• ...into the water!
• Richie's 3rd Birthday :)

• Richie and Karen play on the bunk
  

• Lighthouse, NE Kauai
  

• Hanalei Bay

• Start of the Na Pali coast (NW Kauai)
• Waterfall off the Na Pali coast
  
• Na Pali coast, looking SW
  
• Waterfall off the Na Pali coast
• Cliffs of the Na Pali coast
• Waterfalls on the Na Pali coast
  

• Hitchhiker! A red -footed booby

• NE Hawaii coast
• Waterfalls off the NE Hawaii coast

• 250 foot Halemaumau crater wall in Volcano National Park
• Kilauea Iki crater floor
• Kilauea Iki stream vents
• Lehua flower on an 'ohi'a tree
• Looks just like Alaskan lichen!
• Flowering 'ohi'a tree
• Pheasant

• Lava flows block the road
  
• Petroglyphs
• Richie and a friend looking at petroglyphs

• NE coast of the big island
  

• Halema'uma'u Crater
• Kilauea Crater
• Wind farm on S Hawaii island--unfortunately most of these aren't operational!
  

• Sign
  

• Steam from lava flowing into the ocean
  

• Richie sitting on a bench outside the Thurston Lava Tube
• Looking down the Thurston Lava Tube

• Ah-ah lava alongside the Saddle Road on the big island

• Movie of fog on the Saddle Road
  

• Richie and a Nene goose in the zoo, Hilo
  

• Richie climbs the ladder up from the dingy in Radio Bay, Hilo
• Frankie hoists Karen up from the dingy
  

• View of Hilo as we departed
• Breakwater that protects Hilo Bay--and Radio Bay where the Acrux lived for 1.5 months!
• Vog (volcano smog) from it's source
• Smoke from lava flowing down the hillside

• Lava flowing into the ocean (through binoculars)
• Lava flowing into the ocean
• Lava flowing down the hillside
• Lava flowing into the ocean

• Karen tries to figure out the bottle

• Map of Hawaii--where we spent the summer of 2005
• Polynesean star chart showing locations of islands (Bishop Museum)

• Full load of supplies for the return to Alaska--loaded into the dingy

• Acrux from the top of the main mast--looking aft (poor image quality; overexposed)
• Acrux from the top of the main mast--looking forward (poor image quality; overexposed)

• Distances from Honolulu Zoo to other zoos around the world

• Model of Marquesas exploration canoe at the Polynesean Cultural Center
  
• Taro plants
  
• Richie with banana trees in the background
• Sitting in the canoe at the Polynesean Cultural Center
• Waterfalls at the Polynesean Cultural Center
• Massively twisted tree
• Canoe tours
• Frankie & Richie at the Polynesean Cultural Center
  

• Soda in the bilge--was it a mistake?

• Acrux in Nawiliwili Bay
  

• Sunset on the open ocean, on the way to Midway
• Watermaker--not really set up, but it worked fine this way so...
• A little R&R for Karen
• Wups!  Our margarine got left out in the hot sun--and we couldn't get more so we had to use this: all the way to Alaska!
• GPS waypoints enroute to Midway (every morning at 8 am we'd enter a waypoint as a date to track our progress).  Note Nihoa Island, which we went by on the morning of the 8th, missing it by 30 miles--a little too far away to see, alas.

• Our steering wheel does double duty as a clothesline

• Fresh Fish for dinner!  This yellowfin tuna (ahi) made for great eating
• The tuna was almost as big as Richie until we cut it down to size

• Immature Leysan Albatross (Goonie bird) drowning in the harbor
• Richie and Angela and lots of immature Goonie birds
• Immature Goonie bird
• Sitting on her nest
• Red-tailed tropicbird sitting on her nest
• Immature Goonie birds are EVERYWHERE!
• Richie learns pool
• White (Angel) tern on her 'nest'
• Immature White tern

• Mooring ball chain dissolved after only 3 years in the water!
• Karen, Richie and Frankie with the Acrux in the background, moored on Midway Island
• Richie gives Karen a push
• Immature gooney bird
• Trade-a-book library on Midway

• Richie learns how to bowl

• Richie broke his leg!
  

• Green Sea Turtle swam by the boat at Midway
• Frigate (Bosum) Bird
  
• Laysan Albatross flying overhead
• White tern looking me over
• Pair of white terns
• Morning glory
• Acrux tied to the dock at Midway
• This immature gooney bird crashed into our boat.  I threw a towel over him and carried him ashore to turn him loose.
• Midway is truly mid way
• Sunset over Midway
• Coast Guard C-130 that medivaced Richie to Honolulu for his broken leg
• Richie strapped to the bed in the C-130

• Immature Black-footed albatross [gooney bird]
• Battle of Midway memorial
• Unusual twist on no trespassing sign
• Steve holding Karen

• Pong (Tailand cook for Midway) holding Karen

• Leona holding Karen on the Acrux
• Leaving Midway

• Soda can that 'rusted' through--we lost 3 dozen due to this corrosion!
  

• Movie (.avi) of autopilot
  

• Solar panels provide the majority of our power while sailing in the tropics
• We keep our dingy on deck during passages
  

• Laundry day
• Clothesline

• Otter, 600 miles from the nearest land!
• Video of otter swimming near the boat

• Karen on the bunk
• By the time we were halfway to Alaska, Richie's leg was much better

• Land ho! After 16 days at sea, we reached the Shumagin Islands, just off the Alaska Pennesula ...
• ... a rugged and wild group of islands.
• The crossing had it's minor problems, like these two tears in the mainsail.
• We anchored for the night in this quiet and protected cove.

• Pulling in the anchor was something I hadn't done in more than a month...it was quite a workout!

• Kodiak Island!

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