S/V ORCA III

Orca III is an Oceanic 46 steel hull with a nice round transom. Built in 1986 in Cowichan Bay, we are the second owners. The windshield, davits, and arch are all built by Steve. We went with a canvass top instead of a full hardtop for ease of design and to keep the weight down. This boat has sure changed a lot since we first bought her. email us orca3dionne@gmail.com

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Friday, July 20, 2007

The captain, admiral and deck hand

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Lady

Maggie

'Lil' putt putt

Christmas at Snug Cove

A happy mom

Dionne and her Mom

A rose between 2 thorns

Dad, Dionne & Steve

Tremblay's are home

Sandra and her family

Canada ! we are home

Sea Turtle

swam with him in Hanauma bay in O'ahu

cuties! Diamond Head day

Jocelyn and Maya - the happy hikers

Boys and guns!!

THANK YOU!

to eveyone who has been following our blog!

Honolulu Airport! Heather and Rachel

Yeah, glead to have them here!

Lolo Harbor Molokai

out in the big blue ocea

before all the storms!

at the dock in Town Basin Whangarei NZ

Orca III & other cruiser kids make video

http://video.google.ca/videosearch?q=DPN+whangarei&hl=en&emb=0&aq=f#

Orca III - Sunset in Coromandel Harbour

sailling the pacific ocean!!

On the way to FakaravaTuomotus French Polyensia

Orca III sunset in Tonga

the hikers ! Whangerei Falls

and the womens see the moari word

Maori lesson of the day

the boys bathroom,notice the maori word for male

land where the Maori drawings where

quite the dramatic landscape

my flowers again, love it!

walk around lake matheson fox gkacier

Emma and flower her best friend!

Our Emma!

and the other half!

yep 3 orcas just the right view

Maritime Museum

thisis the whale wall, our view out the portside

I took this myself , not bad , eh!

what a beauty

BYE BYE O'VIVE

our last family photo of them on this trip

loved this bull!

Emu

related to the kiwi

Our cruising buddies

malachi
meridian
o'vive
tin soldier
dorothy marie
m/v new paige

at the National Reserve park in front of the generator room

this is the flywheel from there

The Northshore area of Devonport

such beautiful scenery!

at the Opua Cruising Club

Marilyn (tin soldier), John,(meridian) Dionne

The family Emma stayed with on the farm

our new buds and we will go the farm again

3 peas in a pod! These girls are pals man!

Meridian girls Sophie and Mattie with Emma

the moms!!

Marilyn, Dionne, Nancy

do not enter!

View of the stone store and Kemp house from the ancient fishing village

just cause I love flowers

the gardens here are gorgeous

original European gardens at the Kemp Home Keri Keri

Steve and Kyle using a very old hand operated drill press

The Maori culture show

Sally and Glen from Dorothy Marie

our f"amily" here- Sally is like my sister

one of the many cool things in the walls of the toilets

the fufnky door of the funky toilets

the Kawakawa toilet wall

birthday cakes by Dionne

Kyle 14 Maya 12

New Zealand! Bay of Islands

The girls - 3 peas in a pod!

Natalie, Marg, and Dionne - bounty bar Tonga

baby humpback in the wild

once in a life time experience!

Emma the Polynesian Princess

what a beauty

Mermaid - Vava'U Yacht Club

All the boat kids in the anchorage #11

crafts at the tongan feast anchorage #11

lots of baskets , love em

looking up from the cave, we were in the bottom with the dingy

very cool

Kyle and buddies in the Swallows Cave

we took both our dingys plus Ovive and Malachi and we all fit

Neiafu Harbour

The KIngdom of Tonga

our full van - we all pile out for dinner at Fa Fa La Fa's

we had about 20 people in there , on laps and everything

the parents eat out for lunch

Crazy Uga's - name of the cafe

Emilie and Kyle

stuck together like glue

Our dear friends , Crew of O'Vive

Dave, Emilie,Natalie, Alec

The waterfall

this reminded me of your wedding Danny Lou, a sea waterfall

how about those license plates!

what does it say?

one of the many homes destroyed by the hurricane

waves came all the way up here!

Keith, Commodor of the Niue Yacht Club

and our tour guide, hat made by one of the local women

Hey Daggs, can you play golf here

you can't even walk to the first hole

on the way down to the first and only hole of the golf course

Maya, Jocelyn, Jarred , Emma coast of Niue

Raratonga from the top of the hill

Enterance to Raratonga

have to stay far to the port as to not have this happen

Raratonga Harbour

this is where we are, one of those boats

Emma's Tattoo!

big breakfast at the market!

waffles, ice cream and tons for fruit!yummy

Dionne's Tattoo

Mayas Tatoo!

inside Bloody Mary's

just in case you couldn't read the sign in the posting

cool , eh!!

