Our feelings about the Cook Islands are a bit torn.
Aitutaki was beautiful! So was Rarotonga, but because of all the bureaucracy we did not see much and basically just wanted to sail away from that port as fast as possible. We even got a letter of warning...
According to the charts the water around Bora Bora were to shallow for us but we wanted to go to the other side to snorkel so we tried anyway.The tiny passage into Maupihaa was scary! 1 knots one way, 11 knots the other way but we made it and we loved that...
We almost hit a reef in Tahaa!
We loved Tahaa and Bora Bora. We hope that you can see that from the pictures in this video. The view was amazing from the top of the mountain in Bora Bora and we got to see an octopus really close up at Tahaa.
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We did some work onboard at Tahiti and when Björn came aboard we sailed to Moorea. It was an amazing island with so much to offer. We hiked in the beautiful mountains, went for a coconut hunt, swam with sharks and stingrays and also, we spotted some humpb...
An introduction, 1,5 years later.. Sorry about that.:)
In this episode we tell you about us and our story. During the episode we jump in time and show some pictures from before we sailed away.
We also flew home, from Tahiti, in August 2018 for Lisas sist...
Toua is an atoll north of Fakarava and a small piece of heaven, except for the sharks, if you don’t like to swim with them all the time.
Our next destination was Tahiti where Lisa turned 30 and we were looking for a good place to leave Hilma during our ...
We tried to built several rudders and and came 100 NM north in three days. We had to be towed the last 40 NM before we were safe in Majuro.
We are forever grateful for all the help we got and we really hope we can continue this journey, all the way back t...
Once again we guessed wrong about the tidal and current through the pass into the Fakarava atoll. The water was boiling.
We had some nice days but we turned out to be staying longer than we’ve planned because of Oskar’s injury.
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We are following the footsteps of Thor Heyerdahl. Raroia is a wonderful place and one of the most beautiful atolls in the world. In other words, the perfect place to propose.
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Fatu Hiva in Marquesas were amazing! We loved the nature, the people, the culture, everything (except for the eels in the waterfall)!
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Our longest sea voyage so far and it was long! We saw a lot of animals and all together we had a nice sail.
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Hello Pacific! We had a few days in Balboa, near Panama City before continuing to the Pearl Islands. When we started our sail we had some trouble outside the coast of Ecuador… Not one, but four times…
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We were kind of late in the season and thought it would be a good idea to book an agent for the Panama Canal transit. That turned out to be wrong!
But, we got to see the beautiful San Blas and Hollandaise islands because of that. We also met some Swedish ...
In this episode we’re at Jamaica. We visit two different and beautiful rives where we saw some crocodiles.
On our passage to Panama we got some company.
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Finally, it was time to sail to Cuba. We celebrated Oskars birthday on our way there.
We sailed to Santiago de Cuba and it was something totally different from the other islands in the Caribbean. We loved it.
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In this episode we visit St. Martin and do some maintaining at Hilma. We are also sailing from the east to the west of the beautiful British Virgin Islands.
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Our time in beautiful Antigua was spent with friends. They flew home and we continued to Barbuda witch was so ruined, by the hurricanes.
Finally we visited the the old Swedish island, Saint Barthelemy and the capital Gustavia.
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In Guadeloupe we visited a lot of beautiful places. We got new visitors onboard and hiked to waterfalls and a volcano. We snorkeled at a wonderful reef, we visited small islands, got a huge fish and more.
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Dominica got hit hard, during the last hurricanes. It was still beautiful and we loved it. The people that we met were wonderful!
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In this episode we visit the marina at Le Marin, in Martinique. We have been a bit worried about our furler and as it turned out it wasn't good at all. Sadly, we hade to buy a new one and fix some other things.
We also got visited by Lisas family at Marti...
Here we are at Grenada, St. Vincent & the Grenadines and at St. Lucia. In this episode we are saying goodbye to Micke and meeting up with some other Scandinavian sailors and friends. We are having a great time together with card games and zip-lining. ...
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We are in the Caribbean and celebrating Christmas Eve, anchorage outside a paradise island at Tobago Cays in the Grenadines and snorkeling with...
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In this episode we are sailing from Cape Verde to St Vincent in Caribbean and crossing the Atlantic.
We had some good and some bad weather and ...
We had a few days at Cape Verde where we were we picked up our friends, Björn and Molly.
We were lucky and got invited to join our Norwegian friends, at the sailing boat Windy Lady, to a trip to the beautiful island Ilha de Santo Antão.
Thank you Sigv...
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