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Into the Deep

April 27, 2010 14:00 We've finally cast off from our La Cruz anchorage. Our plan is to now head back up north to Chacala and make that beautiful bay our jumping off point. We wanted to revisit one of our most coveted anchorages yet as well as share it with our new arrival: Lydia. Also, inland from Chacala lies Las Varas, a wonderful source of fresh fruit and vegetable stands. We'll load up our newly rigged hammocks with as many delicious goods as possible, make a few more repairs to Leeway, and then look west towards the swelling sea. There should be only one item that may spell trouble on our way to Niku Hiva: the intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ). This is a constantly variable band of dead air that runs along the equator and is the result of two gigantic weather systems colliding: that of the north hemisphere and that of the south. In the old days of sailing this area was known as the Doldrums. Crew of four-masted, square-rigged trade wind sailors would sometimes wa...

A Day of Relaxin' Then More Sails

Nov 1, 2008 Yesterday we decided to take a nice day off from it all. Dan longed for grass and trees and I craved going to a beach. So we thought, hey, why not go up on West Hill and see what happens from there. So, we put some fuel in the tank and headed on our way. Half way up, the view was already magnificent. The day was so clear that it looked like you could practically reach out and grab Catalina. The island itself was mysterious looking, however. It revealed itself as a silhouette shrouded with low cloud cover, sitting amidst the gorgeous blue ocean. Once we get up and running, it will be one of our first shakedown cruise destinations. The inaccessible island: We followed the road all the way to the top of the the mountain, where it dead-ended with a radar installation crowning the peak. It wasn't a very welcoming environment, being surrounded by barbed-wire fence and brandishing a sign stating, "YOU ARE BEING VIDEO TAPED". So we decided to head back down th...

The Days Continue

December 9, 2009 We've been putting in the hours in the last few weeks to get this whole thing closer to the blue water. A new project is started nearly every day and usually completed soon after. One of the problems facing us has been our been our plumbing system. Since Dan fixed the leak in our forward water tank, we filled up the system and started using our water again. But every time we turned on the fresh water pump, there was a disconcerting dripping sound coming from behind the engine. Since I am the only one small enough to fit in the lazarette accessing this area, it was deemed my territory. Sliding into the crawl space is a bit of a squeeze, but once I was in there it wasn't too terrible of a work area. The first thing that caught my eye was the water heater practically spewing water from the back, where it mounts to the wall. The next thing that caught my eye was the fact that neither the freshwater pump nor the strainer were attached to anything down there. The...

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