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"An Extraordinary Adventure of Discovery and Exploration"
 
Leaving Tonga in April 2010 onboard the Talisker Bounty Boat with not enough food and water for the 4,000 miles cross the Pacific with no chart and no toilet paper. Just days before, I become involved with a very interesting discovery and knew I would return.
   
I did return in October 2010 onboard "Ammonite", a Nordhaven 78 to continue the invesigation and now I am working with the Tongan Government with plans to return in June 2011.
   
My 36 meters 600 tonne helicopter equipped Ice ship, "Sir Hubert Wilkins" Purchased in Finland, she sailed to New Zealand for a major refit, before three seasons in the Antarctic and my last "Blue Dream" a six month treasure hunting expedition in the Philippines.
       
     

Bluetreasure.me TAKE ONE

    
     

Philippines

    
mEL AND jANE LOADING! Mel's Birthday in Subic..21! carrie being a hero for Canada! Ultimate crew shot,we swam underwater into the cave. it is pitch black Carrie and Mel for retail therapy!    
Carrie with a BIG Boy! wearing hand carved goggles in timber and glass Fire on the beach at our anchorage PH Jeeeepny!    
Boat bags full of styrofoam Stopped for three hours and made new friends Mark playing with the girls again! waterfront condos..awsome! Boogey men diving for fish hiding from the sun    
Mel chucking them back! Sail training the crew racing in Subic before departure..we won! thanks Garry Mayo Volcano PH just erupted weeks before little shop full of STUFF! he sold Raycor filters and extras    
Our crew car in Subic Carrie earning some extra $$$$ Last anchorage in PH COOL!!    
INY< MINI< MINY< MO!! $40 each! Jane Jane!    
Stroke, stroke!! Great place and people..we gave them 5 sets of snorkling gear exit the cave after climbing and then JUMP!! What the F$%^&^%!!..5 mtrs      
     
Your going where!! $10,000 food stuffed everywhere in Subic Vitamins!! Jane JUMPED..the Splash!    

 

Palau

          

Sams at Palau

 Forget about painting the bottom! Another Treasure hunter Fueling up Palau  
Huba Huba..check out the chick in the black!! WOW! Cute..cheers! GOLD! Overloaded with TUNA!  
always someone spoiling a good shot! Hey baby! Wowowwow!!! Mels new Terrier! Sams..Great place and greater people..FUN!  
Nice girls in Palau old chap!! Bring it on!! They brought free TUNA for a month..thanks guys!    
YEE HA!! I can drive!!..start worrying folks! James bond girl! Don't look and it may go away!!    

Kapinga

        
Kids rule the world! I start teaching them Naughts and crosses!! I won! Really a beautiful place! No rubbish anywhere...except the next island ..it was the dump!
BOOO!! Mother Mel
Party at the Church opening! Going out crayfishing..and fighting Sharks! Jane safety watch we got 13!! of these ..YUM!
Out to catch dinner! Want some fish!..thanks! Jane Tpo and Bottom..Jane jane!!
Best crackle in the world! Cruzin for Fish! ICE inside the Lagoon
ome one has to do it!! we eat it! Pig dinner on its way jane washing hair Mark watching Mel Model boats
Mother Mel..water was short on the island Best Roast Pork I have ever seen , cost $220 but Mark and I could NOT eat!!..Bugger Solomon the Chief's helper and our friend! Fearless Leader!!..LOL

Kiribati - Tarawa

        
WOW! Cultur in Tarawa Pacific Class patrol boat given by Aust. to Kiribati Big guns and shit on the beach! KIDS..these fishing boats go missing all the time..14 dead in three months
Wowowow! Jane on the Malabu! Kiribati surf association Mark on the board, Jane and me in the zodiac..we nearly flipped it!!
Dead flies on the floor after two hours! good with Oats fro breakfast Bill and Stella looking for the keys! 4500 Japs and 1600 Americans dead in three days! Jane wants to put it on the pilot house!
Our Canadian friends Our Italian friends, famous at home! This takes 100 passenger and cargo and dragged onto ICE Rare calm day on the mooring
Injector pump No 5 ,,it got us to Fiji! $50 wharfage, 45$ security ,,IN TARAWA,,for one hour!! The girls booked a room for some $%%#^^##^&&!! Jane Jane Gidget Gidget! Go Girl!! So we sat for thre months!
Plastic and human waste..!! Broke the 12mm bolt on the JD tool Bills Tool, My Tool, John Deere tool..all no good! Rusty draged to just 12 mtrs from the mooring!! Lucky
Little brown piles are human waste!        
         
         

Fiji

        
Fiji custome, imigration, Quaranteen, Doctor, No local money to pay on ROTUMA! Copra bio fuel plant on ROTUMA
Jane has MANGOES!! wowow! Mark climbed all the way to the top..of this 2 mtr tree!! they took Photos of US!! TRUE!! Jane with LUNCH!!!
Note the life boat! Nice wave.. Mark had it all to himself with one other..then 35 pros turned up!! and told us to move!! Cloud break judging platform..wow! Cloud Break was 5 mtrs and unreal!!
Is that the enemy>>??? Cloudbreak..Mark was in Heaven VUDA Point, Janes home for the next 6 months    
         
         

Diving

        
Jane with the Giant clam lips! Mel Noddy! dressed as Carrie Me using the facilities Mark
         

Life onboard

          
Distance education Heavan Carie sniffing fuel in the day tank! Mark looking for the enemy!
What day is it! WOWOW! Mark from the spreaders! Mark could cook eggs, eggs, and eggs Busy Baker Jane!
Deep trouble when mark gets a mirror! 18 year old Mark!!! Sunburnt pussy lip,,Give me a kiss! Yes he went without!! RUMMY>> Jane won after 8 months! Carrie being Carrie
Off Watch..I had to ban computers from the PH at night Smoke but no fire thankfully. Generator out in Palau! Live and let live..the fish let uu off! Cruzin
Pump shaft finally out, still connected to the gear
Crossing the Equator, Bananas in the duds, ears, nose and other private places! Pump No 2 comes out! Jane Farted! ..actually Mark would nevwer stop! The Rag we found in the tank! Ho Hum..cray fish again!
We actually sailed quite well, 100 mile days motor sailor heaven Sailing back to Tarawa..little did we know it would be three months! Carrie wants something? and knows how to get it Guess who!
Look mum, no engine revs..but good boat speed Cruzin My favourite spot! AWSOME Barbie..we used it all the time!  
Look at those teeth!...on Mel! Pumping fuel by hand..very funny OK, Right, GO! Ho Hum..more sashumi! Hurry up and take the shot!!  
96 thongs and lots of logs just drifting I am the Navigator and engineer!! Yep Carrie hit mark with the wooden spoon then went to bed because I think I said the wrong thing!  
now for the tasty bits!! Jane on watch WOW!..Nice  
mel is organizing the chart removing the old gasket from the timing gear cover BATH TIME Drama over sort of..it is off..now reassemble!  
             

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