Day 20–Tuesday, May 31st Hi again- We crossed the equator late this morning & had a little ceremony to give thanks and appease Neptune. John & I have now graduated from the ranks of pollywog-ism to become official shell-backs. Captain Jim played the part of Neptune & did a great job. It’s another perfect sailing […]

Day 19- Monday, May 30th Aloha to all- Well, that windstorm continued late into the morning today, then it finally calmed down a little. Amazingly, the winds finally straightened out direction-wise, so we could reclaim our course while maintaining a nice little clip of 6-7 knots, average. We did that ALL DAY LONG, needless to […]

Day 18–Sunday, May 29th Hi everyone- Sorry for the delay…it was a strange, interesting day & the ‘blog’ slipped through the cracks. Fridge broke. Ensuing spoilage, literally and metaphorically. Fish chased our boat (for MILES–I kid you not). It was SO cute! John called us up to port side, near the bow, exclaiming there were […]

Day 17– Saturday May 28th Hello, beautiful Family- Wow….WHERE does the time go? What happened to May?? Okay, folks, we’ve hit the DOLDRUMS & we’re OVER it already. (Please pray for WIND again!!). Spinnaker’s up, awaiting some excitement. (Thanks to John & Jim for repairing our pole today, which was damaged in our recent ‘upset’). […]

Day 16–Friday May 27th Hello everyone- Welcome to the zone of intertropical convergence (which has become our realm). ITCZ is a dazed and confused zone filled with an INTERESTING array of weather phenomenon. Intention seems to like the challenge. It began in earnest late afternoon yesterday. We navigated through a myriad of ‘mini’ storms (called […]

Day 15–Thurs. May 26th Aloha all- Whew! Almost too tired to write….a little delirious from constant, fast motion & trying NOT to be flung about. I’ve learned to hang on with my toes and my teeth. We’re making great time still; 163 miles in the past 24 hours. More squalls today, which we sailed through […]

Day 14-Wed. May 25th Aloha everyone- We’ve been continuing to make very good time using the spinnaker. John & I got our first ‘good taste’ of a REAL squall today! (Those other ones were weanies, compared to this one). It came up so suddenly that a huge blast of wind knocked our boat over. Needless […]

Day 13-Tues. May 24th Howdy-HI, friends & neighbors- Oops….got this started (and almost finished) last night, but the cyber pirates came & took it away & I was too tired to start all over again. My little ‘bed’ was beckoning & since I had 1 AM-4 AM watch, I finally succumbed. Then… Full moon rising […]

Day 12-Monday May 23nd Hi to all friends and family: I apologize for not writing something each day and will promise to do it more regularly. I do do a position report each day and you can see it on the web at sailvalis.com/intention/ It also has pictures of all of us and our departure […]

Day 11-Sunday May 22nd HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MARILYN!! (We hope you had a blast–love you). Today was sunny all day, with good winds most of the day. I think we covered some serious seas again today. Jim & John fixed the steering cable (YAY!). Another beautiful day on the deep blue Pacific. As of this morning, […]