As we are concluding our second week at sea, we both have the feeling of “are we there yet”? We were pleased the winds increased enough for us to have brief moments of sailing 9 knots. Generally the wind is not steady enough to maintain the 9 knots, but steady […]
Yearly Archives: 2017
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Each night seems to get colder the closer we get to Hawaii. We understand there is a cold front positioned above the islands, but piling on the layers in the night has us thinking about a cozy warm full boat enclosure. Christmas 2015 Wade found a deal on a few […]
This morning began with the wind becoming more light and soon it was blowing only 8 to 9 knots even though the forecast called for just a little bit more wind. We talked about flying a spinnaker, but decided to be patient and see if the wind would improve, especially […]
Thankfully the wave and swell height decreased to a more comfortable range of 6 to 8 feet. We were able to put out full sail and maintain our 7 knot speed average with the wind speed average decreasing to 14 knots. But slowly as we have left French Polynesia the […]
We woke this morning to our new 20 lb teak Marquesan Bowl from Ua Huka flying across the room, fortunately, the salon cushions also went flying and protected the crew, boat, and bowl, from any damage. We have been excited to have the increase in wind and to finally be […]
It is again another day at sea and it can become a little more difficult for to determine of what to write that may be interesting. For instance, we watched our entire stalk of bananas turn yellow today; this is pretty exciting stuff huh? Well it was a little bit […]
We were a little disappointed that the Easter Bunny did not find us on the ocean, but we made up for a basket of sugary sweetness with mango crepes for breakfast. We pulled out a roast from the freezer and had a lovely Easter Sunday roast beef, potatoes, and carrots. […]
We stocked up on so much fruit before we left we have been eating each piece in order of what is the most ripen. Today we had several mangoes become ripe so we pressure canned five jam jars. The ripest mangoes we used for mango ice cream that will hopefully […]
The sun rose this morning filling the sky with reds, oranges, and pinks and reflecting on the glassy water. The ocean looked like a large reflecting pool with not a single ripple. Just Drifting cut through the water with ease and there was very little swell. Originally the plan was […]
We had not crossed the equator at noon but at dusk we are saying hello to the north pacific ocean. Today was another windless day with the motor running at 2100 RPMs and we have been fairly steady at 5.0 knots motor sailing. We have been really well rested and […]
We are in the doldrums as our weather forecast has accurately predicted. We realize that we should not dwell on what has happened in the past, but it is very annoying to pull the weather each day and see if we would have not been detained by the crazy man […]
We have no wind! We have been motor sailing the whole day, but sometimes we put the sails away because they are no help at all. We had planned to leave a day earlier to stay ahead of these doldrums but had to stay and report the crazy man in […]