Vinni Some words about weather systems in the south Pacific. It is July, 2019 and I’ve just returned to Tahiti from Denmark. I enjoyed being in Denmark, especially the springtime weather and the long evenings where dark doesn’t arrive until late. Here in the Pacific, close ot he equator, we have almost exactly twelve hours…
I suppose it is time for us to send out an update, now that we have been in Denmark for almost four months. January is almost behind us and we have made it through the darkest time of the year here in the north. As I look out our window, here at 7:30 a.m., there…
Dear friends and readers, Vinni and I were appalled at the events that transpired in and around the Capitol Building in Washington. We have been fortunate enough to travel in many areas of the United States, sailing up and down the east coast, spent several months on Hawaii and have now sailed in and around…
Early Christmas greetings to all our readers, friends and family Carsten and I are sending you early Merry Christmas wishes since so many of you are asking how Vinni’s treatments are going. It is almost four weeks since I was operated. I had a breast preserving operation that went way our expectations. Just a week…
Dear friends and readers, Many of you have begun to ask “So- how’s life as a landlubber cruising around in your “Hippiecamper” going?” Unfortunately, we can’t answer that since once again we’ve been forced to interrupt our adventures due to illness. I’ve been diagnosed with precancerous growths in my one breast and have flown back…
Two days before we left Port Townsend, some nasty weather ran over us. A low-pressure front sent powerful winds from the south up through the fjord and across our anchorage. We are only three boats here on anchor, the rest have sought refuge in the marinas or on other anchorages. We haven’t had that possibility…
After 25 days at sea we’ve arrived and are tied up in Port Angeles Marina in Port Angeles, Washington. Before leaving Hawaii, we spent considerable time discussing if we should drop our Alaska plans and sail back into the South Pacific instead. Covid-19 had closed Canada and the Inland Waterway for sailors, so going north…
When you read our blogs or watch our videos, you frequently hear us talking about GRIB files and downloading them. GRIB files is “Greek” to those of you who aren’t bluewater cruising sailors. Since one of our “landlubber” readers asked us to please explain this and make a video – we’ve now done that.…
We took in our lines and sailed out of Ali Wai harbor early Thursday morning intending to meet up with Minstrel Boy, a Canadian boat that was to be our “buddy boat” for the passage. They were in Ko ilina marina, further along the coast. Well a crappy start, an hour after we left…
It is now mid June and Vinni and I are preparing for our passage to Seattle and Canada. We’ll leave later in the coming week. The passage is about 2700nm and we expect it will take us 18-20 days – depending naturally on wind and weather. So what do we do during those long lonesome…
