Downwind fast sail to tahiti! Posting up here for a couple months.

550 mile (small) passage to tahanea in the tuamotus! So excited to get here!

Made the left turn to head across the itcz towards fp. 3500 miles down, 1000 to go! We've been battered by 25-30 knot winds and squalls constantly for the last 4 days. It's been rough. Both literally and on us. Exciting to switch to a port tack and head south. Hopefully some calmness presides over the equator! 8 more days remain

Day who knows how many, maybe 19? Under 2000 miles to go! We have already done 2600 miles. We've had the spinnaker up for 2 days, cruising at 7 knots downwind. Seas are good, but will pick up in a few days. Running out of fishing gear. Had to use an electrical crimp as a wire crimp to attach a hook. The kitties are enjoying the ride. Ricky is ready to be there, as are we!

2000 NM Mark passed! The last few days have been marked by strong winds, a terrible sea state, and then getting hammered by rain squalls. To say we are tired is putting it lightly. This has been an extremely trying couple of days. We're being treated to some light winds now, and the sea state is calming, to give us some time to recover before the wind picks back up again.

Further update: 1500NM down, 2700 to go. Lots of massive fish out here, they keep breaking my line and stealing my lures. We're all hanging out, passing the time. The wind/waves from the Gulf of tehuantepec are arriving late today so that will spice things up for a few days

Update from the middle of the Pacific. 500 nm from departure. Mix of motoring and sailing. 3500 more to go!

And we're off! Next stop, French Polynesia. Expecting it to take a month. Off to a great start at 7.5 knots.

Crossing the Pacific from Panama city to nuku hiva, marquesas! 35 days, 4685 NM. Biggest passage ever, check! ✅ We were originally going to take the southern route, but the forecast was better for the northern route (at the time). In hindsight, the northern route was much rougher than we expected it to be!