Land Ho! Hiva Oa, Marquesas, French Polynesia
After a very long day we finally arrived at Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas Islands! Because we had not be…
Twenty years of family adventures
Schafer South Pacific Sailing
Day 21 Ready for Landfall and Breaking up the Monotony
After cleaning out Eli and Orin’s room yesterday we discovered a few items we forgot that we had included with…
Deep Clean and Rocky Haircuts
We have been on such a good and steady course that seems to be zipping us along to the Marquesas…
20 Stinky Fish
Last night as I was on watch I had the most busy flying fish evening ever. I think we must…
Dolphins welcome us across the equator
As I step into the cock pit I smile at my days work flapping wildly on the clothes lines. Funny…
Monsoon Winds
April 29th was the scariest day of our journey so far. It was a day after we discovered that our…
A Soppy Mess
The turbulent waters of the past two days were not the only rough part of the day. In the afternoon…
Fishing Baby Wipes
Eli finished building his Star Wars Lego starship that he started working on yesterday. He did such an incredible job…
Living the Dream
Well we haven’t moved much by wind power in the past few days but I guess I shouldn’t complain as…
100 Ways to Entertain
One thing that I have learned very well this last week is how many activities one can do in such…