The sailing adventures of SV Meriwether and her crew
We left the north-west anchorage on Hiva Oa to begin exploring the other islands of the Marquesas Island chain. First logical choice was the island just a few short miles south of Hiva Oa; Tahuata. 18 miles from where we had been anchored the past few days. Once again we expected to motor the majority of the way down the...
Getting straight to the exploring as soon as we could, we left Atuona for new adventures to Bay Hanamenu at the north west corner of hiva Oa. It was forecast as a fairly calm day, but after making some water for a few hours before leaving the battery bank would appreciate a bit of motoring anyway. Not that it happened...
We made land fall in the Marquesas Islands. Hiva Oa to be exact. The village of Atuona to be even more exact as it is the only location we can check in to the country of French Polynesia. This means it is also the only place for everyone else who is making their way across the Pacific, and you would...
Woohoo! We did make it across the Pacific ocean – from Mexico to French Polynesia. I would say that we made it in one piece, but that would not really be accurate. But, before I get into that let’s talk about the stats (I do love my stats). The total distance of the passage ended at 2,908 nautical miles taking...
We have begun our Pacific Ocean Crossing to French Polynesia. This page will be used to show our progress and update anyone caring to be updated. I hope to provide quick daily (or every few days) updates in this post. In the map to the right; The black line is our general path, broken into 1 week – or 700...
We left the island of frigate birds in the early morning, with enough time to make the 40 mile sail to La Cruz before the sunset, and all went smoothly. We even got to sail the vast majority of the miles with favorable wind the whole day, picking up later in the day as we approached La Cruz. By the...
We moved on from Boobie Island after only a few night of rest and relaxation. Originally we were going to do another overnight sail to go straight to La Cruz where we planned to do our final items on the list before heading across the puddle, but with no good weather window to make the 90+ miles, we chose to...
Our destination after the four-night passage was always hoped to be Isla Isabella, a national park and wildlife refuge. We were told how we could walk amongst the nesting birds there as they were unafraid of humans. However, it would be the weather that would dictate if we could actually stop here or not, as any stiff breeze makes the...
Our plan was to sail almost 500 miles straight through to our next destination. This distance would take us over four nights, but even if we wanted to do smaller hops there are few along the way. Single overnight passages are the worst, followed closely by two-night passages. Your body never gets to adjust to this awful sleep schedule that...
I’ve really not wanted to write this blog post. I have no enthusiasm to write about the times we sit in one place for a long period of time just “getting shit done” before our next big journey, and that’s what this past 6 weeks has been. So, I’m going to phone this one in a bit and just touch...
