Download Mad Dawgs of Tongareva - No Woman Rappish Version

A rap version of mo woman No cry...featuring Sol on vocals........These kids were rockin out....

Download Mad Dawgs of Tongareva - Row Row Row

Another instant classic from the Tongareva Boyz.....played on a old guitar and a homemade coconut Ukelele

Download Mad Dawgs featuring Robin on vocals - Penryhn Freestyle



Click to Download...This is me Freestyling with the Boys

This is a video of John, the caretaker of Suwarrow playing Cool Change.....This was after a long night of hanging out and sharing stories, and homebrew(wooooo).......The video is dark, but the audio is gold

Download The Mad Dawgs of Tongareva - Island In The Sea


Another Great track from the Island of Tongareva.....recorded under a palm tree in Tetautua

Download Mad Dawgs of Tongareva - Back To The Island

Check out this track by my boys, The Mad Dawgs of Tongareva

Shark Madness

We went for a SCUBA dive in Suwarrow with some friends from another boat, about 3 min after dropping down to a modest 24 feet we approached a ledge drop-off. Within a few minutes we were surrounded by about 15 grey sharks, we huddled together as they darted at us aggressively. Grey sharks are responsible for most attacks on snorkelers and spearfishermen in the northern Cook Islands. After another 5 minutes the amount of sharks doubled....It is hard to tell from the video but there are about 30 sharks circling us, mostly greys, with a couple white and black tips in the mix. Aftert the dive we all agreed, it was scary...I have dove with sharks before, but these ones were exhibiting the lowered pectoral fins with a sinuous swimming motion that denotes they are in predator mode. only 2 years before the original Suwarrow caretaker named Papa John was bit badly by a grey, but made it out of the water before they finished him off...........Music courtesy of Blackalicious(Gift of Gab and chief X-cel). sorry for the video quality, I had to lower it to manage to upload from Samoa with slow internettin'

Leaving Suwarrow on our way to Apia, Samoa

Apia approach, always good to be greeted by a rainbow (reminds me of home)
Caught some nice sashimi on the way to Apia (just the right size)

Leaving Suwarrow was like having to go home from the funnest summer camp you could imagine....John and his family are wonderful people....Generous, kind , giving, these words don't even begin to sum up the beauty they shared with us. Thank you John, Veronica, and all the boys......A special time that will never be forgotten......Cool Change...............

Adventures in Suvorov...

Feasting............breadfruit.....crayfish....and some booze
Andy thought crayfish was Maori for hat...
Bigger than my feet........tastier too
Not a bad haul........
Birds of Suwarrow

sharks and getting to suwarrow

No wind at sunrise......3 days of motoring, 2 days of sailing (not sweet)
Bird at sea....cahhh cahhh
This lil guy only let go when he chewed through the rope..........
Savage smalll shark chumming

Parting memories of Penryhn.....in the last days before Suwarrow

2 Nice trevally caught at sundown in Tongareva
Sunrise, the morning we left...........
plumerias in bloom......beautiful-deliciious
Napa and the boys pet booby, with andy,mark, and napa in background.............great place, great people

Underwater Paradise

Lots of sharks in the Northern Cooks.....mostly friendly...mostly
Trevally are curious of divers........
Some beautiful reef....not much color, but alive and well.........
Amazing coral fields all over Tongareva
One of the ten thousand blacktips around this reef..............

Coco Crab Hunting with Hosea, Kirikawa, and Junior

returning from the hunt with our prizes
those claws can crush thick planks and cut through coconut husk like a hot knife through butter
Kirikawa(we call him kiri) he is the youngest at age 11 and is the best crab hunter and tree climber on the island....he caught all but one of our three coco crabs
To catch the crabs you gotta get in the thick stuff and digOn our way out to get some Coconut Crabs with the "mad dawg crew"....Right to left(Hosea, Junior, Kiri, and Andy........a great day

Panoramas from Penryhn

On the northeast part of Penrthyn(Tongareva as it is called by the local Maori people) is a village call Tetautua, there are only 40 people there mostly kids and some elderly folk. This is the end of the road in Tetautua
These are some of the kids who adopted us into their "crew", they took us everywhere and were eager to share and teach us about their lifestyle. A beautiful place with a vibe to match.......here we are sitting in the shade enjoying some coconuts.
Life's A Dream at anchor in Penryhn, Tetautua in the background


Tetautua, everyone builds their own house, they are wonderful and due to the friendliness of the people you get to visit alot of them. The Church in this village is gorgeous as well.

More open ocean pics

the captain and the kid
pot o' gold?
spectacular clouds carrying lots of refreshing rain squalls
divinity, god, love, power, ________________(speechlessness)----nice pic Andrew

Andy at the Helm

---these pics were taken by Andy, with the exception of the last one obviously

more pics from the hawaii-cook islands crossing

these pics giva good idea of the beauty out at sea. they were taken by Andy(the best crew member and friend anyone could hope for).the definition of pink-purple-magenta......loveunder sail and cruising in 25 knots
another beautiful sunset
15-20 foot swells, taller than our coachroof!
enough said.....

Penryhn (call it Tongareva if you are cool)

view from my cabin in Tongareva
Our friends Alex and Christine in Omoka(the main village on Tongareva) the other couple on the left are Rod and his GF from the sailing Vessel Raven
Me in Omoka(on the main road) with my snazzy new haircut(I did it myself....lol)
The view of entrance Island (the entrance to the Lagoon)

A couple nautical miles away from our first landfall after 12 days at sea (Penryhn in the background)