We made it! We actually made it to Nuku Hiva Thursday night by sunset, a passage of 23 days — and in the interim we have been so shell-shocked and not being able to process all that we have held across the ocean that posting has not been at the top of the priority list.…

Each morning the past few mornings, I’ve been making myself chai tea using spices from my dear friend Suprita who gave me her family’s spice grinder’s chai mix. This small reminder of loved ones that we have each day, whether in food, texts, emails, phone calls, or memories, has been keeping us going through this…

Hello from 2 degrees N latitude—we are so close to the equator. We finally got calming seas yesterday morning and as the day went on it became clear how far our nerves had been shot from five days straight of being beaten up by the big seas. Under suggestion from our dear friend and sailing…

The miles continue and the latitude drops. And it was a busy day yesterday from a sea life perspective. What we believe to be a masked booby (I’ll post a real photo at some point once I figure out how to get it from the real camera to my computer) came and visited us and…

Sunrise is the best time of day because it’s the farthest away from the next night watch Today on watch I listened to the episode of Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ podcast Wiser Than Me where she speaks with food writer Ruth Reichl. Ruth’s sage advice is to say yes to the things that frighten you and to…

What a difference a day and a few knots more of wind makes. We caught up to the wind, or the wind caught up to us, whichever way, and we are sailing again! It feels and sounds incredible. Instead of listening to sloshing water and banging sails because we’re going so slow, now we’re surfing…