Enjoying Nuku Hiva
We have spent the past several days since arrival clearing Customs (which took 3 days), reprovisioning, and hiking around the … Continue reading Enjoying Nuku Hiva
We have spent the past several days since arrival clearing Customs (which took 3 days), reprovisioning, and hiking around the … Continue reading Enjoying Nuku Hiva
After an easy night motoring upwind 155 NM, we dropped anchor around 0900 in Baie Hanavavae, nestled among towering peaks … Continue reading Fatu Hiva: Gem of the Marquesas
Saturday April 30, as I relieved Travis to begin my 2000-2400 watch, the fine SE winds had already decreased from … Continue reading Land Ho!
Last night, shortly after going off watch at 2000 hrs., a large squall line appeared on our Doeppler radar, and … Continue reading Day 11: The Dreaded Doldrums
With 1536 NM to go, we are nearing our halfway point, which puts us ahead of our scheduled 19 days … Continue reading Day 8: Just Another Routine 2850 NM Passage
Since sailing, motoring, and ultimately trucking “Nor’easter” back to Lake Erie from the East Coast last summer, my wife and … Continue reading Still Crazy After All These Years
We left Hooumi Bay to head back to Taiohae in desperate need of WiFi to download tide tables for the … Continue reading The Bataan Death March
We saw the gray Toyota Helix truck from afar as it cruised down the concrete paved main road of Taiohae … Continue reading Trucks, Tattoos, and Tikis
After a long day last week on Hiva Oa fixing our propeller problem, Things that go “Klunk” in the night, … Continue reading Hangin’ With the Locals
“How far from those rocks are we?”, my dad shouted from the helm. I shined my headlamp towards the shore … Continue reading Fatu Hiva