We left San Francisco on February 10, 2010 with a plan to head south to Mexico and then make the innocently named "puddle jump" to the South Pacific (!!) this spring. From there, who knows?!?!?!? Maybe Fiji? Australia? New Zealand? For now, we're just thrilled to finally be out at sea! 
I can’t believe I’m writing this, but we are going to be doing ANOTHER LONG PASSAGE. What is the deal?!?! Most people who do this cruising thing try to keep the long passages to the minimum. But, not us! Oh no, we like to just GO. We have barely been sailing for 6 months and [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Fellow Cruisers'
To Future Cruisers: Plan better than we have…
August 10th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Fellow Cruisers, French Polynesia, Oh Crap., Our Route, Passages, Stupid Ideas, Tonga
Nightlife on Toau (Toau – northern anchorage/Anse Amyot June 22-30)
July 9th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Cheers!!, Fellow Cruisers, French Polynesia, Funny, Our Route, Shore Excursions, Tuamotus
The moon shone round and bright in the evening sky and the water sparkled under the stars. We pulled our dinghy up to the short wooden dock, noting that we were the first crew to arrive for dinner. “Are those lobsters?!?!” I asked hopefully, pointing at a table on the porch stacked with spider-like objects. [...]
Tags: friendships·happiness·nightlife·Toau
Reunited with s/v IO (Toau -southern anchorage June 19-22)
July 9th, 2010 · No Comments · Fellow Cruisers, French Polynesia, Life on the Boat, Our Route, Tuamotus
We showed up in Toau just ahead of a low pressure system that was moving through the area. We set our anchor, letting out almost all 250 feet of our rode, but laughingly never getting more than 20 feet from our anchor as we successfully wrapped ourselves around a couple of coral heads. Anyway, we [...]
Tags: Fishing·friendships·Toau
A Visit to Hakatea (“Daniel’s Bay”) (May 13-16)
May 22nd, 2010 · 3 Comments · Cruising with Friends, Fellow Cruisers, French Polynesia, Marquesas, Nuku Hiva, Our Route, Shore Excursions, shoe-cruising
Five miles west of Taiohae Bay, there’s Hakatea, nicknamed Daniel’s Bay because of some European who used to live there. Although Mike and Hyo of IO had already explored the area, they readily accepted our invitation to ditch their boat in Taiohae and come with us back over to Daniel’s Bay for a weekend. Daniel’s [...]
Tags: friendships·Fruit Finds·Hakatea Bay·Hiking·Nuku Hiva·Shore Excursions
God bless the internet
March 27th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Fellow Cruisers, Fun Stuff, Life on the Boat, Mexico, Somebody likes us, The beginning
For those who may not know, Matt and I met online. Yes, we are one of the (now) many couples who successfully negotiated through all the lies and faked pictures, were lucky enough to avoid the horror stories, and found the love of our life on WWW.MATCH.COM. Were it not the for the internet, I [...]
Bound for Mexico!
March 3rd, 2010 · 2 Comments · Fellow Cruisers, Mexico, The beginning
We stayed an extra day to visit with some Bay Area friends on “Mystic” who left SF just a few days before us and then ended up a few days behind us. They finally caught up with us here in SD so we had dinner together last night and enjoyed some time with them this [...]
Tags: friendships·San Diego
“If you’re not banging your head against something, you’re not doing it right.”
January 30th, 2010 · 3 Comments · About Money, Boat Work, Fellow Cruisers, Funny, Life on the Boat, Preparing for the trip, The Crew, The beginning
Life on the boat has shifted into high gear this week (and we are planning to go SAILING tomorrow and not just work!!). PETE arrived on Tuesday night, immediately going into work mode as he tackled the windlass and then custom-designed and built a protective unit for our steering quadrant. JON arrived on Thursday also [...]
Tags: Jon·Pete & Ray·Woman on a Boat
Recent Inspiration
November 11th, 2009 · No Comments · Fellow Cruisers
Aha!! We are not the only “crazy” ones…. Please meet my new favorite world adventurers: www.bumfuzzle.com (no, I don’t actually know them, but I want to!!)
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Brits Captured by Pirates
October 29th, 2009 · No Comments · Fellow Cruisers, Oh Crap., Pirates!, This Could Have Been Us
So, you think “OK” is code for “For the Love of God, please get us the %^$ outta here!?!?!” Yacht couple ‘well and being fed’ A British man and his wife kidnapped by armed pirates while they slept aboard their yacht in the Indian Ocean has said they are being treated well. Paul Chandler, [...]
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