After an overnight passage we arrive at the pass for Huahini. Getting in the pass wasn't too bad even with a south swell pumping and the surfers enjoying the perfect wave conditions. However navigatin ...
Huahini Magic
Moorea Hiking and Unexpected Delights around Opunohu Bay
Moorea is just a short day sail from Tahiti. We picked an anchorage on the North Side of Moorea, but it was crowded, there were lots of bommies, and there were tour boats whizzing by. The next day we ...
Tahiti: Getting stuff done and having fun
Papeete in Tahiti is about as different as you can get from Tikehau. We booked at slip a Papeete Marina so we could be right in town close to all the restaurants and hardware stores.The Papeete marina ...
Tikehau Manta Rays & Exploring an Atoll
After a very restful night at The Garden Farm, we traveled to Tikehau Manta Cleaning Station. It's located just off a small Motu. Motu is word the Polynesians use for a small island in an atoll or off ...
Tikehau in the Tuamotus Ile d Eden
We left Nuku Hiva for our next 5 day passage. We started in the afternoon, and were rewarded on our first night with around 20-30 dolphins that stuck around for about 30 minutes. We hadn't seen many d ...
Exploring the Marquesas
Our first stop was Hanamoenoa Bay. What a treat! We finally enjoyed a calm anchorage and caught up on sleep. This bay is known for being one of the few calm anchorages, plus we had the opportunity to ...
Crossing the Pacific to Marquesas Islands
We left the Galapagos Islands for Marquesas Islands on March 4th 2026.The Galapagos are south of the Equator so now where officially sailing in the southern hemisphere. Luckily this passage was mostly ...
Galapagos
After 50 years of dreaming of coming to Galapagos, I've finally made it! Our Passage was rather more eventful than I was hoping. Our original Starlink finally died. Naturally we were in the middle of ...
Panama Canal & Las Perlas
We were excited to be finally going through the canal. The World ARC had us go through as a group. There were 4 groups of 2 or 3 boats a piece. There are 3 locks but the first lock as 2 sections to br ...
Preparing for the Panama Canal and Beyond
In Preparing for long distance sailing, we've done a few things that will help, to keep the boat going through our circumnavigation. 1st is more Solar... Yes that's what I said. We now have 1900 Watts ...