There’s a running joke amongst sailors that to be a liveaboard, you must be a nurse, chef, engineer, carpenter, maid, marine biologist, electrician, mechanic, meteorologist,[…]

Squalls rolled through every half hour last night, bringing 30kn of wind and waves on the beam, robbing us of sleep…(read more)

The sun finally began to creep up over the horizon around 7:30AM, illuminating two large storm clouds: one behind us and one right in front[…]

A loud creak developed in our starboard head. Our biggest complaint about this boat is how the furniture is put together. As the boat flexes,[…]

We fired up the generator around 2pm. Despite having relatively clear skies, our solar panels are shaded by the sails most of the day, so[…]

Ray woke me just before midnight to help him reef the main as the wind and waves began to pick up. I strapped myself into[…]

We were cutting it close—checking out of the country the day our visas expired. I thought the three weeks I had scheduled between our insurance’s[…]

Bora Bora: a breath of fresh air! Sharing what we’ve learned about our upcoming stops on our route to New Zealand… (read more)

We’ve spent the past year sailing in French Polynesia. These islands have been our most challenging cruising grounds yet, and we have learned a lot[…]

We turned on our deck light so they could see us and watched in amazement as they pulled up right next to us and dropped[…]