Tag: nature

  • Day 1: Passage Tonga to NZ

    Wednesday, November 6, 2024:  Passage Tonga to New Zealand Day 1 10:20am and anchor up in Tonga for the last time.  We are out here with other boats taking this weather window.  Today is supposed to be sporty and it’s not disappointing – average winds 23, beam seas 1.5-2 meters, hauling along at 9 knots…

  • Crossing 1/3 of the Pacific (by Calder Hyer, age 14)

                  On March 31, 2024, sailing vessel Terikah left the safe harbor of La Cruz, Mexico with a destination of Hiva Oa, Marquesas, French Polynesia. Onboard were the Hyers, Cora, Calder, Dadu, and Mama, along with the crew, consisting of Emil Tucker. After large provisioning runs and filling up our water and diesel tanks, we…

  • Day 22: Crossing from Mexico to French Polynesia

    Seas continue to build and make for a “sporty” day with wind solidly in the mid-20s and seas 3-4 meters on our stern.  Our plan it to keep them on the stern and make our way west, then drop down south tomorrow once seas decrease and we can comfortably sail with them on our beam. …

  • Day 7 of Crossing from MX to FP

    We will have another 36 hours or so of these bigger seas and continue our way SW, trying to keep the seas behind us, though they are coming from three different directions.  Seas still about 6-9 feet and steep.  I was a bit green last night, but doing better this morning.  We are paralleling the…

  • Isla Isabel: A Gem in a Rockpile

    We timed our 310 nm crossing of the Sea of Cortez to arrive at the remote Isla Isabel during daylight and during a calm period, as it is a fair-weather anchorage only.  To call it an anchorage is an over-statement.  Not only is there poor holding, there is minimal actual holding and instead a pile…