Huzzah Cruising the Northwest

The picture above was taken as we sailed into Cook's Bay on Moorea Island (photo credit to Fred Jacq) Some cool rendezvous pictures & video has now been released that show the events quite nicely at

2016 Tahiti-Moorea Sailing Rendezvous
Jody & Gerry were among the paddlers in the six pax boats and had a great time with teammates Bill & Deb from Anakena (Seattle). We made it to the preliminary round before getting eliminated, and happy to be done with the stress of working that hard!!

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Vessel Name:	Huzzah
Vessel Make/Model:	Jeanneau 45.2 built in '99 for the BVI Charter fleet. Purchased in 2011 in Seattle, and began an extensive re-fit.
Hailing Port:	Gig Harbor, WA
Crew:	Gerry & Jody Gilbert
About:	Retired professionals living the dream. Gerry & friends do the ocean passages, wife Jody & the kids fly in for the cruising. Departed the PNW for Mexico & So. Pacific September 2015, Returned to Gig Harbor July 2017 .
Extra:	Huzzah \(ˌ)hə-ˈzä\ : an exclamation of joy, applause, appreciation — or shout of acclaim. Huzzah may be categorized with such interjections as hoorah and hooray. According to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), in the 17th and 18th centuries it was identified as a sailor's cheer or [...] salute, and suggests that it was possibly related to words like heeze and hissa which are cognates of hoist. First known use was in 1573 More
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