Life, Loss, and Lessons After an eventful Pacific Ocean crossing, Dan and I finally arrived in the Marquesas Islands, a place sailors dream about for years. Remote, dramatic, and unapologetically wild, the Marquesas sit nearly 900 miles northeast of Tahiti, rising steeply from the Pacific like something carved by myth rather than geology. These islands…
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Third Time’s a Charm: Delays, Diagnoses, and Determination
The First Attempt: Hope Meets Heartbreak We thought we were ready. Our boat was in great shape, we were fully provisioned, and favorable winds promised a push to the equator and into the trade winds that would carry us 3,000 miles to French Polynesia. Everything seemed aligned. We even reunited with our boat buddies on…


