Andrew Veritas

Weather Holding, Crew is Happy

Biggest news of today is that the bananas have ripened enough to eat. Yesterday’s inspection of the freshly washed spinnaker[…]

It rained most of yesterday, with distant lightning overnight, but today the sun is shining. Wind and waves are both[…]

Last week Jazz climbed the mast to fix a fraying halyard. Last night, a halyard broke. Of course it wasn’t[…]

We’re heading out now, with 1166 miles ahead of us. Wait, weren’t we just in Tahiti? It turns out we’re[…]

Tahiti: the tropical paradise we couldn’t escape fast enough. We’re sure it’s lovely if you stay in a resort, but[…]

We took a night passage from Toau to Rangiroa, because as always we were constrained by tide timings. We must[…]

Toau is pretty above the water, but all the best stuff is below. We snorkeled almost every day, usually dragging[…]

We sailed out of Fakarava just before sunrise, to time our pass entry and exit with slack tides. And when[…]

We were still trying to get Jazz’s regulator working, and a guy from Top Dive spent some time with us[…]

Put on your favorite music*, pour yourself a cup of tea, fullscreen, and enjoy some chilled-out sharks. *we would include[…]