Cavalo

Cavalo is a 1978 Westsail 43, built in Costa Mesa, CA. Matthew and Annie have been trying to keep her under control for 26,000 miles and counting. There's a blog, too:

www.43-feet.com

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Posted: Sat, 17 Jun 2017 - 10:30

Continuing south, they say there will be wind soon and hoping we find it. Getting excited in our final stretch with 555 miles to go and a much better forecast. Putting a real dent in our canned food

Posted: Wed, 14 Jun 2017 - 11:39

Looks like the wind gods are not on our side and a pit stop in Tuvalu is in order if we don't run out of diesel first. This is super dumb.

Posted: Mon, 12 Jun 2017 - 11:51

Motoring. Again. Super squally, lots of lightning and thunder last night. Waterspouts and a marlin on the rod- took the lure but we got all our line back. I think we'd happily trade all of these

Posted: Sun, 11 Jun 2017 - 11:12

Sweet Poseidon we're sailing! Made it into the southern latitudes earlier today and enjoying the lee of the atolls for now. No fish yet, so we'll be having a celebratory trans-equatorial dinner of

Posted: Sat, 10 Jun 2017 - 11:29

Had a spectacular time in Kiribati. Heading out the pass and pointing the bow just east of south. It'll be a light start but it's a beautiful day, and we'll be back in the Southern Hemisphere soon!

Posted: Thu, 8 Jun 2017 - 16:23

Mauri from Kiribati! Clearance took 24 hours, but we finally have our stamps. We were going to top-up on diesel and keep on moving, but there's better wind if we hang out till Saturday. Relocating to

Posted: Tue, 6 Jun 2017 - 10:45

Slow progress but still sailing. Wind should die completely, so we're strategizing a stop in Tarawa. If we turn the motor on now we could be there tomorrow late afternoon, but it's a hard call to

Posted: Mon, 5 Jun 2017 - 10:06

Screamer last night fizzled shortly after sunrise. Managing to keep the sails full and the boat moving, but struggling to keep our easting and not going very fast. Lovely day, though, and we appear

Posted: Sun, 4 Jun 2017 - 14:42

Out the gate and headed south! Dismal wind forecast, but we've got a chance to get some good easting in. Stoked to be on the Big Blue again, hopefully the unpredictable weather around here works in

Posted: Sat, 3 Jun 2017 - 12:56

One last swim to clean the dingy before she comes on deck, hitting the big blue tomorrow headed south for Fiji.

Posted: Wed, 31 May 2017 - 14:38

Well we've stitched up the jib, fixed the backstay, and more or less gotten ourselves and the boat ready to go. So now of course there isn't a breath of wind in the forecast...

Posted: Tue, 9 May 2017 - 13:54

Back in glorious Majuro after a cruisey 36hr run from Ailuk. Hooked 2 marlin (not our target species), now we have 2 broken rods, one less rod holder and no fish in the freezer, but boy are they

Posted: Mon, 1 May 2017 - 09:21

Slowly making our way south again, stopping to kite along the way!

Posted: Wed, 26 Apr 2017 - 10:30

Anchored off Enejelar Island at the north end of Ailuk Atoll for a couple of days.

Posted: Sun, 23 Apr 2017 - 09:24

Moved a bit farther north yesterday in search of new beaches to comb. There look to be a couple good pinnacles to explore as well so hopefully some fish for dinner!

Posted: Fri, 21 Apr 2017 - 14:15

Anchored off Bio Island. Tucked right in much closer to shore where the water is calm enough to get the SUP board out. Matthew drank island water, so no kiting until he's feeling better. Canoes

Posted: Wed, 12 Apr 2017 - 08:09

Anchor down off Ailuk, Ailuk atoll after a quick and uneventful 36hr passage. Despite dragging lures during daylight hours only one recorded strike and the smallest flying fish found on deck means no

Posted: Sat, 8 Apr 2017 - 12:06

<p>Mail has arrived, stores are stocked, time to go sailing. Heading out island this afternoon. Time to go test out our new kites!</p>

Posted: Thu, 22 Dec 2016 - 13:57

The wind has not been kind. Still motoring and poured the last of our diesel into the tanks. Seas are calm, though, and we're only 20nm from the pass into Majuro; hopeful that we can get onto a

Posted: Mon, 19 Dec 2016 - 10:57

Back in the Northern Hemisphere! Motoring just east of Tarawa, but it looks like we won't be making a Kiribati stop this time around. Wind should fill in this afternoon and get us to Majuro before

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