https://forecast.predictwind.com/tracking/display/SV-Terikah/ Here’s the link to our Predict Wind tracking page that will update our location as we travel.
Day 5: Decided to go wing-on-wing (butterfly sailing) through the night with some modifications, overall uneventful watch. Morning started out great, as sleepy-eyed, not yet fully awake Calder joined us in the cockpit and immediately heard the whir of his fishing rod. Something hit and hit hard, almost spooled him, arms shaking as he brought…
Day 1: Due to our last-minute decision of leaving today (rather than tomorrow), there was suddenly much to get accomplished. Calder and Chris scrubbed the hull, attached our Code Zero sail, and secured the dinghy. Cora and I prepped passage food, prepared schoolwork that could be done underway, and cleaned the boat. For this passage,…
About 1200 nm to Tonga. Here we sit at anchor, listening to the wind howl across our boat, waiting for a weather window. Our weather consultant (Sailing Totem) had warned us that our initial 3,000nm across the Pacific would prove less challenging than finding the right weather window in these squirrelly parts of the ocean. …