The Marquesas Week2
Mike and Marnie did make it back on Monday so all is back to normal. All in all it has been a quiet week. We took a short trip to another bay on Nuku Hiva Island called Hakatea Bay and it was absolutely beautiful. We stayed two nights and one day took a [...]

The Marquesas
A Week Alone
For the first time in a long time ( a year) I went to church, to thank the forces to be for a great week and a safe one. Of course I did not understand anything and could not sing as it was all in French. But the Islanders singing was beautiful.
I [...]

The Passage Week 2
We are now only 500 miles from the Marquesas Islands, Latitude 10 S, Longitude 130.3 W. Only 4 days left to go.
We have had a few days this week that storms passed through, 20-30 MPH winds and rain. But as a result the boat was making great time under sail. Fishing [...]

The Passage
Week 1
We have been at sea for a week now and have another two weeks to go. We are at latitude 8 S and longitude 111 W, 1200 miles from any land. We have had to motor maybe about 20% of the time. Usually at night, when the wind dies down. But we have [...]

The Hammerhead Sharks
Well it was the big day, diving with the hammerhead sharks. So we boarded a 30’ boat 7’ beam and on this boat there were 8 divers, 2 dive masters and 2 crew. Needless to say it was very tight, but we were going to dive. On the way to the sight we [...]

The Galapagos Islands
Well we did make it on Monday, with about 20 gallons of fuel left. Near the end the wind finally did shift in our favor so we sailed the last 10 miles into the harbor (just in case). So here we are at anchor at the Island of Santa Cruz in Academy Bay. [...]

We departed Panama, finally! We expect to arrive Gallapagos by Sunday(ish). Mostly calm seas await us on this sail, not much wind so we are motoring a good portion of the way. Read on for Gary’s latest column. ….
Paralyzed in Paradise by Gary Dawson
Paralysis is not being able to move. Could be [...]

Some of you know that Gary has been writing a small column in the Charlevoix, MI newspaper each week about our sailing adventures. I am going to post his article about our transit thru the Canal to give you a little history of our adventure, below:
The Panama Canal
Well how about a little history lesson [...]