Saturday’s a busy day in the village, everywhere food is prepared in advance for Sunday, as the strict Christians here don’t light fires on the Lord’s day. We strolled through the village last Saturday, watched the proceedings and were in invited by the chief to join them for dinner. So we went home and started cooking ourselves to be able to contribute to the feast.… Continue reading »
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2025
29
Nov
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26
Nov
Pitufino now features remote monitoring!
Cloud Access lets you keep an eye on your boat from anywhere with Internet access. Use Pitufino’s AnchorWatch app while you’re ashore and on the way back from the restaurant to the bay that filled up with other boats, toggle your anchor light to find yours amidst the sea of lights. While your boat is in the marina, monitor your batteries and bilge alarms from… Continue reading »
2025
25
Nov
Blasting a pass is a crime against nature
The pass of an atoll is the bustling centre of its underwater life with corals providing a home for millions of little swarmfish hiding in delicate species like staghorn, groups of surgeons and parrots as well as couples of butterflies roaming the slopes, groupers and morrays hiding in crevices, swarms of snappers in the deeper water and barracudas, sharks and trevallies passing by. It’s also… Continue reading »
2025
21
Nov
I saved a turtle’s life
Turtles are still hunted and eaten on most islands in the Pacific, the only exceptions are touristy places (where the locals are encouraged to protect them as an attraction for visitors) and around very developed areas, where environmental organisations have been raising awareness for the protection of endangered species. We try the same and often include turtles in the presentations we do at schools, explaining… Continue reading »
2025
17
Nov
Kapingamarangi, our first stop in Micronesia!
Kapingamarangi–a ringing name that embodies the ideal of remote, pristine Pacific islands for many cruisers. We had already dreamed of coming here, before we even set out cruising–inspired by beautiful photos we had seen at one of the presentations of the “Seenomaden” (a cruising couple who’s famous in Austria). Last week we arrived here after a bouncy 3 day trip up from the remote islands… Continue reading »
2025
14
Nov
Water in the bilge
It’s never great when the water alarm in the bilge goes off with a high-pitched BEEEEP, but it’s especially disconcerting when you’re out on the ocean with still 60 nm to go to land… The first step is to lift the floorboard, take out the alarm and silence the deafening noise to be able to think again. The next step is nasty: put a finger… Continue reading »
2025
09
Nov
Crossing the equator!
12 years and 8 months ago we crossed the equator as we were approaching Galapagos and since then we’ve spent all these years exploring the many, beautiful islands of the South Pacific. Today we’re crossing the equator again going north on the way to Micronesia! It’s been a tricky passage so far: we got NE winds instead of the promised SE, plenty of squalls and… Continue reading »