Greetings from Tahanea! Flyer and her crew arrived here yesterday (Sunday) and dropped our hook on the far southern end of the atoll around 1p local (Tahiti) time after a mildly eventful end to our 540nm passage from Nuku Hiva. Our passage was a good -if light and…

Greetings from 10 degrees south, 141 degrees west! Flyer departed Taioha’e Bay, Nuku Hiva yesterday mid-day after a couple of days provisioning between torrential downpours. We are currently sailing in a light easterly breeze at 6 knots, about 150nm into the 540nm reach towards the Tuamotu archapelago. The…

Greetings from Baie Marquisienne on the west end of Nuku Hiva! We arrived at this rarely-visited small bay yesterday afternoon following a bumpy, rainy motor down the island’s southern coast. And we awoke this morning to a frantic Griffin visiting Flyer on his dinghy to report there were…

Hello from Baie de Taiohae! Flyer and her crew of five souls arrived here safely yesterday, Saturday March 14 at around 5:30p boat time (PDT) or 3pm local time (GMT -9:30).* Yes, optimistic Paul did win the arrival pool and with it he chose to disburse some bars…

Hello from the good ship Flyer here on the Southern Seas, now just under 200nm NE* of the French Polynesian island of Nuku Hiva! Since we last checked in all five souls aboard are doing well, if hot. Temperatures have surprisingly not surpassed around 85degF since crossing the…

Hello from the other side of the globe! At around 4am boat time (also PDT) Flyer and her crew of 5 crossed the equator. Muchos muchos gracias again to King Neptune for delivering us a safe and enjoyable passage to this point, now zero degrees and 42 minutes…