Well we’re still in Nuku Hiva waiting for the weather to settle down. According to all the forecasts we should be good to go tomorrow. And quite honestly our little boat would have done fine if we had left sooner. But it would have been definitely uncomfortable and the arrival at the Tuamotus would have…
We came back 25 miles to Nuku Hiva yesterday so we could find a pharmacy and some vaseline. It was a pretty bouncy ride with 15-18 knot east-northesterlies just forward of the beam and big easterly seas. You would think that on an island where there are 2 tatoo artists who keep pretty busy that…
We’re on the island of Ua Pou in the northern Marquesas waiting for a weather window to head south to the Tuamotus. For the next two days the wind is forecast to be 4-6 knots between here and there. Then it kicks up to 15 and the low 20’s after that as far as the…
We’ve been in Tiaohae Bay on Nuku Hiva in the Marquesas for 4 days now and it’s about time to get moving on. We rented a car the first day with Brit & Axel and toured all around the island. We picked up the replacement latch for our windvane and Rob fixed that. He also…
We’re in Baie Hapatoni on the Island of Tahuata in the Marquesas Group of French Polynesia (S09 57.836 W139 07.136 on Google Earth). The beauty of the Marquesas continues to marvel us at every stop. After three years in Latin America we’ve got to admit it’s quite refreshing to be in a place where the…
We had arrived at Hiva Oa on Wednesday afternoon and planned to rent a car on Friday, so we thought we’d skip checking in on Thursday and do it Friday while we had the car. Our friends on Carina who we were sharing the car with decided to check in Thursday anyway so we stopped…
Well we’re definitely not in Kansas, Ecuador, Central America or Mexico anymore. Two dozen eggs, 1 large cucumber, 4 small tomatoes and a head of cabbage. In Ecuador that’s maybe $3.20 (probably $2.20 if you’re a local). In Panama maybe $4.50 and in Mexico probably $5.00. So what do you think that cost here in…
Miles traveled: 3,165 Days on passage: 24 days 30 minutes We normally don’t do broadcast emails like this because we hope our friends and family are occasionally checking our website, but this time we want to make the big announcement that we finished our South Pacific passage today! It was a long 24 days and…