Field Trip

Field Trip is and Antares 44i Catamaran that it sailing the South Pacific. We have two kids onboard - Michael (7) and Elizabeth (9). The owners are Mark and Sarah Silverstein.

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Posted: Thu, 11 May 2017 - 06:48

It's been overall a very good stay so far in Honiara. We've found some great places to grab a good lunch, and have enjoyed civilization and socializing with our new friends on the yachts here at the

Posted: Tue, 9 May 2017 - 06:51

The weather has calmed down and we had a good night with calm weather. There are a total of three yachts here in Honiara. All are heading south to Vanuatu. It was nice to get some provisioning

Posted: Mon, 8 May 2017 - 08:18

We arrived to Honiara yesterday. Sorry for missing a day on the updates. It was overall a great sail. We were able to sail a majority of the way...which was a first in a long time up here at 8S

Posted: Sat, 6 May 2017 - 06:45

Enroute to Honiara. Overall we have had very good conditions and have been able to sail most of the way. All is good aboard. We plan on arriving to Honiara on Sunday.

Posted: Fri, 5 May 2017 - 06:39

We leave around 3pm today for Honiara. It is is about 240NM SSE of Liapari. We plan on the trip taking about 40-48 hours depending on the winds. Hopefully we will be able to sail at least half of

Posted: Thu, 4 May 2017 - 07:03

We made it on a nice run up to Liapari yesterday. We picked up some items that were shipped to fix our freezer. Freezer is now fixed, and working great. We are planning to sail down to Honiara on

Posted: Wed, 3 May 2017 - 07:12

The winds died down in the afternoon to about 5-7kts. Hopefully they will pick up again later in the morning as we head up to Liapari, about 15NM NNW of here.

Posted: Tue, 2 May 2017 - 07:03

The biggest update for us is we are watching the weather to make sure the depression stays south of us. This will bring some good wind in the 10-15kts range, something we haven't seen in a long

Posted: Mon, 1 May 2017 - 07:06

We had some local kids as tour guides yesterday in the village. We hiked to a small lake, and then went for a dinghy ride up the river. It was beautiful, and the water was very cool given it was a

Posted: Sun, 30 Apr 2017 - 11:12

We moved yesterday to a nice village called Iri. We were excited to get to a village and reconnect with the locals. We had a warm welcome ashore yesterday with a bunch of local kids, and they were

Posted: Fri, 28 Apr 2017 - 09:33

We moved back to Gizo yesterday. We needed 3G connectivity to make some final orders online and follow up with items shipped to Honiara. We hope to have this sorted in the next day or two and get

Posted: Wed, 26 Apr 2017 - 08:33

We started off with a couple of email alerts regarding the Chile earthquake. Fortunately no Tsunami warnings for here. We are still in the same spot. We met some more locals today, who fish and

Posted: Tue, 25 Apr 2017 - 14:24

It was a good day yesterday. We had a nice dive, albeit with a fair amount of current, and ended the day with drinks and dinner on the beach with a campfire. The kids played all afternoon on the

Posted: Mon, 24 Apr 2017 - 09:12

After a great dive, and some good snorkeling, we moved our boat to one of the best spots we have seen since the Reef Islands. We navigated around some coral heads to this small lagoon with sandy

Posted: Sun, 23 Apr 2017 - 11:21

We found another great spot. We just dropped the hook in 25m of sandy bottom near two islands with sandy beaches. The diving here is supposed to be outstanding...and we look forward to getting in

Posted: Sat, 22 Apr 2017 - 11:06

We moved over to this nice spot near a small village. It is very nice here. We are anchored in 30m of water, and had two great dives on a Japanese vessel. It was the best wreck dive I've ever

Posted: Thu, 20 Apr 2017 - 10:27

And then there were 5. Half the yachts left yesterday. We plan on leaving soon, once we get some items sorted out online using the 3G connection. Once done, we will go and dive the Maru wreck

Posted: Wed, 19 Apr 2017 - 08:42

The boats keep arriving. We now have 10 yachts anchored here in Gizo. A bunch will be heading off today, mainly heading south. We are waiting for some dive items today, and hope to be off soon as

Posted: Tue, 18 Apr 2017 - 09:36

We moved up to Ghizo to connect with some friends up here. Wow, there are a lot of boats here. Presently we have NINE yachts anchored here. It is the most yachts we have seen since leaving

Posted: Mon, 17 Apr 2017 - 09:18

We had a good day. The big news is we had two crocs off the back of our boat last night here at Fat Boys. It was a striking reminder that we are indeed in croc country and we must always be

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