wwnew
  • The boat
    • Our position
    • Bay Dreamer 2.0 (Current)
    • Bay Dreamer 1.0 – (sold)
      • Equipment – Bay Dreamer 1.0
  • The plan
  • The Crew
  • Travel reports
  • Gallery
    • Photos
    • Movies
  • Sail with us
    • information about sailing with us
    • Upcoming trips
    • People who sailed with us
    • Reviews and comments
    • Scuba Diving
    • Old trips
  • Contact Us
    • Sailing links

Palmerston – a memory for life!

August 19, 2016
by Daniel
Aitutaki, Bay Dreamer, Cook Island, Palmerston, Raratonga, Western Samoa, Whales
4 Comments

Bay Dreamer with crew has now sailed over a 1000 miles since our last report. Before we arrived to Western Samoa where we are at this very moment we have been visiting Rarotonga, Aitutaki and Palmerston Island that all belongs to the small pacific country: Cook Islands.

Aitutaki by night
the Bay Dreamers with our favorite family
Baby wrestling
A afternoon nap in Aitutaki
The famous trench in Western Samoa
Raratonga
Happy birthday Julian
An ocean-view-sunset
Nicole and Mylene showing of in Palmerston
Raratonga
Helping Bill with a watertank
Daniel swimming in a Samoan Waterfall
Julian and his first catch
Anna & Olivia in Palmerstons church
Anna in a serious situation
Tanya with friends in Palmerston
Who is winning??
A “Palmerstonian-turtle”
Julian on watch
Daniel making a fool out of himself in Palmerston
Movie afternoon on the sea
Palmerston
Bay Dreamer on route
Bill taking the guys back to Bay Dreamer
Olivia doing her morning workout
Anna & Olivia in one of many waterfalls in Samoa
Julians birthday dinner
Will looking for shallows
Deep blue.
Will and Julian out fishing in Palmerston
Lunch at Bill´s
Julian in Palmerston
Jack and Will (& Jimmy)
Mylene in Aitutaki
Bay dreamer outside Palmerston
Julian trying out Bill´s rifle
Will and old Jimmy

 

The actually sailing has been great with good winds ever sense we left French Polynesia, our new light wind sail is out almost all the time and Bay Dreamer is serving us well even in low winds. The only thing that has not been working great is our fridge, the thermostat broke and we used up a lot of electricity when we had to run the fridge on full power all the time. We managed to fix it here in Samoa and the fridge should be running as normal again!

Jimmy is dead!

We have been fishing a lot lately and we have managed to get a couple of good catches, both with spearguns and with our normal fishing rods. Don’t get me wrong- we have been loosing ALOT of fish as well as many many fishing lures on this trip. The guys has been upgrading our equipment today with heavy duty lines and steel wires so hopefully we will get more fish on our next leg!

Our one and only Will has not only hurt himself 200 times,he is also by far the “onboard- spearfishing-guru”. He managed to get a Giant Trevelli named Jimmy with his spear during our stay in Aitutaki- old Jimmy was a big guy and he probably had a wight around 45 kilos?!?!

Palmerston Island

All places we have visited during this trip has been great in their own way. Great snorkelling, good tracking, nice people, beautiful views  and so on, BUT Palmerston Island is without any doubt our favourite so far- A MEMORY FOR LIFE!

the Bay Dreamers with our favorite family

the Bay Dreamers with our favorite family

This little atoll is super isolated and is situated more than 200 nm miles from closest land without an airport. The atoll is super beautiful and the people over here are probably the nicest people I have ever met. It felt like we have checked into a 4 star all inclusive resort in some kind of “paradise-land”.

Bill and his family became our hosts and man- they took so good care of us… If I had a “writing-talent” I could probably write a whole book about Bill, his family and their way of life. (other people have already done that)

A total of 64 people are living on the island and they all seemed to be almost to nice!!! If you ever have the chance to visit Palmerston Island- TAKE IT!

Besides hanging out with a lot of friendly and cool people in paradise you will also have the chance to see and listen to wales (we did), a lot of sharks, huge turtles, Murray’s, beautiful corals and a lot of different marine life.

