Monthly Archives: May 2009

Another trip to Dalaguete

Posted on 24 May 2009 by frank

On Friday I finally got the boat moving again. I went over to Dalaguete to see Joep who was about to fly back to The Netherlands for his work. It was 7 1/2 hours of motoring, there is very little … Continue reading →

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Launching boats and a trip to Dalaguete

Posted on 16 May 2009 by frank

A Dutchman that lives in Dalaguete has been having two 23ft open boats built, here next to the Cebu Yacht Club. Of course the delivery was delayed a number of times, mostly because of incompetent installers of the new Mercury … Continue reading →

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Steve’s birthday party

Posted on 10 May 2009 by frank

The wake of a powerful motor catamaran from the fly bridge. Looking at Panga Island from the fly bridge. Our ride from the yacht club to Panga Island. We made a trip to the nearby fishing village to buy some … Continue reading →

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Rainbow

Posted on 8 May 2009 by frank

A rainbow Saturday from Steve’s boat on our way to the island.

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Having fun with my new computer

Posted on 7 May 2009 by frank

It took me more than 12 hours to download the 998 Mb installation, but it was really easy to install Ubuntu. I now have it running on its own partition on the external hard disk.

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New toy

Posted on 6 May 2009 by frank

The notebook that Mike from S/V Tristan gave to me in Gizo was on its last legs. Lately the display started to flash and weaken after a minute of use, and yesterday the display decided it had enough.  I had … Continue reading →

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