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Circumnavigation 2010---

October Pictures

Rennell Island, Solomon Islands

Bashing into 30 knots arriving from Indispensable Reef William and Esther leading us into their reef enclosed home

Esther's Pets

William, Kachina, and RTB after one of their morning fishing trips

Esther's little touches of beauty

Kids and Gran Kids

Grand Dad William

Grand Mom Esther

Daily Cooking Routines

Brand new canoe

		Betel Nut and Lime

The bath tub and laundry room

A Very Sad Goodbye

Guadacanal

Our first of many visits, over the next 6 weeks, by local residents in their canoes. Joe and his two sons welcomed us to Marau Sound.

Tavanipupu Resort at Marau.

Up the coast to Honiara

Honiara, Guadacanal

Starboard Stern Line

Port Stern Line

Our neighbors

A beer after getting anchored. Not too happy with Honiara "Yacht Club" anchoring.

The worst anchorage arrangement in our entire trip!

Tour of Guadacanal area Battle Sites

Japanese Memorial Site

Our guide Nelson

Red Beach at Henderson Field. The site of the first American ground assault of World War II in August 1942.

Over 1000 Japanese soldiers died at Red Beach attempting a brutal counter attack after the US Marines had landed and dug in.

This monument erected by the Japanese recounts the loss of lives.

Edson's Ridge, aka, Bloody Ridge. From this very spot US marines, heavily outnumbered , successfully beat back waves of Bonzai attacks over a 36 hour period. Several Congressional Medals of Honor were awarded for actions here.

At Red Beach and Edson's Ridge the Japanese still believed that the US marines would flee in the face of their Bonzai attacks. This was not the case.

Between Guadacanal on the left and Savo Island on the right the Japanese and American navies had several major night battles. Hard to imagine battleships and destroyers engaging each other at night in such tight quarters.