9º 48.216' S | 139º 1.926' W | Aiki | Day 22: Anchor Down in Hiva Oa
https://mailchi.mp/92f81c153517/day-22-anchor-down-in-hiva-oa | almost 6 years ago | Show
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9º 36.6' S | 138º 37.038' W | Aiki | Day 21: Landfall!
https://mailchi.mp/69fa5289846f/day-21-landfall | almost 6 years ago | Show
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8º 28.83' S | 137º 21.654' W | Aiki | Day 20: Today we are 125 miles from Hiva Oa. Looks like we will be in on Monday late morning.
https://mailchi.mp/91c2eda8b962/day-20-spinnaker-fun | almost 6 years ago | Show
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6º 57.468' S | 136º 13.974' W | Aiki | Day 19: 161 miles traveled noon to noon
https://mailchi.mp/2a213d57b6d7/day-19-almost-there | almost 6 years ago | Show
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4º 58.14' S | 134º 44.916' W | Aiki | Day 18: Aiki is powering along on a beam reach on a direct course for the Marquesas.
https://mailchi.mp/0d4d69a22daf/day-18-iridescent-blue-stripes | almost 6 years ago | Show
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2º 41.52' S | 133º 6.75' W | Aiki | Day 17: About 10:40 pm Cormac was reminded that he had left the center hatch open...
https://mailchi.mp/161e1d059416/day-17-salt-water-bath | almost 6 years ago | Show
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0º 45.51' S | 131º 47.208' W | Aiki | Day 16: Rand and Cormac successfully held the equator down using boat hooks so that Aiki's keel did not get stuck.
https://mailchi.mp/6d3bb0fca485/day-16-equator-day | almost 6 years ago | Show
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1º 6.198' N | 130º 42.54' W | Aiki | Day 15: Looking forward to crossing the equator.
https://mailchi.mp/359941442dec/day-15-beating-to-weather | almost 6 years ago | Show
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2º 38.736' N | 129º 50.7' W | Aiki | Day 14: This morning we were startled by what sounded like a whale blowing immediately behind the boat.
https://mailchi.mp/2c0535d539b9/day-14-pilot-whales | almost 6 years ago | Show
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4º 10.248' N | 128º 58.752' W | Aiki | Day 13: Hoping for a reverse split, and we found a mysterious o-ring on the deck...
https://mailchi.mp/f0c8bd47c86a/day-13-reverse-split-fingers-crossed | almost 6 years ago | Show
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5º 56.958' N | 128º 14.19' W | Aiki | Day 12: Even though we have crossed this ocean before we are still struck by the vastness of it.
https://mailchi.mp/f0c2511f8314/day-12-the-vast-ocean | almost 6 years ago | Show
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7º 11.472' N | 127º 18.0' W | Aiki | Day 11: Halfway Day! Squalls and celebratory meals...
https://mailchi.mp/2022480c5a72/day-11-halfway-day
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8º 6.636' N | 126º 32.598' W | Aiki | Yesterday and today we have been surrounded and played with by two pods of very small dolphins...
https://mailchi.mp/dc3fe1cd0a1a/144-miles-today | almost 6 years ago | Show
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11º 6.222' N | 124º 36.108' W | Aiki | Day 10: We made fresh bread yesterday... https://mailchi.mp/579c1f2ad5fb/day-10-we-made-fresh-bread-yesterday | almost 6 years ago | Show
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15º 43.95' N | 122º 47.364' W | Aiki | Day 7: Gybed and on a New Course
https://mailchi.mp/aa397b433346/gybed-and-on-a-new-course | almost 6 years ago | Show
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16º 40.836' N | 120º 27.066' W | Aiki | Day 6: Adventurous Days (of Repairs) at Sea: http://tinyurl.com/ycswcjws | almost 6 years ago | Show
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19º 30.786' N | 115º 26.208' W | Aiki | Read about settling into life underway here: https://mailchi.mp/9a1ee101a7ca/day-2-life-at-sea | almost 6 years ago | Show
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22º 22.296' N | 109º 47.514' W | Aiki | We are sailing on a beat south from San Jose Del Cabo to try and find a wind that will allow us to make some westing more toward our destination. The current wind models tell us this course of action will get us to the Marquesas quickest. As we go along we will monitor the weather via several sources that we have aboard, and keep altering our course to hopefully make the most efficient passage possible. | almost 6 years ago | Show
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23º 59.274' N | 109º 49.5' W | Aiki | We left La Paz and headed out yesterday. It seemed like a good day for it, good weather forecast, with a little wind and a nice sunny day.
All went well until several hours later when the wind picked up to 25 with gusts above 30 knots and steep square seas, which happens in the Sea of Cortez when the wind picks up. We motored and motor sailed under reefed main and genoa, with several hours of nice sailing, until we decided to pull into Bahia Muertos and regroup, secure a few items that were moving in the interior more than we liked.
Everyone was pretty tired, and we needed to figure out a way to keep the navigation station drawers closed, as they kept coming open when we were tossed around by those square steep seas.
We anchored about 0030 (1230 Am) and all went to sleep.
This morning we have secured the navigation station drawers, and tied the dive compressor down harder. We plan on moving further into the anchorage and spending the day tiding up and waiting out the strong northerly winds that are forecast for the next day.
Guy, Melissa, Cormac, and Rand | almost 6 years ago | Show
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35º 15.18' N | 121º 22.068' W | Aiki | The boat and crew are doing fine headed back to California at the moment.
The self steering windvane installation suffered another failure and we have to fix it again before we can attempt a long passage.
When Guy installed the wind vane steering he used a different kind of pad eye for securing the steering blocks then he normally does. These offered a shorter profile, unfortunately they were not up to the task two of the three have broken and the third one shows signs of breaking too.
We will be arriving in Morro Bay between 2:00 and 3:00. Everyone is fine, although moral is a bit low as you might expect.
More later as we resolve the windvane and some other issues that have cropped up since we have been out here.
Guy, Melissa, And Bruce | almost 7 years ago | Show
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34º 45.09' N | 123º 27.03' W | Aiki | | almost 7 years ago | Show
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36º 36.246' N | 121º 53.538' W | Aiki | Today is the day!
Starting the trip to the Marquesas, as soon as the fog burns off. | almost 7 years ago | Show
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38º 6.978' N | 121º 37.488' W | Aiki | Owl Harbor Marina Finalizing projects and getting ready to head to the Marquesas | about 7 years ago | Show
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