As some of you may know, s/v Palarran is in a very serious and very intense challenge with s/v Bella Star. Here is some catch-up if you don’t know what I’m talking about…friends of ours, Aaron & Nicole on their Hans Christian 33 Bella Star, left to go cruising in 2011. They did the same thing we are doing and spent the summer circumnavigating Van Isle. During their trip they foolishly boasted about how many islands they were conquering and set a goal to bag 100 islands by the end of the summer. Long story short…they bragged a little too much and we decided to meet their challenge and up them by an island or two. Some predefined rules were involved….the “island” had to be visible at max high tide and contain a wee bit o’ vegitation. So it is now June 13th and we have been conquering islands for a little over a month. Here are some highlights….
Stuart Island trying to hitch a ride at Turn Point Lighthouse.
Somebody get this intern a GLOCK!
Bella Star style was simply to have Nicole stand on the island and raise her arms over her head (we honestly don’t know if they even were on different islands cause they are notorious cheaters). So of course Palarran upped the anti a little by using a book with numbers and the name of the island…making one up if there isn’t a name.
IT’S AN ISLAND AARON!!!
Pott’s Lagoon
So chew on that for a while Bella Star….basically one month into the trip and halfway to a hundred islands…we sooooo got this!
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