After staying overnight at the quarantine dock, I made the rounds in the morning among the 10 or so boats stuck with us and invited those who flew burgees to identify them as OCC members for drinks th ...
The flight from San Francisco to Nadi, Fiji, is certainly very convenient. You leave at 22:30 and arrive at 05:00 local time in Fiji two days later, which is 10:00 in SFO the day before. So there’ ...
As I’m going home for about 3 months, I need to leave Kincsem somewhere safe. I had originally planned to leave her at Denarau Marina but after experiencing the unresponsiveness and ...
Tomorrow is the start of the next leg of the World ARC 2025-2026 but Kincsem will not be on the starting line. We will cruise Fiji for another 3 weeks and then lay up the boat at Vuda Marina until la ...
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 ...