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. […]
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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 […]
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 had a wonderful time anchored in Fatu Hiva. We enjoyed our evenings with our first group of sailing cruisers swapping sea stories. Chris, the woodcarver, came out to our boat with his friend and brother to teach us Marquesas Ukulele. They brought us goat coconut and papaya, Marquesas possion […]
Yesterday we poured in the fuel tank our last 12 gallons of diesel that we allowed ourselves for the passage, keeping 2 jerry jugs of reserve fuel for maneuvering around anchorages and the leeward side of Tahuata. The forecast predicted the tapering of wind down to six knots yesterday and […]
We’ve had our share of squalls while sailing the South Pacific probably because we are sailing off season and this is the rainy season. Our trip from Makemo to Fatu Hiva the squalls have been helpful because the lack of wind. We’re almost excited to see a squall pop on […]
For our non-sailing friends a starboard tack is when the wind contacts first (also referred to as windward) the starboard (right) side of the boat and a port tack, the port side is to windward. We’ve all seen beautiful sailing boats that are not level but look like they are […]
We pressured cooked our cooked chicken from yesterday, but sadly we’re not sure if it is any good. Sara forgot to refrigerate the chicken broth last night and we mistakenly added about a 1/3 cup to the canned chicken. The chicken pieces were in the freezer, but the broth stayed […]