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So I imagine the first question on the mind of anyone who has been following our blog is, “Did you sell the boat?” Well, the answer is complicated. It turns out you can’t actually legally transfer the documented owner’s name … Continue reading
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Today is our first day of nonstop rain on the boat since we returned to Fiji on April 17. A good day to update the blog, I’d say! We are cozy inside the cabin with the companionway open but otherwise … Continue reading
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Our kids and grandkids arrived in Fiji at the beginning of November. They had a ball. It was perfect weather. We cooled off in our private pool, we had drinks at the Island Bar Musket Cove Yacht Club, we swam in … Continue reading
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We almost didn’t come to Fiji. Tonga was becoming more and more comfortable to us. Neither of us were really looking forward to another passage, and we had decided to sell Cool Change. There really was no point, other than … Continue reading
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Departing Vava’u was bittersweet. It felt like we were leaving family behind. Bear and Char from the Falalau Deli froze our home-cooked passage meals and prepared for us a couple of frozen meals extra, in exchange for giving them some wetsuits. Caryl … Continue reading
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A 2002 Tongan cruisers guidebook raved about sailing in Vava’u, Tonga, but added the caveat, “The downside, if you consider crowds a negative, are the hordes of cruisers that clog Nieafu Harbor and the closer anchorages.” And admittedly, although I … Continue reading
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FOR SALE BY OWNER S/V COOL CHANGE 1989 PACIFIC SEACRAFT 31 Currently situated in Fiji. She will be fully recommissioned by May 15, 2023 and available for viewing, sea trial, etc. Please contact us by email with any questions or … Continue reading
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This post is a little out of chronological order because most of it transpired before we splashed, but I didn’t want to miss talking about our month on land in Tonga before Cool Change was afloat. (However, I do want … Continue reading
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Exactly four weeks after we arrived in Vava’u, Tonga, we finally “splashed” Cool Change – out of the boatyard and into the water. These last four weeks represented no doubt the most detailed, strenuous and even frightening recommissioning we have ever … Continue reading
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On the windy, cloudy Tuesday morning following our Monday afternoon flight in from Nuku’alofa, we drove over to the Vava’u Boatyard, practically holding our breath in anticipation of laying eyes on Cool Change for the first time in 30 months. … Continue reading
