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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…
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Pushing us (and our gear) to our limits.
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Yesterday, the day we crossed the equator, I finally started thinking about fishing again. The wind had died off a little so it would be a bit easier to reel in a fish. BUT, I never expected to hook up to something this big. In the morning I…
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Equator, round 2
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Hello from the Northern Hemisphere! Flyer and her crew of four humans and one feline crossed the middle of the planet yesterday just before noon local time at 145 and a half degrees west. As the boys insightfully pointed out, it was really cool to cross the equator…