Date: Sunday, September 30th 2018 Time: 17:00 UTC Location: 13°14.85′ S, 163°06.52′ W COG n/a SOG: 0 Distance to the Suwarrow: 0 nm 24hr Distance covered: 88 nm “LAND HO!” I heard hollered from just over my hatch, right after I had heard Cameron whisper to the girls to stay quiet so I could sleep. …
French Polynesia to Suwarrow Passage – Day 5
Date: Saturday, September 29th 2018 Time: 17:00 UTC Location: 13°33.29′ S, 161°38.37′ W COG 283° T SOG: 4.7 kts Distance to the Suwarrow: 88 nm 24hr Distance covered: 112 nm Cameron here .. Just 88 miles to go! We’ll probably be able to see Suwarrow before daybreak tomorrow. We’ll slow down as much as needed to …
French Polynesia to Suwarrow Passage – Day 4
Date: Friday, September 28th 2018 Time: 17:00 UTC Location: 14°03.14′ S, 159°47.75′ W COG 283° T SOG: 5.7 kts Distance to the Suwarrow: 201 nm 24hr Distance covered: 140 nm Cameron here. Yesterday afternoon our fishing dry steak came to an end. I was down stairs doing dishes when I heard that sweet scream of …
French Polynesia to Suwarrow Passage – Day 3
Date: Thursday, September 27th 2018 Time: 17:00 UTC Location: 14° 39.87 S, 158° 07.26 W COG 286° T SOG: 6.0 kts Distance to the Suwarrow: 304 nm 24hr Distance covered: 122 nm It is so mellow out here that we have been in anchorages more uncomfortable than this. Santa Barbara and La Cruz, MX come …
French Polynesia to Suwarrow Passage – Day 2
Date: Wednesday, September 26th 2018 Time: 17:00 UTC Location: 15* 40.8640 S, 155* 38.0181 W COG 286 T SOG: 5.0 kts Distance to the Suwarrow: 461 nm 24hr Distance covered: 119 nm The seas have settled and the winds are light. Banyan is still moving despite the sails flogging a bit more than we would …
French Polynesia to Suwarrow Passage, Day 1
Date: Friday, September 25th 2018 Time: 17:00 UTC Location: 16* 11.2 S, 153* 38.9 W COG: 280* SOG: 5.5 knots Distance to Suwarrow: 577nm 24 hr Distance covered: 136nm Passage making always leaves time for a little reflection. With our time in French Polynesia run out, it is time to get some miles under the …
August in One Moment a Day
August was busy with lots of fun stuff. If you read our recent post, you know that we have met some great friends, worked, played, and have really been able to enjoy our time in paradise. Enjoy!
Back to REAL Cruising
Whenever we are sitting in a city harbor, we don’t really feel like we are cruising. We feel like we are living in a small space where getting most things done is generally inconvenienced by that fact that we live on a small boat out at anchor. We met the families on SV Alondra and …
FAQ – How Are Things Really Going?
When I recently returned home I had lots of good questions pop up from friends and family. How are the girls doing? Are they tired of the boat? The girls are doing remarkably well. They meet new friends in each place we arrive so they aren’t too lonely for good friends back home. They …
The Dangerous Archipelago II
Well, the Dangerous Archipelago certainly lived up to it’s name. While we were in the middle of the bank shenanigans we posted about last week, we all had a rude awakening of just how tenuous our relationship with the sea is. If you recall from my post on the Tuamotus, I talked about the …