I’ve adjusted to the feeling of sweat rolling down my back during any part of the day when I am not motionless in the shade or swimming. If that’s the price I have to pay for being in this land of heartbreaking gorgeousness, I’m willing to pay it. Photos are in Fakarava – one of […]
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April 11, 2019 We did not think it would take this long to go 500 miles but, here we are, on our fourth night at sea, unfortunately with very little wind again. We have revamped our plans yet again and scratched the idea of visiting more than one atoll before reaching Fakarava, where our friends […]
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April 10, 2019 It’s another gorgeous, star-filled night on the Pacific Ocean. We have had light winds since leaving Nuku Hiva so have been doing more motoring than sailing. Today we did some school and some boat exploration. Cobin and Willie went up the mast to the first and second spreaders and Tully, Sam, Susannah, […]
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April 9, 2019 Many stories to tell but I will start with just updating you. We have left the Marquesas and are on another passage of about 3 days. This time we are going to the Tuamoto Island group. After leaving the Galapagos, we spent two weeks at sea, landing in Hiva Oa, an island […]
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March 20, 2019 When we had 100 miles to go, John asked for our predictions on when we would sight land. Joe said that at 0 miles, he was 100% sure we would see it. John was closest with his guess of 40 miles. At 42 to go, he saw land clearly on the horizon. […]
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March 20, 2019 What a day! Highs and lows, ups and downs, births and deaths. Ok – the births didn’t actually happen today but it makes for a more dramatic opening. Let’s start with births. A couple of days ago, in what I’m guessing might be a first for a Pacific crossing, we hatched twin […]
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March 18, 2019 Another beautiful day on the Pacific. Still sailing with the spinnaker up so the luck of the Irish (or maybe Scottish?) is holding. We made a strategic choice to try to hold to the rhumb line rather than going north to get a better wind angle as other boats have done. If […]
Marquesas 12: St. Pat’s Day!
March 17, 2019 Charm is sailing like her name at the moment. If St. Patrick’s Day has brought us the luck of the Irish, that will continue all night. We had more fun putting the spinnaker up and down today. The sock (thing that makes the sail easier to deploy) wasn’t working and Joe wanted […]
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March 16, 2019 I felt like I was witnessing the answer to a riddle – there’s a dead body at the bottom of the stairs. All the doors and windows are closed. What happened? There would need to be a bit more information to make it a good riddle but you get the idea. The […]
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March 15, 2019 Race fans – watch us closely. Tomorrow, if all goes as planned, we will fly the rainbow spinnaker again. The crew and skipper have been resting up but the comfort phase has ended and we are ready to take on Nica (leader boat) again. Unfortunately, she broke her boom vang a day […]