Where is Brick House?: SailBlogs

Minerva Reef Wedding on Short Notice

Rebecca Childress — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:59:00 -0600

Our sail to Minerva Reef went exactly as we expected .heavy winds on the beam stretched taught the jib sheet, the main being lowered to the second reef. Larger waves splashed spray over the deck adding another layer of salt as the water evaporated. What a mistake removing some of the teak hand rails to install not so stainless hand rails. Salt water and painted wood is a much compatible than salt and bright steel which quickly turns yellow and drips the discoloration onto the white deck. Moving at 7.5 knots, it was a remarkably comfortable ride with not much of a heel to the boat. Moving at this rate our ETA into Minerva was deceptively soon. It is amazing how on a long passage one knot or even a half knot of boat speed can greatly affect an arrival time into a destination. But like a runner who starts out strong and gradually looses his wind, so did Brick House. For 24 hours Brick House continued its fast showing on the 255 mile trip then began to fade. When 95 miles north of Minerva, the wind died to a light puff and Brick House dragged it feet. (Continued...)

Exploring Savaii, Niuatoputapu (New Potatoes), and then the Hapaai Group of Tonga...

Rebecca Childress — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:54:00 -0600

I don't know if our boat is moving faster, or our brains are moving slower, but its proving difficult to keep current with this blog. So I'm gonna try to catch up because as wee sit here in Nukalofa, Tonga, ready to depart to New Zealand, our blog shows us in Savaii, Samoa, still! (Continued...)

Brick House saved from Tsunami by Broken Freezer

patrick and Rebecca Childress — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:41:52 -0500

BRICK HOUSE CREW SAVED FROM TSUNAMI BY BROKEN FREEZER (Continued...)

American and Independant Samoa

Rebecca Childress — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:30:57 -0500

Our visit to American Samoa - ie Pago Pago was a little different than most stops we have made to date in the Pacific... (Continued...)

Arrival to American Samoa (Pre Tsunami)( sorry its so late..more in the next few days)

Rebecca Childress — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 01:34:00 -0500

Sailing to Tutuilla (Pago Pago) American Samoa from Vavau, Tonga (Continued...)