Passage to Vanuatu
Passage from Opua to Tanna. Sailing Ah Ma after 3 years of New Zealand..
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Tag: Pacific
Retrospect
It has been a year since the start of our expedition to bring Ah Ma home. We started last year, early January out in Curacao, preparing Ah Ma for the long sail across the Pacific to her new home in Asia. She was lying pretty in a sun-drenched marina within[…]
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Galapagos to Tahiti – part 7 (final)
Sitting on the balcony of our temporary AirBNB apartment in Tahiti, overlooking the Taina pass, where we entered Tahiti several weeks ago, I write up the last words of our epic journey across the Pacific amidst the Corona pandemic. We have been stranded on Tahiti for almost two months now,[…]
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Galapagos to Tahiti – part 5
Another four days at sea, some shark fin pirates, light winds and nuclear invested islands ahead.
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Galapagos to Tahiti – part 4
Two weeks at sea now. It’s an emotional roller-coaster. The days glide by as we plough through the Pacific, heading further West to eventually go East. In the process, we almost lost the gennaker halyard..
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Galapagos to Tahiti – part 3
Day 9 to 12 of our crossing from Galapagos to Tahiti amidst the global corona pandemic.
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Galapagos to Tahiti – part 2
Day 5 to 8 of our crossing from Galapagos to Tahiti amidst the global corona pandemic.
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Galapagos to Tahiti – part 1
Day 1 to 4 of our passage from Galapagos to Tahiti, during the start of the global Corona madness
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Galapagos corona madness.
We spent a week at the Galapagos island, preparing for our passage across the Pacific. In those few days, the place went from a bustling eco-tourist destination to a ghost town as Corona madness swept across the Islands. Thursday, 12th of March Arrival at the Galapagos Islands went without any[…]
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