Tiki dude,

the tongue is to scare away the bad spirits

vanilla bean central

check out the prices!!

Kyle and Emilie - yep still an item

those are the vanilla beans

Emma in her snorkle gear

i think she will scare the sharks away!

the funky market huts in Raiatea

Kyle in charge of driving 2nd dingy

on the way to the rays

on the way into the dance competion

the decorations were beautiful!

Yep thats a hot dog stand, never see them here!!

we had one 350 franks each!! thats like $5

Le Truck trip

Malachi and Orca III having way to much fun

Natalie and Dionne

cruising buddies

Emma & Emma

best buds

Natalie OVive grating coconut

boat kids on beach

the black pearls

yep Steve found an old car 1928 Edson

just a little rusty, but he got the hubcap

sunset at kauehi Tuomotus

taken by Marg of Malachi

pearl farm

so cool

Local's home

all are open areas , we guess to let the wind in

Kids hiking down the trail

Beautiful...

the cavern just in front of waterfall,had toswim under that rock to get to the otherside ot the waterfall

Dionne and Steve in their dingy

Kids resting on trail

Dionne and Monette

she was teaching us Marquisan words!!

Bringing home the fruit

Steve repairing chainsaw

Me picking starfruit

thisstuff is great!!

Kyle and Alec ( O'Vive)

our climbers!

Lovely Maya

hiking to the Cascade at Daniels Bay

The restaurant !

very nice place and even a pool ! kids loved that

Futa Hiva

big rock mountains, first land fall

banana tree and flower

cool eh, now what does that look like?

the human sacrifice pillar

heres my head!!

Kyle and Emilie

Two peas in a pod!!

tons of bananas!

now we grate them fry'em and they taste like hashbrowns!!

pompemousse

love this stuff

Can you see the equator - Its right there in front

happy birthday

at the equator

toast to king neptune

crossing the equator

Wing on wing genoa

sent from the ocean!

the bus!!!

our future home??

meican village house

The girls got new dresses!!

Kyle and his new friend

The washboard man!!

mom, is he one of our kin?

Emma at Anna Banana's

kids at Anna Bannana's

Town of Yelappa

via horseback

Entering Yelappa

what a beautiful place- lots of trees

More Jamming!!

this time Philo's bar La Crux

Here's the heron

Ready, aim, catch the fish!!

This is how we store our dingys for the night

one on each side!!

Morning in La Cruz

sun coming up through the rigging

found another sign with "MAYA" on it

this one's for Maya

Annette and my girls

hugs in the cockpit

mom at sea

taken by Maya with her own camera

sunset at sea

taken by Maya with her own camera

Our friends and neighbors

King Orca sure gets around

what a couple !

Had a great day with everyone!!

Grant's Turn with King Orca

bye bfye guys gonna miss ya!!

Orca III social hour with "ORCA 1"

gotta love that whale

Anette and boys on their way back to hotel

Our last visit with them for a long while!!

kids watching for whales

have been seeing lots of them!!!

sunset Isla San Fransisco

Steve working away installing vents

orca III at Isla Pardita

mexican fisherman giving us live bait

for 2 cokes and homemade cookies we got sardines

our treasures

coral, catus dried, pufferfish

Me Jay& Marg ( off Malachi)

my grade 4-5 classmate!!

Finaly starting to see Maya's name everywhere!

Here a Maya there a Maya

Mom's day off!!

out with Noni and Charles

Noni and Charles

Todos Santos

Dionne having way too much fun!!

Jam night

how do you like our eyes?!

Orca III can see where she is going

around the town

the kids looking at cool sculpture

the big one!!

this is the califlower we got from the market

Pelicans!!

they are everywhere just like our seagulls

Steve and his Pal

The Cactus

this is the sign above the kitchen at the restaurant at Los Muertos

gotta love it!!

oh what a beach!!

Los Frailes - Kyle and Maya

Emma and her creation

Dionne and her pal

I just can't seem to get rid of him!!

the empty palapa bar

truely help your self?!

Los Frailes

big rock!!

Kyle and friend Lapita

two 13yr olds

hammock time!!

Maya's turn

Klyes halibut

this is big for here

Maya's beautiful sand castle

Kyle will fish off anything

still in Mangroves

off to the Mangroves!

I got the dingy caught in them - funny!!

Robert and Steve

the fix it duo!!

