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: Sat, 28 Oct 2017 - 23:12

233 nm to Simon's Town, SA. Sailing DDW with sgl reefed main only, 253T at 12kts. Cleared Port Elizabeth port yesterday afternoon at 1550. Have had lovely conditions - nice to sail in a high

Posted: Fri, 27 Oct 2017 - 23:12

391 nm to Simon's Town, SA. We are off the dock today in about 3 hours at 1500 local, with a good wx window to ride the back side of a H pressure system moving to the south of us. Planning for

Posted: Mon, 23 Oct 2017 - 22:18

Tied up to the concrete work dock, Port Elizabeth. We arrived last night by 2000 local and were tied up with the help of some local friends by 2130 onto the local haul out dock. Lots of concrete

Posted: Sun, 22 Oct 2017 - 23:03

70 nm to Port Elizabeth. Motorsailing, sgl reefed main, 243T at 7.8kts. The wind filled in a bit yesterday afternoon, 20 kts from the NNE, allowing us to sail for 16 hours. As predicted, the wind

Posted: Sat, 21 Oct 2017 - 23:00

298 nm to Port Elizabeth. Motorsailing, sgl reefed main, 220T at 8.7kts. Except for a brief few hours yesterday afternoon, we have been motoring since departing Richards Bay at 1300 local

Posted: Fri, 20 Oct 2017 - 22:27

492 nm to Port Elizabeth. Our stay here in Richards Bay has been great - made some wonderful new friends, got a lot of boat repairs completed, and rested up from our last passage. Yesteraday a nice

Posted: Sun, 15 Oct 2017 - 07:06

On the International Yacht Dock, Richards Bay. Arrived! We played the cards we were dealt and we didn't lose our shirt, survived a blow that destroyed a port, and feel lucky and blessed to have

Posted: Sat, 14 Oct 2017 - 21:36

35 nm to South Africa. Motorsailing sgl reefed main, 240T at 9.4kts. Land Ho! We have a visual on the great African continent off to starboard, and are presently sliding along in the Agulhas

Posted: Fri, 13 Oct 2017 - 21:30

181 nm to South Africa. Hove-to, staysail only, 334T at 1.8kts. We have been hove-to now for almost 22 hours, and hope to set sail early this afternoon once the winds stay steadily below 20kts and

Posted: Thu, 12 Oct 2017 - 21:30

192 nm to South Africa. Sailing dbl reefed main plus staysail, 323T at 5.6kts. Just after sending in our update yesterday we "sailed into the hole" of the L, meaning the wind went to less than 5kts

Posted: Wed, 11 Oct 2017 - 21:09

351nm to South Africa. Sailing sgl reefed main plus staysail, 220T at 7.6kts. We had a long night sailing through 7 hours of lightning and rain, with scary lightning strikes all around us, the

Posted: Tue, 10 Oct 2017 - 21:18

508nm to South Africa. Sailing sgl reefed main plus jib, 260T at 7.6kts. After motoring for 21 hours the wind started to fill in allowing us to throw out the jib and start sailing again late this

Posted: Mon, 9 Oct 2017 - 22:45

666nm to South Africa. Motorsailing sgl reefed main plus jib, 270T at 6.5kts. Yesterday and last night we enjoyed sailing at a pretty good clip with the apparent wind about 120 deg off to starboard

Posted: Sun, 8 Oct 2017 - 21:18

915nm to South Africa. Sailing sgl reefed main plus staysail, 250T at 10.8kts. Once the sun was up this morning we gybed over to starboard and are now happy to be making all of our miles directly on

Posted: Sat, 7 Oct 2017 - 21:12

1067nm to South Africa. Sailing sgl reefed main plus jib, 195T at 8.0kts. Been clear sailing as we keep turning Kailani more S and SE to keep her sails full as the wind has backed to the E over the

Posted: Fri, 6 Oct 2017 - 23:06

1230nm to South Africa. Sailing sgl reefed main plus jib, 210T at 7.8kts. Last night we decided to run off before the wind and sacrifice DMG for a more comfortable ride to get some rest. What a

Posted: Thu, 5 Oct 2017 - 21:12

1415nm to South Africa. Sailing dbl reefed main plus staysail, 220T at 10.8kts. A long gnarly night of winds 30-35kts, 50-60 deg off our port bow. Confused seas as we hand steered and changed sail

Posted: Thu, 5 Oct 2017 - 02:15

1580 to South Africa. Well, the time has come. The 4th and final leg of our Indian Ocean crossing. This is the passage we have been building up to since deciding to leave Malaysia and cross the

Posted: Sun, 1 Oct 2017 - 19:17

Anchored Gran Baie. Waiting on wx window to Africa. Plan Tuesday departure with 8 days on passage to Durban or Richards Bay, RSA.

Posted: Wed, 27 Sep 2017 - 18:51

At La Caudon Marina, Port Louis, Mauritius. We have decided to extend our stay here in Mauritius for another week. We will also skip La Reunion and instead ready Kailani here in Mauritius for our

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