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!

Recent Updates

Posted: Wed, 2 Jan 2019 - 20:21

Well, we expected to beat our way from Langkawi to Phuket - sailing NW with NE winds. But the winds have been from the north! Yesterday we clawed our way from Koh Lipe to Rok Nok into 16 kts on the

Posted: Mon, 31 Dec 2018 - 22:09

Merry Christmas! We are tucked into a secluded anchorage on one of the small islands south of Langkawi. The morning is clear, calm, and sunny. We hope to have our Thai visas in a few days and head to

Posted: Mon, 31 Dec 2018 - 22:09

Unofficially in Thailand anchored off Koh Lipe. Watching the weather as GFS model has a storm headed toward Phuket on Friday. Meanwhile, we did something on the last day of 2018 that we hadn't done

Posted: Wed, 19 Dec 2018 - 21:05

Did the fourth and final leg of our passage to Langkawi today. Anchored in Kuah and will go ashore tomorrow to check in with officials and check out the town.Perfect light air sailing conditions

Posted: Tue, 18 Dec 2018 - 22:41

Traveled (slowly) 42.8 miles today. Enjoyed motoring past Penang, under two bridges. Raised the sails around 10:30 with light wind and were able to sail for part of the trip. Tomorrow we're off to

Posted: Tue, 18 Dec 2018 - 13:57

Anchored off south end of Penang after a 10 hour motor, 56 miles. Wind was very light from the north. We had enough cloud cover to be comfortably cool all day and no rain! Five miles from Penang our

Posted: Sun, 16 Dec 2018 - 18:29

Finally cast off lines from Pangkor Marina! We will day hop to Langkawi, then Thailand, then across the Indian Ocean!

Posted: Thu, 10 Nov 2016 - 02:30

All well on board. Jogging outside entrance to Pohnpei. Will enter and clear customs in the morning.

Posted: Wed, 9 Nov 2016 - 06:27

All well on board. Won't be able to get in today in time to do customs so we are slowing down and will go in first thing tomorrow morning.

Posted: Tue, 8 Nov 2016 - 03:00

All well on board. 255 miles to Pohnpei.

Posted: Mon, 7 Nov 2016 - 03:12

All well on board. Crossed the equator today at sunset - our 4th crossing in four years. Maybe Pacific Hwy should be Pacific Meander! clear skies, calm seas, steady breeze.

Posted: Sun, 6 Nov 2016 - 03:09

All well on board. Our weather improved significantly last night after sunset. No more squalls and we were able to set a course of 355M. Had a lovely, relaxing day close hauled, full sails, flat

Posted: Sat, 5 Nov 2016 - 03:33

All well on board. Frustrating day sailing slowly away from our rhumb line. Before sunset we dropped the main and motored directly into wind on our course line. At 7 pm we rolled out the jib. Very

Posted: Fri, 4 Nov 2016 - 02:48

All well on board. Had 1 kt adverse current up until about 3 hours ago (2100). So our average boat speed with light winds has been about 4.7.

Posted: Thu, 3 Nov 2016 - 03:06

All well on board. Caught a Mahi before exiting Manning Straits (after about 4 strikes that resulted in nothing getting hooked). Looks like a slow (but comfortable) trip. It has been HOT and water

Posted: Tue, 1 Nov 2016 - 09:20

Leaving Noro, Solomon Islands this afternoon for Pohnpei. About 900 miles north. ETA 7-9 days depending on wind.

Posted: Sat, 20 Aug 2016 - 07:39

Arrived in Noro, New Georgia, SI on Wednesday morning. 801 miles in 120 hours (from Luganville). Clearance very easy. Everyone very friendly. No crocs sighted! Waiting for clear weather to continue

Posted: Tue, 16 Aug 2016 - 06:39

Approaching New Georgia and will sail along the north side to check in at Noro. Sorry my previous reports were formatted incorrectly so you didn't see them -my bad.

Posted: Thu, 11 Aug 2016 - 18:46

Leaving Luganville, Vanuatu Friday morning for Noro, New Georgia, Solomon Islands (750 nm).

Posted: Wed, 6 Jul 2016 - 05:33

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Left Port Vila around 16:00 Tuesday bound for Amai Island, Maskelynes. Expected 18 knots from 80 degrees so left with double reefed main. Mostly had 10 kts from 120. Should arrive around 8 am</pre>

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