Moxie - Beck Family Adventure - Minerva reef, day one crays

Minerva reef, day one crays

Moxie - Beck Family Adventure

Mike, Denise, Asia and Aranya Beck

Tue 28 Oct 2014 19:33

We caught our first crays last night along with a few slipper lobsters, pretty easy, just go out after dark with a decent torch and pick up anything with tiny shining eyes.

It's a stunning place, the sun is shining and inside the reef is like a pond, very calm indeed. At high tide the water flows half a metre deep and swiftly over the reef but it is so wide that all the swell disappears. Quite different to beveridge, mind you the weather is a lot warmer than when we were there.

Spear fishing on the agenda later. Looks like we might be here for a few days waiting for a weather window.

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2015

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Thu 10 Sep 20:41
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2014

Nov 2014

Thu 27 Nov 23:43
- Escape from Opua
Thu 6 Nov 08:37
- Arrived Opua
Wed 5 Nov 19:03
Tue 4 Nov 02:09
- Chilling out
Sun 2 Nov 23:57
- Progress to NZ
Sat 1 Nov 19:46
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Oct 2014

Thu 30 Oct 18:55
- Destination Minerva
Tue 28 Oct 19:33
- Minerva reef, day one crays
Mon 27 Oct 23:02
- Arrived Minerva reef
- Having a great run to Minerva
Sun 26 Oct 03:43
- Off to Minerva
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Mon 8 Sep 04:58
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Aug 2014

Fri 22 Aug 20:31
- Still nowhere, Palmerston Reef
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- Another bloody marlin
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Wed 9 Jul 20:56
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Jun 2014

Thu 26 Jun 23:05
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Wed 25 Jun 18:47
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May 2014

Sat 24 May 18:15
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Apr 2014

Wed 30 Apr 18:44
- Day 11, shower day!
Tue 29 Apr 18:15
- Day 10, turbo off
- Day 9, halfway and another stickface
Sun 27 Apr 18:11
- Day 8, a bad for flying fish
Sat 26 Apr 18:00
- Day 7, popped the 200 cherry
Fri 25 Apr 17:50
- Day 6, in the groove
Thu 24 Apr 19:29
- Day 5 marquesas
Wed 23 Apr 19:14
- To Marquesas day 4
Tue 22 Apr 18:15
- Day 3
Mon 21 Apr 17:46
- Galapogas to Marquesas day 2
Sun 20 Apr 17:10
- GalapaGoneburgers
Thu 17 Apr 19:46
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- Wow!
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Mon 7 Apr 22:57
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- Galapogas 5
Sat 5 Apr 17:07
- To Galapagos day 4
Fri 4 Apr 17:25
- Did somebody mention doldrums?
- to Galapogas day 3 Iridium issues
Wed 2 Apr 17:19
- On our way to Galapogas

Mar 2014

Sun 30 Mar 16:56
- Spot Satellite tracker
- Fwd: Panama canal transit
Sat 29 Mar 23:54
- South West
Thu 27 Mar 23:01
- Fwd: and some more transit pics
Mon 24 Mar 19:29
- Sitting in the canal lock right now, pacific side
Sat 22 Mar 22:01
- Panama Canal tomorrow
Wed 19 Mar 00:03
- Port Colon, Panama
Fri 14 Mar 00:08
- San Blas, it's what we've been looking for
Wed 12 Mar 15:49
- Arrived San Blas, Panama
Tue 11 Mar 16:03
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- Puerto Rico to Panama day 4
Sun 9 Mar 15:55
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Sat 8 Mar 15:57
- Puerto Rico to Panama day 2 - Sticky beak
Fri 7 Mar 16:03
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Thu 6 Mar 20:27
- Leaving for Panama
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Feb 2014

Tue 25 Feb 23:24
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Jan 2014

Fri 31 Jan 02:01
- All aboard, next stop St Barts
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Sun 19 Jan 12:30
- Diving with Cousteau
Fri 17 Jan 13:33
Thu 9 Jan 23:20
- Dominica, Portsmouth
Sat 4 Jan 22:16
- Riptide photos from my Dad
Thu 2 Jan 22:32
Wed 1 Jan 13:42
- So Long, and thanks for all the fish.

