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Entries in Stories from the Circumnavigation (5)

Slice of Moon & Venus Rising

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Slice of moon in April
When asked "do you miss cruising?" My answer: "I miss the night sky;

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Posted on Monday, April 24, 2006 at 05:19 by Registered CommenterKaci Cronkhite in | CommentsPost a Comment | PrintPrint

Lizard Island, Australia

341577-229775-thumbnail.jpgFavorite anchorages, you ask? 

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Posted on Thursday, December 15, 2005 at 08:25 by Registered CommenterKaci Cronkhite in | CommentsPost a Comment | PrintPrint

Dreams at Sea

341577-222736-thumbnail.jpgNearly every woman who sailed aboard Tethys in the ocean, experienced profound dreams. Most were vivid memories,

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Posted on Sunday, December 4, 2005 at 05:57 by Registered CommenterKaci Cronkhite in | CommentsPost a Comment | PrintPrint

New Zealand H28, Patricia, Alive & Well

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Dr. Watts, Jo and Kaci sailing Patricia in Hauraki Gulf, NZ.

In 1996, two cyclones found their way to New Zealand.  This unusual weather year resulted in some pretty dramatic stories

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Posted on Wednesday, November 30, 2005 at 17:50 by Registered CommenterKaci Cronkhite in , | CommentsPost a Comment | PrintPrint

Water Color as aid to navigation

341577-207315-thumbnail.jpgThere are blues and then, there are BLUES.  When I sailed with another woman out of Newcastle, Australia bound for New Zealand I was glad to see the chocolate colored water of the muddy harbor turn blue.  What I didn't understand on that first knarly upwind passage was that the BLUE water just beyond the intial blue had a power in it's depth that would sweep us south off our charts.

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