Day 28 Hawaii to Japan: Land Ho
Our first Japanese island (Okinoshima) in sight Well, it’s Sunday again and we finally have land in sight. Tomorrow at exactly twelve o’clock we’re expected at Hiroshima Kanon Marina. They’ve …
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Day 20 Hawaii to Japan: Talks with the agent
Well well, time flies. Tomorrow we’ll have been under way for three weeks already! Although we did lose a day crossing the date line: in Hawaii, coffee time (or drinks time) came around a good 12 hours after it did …
Day 14 Hawaii to Japan
There’s actually nothing to report. We take turns cooking, we stand our watches, and the days slip by at a tremendous pace. Stop paying attention for a moment in the morning and it’s lunchtime already. Then …
Hawaii - Japan Day 5: Burger Night
Tonight we start our 5th night of watches, and we’re having something tasty for dinner. Hence the title of this little piece. But first, let’s rewind to Honolulu. You of course deserve to know how it all …
Honolulu and Oahu
So, now that I’ve written the frustration about the bureaucracy out of my system, here’s a “cosy” update again. We’re moored between a boat made of driftwood and a 50-year-old little ship …
Ala Wai Harbor and the DOBOR
Once we’d arrived, clearing in was a piece of cake. When you arrive in Hawaii by boat you have to do three things: report to Customs & Border Protection (CBP), get an agricultural declaration and, of course, …
Day 28 Panama to Hawaii
I’m typing this exactly one week after we arrived in Honolulu. More on that in a later post. First, the last week at sea. And we can keep that fairly short: more of the same. Contrary to the forecast, we kept good …
Day 23 Panama to Hawaii
Today, a guest writer… When people think of the Pacific Ocean, they picture gently lapping wavelets on an almost soporific swell, with lovely temperatures and gorgeous sunsets. That certainly happens, but for us, apart …
Day 19 Panama to Hawaii
Clipperton is already a distant memory, so time for an update on how things are going. The plan was that after Clipperton we’d just be sailing in steady northeast trade winds, but reality is (was) a bit more …
Day 14: Clipperton Island
A few years ago, when I first started looking into the route we’re now sailing, I came across Clipperton Island. The only atoll in the eastern Pacific, and uninhabited. Well, zero people and 200,000 birds. Plus an …
Day 12 Panama to Hawaii
Wow, another 6 days have flown by! And of course you’re all dying to know what we’ve been up to. That’s actually easy to sum up: We slept We ate We sailed for 5 days goose-winged in very light following …
Day 6 Panama to Hawaii
Goodbye, Panama! Today is Sunday 10 May. Since we set off on Tuesday 6 May, this is already our 6th day at sea. Around 14:00 we’ll have been underway for 5x24 hours, and until yesterday afternoon we motored the …