Farewell, Norman Family!
A sweet overnight sail from Tahuata to Nuku Hiva, where our family boards their flight back to the USA… (read more)…
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All Aboard! A Week of Sailing & Swimming With Family
Using our main and jib, we were able to sail past sunrise, only turning on an engine to complete our approach when the staggering mountains of Hiva Oa blocked our wind. We reminisced on our arrival to this very island after our 27-day sail from Panama…(read more)…
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Behind the Scenes: February 2025
We submitted the necessary paperwork for insurance renewal and will share the cost with you once we hear back… (read more)…
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January 2025: Behind the Scenes
We appreciate your support, and we hope you find these reports valuable. Here is a bullet point list of things we dealt with in January 2025… (read more)…
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2 Years of Behind-the-Scenes Reports
We’ve been posting monthly behind-the-scenes reports for two years! Let’s look back on them together: our most mentioned issues, haul out expenses, projects/upgrades we wish we’d done sooner… (read more)…
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Settling in for Cyclone Season
That’s right; we’d left all the tools, parts, and rags we’d used for the generator repair out for days. Sometimes, the most challenging part of a boat project is getting things out and putting them back… (read more)…
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Island Life: Exploring and Searching for Parts
After snapping our splicing tool in half last week, leaving us unable to repair the furling line for our headsails, we were eager to visit the local chandlery Monday morning in search of a new one… (read more)…
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Extending Our Stay in Nuku Hiva
We’d been watching the weather for nearly two weeks now for a window to sail to Tahuata, the home of our favorite anchorage in the Marquesas… (read more)…
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Brown Butter Honey Cinnamon Banana Bread
Another bread machine recipe we can't stop making!…
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