Sailing4Him.org
| Vessel Name: | Sweet Dreams |
| Vessel Make/Model: | Irwin 54 |
| Hailing Port: | Hayden Bay, Portland, Oregon, USA |
| Crew: | Jim, Gina Colton, & Niki |
| About: | We are a family on a mission. Working with Wycliffe Bible Translators, we will sail across the Pacific Ocean to Papua New Guinea where we will serve as Boating Operations Managers. Please join us as God unfolds this wonderful adventure before us! |
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| Home Page: | http://sailing4him.org |
15 November 2015
18 August 2015 | 8 05.87'S:157 00.63'E, Near GIzo
16 August 2015 | 8 05.87'S:157 00.63'E, Near GIzo
10 August 2015 | 8 05.87'S:157 00.63'E, Kolombangara Island
02 August 2015 | Gizo, Solomon Islands
13 July 2015 | 8 05.87'S:157 00.63'E, Kolombangara Island
01 July 2015 | 9 05.67'S:160 08.65'E, Tulaghi Harbour
25 June 2015 | 8 54.173'S:161 04.421'E, Malaita Island
25 June 2015 | 8 54.173'S:161 04.421'E, Malaita Island
23 June 2015 | 8 54.173'S:161 04.421'E, Malaita Island
21 June 2015 | 8 54.173'S:161 04.421'E, Malaita Island
21 June 2015 | 8 54.173'S:161 04.421'E, Malaita Island
21 June 2015 | 8 54.173'S:161 04.421'E, Malaita Island
20 June 2015 | 8 54.173'S:161 04.421'E, Malaita Island
20 June 2015 | 8 54.173'S:161 04.421'E, Malaita Island
20 June 2015 | 8 54.173'S:161 04.421'E, Malaita Island
19 June 2015 | 8 54.173'S:161 04.421'E, Malaita Island
14 June 2015 | 09 01.05'S:160 07.52'E, Roderick Bay, Nggela Islands
12 June 2015 | 09 24.11'S:160 00.62'E, Honiara
02 June 2015 | 07 43.75'S:160 03.68'E, Heading to Honiara
Recent Blog Posts
18 August 2015 | 8 05.87'S:157 00.63'E, Near GIzo
A Fish Story_Part 2
Now that you are hooked on this story, you need to know there is more. But first the answer to the popular question: Did you get the lure back?
16 August 2015 | 8 05.87'S:157 00.63'E, Near GIzo
A Fish Story
A huge rift in the family occurred last week. In other words it was real dissention.
Day 6 - the beast needs some TLC
22 June 2014 | 19 48'N:122 27'W, 843nm offshore and heading toward Hawaii
Gina
Day 7: It�'s a Homemade Cinnamon Roll Sort of Day
Carmen, otherwise known as Charlie-Alpha-Romeo-Mike-Echo-November (we�'ve been practicing our NATO official letter names) decided last night that she was going to make cinnamon rolls for the crew today. She went about finding a recipe and preparing to bake the next morning. We cooked the potatoes needed for the recipe last night and set out all of the ingredients. Carmen set her alarm to 8:00 so she could get up and get the breakfast rolling and visits with Jim, who is on watch from 5-8am. And so this morning we were awoken with the aroma of cooking cinnamon rolls �- YUMMMMIE.
Have ever noticed how regular foods taste so exceptionally yummy when eating them outdoors? And cinnamon rolls in the middle of the sea one week into a 3-week voyage, well that is fabulous in my book. Carmen is a natural in the kitchen and really gets into the food. When done, she has it on her face and in her hair and is happy as can be!
Other than our fabulous breakfast, the day has been somewhat uneventful, especially compared to yesterday�'s marathon 20-hour engine repair and the previous fitful nights of sleep. The engine is purring along, hurrah! This gave most of us better quality sleep because the metal beast has a way of being smoother smoother in a low-wind sea with swells on our beam. And today we have covered Jim�'s shifts so he can nap. The kids have been laughing around the table, playing a dice game and scrabble. And now it is time for dinner. I do NOT know how the day passes so quickly.
843 nautical miles completed; 1,930 to go. We are STILL waiting for those famous consistent NNE trade winds to push us there, hoping they fill in over the next few days.
Carmen, otherwise known as Charlie-Alpha-Romeo-Mike-Echo-November (we�'ve been practicing our NATO official letter names) decided last night that she was going to make cinnamon rolls for the crew today. She went about finding a recipe and preparing to bake the next morning. We cooked the potatoes needed for the recipe last night and set out all of the ingredients. Carmen set her alarm to 8:00 so she could get up and get the breakfast rolling and visits with Jim, who is on watch from 5-8am. And so this morning we were awoken with the aroma of cooking cinnamon rolls �- YUMMMMIE.
Have ever noticed how regular foods taste so exceptionally yummy when eating them outdoors? And cinnamon rolls in the middle of the sea one week into a 3-week voyage, well that is fabulous in my book. Carmen is a natural in the kitchen and really gets into the food. When done, she has it on her face and in her hair and is happy as can be!
Other than our fabulous breakfast, the day has been somewhat uneventful, especially compared to yesterday�'s marathon 20-hour engine repair and the previous fitful nights of sleep. The engine is purring along, hurrah! This gave most of us better quality sleep because the metal beast has a way of being smoother smoother in a low-wind sea with swells on our beam. And today we have covered Jim�'s shifts so he can nap. The kids have been laughing around the table, playing a dice game and scrabble. And now it is time for dinner. I do NOT know how the day passes so quickly.
843 nautical miles completed; 1,930 to go. We are STILL waiting for those famous consistent NNE trade winds to push us there, hoping they fill in over the next few days.
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