Tropical Sailing Adventures

Vessel Name: Maestro
Vessel Make/Model: 72' Custum Irwin Ketch
Hailing Port: Dover, Delaware
About:
"I am a citizen of the most beautiful nation on earth. A nation whose laws are harsh yet simple, a nation that never cheats, which is immense and wihtout borders, where life is lived in the present. [...]
18 February 2016 | Mexico - Puerto Vallarta
08 February 2014
23 October 2013 | Phuket, Thailand
02 October 2013
22 August 2013 | Raiatea, French Polynesia
22 July 2013 | Island of Huahine - least commercial island in French Poly
26 June 2013 | French Polynesia
01 June 2013
25 May 2013
13 May 2013
11 April 2013 | Marquesas
02 April 2013
30 March 2013
21 March 2013
19 March 2013
15 March 2013 | Galapagos
03 March 2013 | Galapagos
24 February 2013 | Galapagos Islands
07 February 2013 | Ecuador
Recent Blog Posts
18 February 2016 | Mexico - Puerto Vallarta

19 months & counting

Trenten Reef Paul turned 19 months yesterday and I can hardly believe how quickly the time has past since his birth in Papeete, Tahiti. We have been on quite an adventure, as always.

08 February 2014

Thailand/Malaysia

Severely behind in my blog update but we've been busy!

23 October 2013 | Phuket, Thailand

Up on dry land

(Above photo flying into Sydney, AUS on our way to Phuket, Thailand)

02 October 2013

Bora Bora

10/2/13

22 August 2013 | Raiatea, French Polynesia

GOOD FORTUNE IN RAIATEA

8/22/13

22 July 2013 | Island of Huahine - least commercial island in French Poly

Huahine

7/18/13

26 June 2013 | French Polynesia

Moorea

We have, (sadly), just dropped Christina and Nicola off at the airport in Tahiti after a week out anchored off the island of Moorea. What a wonderful week full of fun. The ladies hit the spa!, hiking and swimming with Sting Rays and Sharks. The water in Moorea is really clear blue hues. We had a [...]

01 June 2013

Surfs Up Tahiti

http://www.surfertoday.com/surfing/8812-big-wave-madness-continues-in-teahupoo (10 days ago we had another big southern swell)

25 May 2013

Papeete, Tahiti

We are anchored off marina Taina in Papeete, the main city on the island of Tahiti. This is the only 'big city' (250,000) we have seen in several months. It is a mix of European French & casual islander. The large verdant island soars into the sky and is mostly surrounded by a coral barrier reef. [...]

19 months & counting

18 February 2016 | Mexico - Puerto Vallarta
Erin - Perfect Weather
Trenten Reef Paul turned 19 months yesterday and I can hardly believe how quickly the time has past since his birth in Papeete, Tahiti. We have been on quite an adventure, as always.

Once we returned from Asia we settled in on the boat at the marina for the remaining 4 months of my pregnancy. His birth was 100% natural in a clinic downtown Tahiti. It was quite quick being only 7 hours of hard labor. I had a great midwife, doula & Len to help in the process. It was an unforgettable experience.

Shannon, my sister, arrived in Tahiti 10 days later where we sailed out to Moorea. Trent's colic kicked in right around that time and lasted about 3.5 months. Yes, folks... around the clock crying. We pushed through and anchored off of Bora Bora for about 6 weeks. It wasnt easy being on the boat 24/7 with a crying baby but we did a lot of dinghy rides & bouncing in the rocker for hours on end - the only thing that would help! It was too much to move on to Tonga and we had to leave French Poly due to immigration status so we opted to put the boat back in the marina in Tahiti and wait out the storm on land while in Mexico. We stopped for business in San Diego, a trip to Canada to meet the grandparents, a retreat up to Tahoe and then packed up the truck and drove to our beloved Puerto Vallarta. By this time Trent's colic was subsiding. (a little) In come teething.... Having a baby is like making the longest passage of our lives... intermittent sleep patterns, uncontrollable circumstances and mother nature combined into a very long challenging storm of events. And not unlike cruising the highs are as extreme as the lows... totally addicting.

We flew back to Tahiti at the start of the cruising season 2015, I made a trip to meet my sister's new little girl in New Zealand. We enjoyed another season in the leewards of French Polynesia - the place is really wonderful. The new law allows your boat 3 years in territory waters so we have taken full advantage... this year the boat must move on. It is going to KILL us to move past the Tahitian islands but we have been here before... the toughest part of the cruising life is making friends in beautiful places and then having to leave those places too soon. As hard as leaving is, it is also very exciting to enter a new chapter. In April Len will take crew and make passage to Fiji where Trent and I will fly in for the cruising season 2016.

Our family is currently back in Puerto Vallarta since Dec 1, 2015 for the 'land' based cyclone pacific season. It has been wonderful being surrounded by good friends here in PV, the mexican people are so wonderful to children and families. We always feel 'at home' when we arrive here.

Hope everyone is well - we are blessed, enjoying our new life with Trenten and doing great. xxoo
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