To begin with, here are a couple photos from our days at sea. We didn’t get many nice sunsets, but the few we got were beautiful. We also had a huge rainbow around the boat the days it rained.
We dropped anchor at 6:00 am local time on May 19, just as the sun was coming up (8:30 am PST). The view of Taiohae was just as we had seen in photos. Continue reading
We have made it halfway to the Marquesas! We are not sure what location is the most remote distance you can be away from any land in the world. We figure at about our current position we have to be at least in the top 3.
Remember in the last blog when Continue reading
We are almost one third of the way.
The routine has pretty well set in. Doing watch, eating, sleeping, doing engine room checks, checking communications, etc. The obvious fact that we are about hundreds of miles from the nearest land (Mexico’s Guadalupe Island) occasionally comes to mind. The seas have picked up, and there is no doubt we are on the open ocean. We get a combination of a swell and wind wave about every minute or so gives us some strong roll, even with the stabilizers. We estimate these waves to be about 8 feet or so. Anything requiring moving around takes extra concentration and careful timing between rolls. Continue reading
Our route to Nuka Hiva is almost a straight line, but not quite. This morning we altered course slightly to 210 degrees true. Our next way point is N19-30.67 by W 125-04.60, which we expect to reach in about 60 hours. In case you have not noticed Continue reading
Day 4 San Diego to Nuka Hiva
Position: N26-24.41, W 120-49.26 (417 miles from San Diego) at 0008 UTC Speed and direction: 5.6 knots, 207 degrees true.
Sending and getting e-mails and phone calls (via the satellite phone) makes us feel not too disconnected from civilization, but of course… Continue reading