Off again

Hi again,
We are going to leave Panama in the morning. Our next journey is the longest ocean crossing in the world - 3800 miles from here to the Marquises in French Polynesia. We are hoping that it will take about 3 or 4 weeks, but it is all dependent on the wind. We have to cross the equator somewhere along the way, and hope to avoid too much of the doldrums - we do not have the fuel to run the engine the whole way. Most people head from here to the Galapagos Islands, and then on to Marquises, but we are planning on staying to the north of the equator and head south later on - local knowledge tells us that this could save as much as a week.

I believe there is little access to internet at Nuku Hiva (Marquises), so the next time we will get a chance to add to this site ourselves will most likely be in Bora Bora. Thanks again to Martin for updating it on our behalf.

Yes Bonnie, will do my best to get more dolphin photos for you! But would not go in swimming with them - it looks calm in the photo, but we were moving quite fast at the time - could take a long time to be able to get back to pick you up....

Photo at the top is from Antigua (English Harbour). The yacht on the right is obviously a traditional square rigger from Southampton, while the one on the left is called "Maltese Falcoln" - I think that it is the biggest sailing vessel in the world. Old meets new. The sails on the 'falcon' roll up or furl into the mast, and once out, the masts can rotate to allow to set the sails for the wind direction - some people have far too much money...

Will right again from a tropical island somewhere. We have to start to forget any Spanish words and start to remember our French now! Also, finally managed to buy a guitar yesterday and have a book and CD to start to see if I can learn to play a bit. Either that or I will drive Pete mad and it will go overboard I guess!

Stay well and happy, and we will be back in contact soon.