Neptune's Highway

Bruce and Laura have been sailing together for 30 years, mostly in the Caribbean but including New England and western Mediterranean. They purchased Pacific Hwy, a Davidson 44 sloop, in California in April 2012, did the 2012 Baja Haha to Mexico and the 2013 Puddle Jump to the South Pacific. Our plan for the 2016 season: Sail from Australia to New Caledonia. Visit Vanuatu and Solomons and continue on to Palau. 2017, Indonesia. 2018 Haulout and refit in Malaysia. Planning to cross the Indian Ocean in 2019! Oh! And since we're leaving the Pacific behind, we've changed our name to Neptune's Highway!

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Posted: Sun, 23 Feb 2020 - 06:48

Saturday, February 22, 3:30 pm or 1730 UTC Day 16. Yesterday we broke free of the convergence zone. We encountered NE trade winds, 15-20, forward of the beam, and 3 meter seas which made for

Posted: Fri, 21 Feb 2020 - 22:33

Friday, February 21, DAY 15 We struggled yesterday to keep wind in the sails. Before, it seems we have crossed the convergence zone in a couple of days. This time we figure it's been about 600 miles

Posted: Fri, 21 Feb 2020 - 03:03

Thursday, February 20, 12:00 noon DAY 14 Laura: Notice anything different about my hair? Bruce, swallowing his panic, thinks: It looks the same color, did she wash it? Did she cut it? Lord help me

Posted: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 - 02:03

Wednesday, February 19, 9:00 am DAY 13 Crossing the Equator. When sailors cross the Equator, they acquire Shellback status. Usually some sort of ceremony is involved. We're not party people so our

Posted: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 - 10:21

Tuesday, February 18, 7:00 pm I was feeling a bit neglected as I hadn't heard from anyone since Valentine's Day, but then today we received emails dated February 15th. Maybe the folks at Iridium were

Posted: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 - 14:09

Monday, February 17, 2359 UTC Day 11 Getting this in just under the wire at 11:59 pm. It's been a long day! After yesterday's post we had about 4 hours of torrential rain. Glad to be on a boat as it

Posted: Mon, 17 Feb 2020 - 02:45

Sunday, February 16, 1300 UTC DAY 10 RAINY DAYS AND SUNDAYS... Just after sunset last night the wind dropped so we took down our sails in the twilight and started motoring. We are now officially in

Posted: Mon, 17 Feb 2020 - 02:42

Sunday, February 16, DAY 10 RAINY DAYS AND SUNDAYS... Just after sunset last night the wind dropped so we took down our sails in the twilight and started motoring. We are now officially in the

Posted: Sun, 16 Feb 2020 - 01:57

Saturday, February 15, 1300 UTC Day 9. We had a beautiful, quiet night last night. The birds settled in without a peep and no flying fish were propelled on board in the flat sea conditions. Winds

Posted: Fri, 14 Feb 2020 - 23:27

Friday, February 14, 10:00 am UTC Day 8. Happy Valentine's Day! As we close in on the equator, we are seeing, on our weather maps, storm cells (RAIN) developing in our path. Yesterday we did our

Posted: Thu, 13 Feb 2020 - 22:39

Thursday, February 13, 9:00 AM Day 7, Stowaways and Deaths on Board. At each port we visited in South Africa, we were required to fill out a form that asked how many stowaways we had and how many

Posted: Thu, 13 Feb 2020 - 04:00

Wednesday, February 12, 2:00PM Day 6 Give us this day our daily jibe. We are unable to sail our rhum line as it is too deep down wind and we have to keep 20-30 degrees off in order to keep wind in

Posted: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 - 23:03

Tuesday, February 11, 10:00 am Day 5 (again) Yesterday I mistakenly (and optimistically) posted that is was Day 5 when, in fact, it was Day 4. The mathematically inclined should have picked it up

Posted: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 - 03:15

Monday, February 10, 1400 UTC Day 5 Still moseying along wing and wing. Last night was clear and full moon. Would've stayed up to watch Academy Awards but, alas, no TV. But we probably had a better

Posted: Mon, 10 Feb 2020 - 08:54

Sunday, February 9, 7:45 pm Day 3. Really? Only 3 days? Are we there yet? This morning was light wind, thrashing sails, irritable crew. But then the wind filled in and another good day of perfect

Posted: Sun, 9 Feb 2020 - 04:12

Day 2, Saturday, February 8, 9:00 am We are steadily trucking along with light but adequate wind, trying to maintain our 6+ kt average. Some light showers around us and lots of rainbows. We are in

Posted: Sat, 8 Feb 2020 - 05:30

Day 1, Friday, February 7 So far the sailing has been pretty easy. Bruce had some squally weather on his 2am to 5am watch. We've had some light air patches where the sails start to slat and that's

Posted: Fri, 7 Feb 2020 - 03:15

Thursday, February 6, 1400 UTC All checked out and getting ready to depart St. Helena. What a great stopover! Swimming with whale sharks was a highlight. Exploring the island by car was an adventure

Posted: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 - 09:24

Thursday, January 30, 8:00pm local Our first day on St Helena was a blast. We took the water taxi ashore at 8:00 am (there is no place to land your dinghy and water taxi runs on the hour so very

Posted: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 - 07:15

Wednesday, January 29, 6:00 pm WE ARE HERE! Arrived St. Helena at 1:30 this afternoon after a really nice 8 day passage. There are about 10 other cruising boats already here. Tomorrow we will go

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