Sailing feels like reconnecting to the ways that our ancestors travelled. Don’t poke fun, I certainly had my fair share of Moana moments onboard vaka Marumaru Atua. Voyaging to the southern group islands was an opportunity of a lifetime and one that I will never forget! Each sail was the perfect time to reconnect with […]
Kelvin Passfield – Leaving Pukapuka for Suwarrow 22 July 2021 So it is Thursday, and we have been going for 3 full days now, doing our best to sail to Suwarrow after leaving Pukapuka at 5pm on Monday. Winds have been mainly East-South East, making a direct course impossible. We tacked north east for about […]
Pukapuka Ocean Health community presentation
Ke ola tatou ete kakai Came off a 12 – 3am shift super pumped and excited to reach Nassau just before lunch. Nassau was probably the island I was most looking forward to visiting because, I had never visited it before and because it’s super hard to get to. I woke up at 8am amped […]
Day 5 saw the vaka leave Aitutaki heading north to Tongareva. Meitaki Atupaka to the people of Aitutaki for sharing your island and generosity with the vaka crew!. Heading 009 degree north (Are Haka] speed 4.5, Swell S/SE 0.5M, Wind SE 6-8KTS Clear Skies We are now approximate 15miles north of Aitutaki, heading on haka, […]
POSITION: 16 52.1S 159 23.0W heading 010 Speed 4.5 WEATHER: WIND SE 6/7KTS, SWELLS S 1M, SEAS CALM, PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES Kia Orana Two days in from leaving Aitutaki heading for Tongareva. Just after kelvin logged his blog yesterday some of us were able to spot a whale about 5 hours out from Aitutaki. The […]