We made it to Marquesas in French Polynesia!  We anchored on the island of Hiva Oa.  There are 10 islands that make up Marquesas Islands.  French is the language and Francs are the currency. The passage across the Pacific was long.  As I mentioned before, we made it sooner than we anticipated due to the [...]

We made it!!!!!!!! It is 8am local time on Hiva Oa (we think). We are 4 miles out and motoring to our anchorage. Beautiful Islands all around us. It looks like our passage time is going to be 18 days and 1 hour…..that is just outstanding! I will keep you posted….stay [...]

Hello……only 125nm to go! We can’t see land yet but probably will by morning. We expect to be at our first Marquesas Island (Hiva oa) by noonish tomorrow!!!! We have had some strong winds and seas the last few days so I guess those prayers are working….thank you all! We have [...]

Happy Father’s Day to all of the Father’s in our lives!
492nm to go. All is well here. The seas have calmed down quite a bit and so have the winds (and so have I). We are motoring again but that is just how it goes.
A few days ago Gary had to [...]

Day 14. We continue making our way….We have 850nm miles to go. I never thought I would consider 800 miles close to anything, but I do now! Our friends, Terry, Christine and Sinbad on sailboat Sedna left Galapagos 4.5 days ahead of us. We have been in radio contact with them [...]

Well only 1,350 nm left to go. For those that like to know where we are on the globe; as of this writing (3:31pm UTC) we are 09 degrees at 25 min. South, 116 degrees at 08 min. West on a course of 256 degrees. Simply put, right, smack in the middle of [...]

The Pacific has proved to be our friend and remains relatively calm for us, as many told us it would be. Here we are 4500nm into our circumnavigation of the globe and the worst seas we have ever been in, by far, were in the U.S…..that darn Gulf Stream.
So we have sailed about [...]

We’ve been in Spanish speaking countries since we left Florida in April. That’s a long time. My Spanish definitely got a little better and Mike started to pick up a few words here and there. I even heard Gary actually say Gracias the last few days we were in the Galapagos… So now [...]

Well here we are, day 3 of our 24(ish) days at sea. It is quite peaceful out here, just as all the sailors we have met said it would be. Calmer seas and good wind. We actually put the spinnaker sail up this morning and are making great time. Our goal [...]

Hi Everyone. It’s been a little tough to get a good connection on land here so I am not able to download pictures at this time, I am sorry because we have some great pics of our adventures.
The Galapagos Islands are beautiful volcanic islands that began hundreds of thousands of years ago. It [...]