Palmerston - photos of the island
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Mike and Liz Downing
Wed 13 Oct 2010 23:09
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Palmerston was a very beautiful place as these pictures
show, but would have been even better if the wind hadn't been blowing 25 to
35 knots the whole time we were there. Although windy, the sun shone most of the
time. Officially we could stay for 3 days as we hadn't entered the Cook Islands
at one of the official port of entries, but all the 8 boats there were granted
extensions until the weather settled and we stayed for 5 days.
 A picture of our chart plotter showing the reef
(olive green) , lagoon and islands on each
corner. The picture also
shows Aurora B
sheltered behind the reef - luckily the wind
and swell both came from the east, so if the mooring gave
way
(which it did for 2 boats) we would have just
drifted safely out to sea. The only inhabited island is the one just
south of the boat.
 The island of
Palmerston.
 The main street on
Palmerston.
 Liz using our laptop computer to connect to
the Internet to check the weather. The islanders rigged up an
electrical point as the laptop's battery no longer
holds any charge.
 Looking out to the lagoon from the end of the main
street.
 The reef and
lagoon.
 View from shore of the yachts behind the
reef. Aurora B is in the middle and there were 8 yachts in
total.
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