“Should we skip Tahiti?” A question I never thought I’d hear was asked seriously over sundowners last week as we discussed 2020 plans. The popular cruising destination is sending a strong message that cruisers aren’t wanted anymore. Last week, police began clearing boats from the busy Taina anchorage in Tahiti. Click here for full post: […] More
TweetTen Years Ago…Where was SV Brick House? April 2009 | Sailing to the Marquesas 10-12 knots of wind mixed with days of 5 knots or less, that is all the wind we could get to fill our largest sails and push this boat the last 1,500 miles from the Galapagos Click here for full post: […] More
TweetTen Years Ago…Where was SV Brick House? April 2009 | Sailing to the Marquesas 10-12 knots of wind mixed with days of 5 knots or less, that is all the wind we could get to fill our largest sails and push this boat the last 1,500 miles from the Galapagos… Click here for full post: […] More
Roaming around Tahiti we caught wind of a party going on at the end of the road. A legendary village where the surfing elite flock, kings have been crowned and a heavy blue beast lives. It was a lore too good to ignore. See The Full Story At: Party Click here for full post: https://www.gonewiththewynns.com/party-teahupoo-tahiti […] More
We’re sailing to Tahiti iti for the Billabong surf competition, share some info on how much diesel we burn and have two massive whales stop by! See The Full Story At: Sailing Tahiti, Iron Wind & WHALES Click here for full post: https://www.gonewiththewynns.com/sailing-tahiti-whales-fuel Twitter: @the_wynns YouTube: gonewiththewynns Instagram: the_wynns More
From hip thrusting to grocery shopping there is far more to be experienced in Tahiti than we ever expected. I don’t know about you, but it always seems we arrive to a destination just after something incredible happened. We get the old, “you should have been here last week, you just missed …” line all […] More
Sea state and state of mind are one in the same. Or, at least they are on our sailboat. It’s day three through six of our passage from The Marquesas to Tahiti. Much has happened in these three days. I failed triumphantly at baking French butter cookies, my face swelled to the point I almost […] More