http://www.kaiohana.com "Now and then we had a hope that if we lived and were good, God would permit us to be pirates." -Mark Twain Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:06:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en by Sara and Alexis Bach The voyage north from the Bahamas to Charleston ended with three solid days of non-stop cloud coverage. The clouds brought rain, wind, and waves. Finally, motoring into Charleston Harbor was a feeling of relief. It was our first time back to the United States in over ... http://www.kaiohana.com/2009/09/charleston-sc/ [nggallery id=16] Want more on Charleston? Read the Charleston article here. And watch the Charleston Video here. http://www.kaiohana.com/2009/09/charleston-sc-photos/ Produced by Kai Ohana. Narrated by Lauren Bach. Filmed and edited by Sara Bach. Read the Charleston article here. See the photos for Charleston here. http://www.kaiohana.com/2009/09/charleston-sc-video/ You asked for it! Another Art Week! The finished piece entitled "The Balance". This is a rather larger format piece, at about 5ft tall. Medium is acrylic, the prompt is "Good vs. Evil". I chose to use traditional western imagery to personify the concepts good and evil, and as a reference ... http://www.kaiohana.com/2009/06/art-week-the-balance-2/ [nggallery id=15] Read more about this project here. http://www.kaiohana.com/2009/06/art-week-the-balance-photos/ So I know that you guys were expecting another update on a tropical paradise. Sorry, no such luck this week. This week, I've decided to do art instead. Normally I would put the art off and do the update first, but my current piece is under a time deadline (May ... http://www.kaiohana.com/2009/05/art-week/ [nggallery id=13] Read more about this project here. http://www.kaiohana.com/2009/05/art-week-photos/ It is widely believed that the name for the island chain of the “Bahamas” was derived from the Spanish words “baja mar” which means “shallow seas”. So it is no mystery that the Spanish treasure fleets avoided the chain as much as our captain intended. The average depths around the ... http://www.kaiohana.com/2008/06/greater-abacos/ [nggallery id=14] Want more on Greater Abacos? Read the Greater Abacos Article. And watch the Bahamas Video. http://www.kaiohana.com/2008/06/greater-abacos-photos/ I woke up for my watch at 4:00 A.M. to find us in the lee of San Salvador with an eight knot wind on the beam and the boat slowly progressing at one to two knots. I was sitting at the helm in the dark, studying the glow from the ... http://www.kaiohana.com/2008/06/san-sal/