Shortly before we arrived on Isabela our friends on Spruce left towards the Marquesas. After our 3 weeks stay in the Galapagos we got ready to leave ourselves and I remember thinking ‘my God, we’ve spent ages on Isabela, did tons of thing and these poor people are still at sea…’. In the end it’s not as bad as expected. The days on a passage… Continue reading »
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2013
07
May
2013
06
May
Flying along under twins
Yesterday we were both quite low on energy. Exhaustion seems to build up every day and the unsettled weather didn’t help, so we had a lazy day, doing nothing but napping and reading in the cockpit. When the wind shifted further east (as we had hoped for) we were able to rig the twin headsails and go downwind. Rigging the poles, adjusting all blocks, leading… Continue reading »
2013
04
May
We’re not sailors, we’re arrivers
We’re not much into sailing, to be honest. We don’t enjoy living inside a tumbledryer, getting up every 4 hours to sit out in the cold, sometimes wet cockpit, looking out for hostile freighters eager to sink the boat or even more hostile clouds eager to blow her over. But we endure this to arrive with our cosy home in far-away places, have cat, kitchen,… Continue reading »
2013
04
May
Half the distance done!
Today around noon we passed our half-distance mark. After a very comfy and quiet first half of the night we passed from dark cloud to dark cloud with gusty wind and drizzle. This morning the sea was high again and confused. It’s a scary view when an especially steep and high blue mountain looms up over Pitufa’s side. It seems certain that the wave will… Continue reading »
2013
02
May
Munching our way over the Pacific
Food’s a central topic in the life on Pitufa anyway, but even more during passages. We have a hearty breakfast around 9, a muesli or a salad at noon (hooray, we finished the bananas today, eating about 100 bananas in one week was quite a challenge–who’d have thought that the whole bunch would get ripe so quickly?? we’ll keep away from bananas for a while… Continue reading »