We arrived in the Marquesas on the 20th of May and are only just leaving now, on the 7th of April—18 lovely’s days in these islands. As I mentioned in the last blog, the first week was a little hectic with all the jobs that needed doing, but once that was behind us, our time was mostly spent exploring ashore and diving. The above-water adventures are best summed up by the genuine kindness of the locals, the lush, towering landscapes, and the easy camaraderie shared with other

We made landfall in the Marquesas after 22 days at sea. The rest of our time out there was pretty uneventful; the wind died down to 5 knots there for a while, and being so close it was quite frustrating to slow down so much, but hey, that’s sailing. A 22 day passage from the Galapagos is neither fast nor slow, so we cannot complain.  Making landfall after so much time on the water is personally one of the things I was looking forward to the most on this trip. Nowadays, a trav

If all goes well and according to plan, this should be the longest leg of the entire trip! The passages across the Indian ocean and the Atlantic fall somewhere in the 2000 nm range, so were hoping they will be easy after this one (famous last words). So far, everything has been great; we are currently 14 days into the trip, and we still have 1150 nm to go. The first couple of days fresh out of Puerto Ayora, the wind was barely blowing and we ended up motoring for a couple day