2013

Dec 2013

Sun 22 Dec 18:27
- Xmas special
Mon 16 Dec 01:58
- Photo blog - Atlantic Odyssey
Sat 14 Dec 00:54
- Drina, round the world 1.
Fri 13 Dec 17:46
- Best pic from the trip
Thu 12 Dec 16:44
- Safe arrival Martinique
Tue 10 Dec 04:11
- Fwd: AO22, the sleigh ride
Mon 9 Dec 12:05
- AO22, roller coaster
Sun 8 Dec 12:00
- AO21, yet another fishing report
Sat 7 Dec 12:20
- AO20
Fri 6 Dec 12:07
- AO19, Sinter Klaas
Thu 5 Dec 11:52
- AO18, parafishing
Wed 4 Dec 12:14
- AO17 Marlin
Mon 2 Dec 04:10
- Fwd: AO15 poco a poco, step by step.
Sun 1 Dec 13:34
- AO 14 hump day

Nov 2013

Sat 30 Nov 04:09
- AO day 13
Fri 29 Nov 04:07
- AO 12 Girls Fishing Day
Thu 28 Nov 11:55
- Atlantic odyssey day 11, the great pond
Wed 27 Nov 12:45
- Atlantic odyssey day 10 going nowhere slowly
Tue 26 Nov 13:27
- Atlantic Odyssey Day 9, the flying fish have landed
Mon 25 Nov 11:59
- Atlantic odyssey day 8
Sun 24 Nov 19:48
- Atlantic Odyssey Day 7
Sat 23 Nov 12:12
- Atlantic Odyssey day 5
- Fwd: Atlantic Odyssey day 5
Fri 22 Nov 12:06
- AO 05
Thu 21 Nov 16:46
- AO day 4
Wed 20 Nov 12:08
- AO day 3
Tue 19 Nov 20:52
- Atlantic Odyssey day 2
Mon 18 Nov 16:27
- Atlantic day 1
Sun 17 Nov 22:38
- Moxie Atlantic 2013
- Atlantic, day 1
Fri 15 Nov 22:19
- Big brother
Thu 14 Nov 12:19
- Brit - ISH
Tue 12 Nov 08:53
- Destiny, Lanzarote

Oct 2013

Wed 30 Oct 19:53
- Pac Man

Aug 2013

Sun 25 Aug 09:54
- Greece 2
Tue 20 Aug 20:01
- Some highs and lows from Greece

Jul 2013

Thu 25 Jul 19:44
- Where the heck is Albania?
Sun 21 Jul 13:00
- Just anchored in Greece.
Fri 19 Jul 19:48
- Straights of Messina
Thu 18 Jul 08:20
- Vulcano & Milazzo Italy - Denise's Birthday and ruinion with Sudoeste
Mon 15 Jul 08:52
- Vulcano
- Stromboli
Sun 14 Jul 21:01
- Pompeii
- Capri
Fri 5 Jul 09:20
- Ponza Island
Wed 3 Jul 07:03
- Island Ponza, Italy
Tue 2 Jul 10:52
- Porto di Roma

Jun 2013

Wed 26 Jun 20:30
- Sardinia
Mon 24 Jun 11:29
- contact details
- Sardinia
Sun 16 Jun 06:57
- leaving for itay

May 2013

Sat 25 May 18:27
- Arrived Santa Ponsa mallorca
- Gibraltar - Ibiza
Mon 20 May 08:05
- Vamos! Let's go! Lagos - Gibraltar
Mon 13 May 13:01
- Let go of Lagos but parked in Portimao

Apr 2013

Wed 24 Apr 08:31
- Moxie on the Move

Mar 2013

Sun 3 Mar 09:40
- Moxie 1 for Sale - Moxie at mailasail . com

Feb 2013

Mon 18 Feb 11:42
- Boat hopping

Jan 2013

Fri 25 Jan 12:55
- Moxie and Moxie - The cat is out of the bag!

