Samoa to Tonga to Fiji Samoa Wednesday 12th August 2009 Nick Janke arrived at 06.30 this morning from the UK. We had 4 inches of rainfall overnight but it had dried up by his arrival although he is finding it incredibly hot. Amongst some other goodies he brought the new bit to repair the spinnaker pole, so Gordon lost no time in repairing the damage. Having done another weather check it looks as if we should leave tomorrow night for Tonga since the wind t...

Mid Pacific: Tahiti, Bora Bora, Rarotonga and Samoa Tahiti Our stay in Tahiti was very enjoyable and we spent our time between the inevitable repairs and servicing on the boat, touring the island and meeting fellow yachties. The market in Papeete is a riotously colourful open sided building crammed full of fruits, vegetables and food stalls downstairs and upstairs souvenir and clothes shops. It's a great place to buy sarongs with good advice from the glori...

The East Pacific Panama City The area around our anchorage called Playita de Amador is very developed and sophisticated with new hotels apartments shops and restaurants lining a causeway which was built from debris excavated during the construction of the Panama Canal. There is a marina further along the coast but it attracts superyachts and is very expensive. Jan Eirik and Elisabeth left the boat and we settled into the routine of boat cleaning and prov...

Granada, Los Roques (Venezuela), ABC islands, Colombia, San Blas Islands to Panama Granada to Los Roques (Venezuela) Having had the most fabulous time here in Granada, we shocked our Norwegian sailor friends by saying, not only will we leave on a Friday (bad superstitions in Norway) but will be leaving on Friday 13th (Double trouble bad luck in Norway!). We cast off with help from Steve and Amanda. I was very nervous about my first night watches alone, but o...

Living on board . It strikes me that we write a lot about where we go and what we see but not about what it is like to actually live day to day in such a small space and sometimes difficult circumstances. The boat has three modes, marina life, at anchor and at sea. Lets begin with the latter. At Sea Prior to setting off on any voyage the first task is to ensure adequate a) food, b) water and c) fuel. a) Food: As the journey progresses I have to be more an...