To Hong Kong on a Visa Run
December 3-6, 2018: By the beginning of December, we’d been back in Sabah for nearly three months. That meant it was nearing time for a visa run. We’d have to […]
Category Archives: Diesel Duck
Boat Works
February 21, 2018: Our latest round of boat works started when we hauled the boat in April 2017 and painted the green hull (see previous post here), continued upon our […]
MOKEN Makes a Splash
October 17-31, 2017: Finally, we were back in Subic Bay, but not quite ready to move back on board MOKEN just yet. We’d left MOKEN in the boatyard for three […]
2017 Haul-out, Part One
April 18 – June 25, 2017: We cut short our cruising season and came back to Subic Bay earlier than usual so we could get a little jump on our […]
The Latest Round of Boat Projects
March 2016 through February 2017: Getting MOKEN ready for each cruising season and our eventual forays offshore is a lot of work. Here’s an update on what we’ve been up […]
What Kept Us in PG So Long
February 11-18, 2016: We arrived in Puerto Galera on February 7th. Eleven days later we were still there. And we’d only planned to spend four or five days before we […]
Duck Rendezvous
February 14, 2016: MOKEN and Moby Duck meet up in Puerto Galera on Valentine’s Day. Awww.
More Boat Projects
February 2016: Chris arrived back on MOKEN on February 1st and immediately set to work to finish up a few projects and get the boat ready for our first cruising […]
A Marathon of Modifications
September 14 – December 17, 2015: In the Philippines, cruising season is typically December to May and rainy season lasts from about June through September. October and November can be […]
Bimini Tales
August – October 2015: When we bought MOKEN, there was a small Sunbrella bimini top covering the cockpit area on the aft deck. It could be collapsed in case of […]
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