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!

Crossing the Panama canal with my dad as crew. We did the first locks on the 18th, and then stopped for the night in Gatun lake before continuing through the lake down the pacific side locks on the 19th.

Back at Coco Bandero, in San blas

Back in our favourite place on earth! Another rough passage. The wind and sea state around here just does not let up. 2M seas at 7 seconds, on the nose. Took gallons and gallons of water over the bow. Motored the whole way. But, we're here! We get to spend the next month and a half in paradise.

Adios Colombia, back to Panama we go! Our inverter blew up so we are having two new ones imported to Panama. We had a single victron quattro 5kw, and are switching to two Victron quattro 3kw units running in tandem in case one dies in the future. With all electric cooking, we are reliant on an inverter.

2 day passage downwind, sailed 75% of the way. Just arrived in Shelter bay. Had to motor the last stretch. The sea state was large, choppy, and we were surfing a lot. We got 11 knots sog this time. Averaged 6.1. Dead downwind is a frustrating point of sail. We will have to work on improving the downwind system before we leave across the Pacific. There were a lot of squalls, and we're back in the lightning zone. Need to pick up our new inverters before we head to San blas.

New record! 13.7 knots speed over ground

Surfing waves at 11.5 knots - we will be in Colombia in no time

A hell of a sail from Aruba to Cartagena. 20-30 knots the whole way with 2m/6s seas. Surfing at 13.8 knots, average speed 6.9kts for 391 miles.

This shipwreck was sunk in 1939. The SS Antilla. It lies in 55 feet of water in Aruba and hosts a ton of life. Biggest shipwreck in the Caribbean. And the water is insanely clear. Practice your free diving cause this is an awesome ship to dive. I saw a grouper that must have been three feet long.

Reeling in the line that used to have a fresh cedar plug on it at the end of the day before nightfall and realizing you've been dragging a string for 8 hours is one of the biggest bummers

Rolly downwind sail with confused seas. The sails be floggin'

Peace out Bonaire, ✌️ next stop, Aruba!

This is what it's like to sail DOWNwind?

Guess the depth 😬

This somehow posted in reverse. We're in Grenada now, not Canada.

Leaving society for months during covid, getting desolation sound to ourselves

Sailed as a boatkid on my parents boat