Clearing out of Neiafu, Tonga, yesterday was easy (again) because World Cruising arranged for a special deal with customs and immigration. One friendly immigration lady was positioned at th ...
After Moorea it was time to sail to Bora Bora for the World ARC rendezvous at the Bora Bora Yacht Club. Time was short to get ready for the start of the next leg of the WARC, Bora Bora ...
It has been more than 4 weeks since we last went shopping for any food, so stores, particularly vegetables and fruit, were running a bit low as we are at anchor in Fakarava. The food shopping is ...
The Tuamotus are traditionally called the Dangerous Islands. This name stems from times when there was no GPS and navigation was by dead reckoning and celestial navigation only. The T ...
Ua Pou is the last island we are visiting in the Marquesas and it is known for its crazy rock spires. The name is pronounced “U-a Po-u” (not “U-a-Pou”) as sequential vowels are pron ...
The sail from the Galapagos to the Marquesas is the longest leg of most circumnavigations. It’s 3,000 miles roughly but if there is no wind in Galapagos, one needs to take South-sout ...
Tomorrow is the start for the next leg of the World ARC, Santa Cruz to Hiva Oa in the Marquesas, the longest leg in the entire really around the World. Almut, Rainer, Caecilia an ...
It’s been all of 30 minutes that our anchor has touched the bottom of Puerto Baquerizo Moreno and already a launch full of officials has arrived. One is diving under Kincsem to look for small ...
We spent seven days in the Shelter Bay marina, waiting for our transit of the Panama canal. The World ARC group of 32 boats was split into three groups for the canal transit. The transit w ...
Before you can leave Colombia you have to check out, which is not as simple as it sounds. At the skippers meeting the “yellow shirts” from World Cruising told us to file a request for Zarpe – e ...