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 magic of Tanna, Vanuatu
Kingdom of Tonga
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. ...
Makogai island, Fiji
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 ...
Seth’s catch up
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
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 ...
Panama Canal Transit
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 ...
In between oceans
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 ...
WARC Leg 1 St Lucia to Santa Marta
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 ...
Happy New Year and Start of the World Arc
What a difference a year makes! Last year after finishing our transatlantic crossing with the ARC 2023, we had a long list of boat issues to resolve and we felt very overwhelmed. We were wondering wha ...
First time foiling
As part of my boatschooling, I have been working with a writing and reading tutor who has been giving me writing assignments. This is the first of them. The assignment was about the first time I had d ...