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At a Glance
| Captain/Skipper | Ken Stuber | |
| Sailed distance | 2525nm | |
| Duration | 240 days | |
| Boat Name | Sand Dollar | |
| Boat Type | Bristol 32 | |
| Last reported position | N 21° 16' / W 157° 50' | |
| Blog Stats | 22 posts (7073 words) / 83 photos | |
| Visitors | 2153 | |
| Email Subscribers | 17 | |
Honolulu to Marshall Islands
Majuro (continued)
December 19, 2008
Merry Christmas. We are celebrating ours in Majuro. The Marshallese have a lot of Christmas spirit, which we appreciate.
Our Mieco Beach Yacht Club is very active and hosted their first race of the season a couple of weeks ago. Eleven boats participated, including a genuine Marshallese sailing canoe. There is usally brisk wind here, but on the day of the race, there was hardly a breeze. Anyway, we did good – 2nd across the finish line – and corrected out at 2nd place too. Prizes are drawn from a hat – the winner of the race only gets bragging rights. The big prize is a 55-gallon drum of diesel. Katie picked its number – so we’re fat with diesel fuel. The next race is January 4th and we’re looking forward to it.
Majuro is treating us well; good selection of food stuffs and hardware, free internet access at a couple of resorts, very friendly locals, NFL games available to view at various places and frequent yachtie get-togethers. We will be spending Christmas day sharing a pot luck dinner and gift exchange with fellow yachties. A weekly cruiser dinner get-together every Tuesday features "Tuesday Tales", at which a local Marshallese or resident yachtie shares information on Marshallese history and customs.
We need to get busy and get our paperwork in, so we can visit some of the outer atolls after the Holidays.
Ken and Katie
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