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Sampaguita’s Mexican Flashback

Marquesas Update: I re-anchored again. I keep scooching the boat forward as room opens up. I think I’m good now. The depth is a little deeper and I’m a little more behind the breakwater. Still bow and stern anchored, but I think I could swing by the bower if I need to buoy the stern anchor. The wind is supposed to pick up this weekend. Not bad, 15 knots or so, but… Read More

Category: Culture, Gear & Maintenance, Life in 240 Inches, Overnight Trips, Video, Voyage 2024, Wildlife Tags: anchorage, cactus., Cape, condor, coral, fish camp, Flicka 20, los frailles, Mexico, mountains, panga, sea of cortz

Marquesas – Sampaguita Completes Leg 4 of Epic Journey

39 days from La Paz, Mexico to Hiva Oa, Marquesas. Thanks to modern GPS navigation, it turns out to be pretty easy to navigate to a small Island in the middle of the ocean. Definitely the most physically and mentally grueling thing I have ever embarked on…so far. It’s a bit masochistic. I can’t say I would recommend it. It’s like a carnival ride (Tilt-a-Whirl?), or a bucking bronco, that never stops. Add… Read More

Category: Culture, Gear & Maintenance, Life in 240 Inches, Overnight Trips, Voyage 2024, Wildlife Tags: albatross, baja, condor, Flicka 20, french polynesia, hiva oa, los frailles, marquesas, Mexico, Pacific Seacraft, pilot whales, sailboat, tahauku Bay, trade winds, wind vane, windpilot