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        <title><![CDATA[Exploring the World]]></title>
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    <title><![CDATA[I'm BACK!!!]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 03:04:36 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Time has flown ... I can't believe that almost a year has passed since my last blog entry. If anything, it proves that I've been busy, and haven't been traveling much. The only traveling I've done has been a couple of trips home to Stavanger and working... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Bodø]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 20:37:00 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[When I left Sydney I flew straight home to Stavanger. Even though it had been over 2 years since I was last at home, I didn't stay long … in fact I was only there for 5 days before I boarded a plane and flew on. This time my destination was far north... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Australia]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2010 15:11:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[We left Noumea fully planning to sail to Coff's Harbor, but plans change (as they often do when you're dependent on the direction of the wind). We actually had decent wind for most of the trip, but some bad weather was brewing further south and when the... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[New Caledonia]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 25 Sep 2010 15:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[After an awesome time with the volcano on Tanna it was time to lift anchor and move on. We had a really nice sail to New Caledonia, where we sailed straight to Noumea. We had planned to see more than just Noumea, but ended up staying there until we cast... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Tanna and the Volcano]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 11 Sep 2010 08:16:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Tanna in Vanuatu is all about the volcano, so needless to say when we were there, we were all about the volcano. It was awesome. We spend an entire afternoon and an hour after dark witnessing the fury of the volcano. It is amazing. Anywhere else on the... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[An illegal stop in Fiji]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 07:30:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[When we sailed away from Tonga the plan was to sail straight to Tanna in Vanuatu. That did not happen, because the winds abandoned us 20 nm away from the Lau islands (part of Fiji) a full 700 nm away from Vanuatu. Being a bit unorthodox, I decided to... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Hanging in Tonga]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:11:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[The trip from Niue to Tonga was a fast one. Our stay on Tonga was almost faster. It basically boiled down to hanging out in Vava'u for a couple of days, before we did a couple of cave dives and then sailed on for Vanuatu. The reason for this sudden increased... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Adventures in Niue]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:11:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Whales, Speight's, road-tripping, cave-diving, snorkeling, curry and nightclubbing sums up our sensational 2 1/2 day stay on Niue. Talk about a whirlwind tour de force of an island. I did my best Angel of Death sweat on my back when I checked us in with... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Palmerston]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 15 Aug 2010 08:18:51 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Welcome to paradise. If you haven't been to Palmerston, don't plan on flying here. The nearest airport is 2 days away on a fast moving motor boat. Besides the supply ship that shows up here every 3 - 6 months, the only other contact with the outside World... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Bora Bora]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 08 Aug 2010 18:53:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Bora Bora has been amazing. The image above is from a hike we did to the top of the 2nd tallest mountain on the atoll/island. I'm holding Bret and Chad off Broken Compass's huskie Makai. Here are my feelings after getting to the top after what was a relatively... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[New Crew Member]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 08 Aug 2010 13:02:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[We are scheduled to leave Bora Bora tomorrow morning, because the forecast promises good winds. The stay here has been sensational, free-diving, spearfishing and climbing the 2nd tallest mountain on the island. Pictures will be posted when I find Internet... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Moorea]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:59:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[I was very happy to make the short sail to Moorea, because I had heard so much nice about the place. It delivered in full. We did one day of snorkling, where we started at 8 am, diving with 8 - 10 feet long lemon sharks. They were big, but minded their... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Tahiti]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 10:33:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[After what seemed like way too short a time in the Tuamotos, we sailed to Tahiti. We went there to celebrate Jacob's 30th birthday and to do a crew change. When I say Tahiti most people think of honeymoons. When I think of Tahiti, I think of one long... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Tuamotos]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 05:32:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[This trip gets better and better and I think I have a new name for paradise: Tuamotos, because they are the same thing. Though arriving in the Tuamotos was like coming to Heaven (if you chose to believe in such things), we were close to having a catastrophic... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Marquesas]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[When I say that I am in the Marquesas, most people have no clue where it is, in fact I think few people would be able to find them on a map unless they knew precisely where to look. When I say they are in the South Pacific, people picture white beaches,... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Crossing the Pacific]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 02:02:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[The longest stretch most sailors do without a chance to stop is normally the leg from Galapagos to the Marquesas in French Polynesia. It took us 20 days and 18 hours from when we lifted anchor in San Cristobal to when it was firmly set again 2984 nautical... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[On our way]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 02 May 2010 09:03:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[We have just sailed from Galapagos and are on our way to French Polynesia.You can keep track of our progress by pressing THIS LINK ... or THIS ONE.On the first one I'll try to write every 3 days or so.Next stop French Polynesia! ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Amazing Galapagos]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 08:54:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[The word amazing actually does a poor job at explaining how unbelievable our stay on Galapagos has been. I sit here on anchor just off San Cristobal in Wreck Bay reflecting on the last week and a half and I can really say that I've thoroughly enjoyed... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Galapagos]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 08:45:04 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[A quick update from Galapagos, more will follow soon. This was just after first landfall on Galapagos. We have had an amazing time here so far and in the next couple of days I will write more about it and post more pictures. The next one is me chatting... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[La Playita, Taboga and Las Perlas]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 08:21:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[I can't explain how good it felt to finally be in the Pacific. Our plan was to be on our way as soon as possible ... That plan kind of backfired, because we ended up spending over 2 weeks getting ready, provisioning and doing small jobs on the boat. La... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Through the Panama Canal]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 04:33:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[We were more than finished with Colon when the Canal Autority finally gave us the green light to go through the Canal. We were going together with a small flotilla of boats that they had delayed for a number of days. When I went to settle my bill at Shelter... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Waiting in Colon]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:03:00 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[The Pacific team is finally united. They arrived on the boat a little after midnight and we proceeded straight into some beer sampling, so that we would know which beer to bring with us into the Pacific. We were in Shelter Bay Marina, about 30 minutes... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[St. Lucia to Panama]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 07:21:00 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[When I last posted an update I was in Mustique with my charter guests. We sailed from Mustique to Bequia and from there all the way to Soufriere on St. Lucia, had an overnight stop there, before we sailed up to Rodney Bay, where the charter ended. The... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Grenada to Mustique]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:36:00 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[We arrived on Grenada after a 93 nautical mile motorsail against wind, waves and current. I attempted sailing at first, but when the current was so strong that I was only able to sail at a whopping 1.5 knots and in a very unfavorable direction, I said... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Sailing through Venezuela]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:48:00 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[The stay on Las Aves was sensational. It had everything a good anchorage should have: A deserted island with a beautiful beach, nice scenery, stunning sunsets and spectacular snorkling. We had made a deal with Ian and Westa, so the first evening we enjoyed... ]]></description>
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