O'VIVE PACIFIC CROSSING

A family travels from Florida to New Zealand aboard their St Francis 50 catamaran

08 May 2013
06 September 2011 | Brisbane
04 September 2011 | 26 02S 155 59E
03 September 2011 | 24 35S 159 23E
02 September 2011 | 23 21S 162 56E
31 August 2011 | New Caledonia
30 August 2011 | 21 10S 168 312E
29 August 2011 | 21 25S 171 52E
28 August 2011 | 21 03S 175 17E
27 August 2011 | 20 17S 178 49E
26 August 2011 | 19 26S 177 46W
25 August 2011 | 18 48S 174 20W
23 August 2011 | Neiafu, Tonga
21 August 2011 | 19 00S 170 22W
18 August 2011 | 19 45S 168 16W
15 August 2011 | Beverage Reef
14 August 2011 | 19 39S 166 06W
12 August 2011 | 18 52S 160 14W
03 August 2011 | Aitutaki
01 August 2011 | 18 18S 157 49W

Day 16 Galapagos to Marquises

15 June 2011 | Faru-Hiva
David
Arrived at 4pm local time after a very nice sail in under the kite. 2970 miles in 372 hours (15 days and 12 hours) which is an average speed of 7.98 knots or 191.6 miles per day. Not bad considering we were handicapped the last three days. The first thing done was to clean the waterline of all the growth before it got a chance to dry. Although we have two hundred feet of waterline to clean it's not near as much work as some of the slower boats. A Swiss boat pulled in several hours after us and you could collect dinner from the sides of their boat. Next thing was to consume massive amounts of beer, and then a quick dinner left over from lunch. Now well past dark when we should have been collapsing into bed the sounds of drums drew us to shore. We found two groups doing dance and singing rehearsals. The policeman remembered me after some prodding of his memory about the generator and truck I had helped fix. He has a new truck now but his son still drives the old one. I made an appointment with one of the children to score some fruit later today. Then it was back to a very still Ovive for sleeping.
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Vessel Name: O'Vive
Vessel Make/Model: St Francis 50' catamaran
Hailing Port: Tavernier, Florida USA
Crew: David, Alec, Emilie, Nathalie
About: Captain David, 1st mate, Nathalie and the crew Alec (12) and Emilie (15)

O'VIVE UNDER WAY...

Who: David, Alec, Emilie, Nathalie
Port: Tavernier, Florida USA