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  • Anchored at Taiohae Bay, Nuku Hiva

    Anchored at Taiohae Bay, Nuku Hiva

    06/13/2007 08 54.87 S, 140 05.92 W After a month in many different anchorages on five Marquesan islands we have returned to the large village of Taiohae for the last chance at provisioning before the 500nm crossing to the Tuamotus for centuries know as “the dangerous archipelego” consisting on a couple of hundred square miles of… Read more

  • Anchored at Anaho, Nuka Hiva

    Anchored at Anaho, Nuka Hiva

    06/06/2007 08 49.43 S, 140 03.85 W So here is the scene. We are sailing in 15-20kts of wind in partly cloudy skies with occasional squalls (short bursts of incredibily heavy rain, a deluge that rarely lasts more than 15 minutes)a welcome power wash Guava and us, the sheer walls and towering spires of the island… Read more

  • Pacific Passage

    Pacific Passage

    05/09/2007Anchored at Ile Fatu Hiva, Marquesas Twenty-four days, 7 hours is all it took to cross the pacific from the Galapagos to the first available landfall….the Marquesas Islands. Within almost 200nm between the first and last islands lie 6 major inhabited islands and as many uninhabited islets and rocks, all volcanic in origin. The largest… Read more

  • Anchored at Isla Isabela, Galapagos

    Easter, 2007 It looks like we are now committed to the big crossing. After clearing in at Isla San Cristobal (00 53.79 S 89 36.68 W) we bypassed the busier Santa Cruz for the last land mass before reaching the Marquesas which lie WSW about 3000nm away. We look forward to what is usually the… Read more

  • Passage to Galapagos, Ecuador

    Passage to Galapagos, Ecuador

    03/28/2007 10 nm east of Isla San Cristobal Watching the nearly full moon set beyond the first island since departing the mainland 4 days ago I am tempted to ring the ship’s bell and shout ‘LAND HO!!’. Then remembering my first mate upon completing her 10pm-2am shift is probably deep in REM sleep I decide… Read more