Out There Doing It…

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Thanks to Iridium, just got an update that many readers (esp. Egor and other sailors – like us) will like reading:

George,
We’re ten days out of French Polynesia heading for Fiji. Three aboard, started in rough seas and smoothed to heavenly transit. Full moon, medium trade winds, steady seven to eight knots, averaging 150nm a day. There is a decent watch schedule but mostly we get sleep when it feels right by mutual agreement. Me and the missus are elders, (79 and 76) so managing enough rest is important, and our crew/friend is only 43 so he fills the gaps when necessary and is happy to do it.
Four days out we caught a big wahoo, maybe twenty pounds, butchered it and ate like kings for three days. Even managed to dry some for night watch snacks later. Have only seen one other boat, a small cat named COUNTRY ROAD. We passed close enough to use VHF and make sure no crashing into would happen. Had to return a big barracuda to the sea as they are poisonous down here.
Still have three or four days left, fresh food is holding up good, and we have plenty of everything.
Stiks

Fair winds and following seas, and let us know when the hook’s down and the rum open…

g

10 thoughts on “Out There Doing It…”

  1. You need an SX-101 to go with the 32! Did you get the pics I sent from the hamfest?

    $75 & $175 both working, the latter pristine. I’m sure I couldn’t lift it, it is gigantic about the heaviest Hallicrafters RX.

    • didn’t get the pics – sorry! Here’s my current (got to sell some of it off_) gear list:
      1. TenTec Omni VII Onbd keyer
      2. Ten-Tec Jupiter 538 green screen onbd keyer
      3. Halklicrfters SR-400 cyclone w. match HD supply autek keyer
      4. Kenwood TS590S onboard keyer
      5. Hallicrafters stack: SX-117, HT-44, PS, HT-45 w/ps TO keyer
      6. Healthkit SB-313/ SB-400, with SB-220 amp
      7. Drake 2B/bq, Gonset GSB-100 w/Johnson Thunderbolt amp keyer mfj grand master
      8. SX-101, ht-32, ht-33B with spare pl-172, TO Keyer 2
      9. SX-111, HT-37, homebrew clone of henry ultra amp
      10. SX-145, HT-146 “twins”
      11. Icom 721
      12. Icome 725
      13. Hallicrafters SR-160
      14. Hallicrafter SR-150
      15. Heathkit HW-9 with all accys (tuner, noise bridge, wattmeter etc)
      16. Yaesu FT-920
      17. QCX 5 watt multiband cw
      18. QRP single band 20 meter cw 2.7 watts out
      19. Icom m-710 marine for fixed channel work
      20. SX-32 w/ heathkit q-mu7lti and Johnson Ranger
      21. RME-6900 with Viking II with vfo
      22. Receivers: SX-100 (mint), S-76, SX-25 super defiant
      23. Knight r100-t-150
      24. Drake 2B #2 with ht-40 and HA-5 VFO

  2. George : thx for relaying the Stiks update, nice especially to read “… Four days out we caught a big wahoo, maybe twenty pounds …” as fresh fish in transit is a lovely way to eat. I catch a mid-sized tuna almost every charter and … get on a lunch hook asap every time to feast while fresh. The Cudas have Ciguatera, not out of ordinary throughout Caribbean (and tropics) but magnified in high end predators. Not safe to eat unless small?

    https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/ciguatera

    We caught a 3+foot Barracuda once and my entire crew is acting like we hadn’t dined for a week. Let’s eat it. I’m hauling it up towards topsides looking into the jawws of H*** (Heck +). No way unless we kill it first.

    Razor teeth parted the 50 lb test. I was glad …
    Egor

  3. Glad to know stiks survived the tsunami! Wahoo! Here it goes by the Japanese name ‘Ono’… which means ‘delicious’. My favorite pick from the village ‘Fish & Chips’ place up the road.

  4. so many corrupt economic platforms and people on the net now . disbelief at the madness and turncoat goons .. a rigged stockmarket by sheetcoin and they are Perma bulls. one bloke i used to respect no longer tells the truth or calls it as it is because he wants to be popular amongst his mates all trumpsters . only sane honest bloke is buffet. and they despise him now and wanna rubbish berkshire. ronnie milsap song for temple at wall street , any day now.

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