Saltair Afloat

The mini globe race is a solo around the world race where participants sail on an extremely small sailboat, a “Mini”. There are 15 boats participating this year. The course takes them from Antigua ...

Upon arrival in Mackay Australia we checked in and underwent a stringent biosecurity inspection before settling in for a few nights at a dock! Just enough time to thoroughly clean the boat, perform s ...

The island of Tanna boasts a distinct, untamed beauty that includes a combination of lush tropical rainforests and rugged landscapes shaped by volcanic activity. Its cultural heritage remains strong, ...

The World ARC journey from French Polynesia to the Republic of Tonga was not the smoothest this year. A massive weather system diverted many boats and changed their plans to stop by Niue on the way. ...

Fiji is quite a large archipelago with 380 islands and over 100 islets in the South Pacific Ocean. The landscape is lush and beautiful and the people most welcoming. Makogai island is not very touris ...

We are in the Tuamotus! Yay! My last real blog was from before we started the World ARC, so, let me catch you up quickly in case you haven't seen my parents' blogs. First we left St Lucia on ...

Unloading cargo in the Galapagos Island is not an easy process. We have been to two islands so far and each island has a distinct process. On Isabella, the barge “Isabella” anchors in Port V ...

After waiting for a week for our transit date in Shelter Bay Marina, near Colon in Panama, we were assigned an afternoon time slot on Feb 7th. Timo and Hilari have been onboard since St Lucia and wil ...

Last evening we went through the first set of locks of the Panama Canal - the Gatum Locks that brought us out of the Atlantic (Caribbean Sea) and into a fresh water lake - Lake Gatum. Later today aft ...

We do need to be a little better about updates to our blog! So much going on as we are sitting in Shelter Bay Marina getting ready to transit the Panama Canal and sail to the Galapagos. The fir ...