April 15 Friday The others really enjoyed the drift snorkel through the pass. When they left the dock in the boat I walked around the water front to see where the boat went. The pass is only a couple of…
April 12 Update
April 12 Tuesday Well we made it Fakarava Atoll. At the skippers briefing back in Hiva Oa in the Marquesas we had an experienced cruiser of the area give us a presentation about the Tuamotu Atolls and the dangers of…
April 9 Update
April 9 Sat We are now only 61 miles from Fakarava Atoll which is about 10 hours away. That should get us there about 2:30pm if nothing else changes. Ha Ha fat chance of that. We have been motoring all…
April 6 Update
April 6 Wednesday We left Taiohae Bay, and moved to Hakatea Bay. This was a very beautiful bay with very high volcanic mountains surrounding us so gave very good protection from the wind and swell. Unfortunately the high mountains cut…
April 1 update
April 1 Friday We visited the island of Tahuata and stayed at Hanamoenoa Bay. This was beautiful clear water and we did some snorkeling and rested for a couple of days. On the Sunday morning we went down to a…
March 25 Update
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…