Category: Passage

Day 17 Pacific Crossing

Date: Sunday, April 29th, 2018 Time: 22:21 UTC Location: 03° 33.4′ S 123° 27.9′ W COG: 220° T SOG: 5 knots 24 hour distance traveled: 116 nm Distance to the Marquesas: 561 nm Cameron here, it’s been a maintenance day around Banyan. In fact just about every day is a maintenance day in our 43′ …

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Day 16 Pacific Crossing

Day 16 Date: Saturday, April 28th, 2018 Time: 18:52 UTC Location: 02° 16.1′ S 130° 52.1’W COG: 230° T SOG: 5 knots 24 hour distance traveled: 133 nm Distance to the Marquesas: 693 nm Well, an ocean passage wouldn’t be complete without some midnight arm wrestling with sails while a squall rages around you. I …

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Day 15 Pacific Crossing

Day 15 Date: Friday, April 27th, 2018 Time: 17:00 UTC Location: 00° 46.7’S 129° 00.5’W COG: 230° T SOG: 5 knots 24 hour distance traveled: 126 nm Distance to the Marquesas: 827 nm Greetings! We all became shellbacks at 9:35pm local time (02:35 UTC) last night. We had a little celebration before I went to …

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Day 14 Pacific Crossing

Day 14 Date: Wednesday, April 26th, 2018 Time: 17:00 UTC Location: 00° 26.7’N 127° 18.1’W COG: 230° T SOG: 5 knots 24 hour distance traveled: 151 nm Distance to the Marquesas: 954 nm Well, the water-maker is back on line! SHOWER TIME!!! I have a feeling that we were just going too fast the last …

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Day 13 Pacific Crossing

Day 13 Date: Tuesday, April 25th, 2018 Time: 17:00 UTC Location: 02° 10.8’N 125° 28.0’W COG: 230° T SOG: 6.3 knots 24 hour distance traveled: 169 nm Distance to the Marquesas: 1103 nm All is well on board except for the fact that the water-maker pump just broke – cue dramatic arguments over the most …

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Day 12 Pacific Crossing

Day 12 Date: Tuesday, April 24th, 2018 Time: 17:00 UTC Location: 03° 45’N 123° 11′ W COG: 230° T SOG: 6.5 knots 24 hour distance traveled: 114 nm Distance to the Marquesas: 1271 nm Cameron here as Annie’s still fast asleep (as she should be)! It’s funny because we work almost 100% off UTC or …

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Day 11 Pacific Crossing

Date: MONDAY, April 23nd, 2018 Time: 17:00 UTC Location: 05° 24.0’N 122° 12.8′ W COG: 180° T SOG: 5 knots 24 hour distance traveled: 105 nm Distance to the Marquesas: 1380 nm Saludos! We are within 20 miles of being half way there!!!! And we are firmly in the ITCZ with variable to no wind, …

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Day 10 Pacific Crossing

Day 10 Date: Saturday, April 22nd, 2018 Time: 17:00 UTC Location: 06° 51.0’N 121° 09.2′ W COG: 224° T SOG: 6.5 knots 24 hour distance traveled: 156 nm Distance to the Marquesas: 1483 nm This morning I woke up to the fishing line going off. All the usual commotion commenced but it became clear that …

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Day 9 Pacific Crossing

Day 9 Date: Saturday, April 21st, 2018 Time: 17:00 UTC Location: 08° 39’N 119° 16′ W COG: 225° T SOG: 6.0 knots 24 hour distance traveled: 150 nm Distance to the Marquesas: 1638 nm Hi Guys, I’m back on the horse! It is helpful when she is moving along at a good rate of speed. …

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Day 8 Pacific Crossing

Day 8 Date: Friday, April 20th, 2018 Time: 17:00 UTC Location: 10° 08.1’N 117° 14.1′ W COG: 226° T SOG: 6.0 knots 24 hour distance traveled: 91 nm Distance to the Marquesas: 1775 nm This is Cameron again; Annie’s feeling a little queasy so she’s back on the Bonine and resting in the cockpit. We’ve …

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