Karen and Jim's Excellent Adventure

After a nice 2.5-day downwind passage we arrived in the Vava'u Island group in Tonga, and found ourselves in the middle of Regatta Week!...

At sea, Niue to Tonga: Seriously fine weather has plagued us (just kidding) since leaving Niue, and we enjoy it knowing that the next big p...

Niue:   We’re at the tiny, friendly, beautiful, independent island nation of Niue, on a mooring in clear water among a group of about ten o...

At sea, about 120 miles west of Palmerston and 280 miles east of Niue: We've been sailing through a trough of cloudy, squally weather t...

On Tuesday Sept 4 we left our beloved Aitutaki to sail for Palmerston atoll. Seas were rather rough--3 to 4 meters--and the motion was unpl...

Here we are, still in Aitutaki, trying to tear... nay, to wrench ourselves away from this lovely little paradise in the middle of the So...

We are still in Aitutaki, and plan to stay until Monday, because this place and its people have welcomed us so warmly.  And the sunsets,...