It's been a while since our last update! Our adventure continues at a turtle's pace, or possibly slower than a turtle, as we've only made it down to LA Harbour. Yes - just googled this, we are much much slower than the turtles. The unhurried cruising pace has been pleasant. Cali cruising, yacht club hopping, … Continue reading Our Life Aquatic – Video
THE NUMBERS Total nights at sea to sail from Banderas Bay to downtown Sydney Harbour: 50. Ben and Katy with us for 7 weeks, including 23 nights at sea (46%), Simon and Katharine with us for 1 night at sea (2%). Duration: March 28 to November 22, 2013. 239 days, or 7 months and 25 … Continue reading Banderas Bay to Sydney Harbour
We did it!!! It feels incredible to be safely berthed in the Coffs Harbour Marina in AUSTRALIA after sailing across the biggest ocean in the world to get here. After I posted ‘Frustrating Day’, we had the most wonderful sailing conditions. The wind was soft but enough to keep us moving at 7 knots (HQ loves her light … Continue reading Landfall AUSTRALIA
Last night we entered a cloud bank and line of rain squalls. Not the scary kind, thank goodness, just the annoying kind. The rain washed all the salt water off Hydroquest's decks but meant that we were stuck down below on watch once again. The wind continued to drop throughout the night and by 7am … Continue reading Sailing at its finest
Vuda Point (Fiji) to Tanna (Vanuatu) - Day One The seas are very uncomfortable, but, what's new!? As we motored away from the marina yesterday morning, I prepared pasta, homemade tomato sauce, and even cooked up some chicken (a real treat for us, courtesy of Murar's Dream). By dinner time, we were sailing well, but … Continue reading Seasick and an adrenaline rush
We finally swam with the mantas! They are more beautiful than I anticipated, gliding slowly and smoothly below the surface. I had 10 seconds alone with them in the water with no chance to take any good photos before being descended upon... We were the only boats anchored in the lee of Drawaqa island on the … Continue reading Manta Rays and Drawaqa anchorage
It doesn’t really count as going aground when the 'ground' is mud, right? We motored into the port of Suva yesterday at noon. It was overcast and raining, hard. Port Control directed us to anchor by the Suva Yacht Club and we could see at least a dozen boats there. We made our way over … Continue reading A muddled arrival in Suva
Is it somehow indicative of our relationship that we spent our second wedding anniversary in a dark confined space covered in bat shit? Yesterday afternoon we crept on hands and knees over slimy rocks and huge piles of guano as the bats all slept soundly on the roof of the cave. Fluffy bird feathers stuck … Continue reading Two Years Strong
Tonga is one of the only places in the world where you can (legally) swim with humpback whales so the first thing we did upon arrival in Neiafu was to arrange a tour with Beluga Diving. We were told to be at the dock at 8:45am on Thursday morning but at 7:45am we heard someone knocking … Continue reading Yes, it was a whale of a time!
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