To Fiji
I have been totally useless at keeping this blog up to date; so once again it is catch up time. The voyage from Tahiti to Fiji continued much as it was on my last update; fairly fast and boisterous. We …
Category: PassageMaking
Tracking Pelagic Australis
For those who want to track our voyage from Cape Town to Stanley; you can view the boat’s tracker via the Pelagic Expeditions website via this direct link. Estimated departure is the morning of Wednesday 3rd August.
Cape Town to Stanley
A screenshot from TZ Navigator V3 showing some of our past trips (in red) and a couple of sketched in options (in blue). The forecast is long range one paused on 12 August and the little blue boat icon shows …
Tahiti – paradise, not; and expensive to boot.
17:43.94S 149:19.65W Hao was a very pleasant stop but soon it was time to get moving again. We had been continuously watching the weather forecasts looking for a good window to move on to the next destination but as previously …
The Dangerous Islands
18:04.50S 140:56.60W The Tuamotus have been known as the “Dangerous Archipelago” in the past due to their very low aspect and poor charts. The highest point on Hao is recorded as being only 3m above sea level. The coconut palms …
Landfall; Rikitea, Mangareva, Gambier Islands
23:06.79S 134:58.01W We have finally arrived somewhere that has a proper anchorage, somewhere where we can anchor in still waters, and somewhere that we can set foot on dirt. We had been 32 days at sea (including one night in …
Chau Chau Wolfgang, chau South America, aloha Polynesia
25:38.00S 126:39.00W – 200 Miles East of Pitcairn Island. Our battered Chilean courtesy flag, now retired A week of trade wind sailing at last. We have had only one slow day during the last week and even then we made …
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No Trade Winds, No Fish, Plenty of time.
Friday 04 March 2016 26:50.50S 101:34.00W – 400 miles East of Easter Island You may have guessed from the title of this post that we have not found the fabled Trade Winds yet. The past week has seen mostly light …
Searching for the South East trade winds
Isla Robinson Crusoe; in our wake Friday 26th February 2016 27:32.00S 089:44.5W – 1000 miles east of Easter Island There is not a lot to report this week, we are at sea heading in the general direction of Easter Island, …
In search of Man Friday
Paula tests a flare Saturday 13 February 2016 37:14.00S 075:30.00W – Pacific Ocean 260NM SE of Isla Juan Fernandez Off at last. With the engine repaired we did our final provisions shop in Puerto Montt and got everything stowed. Tuesday …