Travel – Page 8 – Andrew & Jazz

Hiva Oa, Marquesas, French Polynesia

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[…]

We just crossed the Pacific, but we didn’t really get through the Panama story before we left. Here’s the start[…]

We’ve landed in Hiva Oa! Our friends on Searcher helped us get a stern anchor set in the tight anchorage,[…]

By this time tomorrow we should be checked into French Polynesia. It’ll be weird being back on stable ground and[…]

We had a wind shift this morning and have jibed the spinnaker. This is our first starboard tack of the[…]