Dripping sweat, we tied and untied, tangled and untangled the lines. The sun felt brutal, and it was hardly 8AM. We finally got it up,[…]

I spent the afternoon thumbing through the “French for Cruisers” book we have on board, summoning my three years of high school French class knowledge[…]

Last night was miserable. It felt like we were riding a mechanical bull for hours on end. It’s not particularly better today, but everything seems[…]

A pod of pilot whales visited us just after sunset. I had a brief moment of panic when we first spotted them; I thought they[…]

I can’t believe it’s already day 9. I feel like time is flying by! I really enjoy passage-making. I’ve been racking my brain trying to[…]

If something is busted on Sabado, it’s just in our nature to try and fix it. So, Ray took it apart at our cockpit table[…]

Of course, it would be nice to have more wind, but we knew it would be like this between Panama and the Galapagos, so we[…]

We started the engine for a bit after lunch but were able to turn it off shortly after. The wind has been such a tease…[…]

Sitting at the helm last night was like being blindfolded and thrown into a washing machine… (read more)

We ate dinner together at the helm while Sabado bobbed up and down with the waves. I didn’t realize how spoiled we’d been with the[…]