Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia

Friday 29 August West of Middle of Nowhere         S 06° 45.0'           W 120° 42.1' Cloudy start, but fine morning. Quite a bit of roll but warm enough to sit ...

Sunday 31 August South of Marquesas         S 11° ...

... . Still, we knew we had arrived, and we awoke the next morning with Nuka Hiva rising large ahead. The Marquesas are beautiful volcanic islands, with steep cliffs that drop into deep blue water. The hospitality of the people of the Marquesas is what made ...

... on the motor to keep moving and get to where the winds were. This day, however, still more than 1,500 miles from the Marquesas, our motor died, with a grinding noise that left us essentially at a standstill in the middle of the ocean. After a thorough ...