Andrew Veritas

Ua Huka, Marquesas, French Polynesia

We intended to sail out of Tahuata in the morning, but then looked at our charts and realized we’d mis-planned:[…]

We took our first French Polynesian scuba dive off the back of our boat, and swam up towards the point[…]

We sailed out of Fatu Hiva in the early morning, hoping to arrive in daylight. Winds were light, but we[…]

We had a bit of a salty sail from Hiva Oa to Fatu Hiva, which Captain protested in his new[…]

When we left Panama we were bound for Nuku Hiva, but we found out a few days out that the[…]

First, the humans turned on the stupid noise box, and we started moving. I was kind of salty about it[…]

We left Panama City a little before sunset, and wove through a sea of anchored cargo ships. In the morning,[…]

We joined a rally called the Pacific Puddle Jump, and they sent us a post-crossing survey. We thought the answers[…]

Now on the dock at La Playita Marina, we set about getting Villa’s engine back in fighting form. One theory[…]

Sailing has super high highs and super low lows. Day before yesterday we hauled anchor at 4 am, with our[…]