This is it. Living in the turquoise bubble. Anchored in a huge shallow lagoon, no other boats in sight. Swimming, windsurfing, freediving, cooking our way through the supplies. Sharks and rays cruise by. Days slide by. After a few days my brain clicks out of gear into neutral. This is it. The languor of the […]
Month / July 2018
French Polynesia
7th June This last leg was to take us a mere 300 miles WNW of Pitcairn, but we were tested by one more gale before we found shelter in the Gambiers. We had been getting along very nicely, with the occasional 12kt surf, when the wind completely changed gear and started to howl. Suddenly we […]
Pitcairn Island
So after ten long days and nights battling contrary winds and seas, we raise the green peak of Pitcairn on a Sunday morning. As we sail closer we can see swell surging around the dark cliffs and off-lying rocks, shrouded in a mist of spray. Above are coconut trees, sprouting from sheer rock walls, and […]
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