valdivia

Tim here. We left Valdivia, Chile on April 1st 2016. On or about April first is becoming a special time of the year for some reason because I tend to begin large things during that special day. Here’s a couple…

I was going to try to do a video introduction of the nav station equipment last night, but we’re on Mr Toad’s wild ride again so will save that for a another time. It’s not too bad, but some gusts…

I woke up this morning out of sorts. I did a 3:30-7:00 a.m. watch that was very easy, went back to bed, and woke up at 9:00 not wanting to get back out. I had finished a wonderful book, City…

We made it! We arrived this morning around 4:00 a.m. and anchored among many fishing vessels reinforcing that Sven’s advice of sailing slower and arriving after dawn was good advice. Not that we experienced any problems or “drama” as Deb…

Today was our fist full day on the water. We had a terrific day with the screecher (big asymmetric spinnaker) which we had up most of the day. Top speed about 14 knots, but spent most of the day from…

posted by Jer We are now 48 hours into our 3-5 year trip (feel free to insert your expletive of choice here). Ha. Kind of a shocker. There has been some excellent sea mammal action with the Sei whales (thank…

Today was our fist full day on the water. We had a terrific day with the screecher (big asymmetric spinnaker) which we had up most of the day. Top speed about 14 knots, but spent most of the day from…

Today was our fist full day on the water. We had a terrific day with the screecher (big asymmetric spinnaker) which we had up most of the day. Top speed about 14 knots, but spent most of the day from…

For those of you who have encouraged and helped us in some way to create our own reality, Jerri and I want to thank you from the bottom of our hearts. It’s been a long time dream of ours to…