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Off the Beaten Tack

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September 26, 2019

We tend to sail a little bit off the beaten tack.

Instead of leaving from Mexico to sail to French Polynesia,
we continued south to explore Central America for a…

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Amateur anchoring, some hungry strangers and an unexpected crew member

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August 5, 2019

A month ago, I was pretty sure we had anchored in every
situation. We have anchored with 2 feet of water below the keel and in 70 feet
of water. We…

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Finding Paradise

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June 27, 2019

Like most cruisers (and almost-cruisers) these days, we
spent hours on YouTube before we left, watching people just like us finding
paradise. Amateur videos full of epic drone shots of the…

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A day in the passage life: Part 3 – The Hole

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May 30, 2019

That ideal trade wind sailing didn’t last like we wanted it to. As we tracked further south, we sailed right into a hole with no wind at all, and…

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A day in the passage life: Part 2 – the trades

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May 23, 2019

We have finally hit the trades! The southeast trade winds
are a band of ideal wind and current that stretches from here all the way to
French Polynesia. This band brings…