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: Fri, 8 Nov 2019 - 10:27

On dock, downtown Gloucester, VA. Moved the boat 30 nm up the York River across from Yorktown, VA. Here we will leave Kailani for the winter months, taking advantage of dockside living to do a full

Posted: Wed, 30 Oct 2019 - 06:00

On dock, downtown Norfolk! Moved the boat 10 nm to the S to a dock in downtown Norfolk. A very interesting trip along the channel with the military and commercial ships docks all busy with activity

Posted: Sun, 27 Oct 2019 - 17:45

Day 3 - 0015 local 27 Oct, anchor down, Old Point Comfort, Fort Monroe Anchorage, Norfolk VA. The wind filled in nicely for us to sail for the final 12 hours of this passage on a broad reach with

Posted: Sun, 27 Oct 2019 - 05:06

Day 2 - 89 nm to Norfolk VA. Motorsailing main only, 8.2 kts at 214T. Yesterday morning we had a fabulous time motoring along the East River of Manhattan, particularly enjoying the view from the

Posted: Sat, 26 Oct 2019 - 00:54

Day 1 - off the mooring early for the beginning of our 303nm sail down through New York City then out and along the NJ coast and the Delmarva Peninsula for a coastal passage to make landfall in

Posted: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 - 11:09

On mooring, Port Washington, Manhasset Bay, NY, USA. We bid adieu to Black Rock YC and Fairfield CT today, taking advantage of a great NNE wind to sail further down Long Isl Sound, 35 nm closer to

Posted: Thu, 10 Oct 2019 - 10:27

On mooring, Black Rock Harbor, Fairfield, CT, USA. Another 58 nm of sailing SW today along the CT side of Long Isl Sound. A very sporty beam reach sail with a single reefed main and staysail, winds

Posted: Wed, 9 Oct 2019 - 10:39

Anchored, Niantic Bay, CT, USA. Great seven hour beam reach sail from Newport today. Cold and grey days of fall are upon us and this current NE wind will continue for the week with some rain moving

Posted: Fri, 4 Oct 2019 - 10:06

Anchored, Newport, Rhode Isl, USA. Had a glorious 46nm downwind run from Marion today, taking about 6 hours to arrive here in Newport RI. NE winds between 15-20kts kept us togged up in our foul

Posted: Fri, 4 Oct 2019 - 07:45

Anchored, Newport, Rhode Isl, USA. Had a glorious 46nm downwind run from Marion today, taking about 6 hours to arrive here in Newport RI. NE winds between 15-20kts kept us togged up in our foul

Posted: Wed, 2 Oct 2019 - 03:30

On mooring, Marion, Mass, USA. A quick morning motorsail from Phinneys Harbor this morning to Marion, where we will linger for a few days to pick up some parts and shelter from the SWly winds and

Posted: Thu, 26 Sep 2019 - 04:03

Anchored, Phinneys Harbor, Cape Cod, Mass, USA. Gorgeous day on the Cape! We up anchored at 0730 to make it to the Canal by 1030 and enjoyed our transit through the Cape Cod Canal without any other

Posted: Wed, 25 Sep 2019 - 08:03

Anchored, Duxbury Bay, Clarks Is, Mass, USA. After 5 very full days exploring historic Boston, we departed at 0915 this morning for a 50nm sail south toward Cape Cod. We enjoyed light and favorable

Posted: Thu, 19 Sep 2019 - 09:03

On mooring, Boston Harbor, Boston, Mass, USA. We took advantage of the strong NEly generated by Hurricane Humberto off toward our east in order to sail 63nm to Boston from Pepperrell Cove this

Posted: Mon, 9 Sep 2019 - 09:42

On mooring, Pepperrell Cove, Kittery Point Harbor, Maine, USA. Departed in cold cloudy weather 68nm to our north this morning to start our southward journey back down along the coastal US. We

Posted: Sat, 7 Sep 2019 - 11:18

On mooring, Orrs Cove, Quahog Bay, Sebascodegan Isl, Maine, USA. 248 nm in our rear view. We mostly motored on this passage, sailing when we could, and especially had a fun sail up this tiny inlet

Posted: Sat, 7 Sep 2019 - 03:15

Day 2. 41 nm to Maine, USA. Sailing 6.2kts at 274T, main plus jib. Mostly been a motor sail until an hour ago, as winds have been light and the seas eerily calm. Last night the sunset was a weird

Posted: Fri, 6 Sep 2019 - 02:30

Day 1. 223 nm to Maine, USA. MS 1rM , 8.4kts at 201T. After only 3 weeks cruising here, we are departing Nova Scotia this morning as Hurricane Dorian is due to strike as a Cat 1 here on Friday night

Posted: Thu, 20 Jun 2019 - 04:21

Day 5 Anchor down at 0830 local, Brenton Cove, Newport RI. 650nm. Arrived in the USA! Yesterday right after our noon update, Sophia came down from her scope of the horizon with the notice "we

Posted: Wed, 19 Jun 2019 - 03:18

Day 4 159nm to Newport RI USA. Motorsailing, full main, 7.7kts at 335T. Soon after our post yesterday at noon, the wind kicked up and the seas got very messy. We were sailing on a close reach into

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