Fish for Dinner
A fish landed on the deck of our yacht Seal. What did I do? Prepared it for dinner … here’s the recipe.
Cruising
Mieco Beach Yacht Club
The Mieco Beach Yacht Club is designed to be a social and informational group for cruisers and like-minded people ashore. The weekly Tuesday night dinners are a major part of the “glue” that keeps everyone in touch with what’s going on in Majuro and the outer islands of the Marshall
Mooring Project
The Mieco Beach Yacht Club began working on a mooring project for Enemanet and Eneko Islands in Majuro in 2006. Nearly 20 years later the moorings at Enemanet Island are still in good shape and used by yacht club members.
Enemanet Island
Enemanet Island, a few miles from downtown Uliga in Majuro, is the perfect place for a picnic. The eastern end is owned by the Kramer family, who happily rent out the picnic facilities on the island so that everyone can enjoy their beautiful beach location. The family also generously allowed
Checking in to Majuro
Yachts checking into Majuro, capital of the Marshall Islands, generally agree that the process is one of smoothest in the Pacific.
Cruisers Chili Cook-Off
The Mieco Beach Yacht Club is a social and safety non-profit organization. They held a Chili Cook-off and it was a delicious event!
Helping Yacht Windryder
The yacht Windryder was dismasted on its way from Majuro to Hawaii. Here’s the tale…
Wotje, Rongelap, Maloelap Scenes
Throughout this site I have been given permission to share people’s photos. Deo Keju and Garry Venus have both been generous with their fabulous pictures. As well, Lanny and Ginger on the catamaran SwiftSure spent a few months enjoying cruising the Marshall Islands. And while they were enjoying meeting the
Aground Wins ‘Best Story’
Movie maker Jack Niedenthal occasionally holds short-film festivals. If you hear one is happening, make a film or at the very least, go to the show.
SV Tarmelu
The SV Kwai is one of two sailing vessels that belong to the Marshall Islands Shipping Corporation. The boat was renamed the SV Tarmelu in 2024, but many people still call it the Kwai … and, unusually, both names appear on the bow.
Beer Can Race
The Mieco Beach Yacht Club occasionally holds beer can races. The little boats are made by The Canoe House (Waan Aelon in Majel) and it’s the craziest funnest day ever.
The Bilgewater Band
There’s always a few musicians in the cruiser fleet … and 2016 is no exception. I shot this video of The Bilgewater Band at a mini-concert held at RRE Hotel. The performers are Don Moore of Windryder, David Mason of Navire, and Larry Jones of Tribute.
Downtown Moorings
Downtown Majuro has one main mooring field, which is in front of the Mobil tanks. The moorings are owned by three people: Matt Holly: (692) 455-5567 matthollymarshalls@yahoo.com Ben Chutaro: (692) 625-8321 or 625-2256 Cary Evarts: (692) 455-3044 caryevarts@yahoo.com The cost of these moorings ranges from $1 to $3 a day.
Video: Sailing RMI with Mahili
Mike and Jennifer Gough voyaged around the Marshall Islands in the latter part of 2014. Mike subsequently produced this movie, which is a compilation of footage and stills with simple, but descriptive, captions. The couple first stayed in Majuro then went sailing to a number of atolls such as Maloelap, Ailuk,
Maintaining the Moorings
The Mieco Beach Yacht Club built and maintains moorings at two islands in Majuro lagoon. Read all about it!
The Tale of SV Liberty
Ailuk Elementary School students pictured with teachers, Principal Tibon and the Mieco Beach Yacht Club Commodore Mark Stearns. Photo: Angie Stearns. Ailuk’s Ruthy Typhoon with the SV Liberty, which is one of numerous small boats created by the children at the Columbia River Maritime Museum in Oregon. Photo: Mayor Ankit
Yacht Club Burgee Swap
The Mieco Beach Yacht Club’s burgee* is now amongst the hundreds of yacht club flags that are hung in the Waikiki Yacht Club in Honolulu. MBYC’s Vice Commodore Cary Evarts and the WYC’s Membership Coordinator Lynette Duque followed the sailing tradition of swapping burgees on November 10, 2022. Lynette and
The Marshall Islands Journal
Team Nali grabs spotlight
Ten teams took part in the twenty-second Lazarus Andrike memorial tournament, which was combined with the Total Pounds Sailfish Marshalls…
Airport terminal overhaul
GIFF JOHNSON Landfill work ongoing between Katoj Park and the airport terminal is to create space for a new parking…
RMI has good IDEA
Of all of the US jurisdictions in the Pacific Islands, the RMI is the only so-called “non-State” to be rated…
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The Battle for Kwajalein
The Battle of Kwajalein was fought as part of the Pacific campaign of World War II. It took place January
Fish for Dinner
A fish landed on the deck of our yacht Seal. What did I do? Prepared it for dinner … here’s the recipe.
The Final Years of Majuro
This is one of the great films about the Marshall Islands’ past, present and future. Created by a handful of young, inspired filmmakers, it gives a level of insight rarely achieved. — Karen Earnshaw
Traditional Fish Trap
I was taking a pleasant stroll down the center of one of the small northern islands of Majuro, when I
