Weather has always been a big part of our planning process, but it seems even more important now. We have been watching a series of strong NW storms progress along the coast north of us. They last about six days before a brief lull of 24 to 36 hours sets in. We do not wantContinue reading “And Now We Wait”
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Prepping for Australia
We are in Luganville, Vanuatu getting ready for our passage to Australia. It’s been a weird one. We’ve been told that this passage is an easy one but it’s proved tricky for us to plan. It’s not tricky like a passage to New Zealand is tricky. Quite the opposite. Where this year’s route to NewContinue reading “Prepping for Australia”
Reefs
We learned last night of a boat that hit a reef yesterday. We don’t know the owners but we have seen the boat several times in Tonga and New Zealand. We have heard that the crew of three is fine. They hope to float the boat off the reef today. Reefs are everywhere here inContinue reading “Reefs”
Stuff That Works: AIS
We have a Vesper WatchMate XB-8000 AIS transponder on Cambria and have been very happy with it. It has been a set it and forget it device for us. We set it up a couple of years ago and haven’t given it much thought since. It just works. It creates a Wi-Fi network that ourContinue reading “Stuff That Works: AIS”
Stuff That Works: Chartplotters or Plotter Software
Stuff That Works is a series of posts we are making about things that have worked for us on our trip from Victoria, Canada to New Zealand. Please remember, we are not gear testers. This is a sample size of one. We do not have extensive experience with a large number of products and software.Continue reading “Stuff That Works: Chartplotters or Plotter Software”
Stuff That Works: Charts
Stuff That Works is our look at tools, software and hardware that has worked well for us on our trip. Like in previous posts, we don’t claim to be experts. Nor have we tried a wide variety of tools, software or hardware. This is our sample size of one, one boat that has sailed fromContinue reading “Stuff That Works: Charts”
Stuff That Works: Cruising Guides Part 2
Welcome to another installment of Stuff That Works. We like Stuff That Works. As inspiration strikes, we will write about the stuff that has worked well for us on our trip. We will use the tags #stuffthatworks and #stuffwelike so search for those tags if you want to read more on the topic. Today’s postContinue reading “Stuff That Works: Cruising Guides Part 2”
Stuff That Works: Intro and Cruising Guides
We like Stuff That Works. In fact, the original title for this post was Stuff We Like but I changed the title just before publishing it. I usually write about things I like but this post is different. Stuff That Works is about stuff that has gotten us this far on our trip. Things thatContinue reading “Stuff That Works: Intro and Cruising Guides”
Tropical Cyclone Lola
Note: Here’s another post that was originally made to our tracking page. Also, the image is not one of ours. It’s from NASA. “Tropical Cyclone Madi Approaching India” by NASA Goddard Photo and Video is licensed under CC BY 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/?ref=openverse. We have been keeping a closeContinue reading “Tropical Cyclone Lola”
Comments
First, thanks to those that leave comments on the blog. It’s great to hear from you and great to know people are reading our posts. Second, sorry if we don’t respond to comments right away. We’re using cell service for our internet connection and we’re finding service in French Polynesia is very spotty. We haveContinue reading “Comments”
Cormacks On Cambria 