Kailani

Kailani is a Deerfoot 63 designed by Steve Dashew and built by Salthouse Brothers in New Zealand in 1990. With a waterline of 60' she is fast as well as sea kindly and safe. She has spent her life under four previous owners in the Caribbean, the Great Lakes and east coast of the USA and the Med where her current owners purchased her in 2010. She is now home to Harley, Jennifer and daughter Sophia.

For detailed blogs and photos see our website www.LaughterJourney.com

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Posted: Tue, 18 Jun 2019 - 04:06

Day 3 339nm to Newport RI USA. Port reach single reef main and staysail, 7.7kts at 340T. Wind veered and increased last night and we took advantage of the lagging sea state to make some miles at 9.5

Posted: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 - 03:03

Day 2 518nm to Newport RI USA. Stbd close reach full main and jib, 5.8kts at 336T. Been mostly a light air sail so far, with the exception of a few hours after sunset when we got a lift by skirting

Posted: Sun, 16 Jun 2019 - 06:18

Day 1 637nm to Newport RI USA. Checked out and in the final throws of stowing the dinghy and kayaks, then we anticipate up anchor by 1600 local. Will post an update to our website when we make

Posted: Tue, 28 May 2019 - 13:57

Anchored, Convict Bay, St George's Isl, Bermuda. Our plans are to stay here in Bermuda and catch the first wx window after 7 June for the 650 nm run to Newport, RI. For those following us our

Posted: Sat, 25 May 2019 - 01:42

DAY 8 Anchored, Convict Bay, St George's Isl, Bermuda. Yesterday was a long day beating hard to weather close-hauled on starboard, against the confused seas remnant from TS Andrea. Kailani and crew

Posted: Fri, 24 May 2019 - 04:09

DAY 7 119 nm to Bermuda. After 16 hrs hove to waiting for the strong Nly to get some E, we set sail this morning at 0715 local. We have a 24 hr window to make landfall before the wind dies

Posted: Thu, 23 May 2019 - 07:06

DAY6 130 nm to Bermuda. Hove to. Just after posting our noon update we passed through the "Post Tropical Cyclone Andrea" , essentially just a few squalls and gusty variable winds. Coming out the

Posted: Thu, 23 May 2019 - 04:15

DAY6 144 nm to Bermuda. Port beam reach 1st reef main plus staysail, 9.5 kts at 022T. The winds died as forecast and we motored 7 hrs yesterday until they filled in from the SSE. Tropical Storm

Posted: Wed, 22 May 2019 - 04:30

DAY 5 310 nm to Bermuda. Port beam reach main plus jib, 5.0 kts at 310T. As forecast the winds have been waning as a L 300nm off to our NW strengthens. This low has been upgraded to Tropical Storm

Posted: Tue, 21 May 2019 - 04:06

DAY 4 463 nm to Bermuda. Stbd beam reach main plus jib, 7.0 kts at 001T. Just passed the half way mark, which usually calls for celebration. Maybe a cake, but it is still very hot despite our

Posted: Mon, 20 May 2019 - 04:45

DAY 3 623 nm to Bermuda. Motor sailing, 7.5 kts at 355T. Winds have been less than 15 kts and this morning veered aft and dropped to 8-9 kts. We are motorsailing on course but the prospect for

Posted: Sun, 19 May 2019 - 04:15

DAY 2 777 nm to Grenada. Stbd beam reach run sgl rf main and jib, 6.8 kts at 355T. We upped anchor yesterday afternoon at 1600 local, departing Falmouth Harbour in light winds. The wind settled in

Posted: Sat, 18 May 2019 - 09:30

Day 1 - 937nm to Bermuda. Sailing 1RM plus Jib. Under way from Antigua! Sorry for no updates here. Jen's hand injury has tightened up our crew situation so no updates until she can type roughly

Posted: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 - 09:21

We are back aboard after an 11 month hiatus taking care of family back home. Anchored in Tyrell Bay on Carriacou, Grenada West Indies. Will be gunkholing around the Grenadines for a month before

Posted: Fri, 11 May 2018 - 02:09

Hauled out, St Davids Harbour, Grenada. Since arriving 7 days ago we have been working steadily to get Kailani ready to be hauled out and on the hard for the impending 6 month hurricane season. The

Posted: Fri, 4 May 2018 - 06:00

DAY 28 arrived Grenanda! At anchor, St Davids Harbour, Grenada. The wind started to die off and veer last night, making it hard to maintain speed in order to make our arrival in Grenada in a timely

Posted: Thu, 3 May 2018 - 03:54

DAY 27 137 nm to Grenanda. Stbd run sgl rf main and jib poled out to windward, 7.2kts at 290T. With 140 nm to go it is time o start planning our arrival. If the wind holds as forecast we should

Posted: Wed, 2 May 2018 - 03:36

DAY 26 299 nm to Grenanda. Stbd run sgl rf main and staysail, 6.5kts at 285T. For the first time in more than a week we have been able to open a few hatches and get some air flowing through the

Posted: Tue, 1 May 2018 - 02:30

DAY 25 483 nm to Grenanda. Stbd broad reach sgl rf main and staysail, 7.5kts at 300T. You know it's a long passage when you are twice passed by the same tanker. Ten days ago the Malta flagged tanker

Posted: Mon, 30 Apr 2018 - 04:21

DAY 24 677 nm to Grenanda. Stbd broad reach sgl rf main and jib, 8.5kts at 295T. So once again the bread goes in and ...our peaceful morning routine is rudely interrupted by the fire alarm in the

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