Enen Kio (a.k.a. Wake Island)
Island of the kio flower
By KAREN EARNSHAW Posted in December, 2016, in Majuro. As a number of Asian nations on the Pacific Rim beef up their military prowess, it is expected that the US will, in the next few years, begin upgrading its facilities at the strategic Wake Island (a.k.a Enen Kio), which is 1,501 miles east of Guam, Read More
The Tale of SV Liberty
By Mark and Angie Stearns on the yacht Uno Mas In November, 2020, the Columbia River Maritime Museum’s then Education Director Nate Sandel found out that one of their mini-boats, SV Liberty, was stranded in Ailuk Atoll. The subsequent relaunch of SV Liberty morphed into a project involving people around the world: Nate found New Read More
SV Kwai at work in RMI
After the RMI Cabinet approved the purchase of the passenger and cargo vessel SV Kwai.,Marshall Islands Shipping Corporation General Manager Danny Wase said he was very happy to welcome the Kwai into the RMI fleet: “Yes, I am happy, particularly as she is expected to play an important role in the promotion of our strive for a safer environment through the Read More
Ailuk’s Canoes
CANOE CAPSIZES! Rob and Jo Birch spent many months filming in the Marshalls as they sailed around the atolls on their yacht Double Trouble.In this video, the couple writes: “A traditional Pacific canoe capsizes next to us when we are on anchor at Ailuk Lagoon. The five visiting yachts all head over in their dinghy Read More
Maintaining the Moorings
A Mieco Beach Yacht Club Project
Every year mooring man Cary Evarts (a.k.a. Vice Commodore of the Mieco Beach Yacht Club) calls on volunteers to do a maintenance project on the club’s moorings at Enemanet and Eneko Islands, which are a few miles from downtown Majuro. So this week (October, 2019), he did just that with crew of the yachts Ivanpah, Read More
The Value of Visiting Yachts
By KAREN EARNSHAW A study on the economic impact of the yachting industry in Fiji has revealed the tourism side-industry contributes about US$30 million to the country’s economy annually. The study stated that, significantly, while yachting tourism doesn’t boast large numbers of arrivals, cruising is one of the “highest yielding tourism segments with annual average Read More
Pub Quiz Winners
Phil Martin, take a bow as a significant member of Team Bank Seal! To explain, Majuro’s Mieco Beach Yacht Club members and friends meet for dinner every Tuesday evening, rotating around four restaurants. One of these is the Enra Restaurant at Marshall Islands Resort, which has the added feature of being the night for our Read More
Yacht Club Radio Nets
The Mieco Beach Yacht Club in Majuro hosts two radio networks: A VHF net Monday to Saturday mornings on Channel 71 at 7:30am and an HF net seven days a week on frequency 6.224 at 7:45am. Both nets have different volunteer net controllers each day. The purpose of the nets is to make sure everyone Read More
Yacht Club Beer Can Race
The Mieco Beach Yacht Club Beer Can Race, held at the Marshall Islands Resort on Sunday, was a huge success with over 30 people competing in the shallow waters off the MIR beach. Race Director Larry Jones gave the ‘ready, set’ go’ command on the series of heats, with each seeing five racers attempt to Read More
