Another boring day…..yeah!!!!! The winds did indeed calm late morning to 8-12 kts. It was hot, humid and sunny all day. Around dusk squalls started forming mainly from the north, and winds picked up to 12-18 kts. Seas also calmed to 3-6′ E and picked up more chop w/the squalls. There has been no convection … Read More →
Monthly Archives: April 2013
Night Watches and Religious Experiences
April 29, 2013 We’ve now been underway almost 48 hours on route to Raroia in the Tuamotos. The passage thus far has been fine, with no serious issues and not much of anything to report. Rather boring, I guess, but in this world, boring can be a very, very good thing! Weather has just been … Read More →
Nuka Hiva to Raroia Tuamotus, Day 2
Actually a pretty boring day…..in our case, boring is very, very good 🙂 )))) After a very boisterous night, the seas and winds calmed somewhat this afternoon. After calming to 8-12 kts in the afternoon, we had lot’s of squalls overnight with the associated winds, 12-20 kts, primarily N-ENE. It is now daybreak and scattered … Read More →
Nuka Hiva to Raroia Tuamotus, Day 1
Well, we did it…..off at 1:30 am this morning….ugh!!!!! Conditions were pretty boisterous at the beginning. Very beamy seas; semi-rough ride…..ugh!!!!! We did indeed go to the local cultural dinner/dance. It was a fundraiser to send the local soccer team to Brazil for a big tournament. So, lot’s of local food…..many starches – taro, breadfruit, … Read More →
Nuku Hiva
It’s hard to believe that we have been in the Marquesas for over 3 weeks now…..Wow, the time has really flown for us! After Les and Rose left, John and I really scaled it back! We spent some quality time with our books, wandered around town, visited with other cruisers, and accomplished a few odd … Read More →
Heading to Raroia Tuamotus
We are a go to leave for Raroia Tuamotus tonight, Saturday night, 4/27/Sunday morning, 4/28….yeah!!!! We have been waiting for the weather to clear and it looks like a good weather window to leave tonight. It’s about 445 nm and it will take us around 60 hours at a speed of 7.4 kts. We should … Read More →
Marquesas Photos
Here are a few of the photos from our time at the Marquesas. Enjoy!
Staying in the Marquesas Another Week
We are still in Taiohae Nuka Hiva….just a very lovely, big and so far not too rolly anchorage. AND, we have finally run out of gas!!!! Les and Rose left yesterday and we are extremely sad/depressed to see them go…..sniff, splat, sniff, splat….can you see the tears hitting the keyboard 🙁 (((( We had closing … Read More →
Tahuata to Nuka Hiva
We are now on passage from Tahuata to Anahoe on the north side Nuka Hiva. It’s a run of 90 nm or about 12 hours. We left Tahuata at 8:00pm so another night passage. The seas and winds are on the boisterous side – winds E 13-20 kts, seas E 5-8’…..our heading is 310M so … Read More →
Passage Hangover
We have now been here in the Marquesas a week. I really apologize for not getting something up sooner on the blog, but the truth is that I have been really tired and unfocused…..Passage hangover, I suppose…… And it’s not just me….Seems like we’ve all been a bit slow. We’ve kept going, getting our chores … Read More →
