Tahiti sounds nice 19th November 2018   Here we are in Tahiti, yipeeeeeee. It’s great to have that passage over and done with. I definitely didn’t want to leave the Tuamotos, we could have explored way more atolls but it is cyclone season (though cyclones are rare in this part of the world, and more … Continue reading Tahiti – for Cyclone season

Toau, Ans Amyot (false pass)  8/11/17 Here we are in this absolutely stunning little anchorage that looks like a pass into the atoll but is not, as there is a shallow reef. Mums first real sail outside an atoll was nice and calm and pleasant, she was calm and enjoying the surroundings. We actually had … Continue reading Tuamotos Part 3 – Anse Amyot

    31/10/17   We made sure we were safely in the atoll 4 days prior to mum arriving, just in case of bad weather stopping us getting in the pass.  The pass into the atoll went well, the wind has been light for a few days and the swell down, so was easy to … Continue reading Tuamotos Part 2 – Fakarava Atoll

    Makemo Atoll - 7th October   Woooo Hooooooo we are here, finally. Talk about a horrendous passage, it was only 3 days but it was hard, I felt exhausted the whole time and nauseous on and off, except when we got in the lee of the islands (upon which I had everyone scrubbing … Continue reading Tuamotos Part 1 – Makemo Atoll, October 2017

    Hiva Oa Atuona bay As Sienna wrote in her diary ‘it’s great to be on land again’, it really was. The first day we slept and recovered a little. The second day we thought we should go to the village (as they call it here, how cute) to customs (whom had the friendliest … Continue reading French Polynesia : Marquesas, 11/11 – 4/10 2017

  Night Watch Day 6: Here we are in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, it’s quite a surreal feeling knowing you’re so far away from anyone or any land. I try not to think about it too much, or it makes me stress a little. This is when I put my trust in God … Continue reading Galapagos to Marquesas Passage: 24th August 2017

  We are finally here after 6 ½ days, motoring for around 3 days then sailing up wind beating and bashing ourselves and poor Neverland. We picked a weather window with light southerlies on our nose rather than strong southerlies on the nose, a better option. Our crossing from South America to Galapagos was really … Continue reading GALAPAGOS ISLANDS: 6th – 26th August 2017

    Night watch Day 2:   I just got up to do a 10 minutely watch, it’s night time and I’m alone! Yay I was  so needing some alone time. I have been very grumpy and grouchy the last few days, granted we just started sailing again and we’re motoring upwind into seas (which … Continue reading Las Perlas to Galapagos Passage: 30th July – 6th August.

  Woooooo Hoooooo I just got woken up by Stu and Sienna saying “there’s whales at the bow of the boat!”, up I jump, well as fast as I can first thing in the morning! I walked to the bow to see hump backs about 10 boat lengths away, so cool. As I was opening … Continue reading Panama City and Las Perlas : 21st-30th of July 2017

Transmitting the Panama Canal, this is such an exciting thing for us. We have read, picked peoples brains and researched the organisation and the actual crossing details. Stu volunteered as a line handler on S/V Carumba to experience the canal before our crossing, so finally it is our turn to do the crossing. By the … Continue reading Panama part 5: The Panama Canal 19 &20th July 2017