Thursday June 23rd – Good morning from the atoll of Fakarava Good morning to all I awoke this morning after having slept under a sky of sparkling stars out in the cockpit. Now the water in this lagoon is so flat and calm that when looking off to the horizon the blue of the sky […]

Tuesday, June 21st Kaoha, all- Okay, so a few days have lapsed. I admit that I just finished the ‘June 16th’ entry today. It’s been perking in my brain all of this time & finally emerged. There’s something about being ‘out at sea’ that inspires the writing. (I think it’s called ‘captivity’ We left the […]

Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2005 10:29 PM Intention in the Marquesas By Paul Elliott On June 2, I flew from San Francisco, through Los Angeles, to Papeete, Tahiti. The next morning, I took a small inter-island flight to the Island of Hiva-Oa, in the southern Marquesas. Intention and crew sailed into Tahauku Bay, near the […]

June 17th – Tuamotus Bound Hello to all friends and family We departed Daniels Bay after spending the morning getting good water there. We are currently on our 500 mile sail heading toward the island of Katiu in the Tuamotus. This is an Island I visited 15 years ago with many fond memories and extraordinary […]

Thursday, June 16th Hello to our beautiful family- Thursday, June 16th Sorry about the communication drought (on my part–Jim’s been beautifully taking up the slack). Once we hit land, we just haven’t had nearly the time to write as before. SO many adventures, so little time. Big, bad bummer that our angel Paul Elliott left […]

June 12th – Oa-POU Hi to all friends and family We arrived in Ua-Pou after an overnight sail of 110 miles from FATA HIVA and got anchored around 1 PM. We are loving it. Just had a moving interaction and connection with a Marquesan family that invited us to a snack of assorted dishes with […]

June 11th-Fata- Hiva to Ua-Pou Hello everyone- This morning we went ashore to do some trading/purchasing of tapa cloth, wood carvings, fruit & fish & to say goodbye to our new Marquesan friends. They are such sweet, open, beautiful people. Fatu-Hiva is the most pristine village I’ve ever been to & nearly the most primitive. […]

June 10th – Fata Hiva Hello to all Two days ago we anchored at a secluded bay and began by swimming into the yellow sand beach and diving around the boat at Tauahata. Yesterday Paul and I found the problem with the voltage regulator, a ground wire connection. When we finished it was after noon […]

Tuesday June 7th Hello all- We’re getting ready to set sail from Hiva Oa in the morning for a short jaunt to Tahuata, where we’ll do some snorkeling & exploring. Paul Elliott has joined us for a week and a half & will fly out of Nuku Hiva after we explore sevaral islands along the […]

Day 24-Saturday June 4th–LAND HO ! Hi everyone- We are ALMOST there & MAN, are we excited!! John & I are thinking we can make out Hiva Oa at times. It’s hard to tell, as the horizon is shrouded by clouds. First thing I’m gonna do is to jump in the ocean. It’s been such […]