Ohana

50ft cruising catamaran, on our way back to NZ from Europe

Posted: Fri, 5 Jun 2020 - 05:27

We've been making great progress through the "Goldilocks zone" where it's not too hot, not too cold, nice and sunny with just the right amount of wind. Just 4 days ago it was uncomfortably hot. It

Posted: Tue, 2 Jun 2020 - 18:28

All going very well and making good progress. Chris has a great signal when reporting to Northland radio on 12Mhz and when he talked to me on 8 MHz he came through clearly too. They are making great

Posted: Sat, 23 May 2020 - 08:39

After two great weeks in Nuku Hiva we are on the move again! Life in Nuku Hiva has returned to normal, there's no lockdown so we were able to do some good long walks, build sand castles, buy

Posted: Fri, 8 May 2020 - 02:48

Great sailing conditions continue. The last couple of days have been a giant slalom between huge drift nets 30 miles long, marked by dozens of AIS buoys. We just entered French Polynesian waters so

Posted: Sun, 3 May 2020 - 23:09

Sorry for the lack of updates, every day is the same out here! Mostly nice sunny weather with the occasional rain squalls once every day or two to wake us up. We are taking our time, sailing for

Posted: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 - 11:06

After motoring through the lee of the Galapagos islands this morning we have now picked up gentle trade winds and making good speed under sail at last. Fine weather and comfortable seas. Everyone

Posted: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 - 06:18

Just a reminder: please do not worry if you don't see any updates here on YIT. There's no guarantee that the satellite phone will work, it could easily have a fault or get broken. We often have it

Posted: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 - 19:30

We had a couple of days of heavy rain showers with many wind shifts to follow. Hard work but we managed to make good progress to the South and we have been motoring SW in clear, completely calm

Posted: Sun, 12 Apr 2020 - 22:27

After a very stressful few weeks wondering how long we'd be stuck on the Atlantic side, we were in the first set of three boats to go through the Panama canal since the lockdown. All went smoothly

Posted: Thu, 19 Mar 2020 - 20:12

Departed Marigot 6pm today, heading for Panama canal. Greg has joined us as crew today and is doing a great job. Occasional showers, making 5kn average due west. Taking it easy for now with just the

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Posted: Wed, 4 Dec 2019 - 09:35

<p>Approaching Guadeloupe, be there in an hour or so! Tired after a long day so we will catch up with everyone after a good night's sleep.</p>

Posted: Sat, 30 Nov 2019 - 23:54

We will cancel the satellite connection today as it is billed per calendar month and very expensive, so this will probably be the last update until we arrive. We still have the SSB radio for safety

Posted: Wed, 27 Nov 2019 - 01:51

All's well, still enjoying fine weather and calm seas. Here's a message from Bea: Hello family and friends onshore! We are all good, sailing towards our destination slowly but surely. The current

Posted: Mon, 25 Nov 2019 - 07:51

Another fine sunny day with light winds. Very hot, 30 degrees in the shade and we are not acclimatised! Progress is slow in these light winds but the seas are calm. We just saw the first other yacht

Posted: Sat, 23 Nov 2019 - 04:27

Half way day! We're getting heavy showers due to what the forecast is calling an "upper low" in our area. The rain showers are messing up the wind, which keeps changing direction and dropping to

Posted: Mon, 18 Nov 2019 - 06:15

Very little has changed since our last report, still trundling downwind at good speed under just the twin jibs. Beata was attacked by a flying fish last night (at least that's her story, the fish may

Posted: Sat, 16 Nov 2019 - 03:15

We had a good fast day yesterday. We are now clear of the Canaries wind acceleration zone so we have slowed down a bit from our peak when we surfed at 17 knots. We are still making good speed dead

Posted: Tue, 5 Nov 2019 - 00:00

nice sunny morning, weather has been patchy showers but mostly fair. wind keeps shifting but all reaching. progress is very good. All's well and we are starting to get into the rhythm of watches and

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