After just shy of 50 hours in transit from home, I arrived at my Christchurch hotel. Despite my best intentions of having a series of calm days prior to my departure, 15 minutes before leaving home, I found myself doing some last minute wiring adjustments to the system I finished building at midnight the night […]
How to put words to the last 40 days…When an unexpected second invitation to return to the Noonsun crew, I jumped at the chance. After getting COVID which barred me from traveling to Greenland for work and also kept me in a hotel for 13 days in July, returning to the South Pacific would be
I came home from French Polynesia to work a Greenland antenna rigging contract with two good friends I hadn’t seen in years. It was to be a dream team, working in a new place, crossing the Arctic Circle for the first time and a chance to get some tower work (aka spacewalks) in. The pictures
What a time we had in the Marquesas! Such wonderful people, such beautiful mountains, such beautiful water. After a few weeks in the Marquesas, we headed to the Tuomotu Islands, a 500 miles, 3 day passage. It was a smooth passage that included landing a 100 lb yellow fin tuna over the course of 2.5
Day 26 (28 May 2022) 07:03am Land Ho! We are overjoyed and amazed to think we have sailed about 4,000 nautical miles across the Pacific Ocean. We haven’t seen land since Day 1. Now below some clouds we see the mountainous Fatu-Hiva, the southern most island of the Marquesas. Last night we shared toasts and
20 May 2022 (Day 18) 0100 2460 nautical miles sailed1368 nm to goCurrent position: 6°S, 116°WSpeed: 7kt (Our max speed is 12.8 kt)Sail plan: double reefed main and jibWind: 19 kt from the SWTemp: 75°FWaves: 3 ft swell from the SE with a period of about 6 seconds. (Too short for our liking.) Clouds: cumulus
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Day 11 (0100) 13 May 2022 1300 nautical miles sailed2500 nm to goCurrent position: 4°S, 95.5°WSpeed: 6kt (Our max speed is 10.9 kr)Sail plan: double reefed main and jibWind: 12 kt from the SWTemp: 75°FWaves: 3 ft swell from the SE with a period of about 6 seconds. (Too short for our liking.) Clouds: noneStars:
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5.5.22 (1100) Day 3 It’s our third day underway. We are eager to get to the trade winds. We’ve been dealing with a counter current of two knots as we deal with headwinds and lumpy seas. We were met with thunder and lightning on the first night but thankfully we were able to keep our
We’re about to go. Saying goodbye for a handful of weeks to most of our connectivity. The weather looks good, we’re heading out after a few fun days in Las Perlas Islands 30 miles south of Panama City. If you want to track us, here’s the website. It will also have some short daily updates
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4.27.22 On the plane to Panama. The latest Matrix movie is playing on my screen. Planes usually put me in a pensive mood, perhaps it’s a bit of the overview effect of looking out the window that astronauts speak of when seeing the Earth from space. The overview effect combined with the mind-bending nature of
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