Ship Logs

On arrival at the Christmas Jetty this morning, there were a couple of white men with impressive belies taking pictures of our ship. They were dressed in workers coveralls, so I guessed they were not the regular fishing-tourists. Driving my bicycle around Christmas...

On watch A sudden movement disturbs the strong constant waves of wind in the dark air that separates us. A soft gleam of light appears, and a swift of sweet flower scent that tickles my nose. Suddenly and shortly the face of the helmsmen lightens up, close, very close...

After having traversed the western coast of this lovely atoll a few times, setting the anchor close in shore atop hard to find shoals, we concluded our KWAI Store commerce and moved back to the north end for the annual Independence Day celebrations. On a hunch, Capt....

Today I find myself back on the wheel with Tematang and Ieie, listening to original songs from Penrhyn, in an attempt to hold on to the magical Southern Pacific atmosphere on board. Whether it was the happy people of Nassau Island reuniting with their families on...

evidently, papa charlie deserves a blog of his own, so two editions this time... 31st of July 2017, interview with Papa Charlie This blog is dedicated to Charlie Frisbee, a conspicuous inhabitant of Pukapuka. I went over to his house that seems to be built out of...

For three days we have been tied to the reef on the coast of Pukapuka Island, waiting for the wind to decrease or change direction. Our next port of call, Rakahanga, lies 270 nautical miles to the East, and it made no sense beating into the strong winds and heavy...

A very special load Yesterday early morning Kwai arrived at Nassau Island. This time the purpose of the trip to Nassau is not to unload the cargo for our customers, or to do Kwai store on Nassau, but to receive passengers and their cargo to bring to Puka Puka for the...

This early morning, just around breakfast time, we approached the coast of Pukapuka, a.k.a. Wale or Danger Island. The last denomination is a logical one when you take a close look on the map and observe the treacherous submerged reef that sticks out three miles to...

KWAI  Blog  -  23 July 2017 En route to Pukapuka…. I always wanted to be a doctor.  Imagine how lucky I felt when first meeting up with KWAI in Honolulu a couple winters ago and Ben, aka Bengineer, asked me to stitch up the 5-inch long cut along his shin. Having...

Two days South of Fanning Island we crossed the Equator today, and as the Kwai custom goes, it was time for King Neptune to appear on deck. Three pollywogs were chained, baptized in seawater, and put to trial on the Main Deck: Mate Michael, Super Cargo Inna, and our...