05 Apr Sayonara Japan, Aloha Hawaii
Sayonara Japan, Aloha Hawaii
5 April 2011
MV Starr is departing from Osaka this afternoon at 1230, Tuesday, April 5 in Japan
We anticipate that the passage will take us 3 weeks, so our ETA will be sometime around 27 April to 1 May.
You can follow Starr on our passage by clicking on the link directly above this entry in the website.
We have a very experienced and compatible crew:
Gary and Jean Coard, CCA friends
Viktor Grabner, SYC friend
Dave Schmidt, a friend from Honolulu
Suma Yacht Club members and Kokoro from Bellport Marina saw us off from Ashiya. Our Suma Yacht Club friends, Kenichi and Mari Koi, escorted us on our way in their sailboat Wind Sailor.
5 April 2011
MV Starr is departing from Osaka this afternoon at 1230, Tuesday, April 5 in Japan
We anticipate that the passage will take us 3 weeks, so our ETA will be sometime around 27 April to 1 May.
You can follow Starr on our passage by clicking on the link directly above this entry in the website.
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Gary and Jean Coard, CCA friends
Viktor Grabner, SYC friend
Dave Schmidt, a friend from Honolulu
Suma Yacht Club members and Kokoro from Bellport Marina saw us off from Ashiya. Our Suma Yacht Club friends, Kenichi and Mari Koi, escorted us on our way in their sailboat Wind Sailor.
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Mark and Dorothy Hazlett
Posted at 00:15h, 05 AprilSUBJECT: RE: Sayonara Japan, Aloha Hawaii
Don—Thank you and Sharry for including us on your emails. We have friends in Japan and appreciate the information. We had a brief air trip —see the grandchildren trip to Hawaii in February—but are now in Paradise Village, Banderas Bay and plan to leave here Sunday or Monday for Nuka Hiva. There are two Carlos slim boats across from us—one with a new helicopter and we are probably the smallest boat in the vicinty. We will probably register again on Pacific Seafarer’s Net next week. Would be fun if you registered on it as well as I suspect we may also get Gene Seybold and Richard Bernard on it going south from Hawaii to Polynesia and Brian & Mary Alice O’Neill on Shibui were on it from PI to Japan but just reported a weather delay. Here is the link– http://www.pangolin.co.nz/yotreps/pacseanet.php Best wishes and fair winds to both of you on the voyage. We hope to get home in early December for a couple months if you are still in Hawaii. Aloha, Mark and Dot Hazlett, sv Pua’ena, Nuevo Vallarta, MX
Ric Ffelder
Posted at 02:25h, 05 AprilDon – we pick you up on SPOT – but unable to spot you at http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/
Do you not have it on while traversing the very busy Japanese waters? Stay safe and enjoy the trip – Starr has a lot of folks all over the world following you – thanks for the informative updates. – – Ric Felder
Nadine
Posted at 14:50h, 05 AprilThis is so exciting! Be safe. Love you, Mommy Coard.