Thank you all for the comments on our last post. They mean so much to us! We've recovered from the experience of getting here, and since arriving in Niue we've had good times and more frustrating times.... Our first meal ashore was at Gill's Indian Restaurant. I cried as I had my first bite of … Continue reading The Rock
As I wrote the last email blog post on Saturday afternoon, my completely nail-bitten fingers were shaking and my feeling of anxiety was almost overwhelming. I tried to keep the post light and positive – for my own self-preservation – and not mention the word that was on the forefront of my mind: Lightning. We … Continue reading Red sky in the morning
We assume we've encountered the SPCZ - South Pacific Convergence Zone. Since sunrise we've been trying to dodge squalls - mostly unsuccessfully. The wind died down so we have the engine on. It's kind of nice because it means we can run the radar without worrying about the batteries. Squalls actually show up on the … Continue reading A wet day
We've had 25 knot winds from the NE since dawn. Hydroquest's sails are reefed down, but she's still moving along nicely. Unfortunately the wind has brought big seas so we've spent the entire day hiding out down below. It's a roller coaster once again and much easier to ride it out while lying down flat. … Continue reading TGIF
It's a good feeling to move into the second half of the trip. We have approximately 460 nm's to go which should mean landfall on Sunday evening. Yesterday the winds were fairly light and today they have filled in a bit more. We're doing a consistent 6 knots but it would be nice to get … Continue reading Over halfway
Ahoy from Hydroquest! We are continuing to enjoy these wonderful conditions. We finally jibed the pole this morning so are now wing on wing once again, on a better course. Our course has been a quite erratic so far because we're just trying to stay comfortable and not create too much work for ourselves. Yes, … Continue reading Ahoy
Except for birds, we have seen very little wildlife on our sea passages - until today. I didn't meet our first guest, and I'm kind of glad about it. I emerged from napping down below at around 11am and Will told me we'd had a visit from a very large, very nosy shark that swam … Continue reading Visitors
Just a quick note to say all is well! We left the protected lagoon of Bora Bora at 4pm yesterday and, as usual, found ourselves in a big swell with lots of wind. It was an uncomfortable night. Today things are looking up - the swell has diminished a bit (as predicted) and we're moving … Continue reading Underway
Tomorrow we will set sail on the next major leg of our adventure across the Pacific. Interesting to think that we’re only halfway! We’ve covered almost 900 nm within French Polynesia and have had the pleasure of visiting ten different islands/atolls over the past two and a half months. Now we have to say goodbye to … Continue reading Preparing for our next sea leg
Happy Canada Day! Yesterday evening we held a Canada Day BBQ at the Mai Kai yacht club in Bora Bora. We had six Canadians (Yay – SV Starship showed up just in time!), four Swedes, five Americans, one South African, and one Brit. It even rained for five minutes so we felt very Canadian 😉 … Continue reading Happy Canada Day!
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