By Timothy Langley, April 23, 2024 (as of 0830, 4/23) (check-back for updates!)

Building our community: these 6 yachts are headed out over Golden Week; plenty of opportunity to see each other out on the waves or in ports-of-call.

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• Captain Darren Halliday. 34.5’ Hanse: Halcyon.
• Crew: solo, Naomi, Kiwi joining in Niijima
• Sat. 27: Yumenoshima —> Misaki
• Sun. 28: Misaki —>  Yokohama Bayside (race-day)
• Mon. 29: Yokohama Bayside
• Tues. 30:   Yokohama —> Hota
• Wed 1: Hota
• Thurs 2:       Hota —> Ito
• Fri. 3:            Ito —> Shimoda
• Sat. 4:        Shimoda —> Niijima
• Sun. 5:            Niijima
• Mon. 6:            Niijima  —> Yumenoshima

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• Captain Evan Burkowsky. 33’ Peterson: Garuda.
• Crew: Timothy Langley, Freddie Snoxall
• Friday 26:  Katsuyama  —> Hota
• Saturday 27: Hota
• Sunday 28:      Hota —> Mikurajima (~24 hours)
• Monday 29:      Mikurajima/Miyakejima
• Tuesday 30:       Miyakejima 
• Wednesday 1:    Kozushima 
• Thursday 2:         Kozushima
• Friday 3:                Nijima
• Saturday 4:             Niijima
• Sunday 5:                 Niijima
• Monday 6:                Nijima  —> Hayama
• Sea trials to & from Misaki last Saturday/Sunday (4/20~21) revealed several needed fixes and allowed things to break which would have broken anyway (just when we didn’t need them to!). All addressed now: refrigerator also now working, depth-finder connected, foresail furling-line replaced.

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• Captain Claude Strobbe 33′ Kawamoto-made / New Japan Yacht design ANAIS
• Crew: Max , Nikolay , Victor , Remi , Ogi
• Sunday 28:      Misaki  —> Yokohama Bayside (race-day)
• Monday 29:      Yokohama Bayside Marina  —> Hota
• Tuesday 30:        Hota
• Wednesday 1:      Hota —> Misaki
• Thursday 2:          Misaki —> Ito
• Friday 3:                Ito —> Misaki
• Saturday 4:            Misaki —> Yumenoshima Marina

• Captain Chris Eve 24′ Cornish Crabber EOTHEN
• Crew: Kaoru
• Saturday 27: Yokohama Bayside —> Hota
• Sunday 28:     Hota  —> Yokohama Bayside

• Captain Robin Mah
• 26’ NJY Libeccio Figaro.
• Crew: Alan, Andrew.
• Wednesday 1: Yumenoshima    —> Misaki
• Tuesday 2: Misaki   —> Ito
• Wednesday 3: Ito    —> Misaki
• Thursday 4: Misaki    —> Yumenoshima

• Captain Mike Snyder
• 42’ Distant Dreamer
• Crew: Jeff, Eric
• Saturday 27: Marinpia   —> Kaminoseki (Murotsu Harbor)
• Sunday 28: Kaminoseki    —> Nuwajima
• Monday 29: Nuwajima   —> Matsuyama
• Tuesday 30: Matsuyama   —> Shimo Kamigari-jima, near Kure
• Wednesday 1: Shimo Kamigari-jima, near Kure   —> Nuwa
• Thursday 2: Nuwa   —> Marinpia

Or even if you aren’t quite sure, Captains, or you are spending your time working on maintenance, please just post a Comment to let us all know?

Many thanks.