It's our final push to the Marquesas and we are both ready to drop the hook. Sailing the to Marquesas has been a challenging and we couldn't be more proud of ...
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Sailing is bliss combined with moments of pure terror and this sail up to the Marquesas was exactly that. One moment we are becalmed and greeted by a pod of ...
We are back to the Tuamotus... but only just for a quick dive. We stopped off at a nearby atoll to see our friends and have one last dive with them before they ...
Sailing backwards against the trade winds has historically been very difficult, and as we start our 800 nautical mile trek back eastward for the Tuamotus and ...
Our friends have finally arrived with our boat parts to fix the dingy and we are super anxious to finally get moving again. The winds that we have expected are ...
What ever are we going to do without our dingy for the next 10 days? Recently we discovered that our dingy motor has called it quits and we now have to order ...
First of all this is our 200th EPISODE! We can't believe it ourselves that we have posted that many episodes over the last 4 years. Which means we have shared ...
We are waiting on a wind window to sail us back up to the Tuamotos and then on to the Marquesas. The old sailors addage “You can’t control the wind but you can ...
We have sailed to yet again another beautiful island in French Polynesia and this time we are exploring the Sacred Island of all of Polynesia. Rai'atea is at ...
We sail around the island of Taha'a, stopping at several beautiful anchorages to swim in some of the clearest water we have ever seen! So clear it's like your ...
We're off to a white wedding, the vanilla kind. Did you know that Vanilla flower can only be pollinated by humans? Ok, don't be weird but the birds and the ...
After a very wet week in Huahine, it's time to move on and set sail to another island in the Society Island Archipelago of French Polynesia. The winds are ...
We return to Huahine for a second round and we hide out again from an approaching storm. Seems like every time we come here it get's stormy. Our crew aboard ...
On this episode, we ring the in the New Year with the best of the best of Moorea for it is our final days here before we prepare to sail to new islands. We get ...
The last year of sailing for us has been an epic one. We did some awesome things, like sail across the BIGGEST OCEAN ON THE PLANET! So it's hard to ask more of ...
We are back to the grind of boat projects, after a few rainy recovery days from the Dj beach party. We have decided to stick around the islands during cyclone ...
This week we do a good job of mixing boat work and play, trying to get VA ship shape and ready to sail! We have a lot of traveling planned for the immediate ...
On this weeks episode, we wake up to the biggest blow of wind we have every experienced at anchor. We help save a few boats that washed ashore after one of the ...
After a great sail to Huahine we hunker down while a small storm system blows through, giving us several very wet days in a row. We do manage to make the most ...
We hide out in Huahine while a windy storm approaches and realize that the rainy season is upon us. We live our lives from one day until the next. One day ...
It's time for us to up anchor and sail away to another island. We have spent 4 beautiful months in the stunning island of Mo'orea exploring, hiking, diving, ...