March Friday 25 Well we made it across the pond to Hiva Oa Marquesas in French Polynesia, that was a 2800 mile leg at sea. Now any other sailing trip looks like a short weekend jaunt. All went well except…
March 22 – update
March Tuesday 22 Started off today with good winds. We had real trouble preventing the boat heading up into the wind all the time, too much weather helm, so we reduced the main down to the third reef and things…
March 21 Update
Mon 21 March At the end of today all the crew needed a show to wash off all the coal dust. We have been working a hard day at the coal mines at least that is what it felt like…
March 20 Update
Sunday March 19 Today for the first time in about 10 days we have another yacht visible on AIS and in range of the VHF radio. The winds have been a little lighter so our reduced sail due to protect…
March 18 Updatate
March Friday 18 Another day on Zoom. Sabina is doing her excises on the trampoline, Erich studying our progress, Jacqui reading stories about sailing, Jeremy reading up navigation and sailing books, Ian fixing things on Zoom. Today the cord that…
March 18 Update
March Thur 17 I found and repaired the oil leak on the genset. It was not a diesel leaf not an oil leak. It was on the return line after the diesel has been supplied to the injectors. Took about…
March 16 Update
March Tues 15th After waking I checked the sails this morning to find that there was a large tear in the main sail on the outer layer on the windward side between first and second reefs. We had been on…
March 14 update
Wed March 2 We leave Galapagos Islands today. It has been an interesting stay but I have now seen enough Galapagos Sea lions (up close and personal, not exactly a Chanel No. 5 smell, not even close), blue footed Boobies,…