Christmas Visitors
We enjoyed our time in Taipivai and Hooumi, two anchorages to the East of Taiohae, and we lucked out that there weren’t many other boats there and the weather was awesome. Now it was time to head back over to the big town of Taiohae and get ready to pick up our cousins, Nicole, Sean […]
Four Islands, One Blog Post
Time for another big catch up! Greg and I chatted about how I could make these posts more abbreviated but to be honest, I’m writing all this so I have a way to remember things, not for a cute little story to share with anyone reading. Feel free to just scan and move on with […]
Spot, Speedy, Nacho, and Tiger
Our crossing to the isle of Tahuata in the Marquesas went smoothly, it was so nice to be out on the ocean again. The wind kept encouraging us to head further North but we stayed in point mode and arrived in Hapatoni after 74 hours of sailing. We planned not to go too fast, especially […]
Makemo
Huzzah for a new atoll! We departed Fakarava from its North pass on October 14th in the early afternoon. Our friends on Morning Stars had departed earlier in the morning so that we would both arrive during the favorable pass current. Our destination was Makemo atoll, about 150 miles away to the SE and straight […]
Chores and Weather
In the lee of a motu in the SE corner of Fakarava atoll we hid from the days of high winds with many other like minded sailors. We enjoyed the company of our friends on Tino Pai, Calypso, and Morning Stars yet there were lots more boats to meet so we had the boys zoom […]
The Joy of an Invasion
Why are we doing this? A grand adventure? A sense of accomplishment? Experience? Exploration? Discovery? All those things but what stands out right now is connecting with people. We’ve met fantastic new friends, shared stories with friends back home, and laughed with everyone. Our friend Julie took it up a level and flew all the […]
School Days
The math book and pencils are out on the table and I’m going to be looking up definitions for math terms I haven’t heard in decades, or maybe ever, as part of my new role onboard of math teacher. Our longest term buddy boat with another 13 year old boy on it, Morning Stars, had […]
Endless Days
A first has been reached today during this trip, I’m bored! The cats, like Cleo above, are pros at it but I’m a little lost. I’ve already been swimming and snorkeling and saw a new type of tang and a pretty large moray eel. Dinner is partially prepared and it’s too early to do more. […]
Fakarava Atoll
It’s almost 9pm and the anchorage is lit by the full moon. There’s quite a few boats anchored here, maybe 25, and they’re all so different. There’s quite the super mega yacht way out in the harbor with it’s masts lit up at each spreader, 5 on one and 4 on the other. The cute […]
Marquesas to Tuomotus Passage
Day One In the morning we ran to shore to get a little more produce from the vendors by the dinghy dock. We finally exited the bay after “borrowing” a filter housing from a fellow Shilshole/Taco Tuesday boater who miraculously is here too. It was fairly chill sailing, a little too hot of an angle […]