Monthly Archives: August 2014

Hiva oa We anchored fore and aft in the little harbour of Atuona and were amazed the next day when a very little boat arrived from South America after 55 days at sea crewed by a very tired looking young … Continue reading →

On the 26th July we still had about 950 nm to go. We noticed our speed had dropped and after consulting the Admiralty Pilot book we discovered that the favourable 1kt equatorial current disappears south of 8 degrees sadly. We … Continue reading →

We arrived safely on the island of Hiva Oa on august 1st late at night after 22 days at sea. We anchored in a bay on the north shore and the next day moved to the main town of Atuona … Continue reading →

Our departure from Bahia de Caraquez was more complicated than expected because we discovered that the document we had received there on our arrival in November last year to enable us to import the boat into Ecuador had metamorphosed from … Continue reading →