Scott's Various Sh*t

The Coconut Milk Run

Well, there’s just about a week left until I leave for Tahiti. The details are stacking up. Susan is in

Welcome to Scott’s Coconut Milk Run blog. I will post occasional emails to this site to let you know what’s

Well, it’s Sunday morning and I’ve been to the Ala Wai boat harbor to pick up the autopilot that has

Well, Gerard called today saying several things are already fixed and ready to go back down. Now all we have

In a few short hours I’ll be off to the Hawaiian Airlines flight that will take me to Papeete, Tahiti,

After leaving Honolulu yesterday we’re finally in Raiatea and on the sweet Honu. On the drive to the airport my mom

Even though Gerard did tons of work during his two weeks here, there was more to do once we got

This morning Steve and Susan were up a while before me. So, when I got up they were rarin’ to

We left Raiatea! We didn’t go far, just to Tahaa, the island next door in the same lagoon. But it

O.K. you’re probably sick of hearing about the boat systems by now. So, I’ll talk about grocery stores instead. With

Finally, we’re in shape to get going tomorrow. We’re stocked up on food and have new batteries. The old batteries

Apparently French Polynesia isn’t done with us yet. Last night it rained hard and the morning finds us with mixed

We left Raiatea yesterday around 12:30 and headed out to sea toward an atoll called Maupihaa or Mopelia or Lord

Last night after our dinner of duck breast, yellow wax beans, fried green tomatoes and hockey puck corn muffins the

In all my snorkeling and diving in Hawaii I have never seen a shark. One of my big wishes was

What a day. We awoke to very calm waters around the boat and visibility 25 feet to the bottom. There

We left Mopelia the day before yesterday and headed out for Roratonga. We started out very nice and easy, but

A tongue in cheek book that Andrew gave Susan and me has already on the boat defines sailing as “the

We made it this morning to Aitutaki, in the Cook Islands. We had originally set out for Roratonga, but the

Today we went into the town to Arutanga to check in with the authorities. All our guides said that they

Dinner last night. Not the best picture, but I do think I look good We left Aitutaki yesterday at high

Today we woke up fairly early to get everything done before the shops close at noon. Susan and I went

On Sunday we got up and Steve went off to church. He wanted to hear the legendary Cook Island singing,

It’s 3:30 A.M. and I’ve just come on for my three hour watch. We rotate through three different shifts on

https://scott-d.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/06/Mahi.mp4 At 8:00 a.m. yesterday Susan spotted fish jumping behind the boat. Steve’s fishing rig had caught a Mahi-Mahi. We

https://scott-d.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/06/WW.mp4 The wind came up yesterday, directly from the east. We’re going directly west. Sailing directly downwind can be a

Well we got to Niue last evening and made the tough decision to keep going. We didn’t have a chart,

Whoo Hoo! We made to Neiafu, Vava’u, Tonga this morning. We crossed the International Date Line. It’s Tuesday here. We

In the water surrounding the boat are hundreds, if not thousands of moon jellies. They don’t sting; although I think

Yesterday, we went out in search of the Japanese Gardens snorkeling site. We heard we were anchored close to it