THE PACIFIC
Football In The Lake
3 crocs!!!
WE DID IT! Officially In The Pacific!
Pacific Crossing Start Line
Team assembled, bilges full and ready to go!
Dolphins As We Leave - Good Omen
Whale Number ONE!
Already seen whales and dolphins!!!
Dolphins 2
Dolphin pod 2 of the trip
FISH ON
A tuna perfect for dinner
Yellow fin tuna!
Fish 2
Dolphins Leading Us Out Of Squalls
Dolphins 3
What A Dinner!!
Seared Yellow Fin Tun with miso aubergine - yummm
Our New Stowaways!
These guys have been cruising along with us all morning chirping away
Sunset Dinner Day 3
Happy crew, yummy dinner, calm day.
Dolphins Number 5!
Dolphins before first light
DAY 5
We’re in the English Channel!!!!
DAY 6
Upwind! But the boat handling it really well, starting to get more on the 24hr counts!
DAY 7
Absolutely minging morning. Wind all over the shop, very shifty, squall and rain lines
Galapagos Here We Come!
The moon is getting bigger and we are heading in the right direction!
DAY 8
151nm
Turtles!
2 turtles swimming alongside us at sunset
Engine Problems
Engine trouble - fixed but bobbing with the current whilst waiting for epoxy to dry. We are going faster than the wind!
DAY 9
127nm - we are motoring in the Lee of the Galapagos
Dolphinsss
Huge pod welcome us to Galapagos
EQUATOR PARTTTTYYYY
WHAT. AN. EPIC. MOMENT
GIANT TUNA
Tuna for daysss
DAY 10
137nm
DAY 11
169nm
Fishing Pot Collision
Spent the morning cutting ourselves free from fishing pots round the rudder and keel - not ideal!
Friendly Pacific Dolphins!
Came to say hello!
DAY 13
190nm
DAY 14
180nm - sun is out!
Whale Number 3
Sperm whale
Half Way Party!
DAY 17
Meteor Shower
45 shooting stars and counting!!!
DAY 18
179nm. Bit of a slow night but the wind is slowly coming back
Bioluminescent Dolphins
Playing in our wake in the middle of the night
DAY 19
194nm (including time change!!)
DAY 20
170nm, a lovely calm morning at sea
Dolphins!
Always coming at night!!
DAY 21
125nm
Bonito
Caught but let go
DAY 23
182nm 🙌🏼
DAY 25
We are slowing down to reach land in the day!
Fish Number 5
A yummy bonito
DAY 27
166nm
LANDHOOOOO
After 28 days at sea!!
LANDFALL
WE MADE IT!!!
Paradise Beach
The most perfect day. Swimming, wine lunch and epic beach bbq
Resting And Restocking
A place of rest after the crossing including Charlotte’s Borthday celebrations!
Birthday Horse Riding!
Riding through a fairytale land
Private Beach
A bit of a longer hike than expected with no water but we made it!
Daniel’s Bay
Small surfs, waterfalls and crab mania
Leaving The Marquesas
We’re off!
Huge Sperm Whale
With a baby, right next to the boat, had to bear away to avoid it!
Hell 2.0 Complete
What a rubbish sail
Makemo
A few big days of work!
A Magical Anchorage
Bay to ourselves! Swimming with sharks, fresh chilli and mullet for dinner
Fakarava South
Absolutely incredible! Best snorkling and diving we will probably ever do and delicious dinner ashore at local Sabrina house
4 Sept 2024 - 09:59
Hugggee whale
Tuou Atoll
Bright turquoise water, amazing shallow reefs, 10 unesco mooring buoys
Fakarava North
A pit stop for good shops, fuel, pizza and petrol
Goodbye Tuamotos
What a magical time we had