Ship Logs

Aloha, Mauri and Kia Orana all, KWAI successfully returned to Hawaii on 1 September 2017 and this officially brings Voyage 40 to a close. Woo Hoo!!! It was a good trip all around and I'm hoping that Captain Brad will write to you himself with a little more of an...

Instead of our regular port of departure, being Christmas Island, we departed further to the West from Fanning Island. Instead of our regular port of entry, being Honolulu, we are heading further to the East, towards Hilo. In total we need to gain about 270 nautical...

We left Fanning lagoon on the same day that we arrived. It was a great day with fine weather, so after discharging a few passengers and consigned cargo, we started filling the created space in our hold with fine quality copra. A slow time record was established on the...

I thought that the Kwai's way of working was pretty darn efficient up to now, but a recent change in external factors has improved our efficiency even more. Since a few months ago, the planes of Air Kiribati have been increasing their service to the Line Islands....

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...