Category: New Caledonia
We drew blood
I am in the cockpit the kids scurring around my feet. AK steps on the water bottle, it slips out from her feet. She falls forward in a screaming heap smacking her face onto the companion way step. She... Read More
Reef Breakers
How lucky are the kids and I, most likely the luckiest girls alive. We just got our first taste of anchoring off a reef pass. For three hours we pitched and forked and rocked and rolled, in every dire... Read More
Row, row, row your boat
My lower back aching, my fore arms burning, the lactic acid building up quickly. I am paddling as fast as I can. Standing up in the dingy with a small poxy life raft paddle, SM and the kids sitting at... Read More
That’s a wrap
My sailing ability before this trip was limited to lying on the cabin floor and occasionally heaving up off the back chumming the water for the fish. I had 2,800 nautical miles under my belt (before t... Read More
Sailing to the bottom of the ocean
I am running around like a headless chook, frantically bouncing from one meltdown to the next. The countdown is on and I am completely useless to the Captain. My whole body is shaking, my heart beatin... Read More- 2 of 2
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