Wind and Waves

We all are loving this island visit. Is been nearly a week we’ve spent on this island and there is so much to explore! With our marina fee (which was so cheap) we’ve had the run of the resort (pool,hottub,movie theatre,cafe,pingpong,bowling,wireless…….. etc and lots of new boating frineds)
We have Contessa fueled, [...]

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So Today I did it. I done gone and did it. I dropped my camera in the sea!
Sitting on the bow, enjoying the wind, arms stretched wide, Its easy to imagine what it must feel like to be a bird.
Suddenly, we get a gust of wind and its time to raise the sail, [...]

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Our friends in Cebu came down to the dock to see us off. How sad it was to have to wave goodbye…….we will probably never see them again! Such fun experiences we had together.

It was so exciting to finally set sail after all the hard work! It was such a feeling [...]

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“This ethnic-themed, gloriously-designed resort hotel incorporates the natural surroundings with fine timber furnishing and local artefacts in creating a long house-like architecture.
All the 456 luxuriously appointed rooms and suites unveil balconies that offer magnificent views of either the carefully manicured gardens or the awe-inspiring beauty of the South China Sea and its occupying islands”
Here [...]

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So its Friday and we are just about ready to set sail. Things are very exciting around the boatyard as we’re carrying out the last minute things that need to be done. Our plan was to leave Thursday, but things weren’t quite ready and the superstition surrounding sailing says never leave port [...]

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Here is CONTESSA! Where six of us will be living and bobbing around at Sea for at least three weeks. Isn’t she beautiful :-)??

Inside Contessa, Aimee and I are grouting the table tile so food chunks don’t get in the cracks and start to smell. If you’ll notice, we are doing it [...]

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This is the sunrise I woke to the first day I arrived. We got here late at night and so had no idea what our surroundings looked like. I was so excited for the sun to come up that I layed awake (on the sailboat!) waiting for it….and it was worth the wait.

I [...]

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A safe arrival to Cebu…………… After hours of flying and being fed quite well!

At customs Bryan and I were quite nervous and trying very hard not to show it. In order to enter the country one must have a return ticket, which neither of us had, since we [...]

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