Sailing S/V Bella Marina

Seneca and the Sea or How to hack your hedonic adaptation by sailing across an Ocean Before setting off on this trip I read an article by Mr Money Mustache on hacking hedonic adaptation and his tips on prolonging the … Read More »

We arrived in Rangiroa last week after our long 20 day passage against wind and waves from Hawaii. Rangiroa’s palm tree line was a welcome sight, and after waiting for a couple of hours outside the pass for slack tide … Read More »

We spotted Rangiroa’s palm tree line this morning at 7:45 AM and arrived at the Tiputa pass with a couple of hours to spare before slack tide. We are now anchored across from the Kia Ora resort in the flat … Read More »

Finally, we have less than 100 miles and 24 hours sailing to our destination. The winds picked up a bit, so we started sailing again, but today is our sprint. Although, since we have to time our arrival with the … Read More »

Finally, it was prophesied it would happen. The waves calmed down. But so did the wind. Instead of having 12-14 knots as predicted, we currently only have 4. So we’re converting to power boating. We just passed our 200 nautical … Read More »