[PUP] we're back

[Philip Eslinger]

Did you miss me?  After four months, Flat Earth has returned to  
Hawaii.  Flat Earth is a Nordhavn 50.  We left Oahu on April 16 bound  
for French Polynesia.  We stopped by Palmyra Atoll, the largest atoll  
in in the US inventory.  Then we stopped at Christmas Island to refuel  
before continuing on to Tahiti.  We spent about two months in the  
Society Islands of Tahiti, Moorea, and Bora Bora.  We then spent about  
one month in the Tuamotu atolls of Rangiroa, Fakarava, and Manihi.   
Then we continues up to the North East to the Marquesas staying in  
Nuku Hiva for about three weeks before departing back for Hawaii.  We  
made landfall here on Oahu yesterday after a 2200 NM passage from the  
Marquesas in just a couple of hours under 14 days.  I just came back  
from taking my best mate out to dinner to celebrate a successful  
passage.  While she didn't make the passage down, she met us in  
Papeete shortly after we arrived and stayed with Flat Earth until our  
arrival back in the good ol' US of A.

Phil Eslinger
Flat Earth N50