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July 2025: Behind the Scenes
Ray’s phone fell out of his jacket pocket and into the ocean while trying to start the dinghy. I dove down to retrieve it, and… (read more)…
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May + June 2025: Behind the Scenes
We paid $115 to check into Tonga at Niuatoputapu. Since the island has no bank, we could not get local currency to pay the fee (no electronic payments are accepted). Luckily… (read more)…
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April 2025: Behind the Scenes
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 their anchor. We were close enough to shout, so we told them we had 300ft of chain out and would absolutely hit them. We were astonished to see them casually put their… (read more…
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Behind the Scenes: March 2025
Insurance cost, a burnt sail, broken leech line, and more... (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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December 2024: Behind the Scenes
We hauled out at Technimarine in Tahiti after discovering water in our starboard sail drive. Here is the breakdown of our final invoice… (read more)…
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November 2024: Behind the Scenes
We discovered water in our starboard sail drive during an overnight passage from Bora Bora to Moorea. We hauled out to address the issue and were surprised to see severe wear on the… (read more)…
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