by Alison Andrews | Jun 5, 2017 | Crew Blogs, Hikianalia Updates, Newsletter, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
Crew Blog by Nāʻālehu Anthony Aloha kākou, We are now in the most challenging part of the voyage. Our crew and our floating island are now in the thick of the doldrums of the ITCZ. Dark clouds persist all around us and new set of large waves has come through, making...
by PVS Admin | Jun 2, 2017 | Crew Blogs, Education, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
Crew blog by Nā’ālehu Anthony Aloha kākou, We officially crossed into our fourth segment of the voyage this morning, the third in the set of four navigational segments of Leg 31. We were at approximately 12 degrees north latitude at sunrise this morning, and our...
by PVS Admin | Jun 1, 2017 | Crew Blogs, Newsletter, Photo Galleries, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
Crew blog by Nā’ālehu Anthony. Aloha kākou, Conditions have remained pretty rough but we have had good wind to keep pushing north towards home. We are still on line to cover approximately 2 degrees of latitude a day as we make our way to hopefully better seas....
by Alison Andrews | May 31, 2017 | Crew Blogs, Newsletter, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
Aloha all, Just a quick update today. We are definitely in the doldrums. We are thankful for the gift of wind in this uncertain area of the ocean as it will help us to push through this region, hopefully in a matter of days. We are still making up the westing that we...
by Alison Andrews | May 30, 2017 | Crew Blogs, Newsletter, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
Crew Blog by Nāʻālehu Anthony Aloha kākou, I came up to my 2 am watch to find much better wind conditions then when I went to sleep. We were sailing almost north, a much better heading than the previous day. The better news was that the dead reckoning for the trip...