The Wynns Are Adopted by the Locals in Palmerston
New Anchoring Rules in Bora Bora, French Polynesia
A new set of regulations have been approved by Bora Bora’s local authorities covering the various anchorages around what may be the world’s most iconic and […]
Niue Yacht Club Celebrates its 25th Anniversary
(published February 2017) Twenty five years ago, a few volunteers, both Niuean and ex-pats, shared a vision to provide safe moorings that would encourage cruisers to […]
Hove-To in Minerva Reef
After days of sailing through heavy wind and weather in the South Pacific, a stop at Minerva Reef offers a chance to regroup (published Dec/Jan 2016-17) […]
Exposed in the Tropics
A cruising couple benefit from a little shade (published Dec/Jan 2016-17) We admire intrepid cruisers, captains and crew intent on sailing high latitudes, enduring chilly challenges […]
Pacific Personalities
The vast Pacific contains some of the most remote pockets of humanity on earth. With many islands hundreds or even a thousand miles from their nearest […]
Marquesas Landfall
Most of us who cross the Pacific to French Polynesia are doing the passage for the first time. It is the first step of the euphemistically […]
Putting Penrhyn on the Map
Discovering Penrhyn atoll in the Cook Islands starts by learning where it is (published March 2015) Type “Penrhyn” into Google and you’ll get back a list […]
Uphill to Tahiti
A couple takes the road less traveled across the South Pacific (published September 2013) In the early 1980s a 25-year-old American named James Baldwin sailed alone […]
Mexico to the Marquesas
A South Pacific dream is fulfilled with a passage west (published August 2013) Will opened his sleepy eyes and looked at me with a puzzled expression […]