One of the great pleasures of a cruising lifestyle is being able to share it with friends. Today’s picture was taken during a good sailing day from Taravai to Mangareva. Greg is at the helm and picked up steering quickly.…
Goodbye Jo-Ann and Greg
Jer: It’s a quiet morning in the Mangareva harbor. A favorable forecast led many sailboats to depart Thursday for Hao and our friends left yesterday. True to my word, I focused on R&R, and we all had a great time.…
snorkeling
Jer: This morning we went snorkeling along the reef between Agility and the beach. We are the only boat anchored in a stunning bay on the SW side of Taravai and have a huge reef all to ourselves. There were…
Gambier
It is a quiet afternoon in a beautiful anchorage on the island of Taravai. Jo-Ann and Greg are paddle boarding near the reef, Tim is asleep on the tramp, and I am cooking a large chunk pork seasoned with an…
addendum
Unbelievable. One of the first things we did was look at each other and say “that wasn’t so bad.”
we made it!!!
The Second Joy Ride
So, you might be telling yourself that after Tim did the big Joy Ride from Cincinnati on route to St. Pete Florida via Ft Bragg he would have learned a lesson. I did learn a life altering lesson, but the…
land ho!
Jer: The title speaks for itself, have nothing to add.
Almost done with big crossing
Tim It was April 1st that we left and we’ll arrive in our first real destination now on May 3rd. In fairness we did stop on the lee of a couple of Islands along the way but it feels like…
May 2
We tried to put the sails up a couple of times yesterday, but there wasn’t enough wind. We’ve been motoring along now for over 24 hours. We have enough fuel to make it to Papeete in July, but if we…