King’s Coronation The adventure continues. From here we set sail for the Vava’u group and hopefully in time to take in some coronation ceremonies. There are mixed feelings among the people for the king. He and his family have made some rather poor choices around money which actually belonged to the people so there was […]

Here are some photos from Jim, taken with his crew around Vanuatu: Cathie and Jim at the Waterfall Cathie’s Birthday Church Papas Crew With Gifts Jake and Jim Jenny and Crew School Class Visit Kids Jim at the Helm

Thursday, November 17 View Article Trip to Fiji November 15th – ONEATA Passage, after getting thru we turn right to Savusavu, Fiji. Lat. 18-29.31′ Long. 178-26.00′ Images during night watches. The full moon lights up the surrounding sea almost as bright as on a cloudy day with the stars occasionally peaking out from behind the […]

Monday, November 14 November 5th – John is leaving the boat today to be off on his next adventure. He helped with all the hard work of getting INTENTION ready for departure. He seemed like a permanent crew and I certainly will miss him our friendship and our many wonderful conversations together. The airline is […]

Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2005 4:34 PM Vavau group of islands, Tonga. October 14th – Your day. It’s the only place I know it’s +13 hours difference from UTC which means it is the same time as Niue just a day later. We will not actually cross the international date line until our next passage […]

Sent: Friday, October 21, 2005 12:10 AM Email from Jim, via Marvin, via Paul. #1 of 2 Niue’s concrete dock is an opening in the coral reef and is exposed to the ocean waves and is usually wiped clean in a hurricane so the electric crane hoist is removed before. Dingy seawall and electric crane […]

Sent: Friday, October 21, 2005 12:09 AM Email from Jim, via Marvin, via Paul. #2 of 2 One of Niue’s many churches & Niue’s Mall – bank, tourist info, internet, stores, etc. Typical road around the island. Provisioning here was fun and challenging. Niue is a protectorate of New Zealand and they use NZ$ for […]

Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 11:36 PM [Posting by Paul Elliott] Just received: More photos from Intention! These come to us from Karla Jacobs who visited Jim and Intention in Bora Bora. On passage from Bora Bora to Riatea with Karla at the wheel Jim, just before surgery–in the good hands of his French Doctor, […]

From: Elliott [mailto:ubik@sonic.net] Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2005 10:36 AM [A message from Paul Elliott] Now that Jim, Intention, and crew have arrived in Niue (see charts below), they have access to regular internet service. This means that they can send us the pictures they have been saving during the voyage. Here are a bunch […]

Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2005 10:35 AM Aitutaki Brimman on deck with Aitutaki Aitutaki Pass from anchored INTENTION Aitutaki road out of town Oldest Christian Church in the Cooks Islands Beach Resort View of Motu from hill Motor bikes and trail to top of highest hill Aitutaki Pass from highest peak Brimman on Motor bike