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Our Sailing Adventures bring us to island hoping around some of the world's most remote islands in the South Pacific. We sail the dramatic coastlines of the Marquesas Island chain only to find each anchorage more beautiful than the next.
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After arrival to the Marquesas we thought we sailed into the prettiest anchorage in the Marquesas, until we arrived to the Baie of Virgins in Fatu Hiva.
We are blown away at the beauty this remote little anchorage out in the middle of the South Pacific has to offer!
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Welcome back to our adventure where we have now officially made land fall in French Polynesia after sailing over thirty days across the Pacific Ocean.
We highly enjoy our first days on land, and get right to hiking, exploring, meeting locals, and generally getting to know these new lands that we pl...
This is a special episode because we can now say, even though we have done two previous ocean crossings, that we have crossed an ocean under our own sails!!
We left Mexico three weeks earlier, stopping at some remote islands for scuba diving for a week, then sailing another several weeks, even cro...
This week we sail our hearts out trying to reach the equator and celebrate becoming shellbacks!
The wind gods are smiling down on us and provide good winds while the sea gives us multiple fish on our lines, one of which we loose to a shark while reeling in, but soon we land another and life aboard...
We are half way there! Where exactly? Half way across the Pacific Ocean sailing to the Marquesan Islands. Sailing across the Pacific takes a little time, we are roughly half way, almost to the equator and about 2 weeks into our passage. Moral is great among the crew, and the weather is changing, and...
And we are off! South bound to the South Pacific. After 1 incredible week scuba diving in the Revillagigedos Islands of Mexico, we lift the anchor and hoist the sails, heading south for a 2,300 nautical mile ocean crossing to the Marquesas!
Join us on our adventures across the Pacific Ocean!
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The magic of diving in the Revillagigedos Islands is unlike any place we have ever been. We settle into the routine of swim, dive, repeat and forget all about our biggest ocean crossing.
We swim with giant manta rays, sharks, whales, and more in some of the most beautiful waters around these volcan...
We set sail South bound for the South Pacific, but first we make a planned stop off at the Revillagigdos Islands for some of the best diving ever! Join us on the adventure and explore the underwater world of the Pacific. We swim with Giant Manta Rays, Sharks, Whales, Sharks, and so much more.
Than...
We are officially checked out of Mexico, but before we completely leave the mainland for the open ocean we spend our last few days absorbing the simple pleasures of land. With the crew aboard, spirits are high and the excitement is on an all time as we make way for the South Pacific Ocean Crossing. ...
The boat jobs are nearly finished, the food stores are stocked, we have all the tequila one should need for the months to come, the crew has arrived, and we are just days away from untying the dock lines and setting sail for the South Pacific.
With the whole crew on VA, we all have been working s...
We arrive at Hiva Oa, Marquesas, French Polynesia, after 25 days at sea.
It’s time to check in and have a look around and try to find some fresh produce.
We do the 3km hike up and over the hill to the little village, but there isn’t much fresh stuff to purchase. We need to wait for the supply ship...
We pass the equator and Wendy becomes are ShelLback, with rum and tributes to Neptune.
Wendy makes the landing flags for our arrival and Magnus punches the grommets and hoists the flags.
A few beer reviews in this episode
We make landfall at Hiva Oa in French Polynesia after 25 days at sea, a lov...
We are gently getting used to life on the ocean. So far the passage has gone very well. Here we discuss our passage plans and the reasons why we made the decisions that we did.
Magnus bakes a beaut loaf in the galley and reviews a 9 and a half beer. Life is good.
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We manage to finish our final fresh provisioning and grab a couple of special beers for the important parts of the passage. We actually leave sight of land and start the epic journey across the South Pacific from Cabo San Lucas to Hiva Oa in French Polynesia.
As usual, we do a few boat jobs along t...
We finally leave La Paz for the last time and make our way towards Cabo San Lucas which is where we will check out of Mexico for good. On the way we take the last opportunity to clean Nutshell’s hull before we embark on the South Pacific Crossing.
Cabo San Lucas is a heaving town, with loud music, ...
With only a few days to go before we leave La Paz, Magnus builds a temporary gas locker extension out of pine. This will now mean that we can house the taller gas bottles which we have managed to find in Mexico.
Wendy keeps on with the sewing tasks, working on the cockpit cushions. The gallery gets...
There’s so much to do before we head off across the South Pacific to the Marquesas. Bobby takes us to a farmer’s wholesale fresh produce market to pick up some old crates to store our cans for the crossing and we buy bulk produce. Then it’s back to Nutshell to process everything. Pickling and cannin...
With only four days left to get ready to cross the almighty South Pacific Ocean we head into town to do the last minute shopping. Wendy works on the new cockpit cushions which are coming along well.
Magnus checks Issy to make sure she is ready.
It’s getting real for us both and time is running out...
This special episode narrated by Kona shows our adventure from a dog's perspective. We have a couple of first timers as crew and cross from the mainland to Baja after exploring some of the surfing towns in the Puerto Vallarta area. We try to get our ducks in a row in preparation for the South P...
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