Panga Ride to San Carlos

Steve loving it!!

our buddies from tillicum and FreeStyle

surf beach landings is how we get to land! very wet

Tuna Time

this is number 2 out of 12

Sand Dunes Turtle Bay

Grocery Store Turtle Bay

Tremblays at Town Square

Trutle Bay

Turtle Bay

beach time

US coast guards have guns on the bow!!!

wow

Our Christms Baking in the new stove

Maya and Emma did the cookies

Photo in the Captain's quarters

those are all men forming the letters

"Midway"

Huge !

mom 's the pilot

go dionne go

Kyle in the steam room

HOT !

In the Brig!!

Cheesecake time !! WE love it!!

Maya and I went together Saturday night

another one for Uncle Wayne -Our Youngest sports player!!

- if we keep this up we'll have a full team

Horned Shark

see the horn on its back has one on its tail too! This one loves to be petted

The Tremblay Girls!!

jsut sit on the beach ..watching the waves come in

Surfes up!!

OUR CHRISTMAS TREE??

maybe, why not!!

touristic must photo

At universal studios!!

Elvis at the Hard Rock Cafe!

This ones for Uncle Wayne!!

I've switched sports

Judy, with my girls- Maya got the manuscript "CALLUMS QUEST"

Little Mexico

this ins only one block long!!

Dionne having fun !!

took this myself , can you tell?

Maya and Emma playing their Littest pet shop game

having a great time!

computer time for Kyle

all in the family

done for the day!!

at the end of the day!!

Tikitik Room

the natives are restless

riding the Carosel

Me and Emma having fun1

the Haunted Mansion

nightmare before christmas!

fishing on the dock Santa Barbara

Kyle and friend Nicholas

Tremblay children at the Zoo

aren't they cute!!?

We hatched a Maya

zoo time fun

How to ride a turtle!!

Yee ha Emma

Our Deck

look how nicely everything is stowed for offshore crossing

leaving San Francisco

the Golden Gate Bridge

the Birthday girl!!

taken by Maya herself!!

Drawing by Maya

Western Meadow Lark

1/2 a van better than no van

this is a real van!!

Pier 39

I like it!!!

solitary confinment

this is what you get for acting up!!

Prison at Alcatraz

The Fake head of one of the last escapees

looks reall,eh?! this his how the escapees fooled the guards that night. they had built fake heads using real hair.

wardens house

all falling apart now but this is where he lived

can you read the signs?

must go here when your there

inside the saloon

way cool- even the bar is slanted

Jack London's slanted Bar

built in 1883 servived 1906 earthquake and still operational

Klye and Lincoln playing gameboay

taken by Maya

Birthday Banner

made with love By Emma

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR KYLE

HAPPY BIRTDAY TO YOUUUUU!!

walking around Jack London Square

mother and her chill'ns

Play us a song your the harmonica man

play us the blues tonight!!

hiking around Sausilito

Happy Haloween!!!

Georgeous Piling!!

watch out Spruce Harbour - time for a Piling Painting Party

Sunrise at the Golden Gate Bridge

Golden Gate Bridge

San Fransisco

the happy captain!!

A walk in the forest

that's Josh our Kiwi friend from the Vancouver Tuna boat

sittilng on the tuna boat waiting for dinner

Smile!! Dionne & Emma

the Banana Slug

they are everywhere and are great for the forest

Tremblay's in the Redwood Forest

what a group!!!

Mill Creek Redwood Forest

absolutely beautiful

the big one!

thats Kyle Maya Emma and Steve in that tree stump

Tuna Time!!

our felllow Vancouverite ( he's from Kamloops but the boat is in fish docks at Granville Island)

Cape Flattery

we went through inside of Tatoosh Island

Sunset at Sea!

this is one of the best sunsets we'eve ever seen!!

the hatch is finished

Lots of reading goning on

Maya the bookworm

Our new dingy!!

Tremblay girls get a lesson on how to start the outboard Kyle already knows how!!

Sunset at Sea

coming to bottom of Lopez Island San Juan's

OYSTER RUN IN ANNECORTES

there was close to 10,000 bikes

Phil &Diana Wakefield and family with us

with our friends

ORCA ON THE LOOSE

look close - there's an orca in crows nest!!

crows nest with signal flags

here's the alphabet in flag form

Me and my mom

Hey!!

Send off Party

almost ready still need main sail

Before the big changes

she sails so nice

OUT COMES THE MAST

May 10, 2005

UNDER CONSTUCTION

Steve builds the windsheild

About US

Dionne, Steve, Kyle Maya , Emma: We are a family of 5 who have lived aboard Orca III for 11yrs. steve has been living on boats for 25+ yrs Dionne for 14yrs and all three kids have only ever been on a boat. Kyle's almost 13, Maya almost 11 and Emma is 7. We have a dog, Lady (15yrs) and cat Maggie (3 1/2 yrs). We are planning to leave for our Big Offshore trip to the South Pacific this August. Watch for our updates during our adventure!!

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