Spending the cyclone season in the South Pacific

http://www.sailingcalypso.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Cyclone-Pam-Image-200×112.jpg

I am writing a quick note because of the large number of concerned emails we are getting these days regarding Pam, the big cyclone that hit Vanuatu. We are far away and the cyclone did not affect us at all. …

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , | 4 Comments

The Numbers of The Year 2014

http://www.sailingcalypso.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/toautahiti-175.jpg

Recently I analized our log book and this is what I discovered about last year: Number of days of sailing: 86 This is more or less 25%, which means that we spent about a quarter of the last year on …

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Anchoring in coral

http://i2.wp.com/www.sailingcalypso.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/P1320605.jpg?fit=190%2C190

The coral atolls are simply fantastic. Nobody can argue with that. Well, except maybe your anchor chain. While you will learn to love every fish and every view, your anchor chain will learn to hate every coral head and every …

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , | 3 Comments

Snowman in a bikini

http://www.sailingcalypso.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/december-2014-019.jpg

And another december with its festivities is gone. It is sometimes hard to find the true Christmas spirit while sitting on a becah in a bikini, but we did our best anyway: On Christmas day we organized a picnic on …

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Happy New Year!

http://i2.wp.com/www.sailingcalypso.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/us.jpg?fit=190%2C190

HAPPY 2015 TO ALL OF OUR FRIENDS AROUND THE WORLD! SREČNO 2015 VSEM! FELICE ANNO NUOVO A TUTTI I NOSTRI AMICI IN GIRO PER IL MONDO!

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Sailing to Tahiti? Don’t forget…

http://i0.wp.com/www.sailingcalypso.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/foto1.jpg?fit=190%2C190

Hello everybody! This is a letter I wrote for the PPJ Yahoo Group and now I’m posting it here as well, hoping that someone will stumble upon it and find it helpful… * * * This is our 8th month …

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , | 2 Comments

How to eat 107 bananas in 1 day

http://i2.wp.com/www.sailingcalypso.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/P1290967.jpg?fit=190%2C190

You sailed 3000 nautical miles from… well… almost anywhere, really… and now you are in the place you always dreamed of… French Polynesia! You will probably learn very soon that this is a very expensive place. If you have a …

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , | 10 Comments

Black pearls in Tahiti

http://www.sailingcalypso.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/tahiti-089.jpg

I am not going to write about the things that I don’t like about Papeete, because you can find them in almost every cruising blog. There is noise and traffic and the prices are not even funny. So let’s talk …

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , | 2 Comments

Goodbye, Paul and Simone

http://www.sailingcalypso.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/la-paz-sunset.jpg

It has been almost 6 months since we left Mexico. Since then we crossed the Pacific Ocean, sailed many tropical islands and were mostly out of touch with the world. We quite liked it, but towards the end we started …

Posted in Uncategorized | 9 Comments

Pacific Crossing Video

http://www.sailingcalypso.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/mavrica.jpg

Hello everyone We had a few rainy days here in Fakarava which was great for two reasons: 1) We finally managed to top up our water tank with our new raincatcher 2) I finally found the time to finish the …

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment