Excited to be profiled in the July issue of Latitude 38 Magazine!
We were happy to be profiled in Lat 38, I used it read it all the time when I was living in San Francisco! You can download the magazine here:
Pacific Crossing
Pacific Crossing #2 Recap
I was really excited to complete my second pacific crossing arriving in the Marquesas on the 27th of April from Panama. It brought back a lot of memories of my first pacific crossing in 2011 when I left from La Cruz Mexico taking 23 days on my 20 yr old Beneteau First 38s5 “Sudden Stops…
Interviewed in PBO Magazine! How we selected our ideal cruising boat comparing monohulls and other cats.
In May’s edition Ali Wood, the editor asks what makes the perfect bluewater boat. We were lucky to be one of the boats interviewed. Best reason to go out and get the latest edition.
Track of S/V Sudden Stops Necessary from San Francisco to Sydney
Finally put together the 12,000 nautical mile track of Stops from San Francisco all the way to Sydney using the yotreps position reports I posted once a day when we were on a passage and every time we made landfall. Click on this link to bring up the interactive track of S/V Sudden Stops Necessary…
Pacific Crossing Posts – March/April 2011
Recap: Pacific crossing photos & video.. Day 24: Landfall!! Anchored in Taiohae Bay, Nuku Hiva! Day 23: LAND AHOY! LAND AHOY!! Sighted land after 22 days at sea Day 22: 36 hours to landfall in the Marquesas! Day 21: Caught our biggest fish yet.! Day 20: Only 500 miles to go to the Marquesas! Day…
Pacific crossing photos & video..
Some stats for the pacific ocean crossing from La Cruz, Mexico to Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Days to cross: 23 daysDistance sailed: 2,900 miles approxBest 24 Hr mileage: 170nmWorst 24 Hr mileage: 95 nmEquator crossing longitude: 131WEngine Hours: 65Diesel used: 43 out of 60 gallons (used for transiting the ITCZ)Water used: 65 gallons out of 125…
Day 24: Landfall!! Anchored in Taiohae Bay, Nuku Hiva!
WE MADE IT!!!!! Nuku Hiva, Marquesas (destination): 0.00000000 nautical miles La Cruz, Mexico (origin): 2713 nautical miles The S/V Sudden Stops Necessary crew at anchor in Taiohae Bay, Nuku Hiva, Marquesas islands!! Some of the crew are sporting new looks! We hove-to overnight in the lee of Ua Huka and this morning at 3am local…
Day 23: LAND AHOY! LAND AHOY!! Sighted land after 22 days at sea
We sighted Ua Huka island in the Marquesas at 00:23 Zulu!! It was an amazing sight to see land again after 22 days. I had read about this moment in so many sailing books, it was surreal to be in it, living it right now.. I had to planned to start scanning the horizon closely…
Day 22: 36 hours to landfall in the Marquesas!
Getting very close, Nuku Hiva is now only 180 nautical miles away!! Nuku Hiva, Marquesas (destination): 180 nautical miles La Cruz, Mexico (origin): 2527 nautical miles Had another great day in terms of mileage, doing 165 miles in a 24 hour period! We had 14-17 knots of breeze sailing on a close reach doing 6.5…
Day 21: Caught our biggest fish yet.!
At dusk we caught a 20 lb bonito on one of our Team B lures, that has never delivered before.. when it does deliver I guess it delivers BIG! Looks like it’s fish for the next 3 days until we get to Nuku Hiva. Cyrille is filleting it as we speak.. We also had our…