by Alison Andrews | May 24, 2017 | Crew Blogs, Newsletter, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
Blog by Nāʻālehu Anthony Aloha all, Today was a great day of sailing. We have pretty consistent trades and great weather from last night, which held for the conditions that we are seeing right now. Trades are lightening to sub-15 kts. We have more than 800 sq ft of...
by Alison Andrews | May 23, 2017 | Crew Blogs, Newsletter, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
Happy to See Venus Blog by Nāʻālehu Anthony It’s interesting to me how the human body works. Every morning for the last three days I get up minutes before my 2 am watch. I lie there in the starboard 4 bunk listening to the voices on the watch to get a sense of what...
by Alison Andrews | May 23, 2017 | Crew Blogs, Newsletter, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
Blog by Nāʻālehu Anthony Aloha kākou, Conditions in the last 36 hours have been challenging and variable. The swell from the northeast has become the dominant swell in the area. Winds are 20-25 kts roughly east southeast. Frequent squalls in the area have forced us to...
by Alison Andrews | May 23, 2017 | Crew Blogs, Newsletter, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
Blog by Nāʻālehu Anthony Aloha kākou, We sighted Tikehau early this morning. At about 3 am we could see a light marking the southern tip of the atoll. We stayed at a slow 3-4 kts until sunrise when we could see all the land features that we had to avoid. It took us...
by Alison Andrews | May 22, 2017 | Crew Blogs, Newsletter, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
Blog by Nāʻālehu Anthony Aloha kākou, Late this afternoon we sighted Makatea off of our starboard bow. This was a good first test for our navigation team getting dialed into sailing in this part of the world. Its was only 120 miles from our departure point, but it’s...