Above Taiohae Bay

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Giant manta rays are always around the boat here in Taioha’e Bay, but until the drone went up we didn’t have any idea just how many there really were. These guys will also let us swim with them, getting within a few feet, but because of the silty water (due … Read More

Landfall

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We bought this boat nearly a year ago. Didn’t move aboard for a couple of months. Then it was dead of summer in Mexico and we were holed up inside most of the time waiting out the heat, looking forward to cruising season. When the weather cooled, and we were … Read More

We’re Off

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Twenty years ago, in April of 2003, Ali and I would have been in Chicago getting ourselves ready to go sailing for the first time. Or we would have been in Minnesota, breaking the news to our family that we were leaving success behind in our twenties to go off … Read More

July 2004

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july 1 2004 : pacific ocean crossing This sucks. Our nice steady trade winds have abandoned us. We have eight knots of wind right now and are making very slow progress. The forecast for the next two days doesn’t look any better. So what was looking like a very fast … Read More