Thank you Bill, Metua, Grammy, Julianna, Ned, Caroline and Tamatoa for EVERYTHING!! I truly hope that we will meet again!!

If you are planning to sail to Palmerston Island and meet all of these amazing people you should send an email to Bill so he has a chance to prepare for your arrival. He has arranged with a serious mooring outside the atoll that he will let you use during your stay with them. You will reach Bill and his family on mardeanpalmerston@gmail.com.

Samoa – Apia

The distance to Samoa from Palmerston Island is only 600 nm but it took us 5 whole days to get there with the help of a with a weak wind blowing from our stern. First impression of Western Samoa is great!! The place is beautiful and the people are very welcoming.  We all went out for a car-ride around the eastern island called Upolu 2 days ago and I think we all can agree on that this place has a lot to offer.

Tomorrow morning we will leave Apia (the main town of Upolu) and sail in an westerly direction towards the next island; Savaií.

//Daniel

4 Comments
  1. mikaela August 19, 2016 at 3:31 pm Reply

    Alltså det ser sååå underbart ut! längtar sååå efter att åka tillbaka å äventyra med er! och bedårande lilla Oliva! så snabbt hon växer <3

  2. Sanne August 19, 2016 at 7:17 pm Reply

    Fantastiska bilder t.o.m jag blir mållös (händer inte ofta)
    Och lilla skruttan ser ut att må prima. Längtar längtar längtar hur många ggr som helst.
    Kram på er alla från mormor

  3. Giorgos August 25, 2016 at 9:23 am Reply

    That’s why your French Polynesian phone number didn’t work when I tried to call to say hi!
    Man, it has been a year since i was with you and many things have happened.
    You also got a kid! Congratulations!
    Keep sailing and be safe.
    Regards from Crete,

    Giorgos

  4. Giorgos August 25, 2016 at 9:25 am Reply

    Also, I hope you found someone to improve in chess. Don’t get me bored next time I will play with you!

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

*
*

captcha *

S/Y Bay Dreamer 2.0- hard facts

S/Y Bay Dreamer 2.0- hard facts


Make:
Lagoon 450 F Build: 2016
Engines: 2x 54hp Safety features: All

Capacity: 9 persons Rooms: 4 + 1
Toilets/ showers: 4 Water-maker: Yes
Sails: Furling main/ Genoa/ Gennaker

This is the boat that will take us around the globe! Wanna know more about the boat? Click here!

Reviews and comments

Reviews and comments

See what our guests have to say about us and their stay onboard our boat.
Click here!

Upcoming trips –

April 2019 - The Caribbean escape
St Maarten, St Barth, Saba, Virgin Islands, Colombia
(Full)

2019-2020 - San Blas Islands
We will spend over a year in this paradise.
Come and explore these 300 islands with us
.

November 2020 - Sea of Cortez
Panama Canal, Costa Rica, Mexico
(6 Spots)

Spring 2021 - Pacific crossing
Mexico, Galapagos, French Polynesia
(6 Spots)

Our position

Want the map to be bigger? Press here to get a bigger version!

Recent comments

  • Frank said In San Blas hat man die Qual der Wahl bei der Ausw...
  • Claire said It’s such a joy to follow you guys, and I feel so...
  • Elena said Hello, My name is Elena and we are interested in j...
  • Niklas said Saknar er kraftigt! Älskar er alla! /Niklas, Hanna...
  • Sanne Hager said Vilka fina bildreportage fina familjen. Olivia sak...

sailingbaydreamer @ instagram

No images found!
Try some other hashtag or username

Check this out!

> Reviews and comments
> People who sailed with us
> Info about sailing with us
> Upcoming trips
> Diving + equipment
> Our position (tracker)
> Our position (AIS)
> Our Movies
> Useful sailing links

Check out our latest videos

Bay Dreamer on Facebook

Archive

Contact us

Contact widget
© 2013 BayDreamer.se
a slow trip around the world