I am writing this while we are on passage from Makemo to Tahanea. I’m not sure when I’ll send….either in tonight’s emails or in tomorrow mornings batch!! HAPPY MOM’S DAY TO ALL THE MOM’S OUT THERE!!!!! Hope your day was a special one!!!! Today is a double celebration on Mystic Moon – Mother’s Day and … Read More →
Category Archives: Captain’s Log
Cinco de Mayo
So, how was your May 5th….Cinco de Mayo….for some who had birthdays…..Rose, Les, Mark and Sandy….we hope it was a great day of celebration and Monday was a day of rest 🙂 )))) For us, it was one of those bitter/sweet days. The sweet was waking up, coffee, doing a few emails and discovering we … Read More →
Arrival in Makemo Tuamotus
We arrived in Makemo around 4:00 to find the pass a boiling mess…..overfalls, whirlpools, rapids, the works, arghhhhhhh….WTH…..our best guess was slack was at 3:15 and 45 minutes later it looks like the Malibu rapids….should we wait….well, sunset is @ 5:00 and we need to find the anchorage and there are coral reefs around and … Read More →
Leaving Raroia for Makemo
We left Raroia around 6:00 am heading for Makemo. It’s about 75 nm and will take us about 10 hours. The weather for now is calm, good trawler like seas and wind…..maybe 5-10 kt NE and seas 1-2’…we shall see if this holds up 🙂 )))) We left a day earlier than planned as per … Read More →
Arrival in Raroia Tuamotus
Well we did it!!! We are anchored on the east side of Raroia Tuamotus safe and sound. Anchor was down at 3:45 pm yesterday and the passage beer opened soon thereafter. Our timing through the cut was off. By our estimate, slack should have been 2:00 and we arrived @ 2:30….just a half hour off…..well, … Read More →
Nuka Hiva to Raroia Tuamotus, Day 3
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
