Author Archives: Richard Hewson

10 March 2024 > > We have been sailing for one week now, covering 1,136nm. We are over 1/3 of the way to the Marquisis Islands. > > Yesterday afternoon we saw a pod of 60 striped dolphins. They were beautiful and very energetic. Shortly after I caught a blue Marlin, and let it go….Continue reading “Day 7 Galapagos to Marquesas”

9 March 2024 Yes the real day 6,… Yesterday I was a day ahead of myself! Day 6 and we are now 1/3 of the way to the Marquesas sailing well at 7kts, with yesterday’s run of 181nm. Conditions have abated and settled since yesterday, the sky is blue, and we are cruising along nicelyContinue reading “Sunday Island Day 6”

8 March 2024 > > Sunday Island is moving along beautifully. We have 24 kts of wind from the SE (TWA 140) and we are sailing along at 7 kts, surfing down waves at 9kts. We are experiencing the occasional squall and shower of rain which is good for washing the Boobie poo from theContinue reading “Galapagos to Marquisis Day 6”

8 March 2024 > Finally we have reached the tip of the trade winds. Our Latitude now at 6*15S, we can begin a rhumb line of 260*T towards Marquisis. > > Yesterday afternoon I set up our biggest sail the Code 0 to give us more power. The sail worked but when the wind diedContinue reading “Sunday Island Day 4 Galapagos to Marquisis”

6 March 2024 > > We have spent the last three days motor sailing SE to the latitude of the trades 5*S. Unfortunatly the trade winds are not settled and a localised weather system is playing havoc with our wind. This morning at sunrise we hoisted our largest and lightest Code-O sail, and set theContinue reading “Sunday Island Day 3 Galapagos to Marquisis”

> 5 March 2022 > Sunday Island continues to motor SE towards the trades. The GRIB files shows the trades getting further and further away! Soon we will turn west towards French Polynesia. > > We have been keeping well onboard. The kids normally sleep in the aft (our) cabin during passages, but because theContinue reading “Day 2 Galapagos to Marquisis”

We cleared out of Santa Cruz before lunch and made final preparations to sail. After a nice lunch we hauled up the anchor and set sail towards Marquisis. On our way out of Porto Ayora we said our goodbyes to a few other yachts. I also asked about HF Frequencies for the Arc Skeds soContinue reading “Day 1 Galapagos to Marquises”

> > Today we set sail for our 2995nm passage to Fatu Hiva in the Marquisis French Polynesia from Porto Aurora, Santa Cruz, Galapagos! > > Our Galapagos experiance has been phenominal and worth every bit of effort and cost. We learnt so much about the animals and fauna that live in this island paradise,Continue reading “Galapagos Departure”

On 14 February we departed Port Vamil in Isabella and sailed to the island of Floriana. We enjoyed a beautiful sail with wind just aft of the beam and a full set of sails reaching us through the beautiful Galapagos waters. We sailed over some underwater pinicals that rise up from the 3000m sea floorContinue reading “Cristobal Galapagos”

We sailed to the Galapagos island Isabella on the 7th February 2024 and thanks to a 2kt current arrived at in Port Villamil 2pm in the afternoon. Our agent came aboard with a army representative and we conducted the necessary paperwork including a safety inspection where they asked us if our life jackets, flares, liferaftContinue reading “Galápagos Islands Isabella”