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We spent this week sailing a more easterly course, trying to get clear of a pressure trough that developed about 100 miles north of us…

We've been reminded this week of the wisdom behind the adage: Gentlemen never sail to windward. We're seven days out from Ailuk atoll and have…

Several of our new yachtie friends in Majuro encouraged us to stop at at least one of the outer islands on our way north. We…

Many reef residents prefer a shady crevice where they can observe without being noticed. Sometimes you have to share a crevice, and a whole community…

Ailuk atoll is bounded on the west by a string of small islands that stretch for 15 miles.   There are channels between each pair…

Traditional Marshallese sailing canoes are still working hard  in Ailuk. All but four families of the 300 people who live in the atoll live on…

We anchored among some beautiful patch reef just off the village of Ailuk where 300 residents live the atoll life. There was a visit from…

We took two days to visit an island in the Majuro lagoon where awesome free moorings had been set up by Cary and Karen on…

After a glorious sunny day of sailing between 5 and 7 degrees north, the ITCZ caught up with us again as we were closing in…

We are back in one of our home hemispheres (the 'homepshere' ) although we still dally on the east side of the dateline. The first…