{"id":41084,"date":"2016-10-14T12:15:40","date_gmt":"2016-10-14T17:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/?p=41084"},"modified":"2016-10-14T12:18:07","modified_gmt":"2016-10-14T17:18:07","slug":"fpb-78-1-passage-update-palmerston-interlude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/fpb-78-1-passage-update-palmerston-interlude\/","title":{"rendered":"FPB 78-1 Passage Update: Palmerston Interlude"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Imagine a tropical island with lovely beaches, set in a turquoise lagoon, with windswept palms bending to the trade winds. Then think of the barrier reef, a vertical wall, with a 50-meter face. The anchorage is a shallow patch–10 to 15 meters deep–on this face, with the reef a boat length from the stern.<\/p>\n
That’s Palmerston in the northern Cook Islands, where 57\u00a0descendants from\u00a0William Marsters eke out a living.<\/span><\/p>\n We’ve anchored for a few hours to have a swim, check the engine room, and take a couple of photos. The anchoring situation is a little touchy. So we will be on our way by evening…<\/span><\/p>\n …Two hours later and everything checks out in the engine space. We have adjusted the books slightly, there is a wash going in the laundry room, and we are preparing to exit while we still have good light. We will retrace our inbound track, just in case.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"