November 8th How can this be? We have enjoyed six sunny days out of each week since leaving Kodiak Town, even our high wind days have been mainly sunny. We have been told that the weather depends on where you are on the island, but we hope Kodiak Town is […]
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Yes the wind is increasing, the temperature is dropping, and the rainy to sunny day ratio is 3 to 1, respectively. Today is a misty day but the weather forecast looks good, so we are off to cruise around Kodiak another month. Marj had a safe flight home and we […]
We left Honolulu on Sunday, July 16th and proceeded westerly around the south side of Oahu and then turned north along the west side of Oahu. At 3 hours into our trip everything was good, that was until Sara asked Wade where he put the spear guns, boat hooks, gaffs […]
We walked off the boat this morning to drums beating and Polynesian dancers arriving on small boats, along with many other small boats and outriggers. Tahiti welcomed Paul Meilhat SMA Vendee solo racer with open arms after his withdraw from third place. He left the Vendee race because of a […]
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 […]
The wind became an eerie calm as we entered the thickest part of the ITCZ. The air was moist, hazy, and absent of wind. All around us a wall of grey with spots of dark patches connecting the clouds to the ocean, it’s if a cloud sat on the ocean […]
What day is it? It is amazing how easy it is to lose track of what day it is after a few days at sea, but counting the number of noon reports written and adding them to our departure date, or looking at a laptop, or the SSB, or the […]
Oh, what a wonderful and starry night! We both slept well and the red morning did not prove to be a warning. We are not as concerned of storms today because we have Cumulus and Stratocumulus clouds around us. This is good, as well as the infrared satellite WeatherFax showing […]
There is a sailor’s tale that a red night is a sailor’s delight and a red morning is a sailor’s warning. This morning the sunrise illuminated the sky with deep red and orange; which reminded us of this old sailor’s tale. As we make our approach to the Inter-Tropical Convergence […]
Our first Noon Report! Position 21 degrees 19′ North and 157 degrees 45 minutes West, speed zero; yep we are still in Honolulu. But, yes, really, we are really, really are leaving right now! There is not much to report other than all systems are a “go”, weather systems included, […]