The Little Things

11 October - Denarau Marina, 17 47S 177 27E

My sea bag is unusually full for the flight from Honolulu to Fiji. Besides containing the clothes that will hopefully keep me warm and dry if we run into heavy weather on the passage from Fiji to New Zealand, it includes tropical cruising attire in case we are delayed waiting for a weather window to make the passage south. But about a third of the bag contains special items for Jambalaya and Puanani and their crews.

There are 2 yoga mats that will hopefully make Jambalaya's hard fiberglass cockpit seats a little easier on her aging crew's okoles. There's a new 1 liter stainless steel French coffee press for Puanani, and a new iPhone for Kana to replace his dead one. I brought two rolls of weather stripping to better seal the doors on Jambalaya's refrigerator. There's 5 new "Luci" lights for Puanani. These inflatable waterproof solar LED lights are perfect on boats. They light up a cockpit all night and recharge during the day. I brought chocolate covered espresso beans to help jump start the Jambalaya crew on those early morning watches. Lori sent along some lemon peel and kaki mochi for Blossom to remind her of home.

It's the little things that make the difference on an ocean passage, and it looks like we have the little things covered.