In Pohnpei even refueling becomes kind of special. After breakfast we took with MaRe’s four 20 l key cans. We docked the tender at a free corner of the marina. When we were about starting to walk, a car with two men working for Kumer stopped and gave us a lift to the fuel station.…

A 67 year old US sailor I met for the first time about a week ago. He lived on his boat, the SV Prima, San Diego, California, an about 37 ft monohull he refurbished excellently, lies in the little marina. He did repair and refurbish jobs on local boats to make some money. A man…

Tuesday, we had first too much wind to mount the furler at MaRe and then Pohnpei did all what it could do to keep the world record in annual precipitation. I had to give up the idea of mounting on Tuesday. Looking at all four weather models I get, it looked that Wednesday is pretty…

This morning, I got the last needed items to start assembling the furler. Rokko, a US sailor with experience in furlers, gave us a hand. So the furler was assembled in a few hours. We also test mounted the drum and remove it again. With a comment from Rokko , I could identify the hole…

Yesterday, I removed the last profile tube of the old furler. Gosh, I felt relieved. Then I had to clean up the foredeck from all the tiny bits of stainless steel, which fell down when I had to drill about 30 pc of 6 mm screws open. About 50 buckets of seawater did the job.…

After getting the information that the customs clearance documents are at the Mangrove Bay Hotel – they allowed me to use their addresse for shipping and invoicing – I went yesterday at the reception, picked up the documents and went to the customs office in the middle of Kolonia. In 10 min all was settled…

However, sometimes it’s not that easy to find it! Since days I’m working on the preparations to mount the new furler, which is supposed to arrive tonight from Guam, the last hub before Pohnpei. The shipment went from first from Sidney, to Hong Kong and then to Guam. Because I was too busy with finding…

N 06° 57.648 E 158° 12.071 Early in the morning we wanted to go to church to see how it is done here in Pohnpei. We got a the permission to dock our tender at a private terrace a bit more than a meter above sea level. When we finished docking another lady came and…

Today, just after 1700, I could reach the dealer in Australia for the furler parts and the final decision. I was waiting all day long for a reply mail from them. So I called them up at about 1500 h. They say they sent mails but I didn’t get one. Whatever the reason is I…

N 06° 57.626 E 158° 12.072 Feel like writing more often but then I am too tired or wrote already too much on my PC so I did not write and upload a narration. Yesterday, early morning still sitting in my bed, I finally completed an email to a potential crew member for a part…