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 […]
Haahopu and Daniels Bays
Each bay we arrive in seems more magical than the last. Haahopu is on the west side of the island and in the lee from the wind and waves. It’s still breezy at times and wavy too, but not at the same level that we’ve gotten accustomed to. It’s actually been cool enough at night […]
Anaho Bay, A Daily Journal
Wednesday the 16th we finally drug our hook off the bottom where it had been longer than we’ve been anchored anywhere else on Rocket Science. We’ve been hanging out here having so much fun with s/v Morning Stars with Amanda, Jason, and 13 year old Dylan and s/v Ohana with Niclas, Hanna, 12 year old […]
Island Life
Happy Bastille Day! Life has been feeling a bit more normal- even though it’d been raining on and off all night and into the morning I opened the galley hatch to get some fresh air while making some sourdough discard pancakes the other morning. They are almost as good as our favorite sourdough waffles that […]
Landfall on Nuku Hiva
The bay of Atuona is south facing and it was a lovely midday sail coming down the east side of the island- until a cell signal from the island kicked in, the time of day jumped back 2.5 hours, and it turned into a lovely morning sail. We gave up the watch schedule, the extra […]