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 […]
French Polynesia In Reverse
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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 […]
In Honolulu we had taken a weather class that suggested the best way to cross the equator transiting to Hawaii or French Polynesia is to sail along the equator and once you are able to see a hole in the clouds over the equator and ITCZ make a run to […]
We were discussing what we wanted for lunch and decided to snack on a pomplemouse on the back of the boat. Just as we were taking our first bite Sara saw a fish hit the lure. She grabbed the line and started to pull it in, we got a 40 […]
We arrived yesterday after a sweet sail from Ua Pou, but we did not make it in time to finish the 2-hour Vaipo waterfall hike before nightfall. Along the way, we met Kua (Koo-awe) and she asked if we were interested in exchanging goods like olive oil and chocolate cake […]
Hakahau bay is very busy with the Arc, a sailing group from San Diego, arriving in Marquesas. Each day two boats arrive and sometimes a boat will leave, which makes for a tight anchorage. We had heard of a waterfall hike in Hakahetau, the village to the west, so we […]
A couple of day ago we motor sailed from Haahopu Bay Nuku Hiva to the main town Hakahau Bay Ua Pou. We went to town and immediately started to provision for our finally weeks in the Marquesas and the trip back to Hawaii. We were pleasantly surprised to here from […]
On our way from the Uncharted Bay north Nuku Hiva we trolled a line and as we rounded the point near the airport we caught another 40 lbs yellow-fin tuna. During the last tuna canning session outside of Anaho Bay we defrosted the freezers and realized we had a lot […]
On the north side of Nuku Hiva there is a pair of bays to the west of Hatiheu Bay. Josh came in first and picked the east bay because it appeared to be more protected and it looked like maybe someone lived in the west bay (Hakaea). We had been […]
For the most of Sara’s life she has eaten out and hardly ever prepared meals at home. Cooking has always been this novel thing that one day she would learn how to do so she collected cookbooks. She has onboard almost 50 different styles of cookbooks. Her favorite cookbook is […]
We anchored in Anaho Bay because we are very well protected and the boat does not roll but wanted to see the sites in the neighboring bay called Hatiheu Bay. The Hatiheu Bay is commonly very uncomfortable. The bay is bigger and open to more swell so the boat would […]