2012

Nov 2012

Tue 13 Nov 09:52
- Movie - A Moxie Summer by Asia

Oct 2012

Mon 1 Oct 18:36
- Arrived Gibraltar

Sep 2012

Sun 30 Sep 12:08
- On route to Gibraltar
Sun 23 Sep 08:20
- Cartegena
Sun 16 Sep 11:57
- Moxie has left the island

Jul 2012

Tue 17 Jul 20:47
- 18 year old lout steals family yacht and runs it aground.
Sat 14 Jul 06:15
- Pirates, Tornado, Thunderbirds

Jun 2012

Fri 1 Jun 20:14
- Another week goes by

May 2012

Fri 25 May 18:32
- Bit of a blow
Sun 20 May 19:19
- British farmers entertain
Sat 12 May 18:16
- Back in Mallorca
Sat 5 May 07:08
- Moxie season 3
- Re: I've broken my blog?

2011

Oct 2011

Wed 26 Oct 20:26
- Back to Ibiza - the Americans have landed.
- August Blog - Mallorca

Sep 2011

Sun 4 Sep 19:32
- Fw: Mallorca - Santa Ponsa

Aug 2011

Tue 16 Aug 17:28
- Fw: Ibiza - Portinatx - Tuna at last!
Sun 14 Aug 21:15
- Mallorca - Santa Ponsa
- Ibiza - Cala Binirras - Tombstoning

Jul 2011

Tue 26 Jul 21:28
Thu 7 Jul 20:02
- Caleta de Velez, the 20 metre berth
- Gib 100 ton Gun - Spain - Sunfish- Fuengirola
Mon 4 Jul 15:37
- Back in Gib
Sat 2 Jul 16:00
- Fw: Cueta, Northern African, Pillar of Hercules.

Jun 2011

Thu 30 Jun 15:56
- Morocco - Smir and Tetoun
Fri 24 Jun 15:56
- Crossing Continents - Gib to Smir, Morocco
Mon 20 Jun 08:54
- Moxie and The Rock
Sun 19 Jun 20:02
- Barabate - Engage the enemy more closely.
Mon 13 Jun 19:56
- Rota - the beach landing and evacuation
Sun 12 Jun 20:44
- Olhao overnight stop
- Farewell Portimao

May 2011

Sun 22 May 20:41
- Long time no Sea

Feb 2011

Tue 22 Feb 21:36
- Not shaken but stirred. NZ earthquake

2010

Sep 2010

Sun 26 Sep 07:50
- Olhao
Fri 24 Sep 21:29
- Portimao - grilled sardines
Tue 14 Sep 22:07
- Lagos - The Algarve - Grotto caves
Sun 12 Sep 22:07
- Sines - Dolphins
Thu 9 Sep 20:14
- Pilot whales!
Wed 8 Sep 21:43
- Cascais - Lisbon - Rui the ambassador of tourism, Kiwi anchor trouble, a Moxie sleepover

Aug 2010

Mon 30 Aug 11:39
- Peniche - Armed police board the boat
- Nazare (we landed a swordfish!)
Thu 26 Aug 22:26
- Figuera de Foz - (or is that de fog)
Tue 24 Aug 20:20
- Porto - They warned us about the fog in Portugal but...
Mon 23 Aug 22:27
- Portugal
Wed 18 Aug 16:14
- Baiona, Islas Cies again, Islas Ons, Combarro, Sanxenxo
Wed 11 Aug 16:20
- Baiona (updated)
Sun 8 Aug 20:26
- Islas Cies
Thu 5 Aug 23:30
- Ria de Muros
Mon 2 Aug 23:00
- Cape Finisterre / Sardineiro

Jul 2010

Sat 31 Jul 20:35
- Ria de Camerinas
Thu 29 Jul 23:08
- Ria de Ares
- La Coruna
Thu 22 Jul 09:46
- Gosport UK to La Coruna Spain

Apr 2010

Sun 25 Apr 07:24
- Introduction

2009

Aug 2009

Wed 19 Aug 23:00
- Moxie home at Portsmouth UK (pic)