Charisma

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Charisma is a Tayana 37 hailing from San Francisco, California. Bob and Ann have been cruising the South Pacific since 2011. This year - 2015 - we're sailing back to the U.S. via the southern route i.e. NZ - Australs - Tahiti - Hawaii and Washington State. At least that's the plan. Now we'll see if the weather cooperates with the plan. Our official blog is at www.sailcharisma.com

Recent Updates

Charisma - June 9, 2015
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Arrived Papeete @ 0700 local NZ time. 22 day passage. Woo Hoo!

Charisma - June 8, 2015
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Landfall today with some luck with the wind, otherwise, will drift offshore and go in first light tomorrow.

Charisma - June 7, 2015
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squalls went away, beautiful night.

Charisma - June 6, 2015
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squally night and early morning. 260 NM from Tahiti, but not quite laying island.

Charisma - June 5, 2015
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Wind settled at 6 knots around midnight. Been sailing in fine weather and clear skies at 3-4 knots since then. Tee-shirts, shorts and flip flops baby!!

Charisma - June 4, 2015
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Clear and glassy smooth all night. Motoring through the high.

Charisma - June 3, 2015
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Motoring.

Charisma - June 2, 2015
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Got smashed yesterday eve with biggest T-Storm I've ever seen. 5 hours with lightning striking water all around. Sailed upwind and held our breath. Then after lightning stopped, got hit with 40++ ... Read More
Charisma - June 1, 2015
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Hove to for six hours yesterday. Wind gusting high 30's on the nose and building waves. Has since moderated to 25-30 but very gusty, steep waves so just sailing (slowly) with triple reef main until ... Read More
Charisma - May 30, 2015
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Wind up and down a bit from periods of 12 knots and periods of 20. We're conservatively set for the higher bits, so going a bit slow about 50% of the time.

Charisma - May 29, 2015
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Nice night. Lot of stars, few clouds. Wind shift from WSW to SSW. Jibed at 0300 onto starboard tack.

Charisma - May 28, 2015
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Nice day yesterday. Lots of blue sky/sun. Took cockpit baths (yay!). Tonight few small squalls, stars on a nice downhill ride (for now).

Charisma - May 27, 2015
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Wind dropped in the evening. Jibed around 0230 local NZ to get back south of latitude 30, dropped storm sails and put up the main. Nice stars!

Charisma - May 26, 2015
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Very squally night. Lot of CBs. Not too tall, but pack a punch. Some lightning, but thankfully went behind us. Going very broad reach with only trysail due to gusts. Were hitting 10-11 knots ... Read More
Charisma - May 25, 2015
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Been hove to last 24 hours. Will start sailing west again after sunrise. Yesterday aft and eve winds measured at the deck were sustained 35, gusting 45. Quite a ride. ;-)

Charisma - May 24, 2015
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hove to but about to get moving again

Charisma - May 24, 2015
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Switched to storm sails yesterday at 1700 local. Close reached all night in building wind and sea and just hove to at 0600 local. Going too fast. Much more comfortable now. Peak is projected to ... Read More
Charisma - May 23, 2015
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Nice night, steady wind. Getting ready for tonight's low action. Clouds starting to approach from the west.

Charisma - May 22, 2015
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Wind shifted yesterday afternoon into the west. Light in teens until 0100 when we put in a third reef in anticipation of increasing wind which we now have. ;-) Oh, and rain :-(

Charisma - May 21, 2015
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Light wind presumably due to high off NZ. Motor sailing since 0200 (local NZ time) to keep speed up to get NE above Saturday's projected low.

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