agility @ sea

Jerri: The sailing continues to be extremely pleasant. This morning we put up the screecher and made good way with the perfect (90 degree) wind angle for that sail. Tim kept it up through his watch, but we took it…

Jerri: We’re having a very pleasant night. The wind died down around 5:00 p.m. requiring engine assist for several hours. We’ve been back under sail power since around 10:00 p.m. and I’ve had a very civilized watch. I know it’s…

Jerri: 12:30 p.m. night one and all is well. The wind is squirrelly tonight, we’re surfing a lot, and things were feeling a little sporty so I reefed the sails. It’s a lovely night under the stars, but after my…

Enjoy the pictures of the girls with Agility in the background and my new friend Pi.

I’m posting this as a blog post so that others can enjoy but this post is for the two of you. Suwarrow is an isolated island in the Cook Island chain. It’s located at GPS coordinates 13 15.213S 163 06.454W,…

I’m on watch at 11:00 p.m. on our final night prior to Suwarrow arrival. I wrote a blog post 2 or 3 nights ago, but decided there was too much whining in it so deleted. I want to share what…

We had lot of projects to get ready for today passage. We’ve been gunk-holing and staying at marinas for the past 6 weeks and this is the first major crossing we’ve done since we were in the Tuamotus. Getting ready…

Jer: Here we go again, back in the big seas, although we can still see Bora Bora. It’s pretty calm, but rolling so while not unpleasant for me, Elizabeth and Alex feeling a little yucky. This morning we realized we…

Jer: Tomorrow we leave French Polynesia after 88 days here. It all began May 3 in Gambier where we arrived 3 hours before our good friends, Greg and Jo-Ann Beserra, arrived by plane. Leaving feels like a major event to…

For the first time we have 6 on board our Atlantic 47 Mastfoil. All of the systems are working pretty much as expected and we had a somewhat boisterous first crossing from Moorea to Raitea a couple of days ago.…