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Day two was pretty uneventful. That is always a good thing. Motorsailing last night we shook two battens out of the main sail accidentally. It aeppears one landed on the deck, the other did not. It made a loud and alarming noise in the dark, but nothing was visibly wrong. Read On..

The first day to New Caledonia has been almost by the book from what we expected of the weather. Our weather forecasts predicted light to no wind the first night, and light Southerly breezes today. The expectation is that later in the trip the Southeast Trade Winds will fill in Read On..

Apologies to all for dropping off the face of the earth after our last post off the coast of New Zealand. One thing I did not mention is that while we were en route to New Zealand I got word from the states that my ninety-seven year old grandfather had Read On..

Sometimes you just have to FIX some things. Readers may recall we’ve had some struggles with out freezer, mostly relating to it leaking refrigerant – that actually seems fixed.  There is one other design flaw in it that also causes occasional troubles in the tropics – we can’t open the Read On..

Land Ho! We’ve been able to see Fiji pretty much all day now. Specifically we an enormous volcanic mountain and the attached land, which we believe to be Kadavu Island with it’s 828 meter peak of Nabukelevu (also called Mt. Washington), an extinct volcano. That is not our destination, however Read On..

As I said in the first post about Isla Isabela, it is one of our favorite places we’ve visited so far.  The abundant wildlife, the beautiful scenery and the sleepy little town all make it someplace special.  But tempis is always busy fugiting and our six month extended visas were Read On..

Recently an American vessel named Evenstar was lost on route to Ecuador from Panama.  All hands were rescued safely by a passing freighter. IT WAS NOT US. There was a second Evenstar sharing the anchorage with us in Panama.  I met the owner a couple of times and I’d like Read On..

We’re making our first trip back the the United States tomorrow to join our families for the holidays this year. It is cold there. It is snowing there. I have worn long pants twice in the last year – once to Divali and once to clear Panamanian Customs.  I own Read On..

OK, OK!  To all my friends harassing me on social media I’ll stop wasting time out there and update the blog already! We’ve been in Grenada now for close to a month.  I’ve got a few more trip reports to do, such as our visit to Union Island and checking Read On..