Gales and Grit
Chapter One
The Idea





Roma in her Tippy Dinghy



Roma on first day of school



Roma on college break visiting us in Australia



Fatty with his dad's sextant



Wild Card being salvaged on St. John



A year after hurricane, Wild Card under sail



Below on Wild Card



Chapter 5
Galapagos





Lonesome George



Iguanas were everywhere



A boobie bird landed on deck and wouldn't leave



Chapter 7
3,200 miles across the Pacific





Wild Card sailing Wing and Wing



Fatty loves to play guitar at sea-loud



Life at a 15degree angle-note lee cloth on right



What happened when I didn't use the lee cloth



Splicing and whipping are good projects at sea



Fatty pours out a drink for King Neptune when we enter the Pacific



The Halfway Party



Chapter 8
French Polynesia





Fatu Hiva may be the most beautiful place on earth



Launching a traditional canoe in Ua Pou



Blessing the canoe



Pearl culture in the Tuamotus



Exhibit on pearl culture



Heiva festival



Sister CaroleAnn got a dolphin tattoo on her ankle at the festival





Josh on Lorcha



Wild Card in Moorea



Sunset over Moorea



Chapter 9
Cook Islands





Bob Marster Family



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Chapter 10
Beveridge Reef





Google earth zoomed waaaaay in



The Mud Map



Chilly there



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Chapter 11
Tonga





Alter boys on their way to church on Sunday



Our friend Star and family



Fatty after drinking Kava



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Chapter 12
New Zealand





Auckland waterfront year 2000



Viaduct Harbour



Fatty with his Brompton bike at Westhaven Marina



Rotorua has cool geothermal vents



Vineyards everywhere with great wine



A traditional Maori welcome is to smash noses



Alvah and Diana Simon with their arctic cat, Halifax.



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Chapter 13
Australia





Roma came to visit for the summer in Australia



Brisbane



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A replica of James Cook's Endeavor was there.



Two of Roma's college friends stayed on Wild Card for a time and learned about boat life



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Chapter 14
Indonesia





Ladies bring offerings to the Kuningan Festival in Bali



Bali craft



Massage by Dari on Wild Card



Bali Marina Holy Man blesses Wild Card



Gede carved us this wooden nameboard overnight



Cremation on the beach at Bali



Herry Raustaman and our riverboat home to see the orangutans



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Chapter 15
Malaysia





Coffee painting by Amanda



Christmas in Langkawi



World cruisers in Langkawi



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Chapter 16
Thailand





Wild Card anchored at Phi Phi Island



Sailing in Phangna Bay



Thai fishing village we visited



Wild Card in Phangna Bay from one of many caves



Thousands of elephants



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Carolyn at Suan Mokkh Buddhist retreat



Bowl wax is a quick and dirty way to stop a leak in a wooden boat



Fowers are everywhere



Chapter 17
India





At the market in Cochin, Kerela 2002



Villages upriver from Cochin



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Indigenous people fish from coracles



Most Indians use a type of canoe in Kerela



These young boys paddle for hours to help their family fish



In Kerala, we met professor T.K. Mani who fixed our single-sideband radio



Dredging Kerala-style



Shiva Elephant Festival



Chapter 18
Maldives and Chagos





Horsburg Atoll, Maldives



Customs and Immigration officials on Wild Card



We fished for food



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The Pacific Marlin gave the yachties a big party every month in 2002



Passing Forever Young in the Indian Ocean



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Chapter 19
Madagascar





Fatty in Hellville on Hell Street



Baobab tree



The coffee shop in Crater Bay



A sailing lumber boat in Crater Bay



Fatty with a lemur



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Chapter 20
Mayotte





There were many world cruising sailboats in the harbour of Mayotte



Beautiful woman on the ferry



Mayotte people get around by ferry



Interesting little house



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Chapter 21
South Africa





Amazing arial photo of Capetown



View from Robben Island where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for years



Tours on Robben Island were conducted by ex-prisoners



In Hluhluwe game park



The lodge at the game park



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Chapter 22
St Helena





We walked all the way down Jacob's Ladder



Spyglass



Emergency tiller repair



Ominous sky at sea



more photos soon



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