Tehani-li

Tehani-li is a Tayana 52 built in 1988. Her current owners, Phil and Karel, have purchased her in Barcelona 10 years ago. Since she has proved a comfortable home and a fast passage maker. We are currently getting ready to cross the Indian towards South Africa.

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Posted: Sun, 13 Sep 2020 - 14:48

Day 38...Our 24 hour run from midday to midday was 90nm. We had a very, very slow night. So slow that I saw 0 on the GPS speed. In fact, we took all sails in at one stage, as they were hanging limp

Posted: Sat, 12 Sep 2020 - 14:48

Day 37... A very hot and slow day today. Our sails are barely inflated, averaging about 4.5knots of boat speed. At this rate we will run out of food and possibly patience!! And so the skipper began

Posted: Fri, 11 Sep 2020 - 15:03

Day 36...The last few days have been glorious, weather wise. Sun shining, clear skies at night. And now the swell is finally abating. 5 weeks down, 3 weeks to go? We believe we have another 18/19

Posted: Thu, 10 Sep 2020 - 14:42

Day 35... A couple of friends wrote to us commenting on the stats from YIT (this very site you are reading). I think it makes us look like we are doing extraordinary speeds! Alas no! I do not know

Posted: Wed, 9 Sep 2020 - 14:21

Day 34...It's has been a challenging day in terms of finding the balance between nursing the rig, keeping wind in the sails, staying close to our course and avoid the windless sails to flop and bang

Posted: Tue, 8 Sep 2020 - 13:51

Day 33... Well needless to say that the night was anything but restful. Every time the boat lurched violently due to swell, I was cringing. But the night was also enlightening as we both thought of

Posted: Mon, 7 Sep 2020 - 15:00

Day 32...An eventful day. After a very smooth and relaxing night, the wind and seas came up with a vengeance this morning and kept us busy all day. One of the diagonal s/steel frame of the wind vane

Posted: Sun, 6 Sep 2020 - 14:15

Day 31... When I provision the boat for a passage, I never really worry too much about food as I know that I will always find some at the next destination. And if we run out of something, tough! But

Posted: Sat, 5 Sep 2020 - 13:51

Day 30...Welcome to the South Pacific Ocean, the romantic ocean, our home ocean! We crossed the equator in the early hours of this morning, saluted King Neptune with a nip of port wine and went back

Posted: Fri, 4 Sep 2020 - 13:39

Day 29... Last night was glorious. The moon, bright and orange, floated up behind the boat as the sun disappeared in front of the bow. It was a lovely, calm and slow night. The spinnaker was up and

Posted: Thu, 3 Sep 2020 - 13:45

Day 28...A full month at sea and yet doesn't feel so. The good news is that we had another record breaking 24 hours 210nm; now imagine the bragging rights at the pub!! Also we have definitely passed

Posted: Wed, 2 Sep 2020 - 14:00

Day 27... Coincidentally it is our 27th wedding anniversary today. We are also between our 1/2 way point in time and our 1/2 point in miles (tomorrow night). On top of which our 24hour run at midday

Posted: Tue, 1 Sep 2020 - 13:51

Day 26...We've calculated and recalculated, discussed it, debated it, and came to the conclusion that there are two half way points. The obvious one being the half way point in terms of distance

Posted: Mon, 31 Aug 2020 - 13:33

Day 25... The hazards of sailing. While trying to sort out the spinnaker's tack point, the boat lurched and the stainless ring came flying towards me, hit my mouth chipping off a bit of my front

Posted: Sun, 30 Aug 2020 - 14:09

Day 24...A huge pod of dolphins came over to play with Tehani-Li. They gave us a show worthy of Sea World. That was the most exciting thing all day. Our speeds have been good with 182nm for today's

Posted: Sat, 29 Aug 2020 - 13:51

Day 23... We tried to avoid it as long as possible by zig-zagging between 1 and 2 degrees N; but couldn't put it off any longer. This morning we set the pole on the genoa and are in what is commonly

Posted: Fri, 28 Aug 2020 - 12:48

Day 22... We have just completed 3 weeks at sea. As much as it was a triumph yesterday to have achieved 205nm/24hours, disappointing today to barely reach 138nm. Such is sailing I guess! We also

Posted: Thu, 27 Aug 2020 - 12:48

Day 21... We broke our previous record for this trip and managed 205 nm in 24 hours! Very encouraging indeed! King Neptune decided to reward us, not with fish but with squid. Unfortunately when I do

Posted: Wed, 26 Aug 2020 - 12:36

Day 20...After quite a few days of about 5-10 knots of wind, last night they picked up, kicking up the sea with them giving us a much needed boost. We are now zooming along at 8-10knots. A bumpy ride

Posted: Tue, 25 Aug 2020 - 12:51

Day 19... I have lost my touch. I tried the trusted red and white Rapalla, the favorite purple squid, the fluorescent one, the blue imitation Rapalla, the silver spoon and many others. Zilch

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