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We left the Bay of Islands in Vanua Balavu around 5 pm. We made it out of the pass before dark. It was quite windy, Riki’s guess was 20-25 knots, but it was from behind so it felt like less. (We don’t have a gauge that tells us the wind speed.) It was also a… Read more

One of Wade’s two favorite activities on Guava is standing on the nav table and pulling all of the baseball caps off of the ship’s bell where they are stored. Then he likes to ring the bell. Whenever we are down below his gaze drifts to the hats, his eyes light up, and he starts… Read more

In Spite of Ourselves is the name of a John Prine song that he sings with Iris De Ment. It’s a love song with some funny lyrics. John Prine has a special place in both Riki & my hearts because when we met in Savu Savu, Fiji two years ago Riki was playing guitar and… Read more

The other night while lying in bed before we went to sleep, Riki and I were talking about some of the differences between life here and life back home in the States. Some things are undeniably harder about living on a 35 foot boat than living in a 1350 square foot house. For example, when… Read more

After a month of being in Savu Savu, mostly at the dock at the marina, we sailed away. We left at noon on Saturday in light easterly winds. We motor sailed with our mainsail up but no jib, heading east towards Vanua Balavu. Our destination was 115 miles away–an overnight passage. We could have picked… Read more