Hi All, Last night our winds switched around sunset and we had to take a gamble of sailing south, which would put us a little closer towards our destination but not making any easting we desperately need before the winds change back to being out of the east or sail […]
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Hi All, We are now one day on our way towards Bora Bora. The winds and sailing have been great with us making a few degrees better course than expected and today was lovely. Around sunset however, the wind shifted about 50 degrees and we are now on a course […]
This afternoon at around 5 pm we left the lovely Island of Penrhyn and are now on our way to Bora Bora, we hope. Our destination is on a course of 142 degrees and a distance of about 585 miles. For the two hours we have now been under way […]
We caught our first fish and we weren’t even fishing. Relaxing and celebrating our Happy Friday we were listening to some sweet new tunes, recommended by Sara’s cousin Anthony, as Sara noticed a mess of birds about 100 yards from the boat. Wade quickly jumped up and released a fishing […]
The miles keep decreasing as do the number of bananas, albeit both quite slowly. And speaking of miles, we keep doing what we can to try to arrive in Penrhyn before Sunday. Work of any sort is frowned upon on Sundays, as well as departures, so we are sure Penrhyn […]
Yes, only about 125 more bananas to go (take one down, pass it around, 124 more bananas hanging around). We ate several, froze some, and dehydrated a bunch too. Unfortunately, our solar power was diminishing around 5 pm so we had to unplug the dehydrator and we can finish off […]
There is something to say about crossing the equator and if you’ve never crossed the equator at sea then you are a Slimy Pollywog. There are even some that would go so far as to say that if you’ve never gone through the nautical ritualistic hazing ceremony and stand in […]
Not much new to repost today except that we had a 986 foot long ship (size and name determined from broadcasted AIS information) pass within 2 miles of us. Also a boat called “Kiwi 986” was unsuccessfully trying to reach the US Coast Guard on the VHF radio, so we […]
We are underway now for over a day and it was near as difficult leaving Fanning Island as it was leaving Hawaii. The kind people of Fanning kept wanting to get together one last time to say good bye, but finally we did leave on July 30th with a final […]
We have pulled up anchor, lowered colors, and set sail for Penrhyn. We have enjoyed our time in Fanning but we need to move on in order to avoid cyclone season at other islands we’d like to visit. We’d like to apologize for the lack updates these past few weeks, […]
In the Navy, after the anchoring evolution was complete, the boatswain would call out, “Anchored, Shift Colors”, which meant the ship’s anchor is holding and to move the ensign from the spreaders to the fantail and raise the jack staff. We have met our destination! Last night and this morning’s […]
To Fall Off in sailing means to steer away from the wind; Point Higher is to point the bow closer to the wind. By definition then wouldn’t Fall Off to Point Higher be an oxymoron statement? We have a hundred fifty more miles to go and we are pointing the […]