June began in Nuku Hiva with new friends and awesome hikes. We traveled through our last stretch of the Marquesas to the island of Ua Pou and then had a longer than expected passage to the Tuamotus atoll of Kauehi and then on to Fakarava. Videos are uploading to Youtube better than the blog, but …
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May in 1 Moment a Day
May began while we were still on passage crossing the Pacific Ocean and saw our arrival into Hiva Oa in the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia. We had an absolute blast in the Marquesas. We were blessed by few bugs and moderate rains.
Back on Board!
We spent 4 months on Banyan in the spring of last year and put her to bed while we RV’d all over the US and Canada. We had an awesome time and it was mainly necessary because of work… and I really wanted to spend the holidays with family. Now, I can not begin to …
February in 1 Second a Day
Back Aboard! In February we reunited with our home, SV Banyan. We made a passage from Guaymas down to La Cruz, MX and are now marina bound until we get our outboard engine fixed. The girls are very pleased with this scenario as they can hop on and off the boat meeting old friends and …
Sailing the Sea
Oh, the Sea of Cortez! We haven’t spent tons of time in the Sea of Cortez. In 2015 we only made it up to San Evaristo, a small bay about 1/4 of the way up the sea on the Baja peninsula. It was just after Thanksgiving, it was BLOWING a “screaming blue norther” and really …