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A race against time!
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Greetings from the fine yacht Flyer, now only 330 NM due south of Dutch Harbor, AK. This will be a fast/scattered update as we have our hands full fixing things and trying to keep Flyer going fast! It’s been a bit of a race against time here lately.…
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And the socks are back on…
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For the first time since December, the crew on Flyer are wearing socks again! The air temperature has been dropping precipitously since we passed through a front almost 36 hours ago. The wind picked up from the northeast and with it came a welcome blast of cool air. …
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Oahu and Kauai
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We’re now over 200 nautical miles from Kauai and officially in international waters, but wanted to go back in time to record a little bit about our stay in Hawaii before we get too far north and completely forget what it felt like to be warm. After a…
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Alaska Bound
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At 3pm today, after almost three weeks in the Hawaiian Islands, we raised Flyer’s anchor from the sandy bottom of Hanalei Bay in Kauai and pointed her bow towards Dutch Harbor, Alaska. It feels great to be back at sea again, particularly on this northbound passage, one that’s…
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Aloha!
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Greetings from Flyer, now rafted happily on the Aloha dock at Hawaii Yacht Club in Honolulu. Apologies for this delayed (and probably overly lengthy) posting. We had our hands full in the final week of the passage with some spicy conditions, and arrival here has been a frenzy…
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Store in a cool, dry place
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Ha! if only we’d read the instructions before we went sailing. Good day from the fine yacht Flyer, now securely in the grips of the NE trades, 650nm SE of Oahu. We’re now entering our twelfth day at sea on this passage. We’ve been a bit quiet lately…