TOKETIE - Sails Away!

In August, 2006, S/V Toketie set out from Victoria, British Columbia and sailed South to Mexico, on to French Polynesia, Niue and Tonga following the well beaten path known as the 'coconut run' to New Zealand. In 2009 we sailed N to Fiji then on to New Caledonia en route to Australia! Toketie is now back home in British Columbia after a long passage via the N Pacific Ocean.

Thursday, April 24, 2008

Muse-ings!

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Thank you for your patience, all you vicarious voyagers! It seems the muse has not visited as often of late. From the intensity of the cro...
Thursday, April 17, 2008

Land Ho!

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Tuesday, April 15, about 8PM Victoria time! We are hove-to behind Fatu Hiva and waiting for daylight to anchor in the bay! Our first sighti...
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Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Getting close!

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Well, with about 50 miles to go, the sun is setting and we expect to make landfall on Fatu Hiva by daylight. The winds have finally filled ...
Monday, April 14, 2008

Starry, starry night!

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We had a good night last night! The wind had been light all day and we struggled to hold a course with enough 'westing' in it. As ...
Sunday, April 13, 2008

Why we do it!

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I am reading "The Happy Isles of Oceania" by Paul Theroux, one of my favorite travel writers. He began his odyssey in Australia a...
Saturday, April 12, 2008

Groundhog Day!

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Seems like it will never end! The problem is the lack of wind...so light we ghost along but the sails slat and the wind vane gets cranky an...
Friday, April 11, 2008

Infection!

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In the tropics the smallest cut can turn into something serious pretty quickly. In my case, I was not as diligent as usual the day we left ...
Thursday, April 10, 2008

Roughish night!

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So you are all back there nice and cosy in your homes or offices, thinking what an idyllic adventure we are having! Right? Well, not last ...
Wednesday, April 09, 2008

Fish story!

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Caught a beauty yesterday! We were down below and both heard the fishing rod whirr as it struck. I spent maybe half an hour reeling it in...
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Tuesday, April 08, 2008

Sleepless night!

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Very quiet night with a gentle breeze but we are both tired and nodding off on watches! Daylight is always a relief and the coffee always t...
Monday, April 07, 2008

Shellbacks!

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We are now on the other side of the world! Down Under as they say! Dawn brought blue skies and fluffy white clouds on the horizon. A pict...
Sunday, April 06, 2008

Pollywoggs!

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Although the Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea makes no mention of it, it is a well known tradition of the sea that those who have never...
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Saturday, April 05, 2008

Are we there yet?

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Well so much for optimism! Good thing we still have a sense of humour or we'd be chasing each other around with butcher knives....VHF (...
Friday, April 04, 2008

A dark and stormy night!

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Ok, we are getting tired of this....over 300 miles of ITCZ and still not out of it! Gentle peaceful sailing one minute and all hell the nex...
Thursday, April 03, 2008

Further adventures!

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Working our way south through this ITCZ beast! It really is a moving target. Last night, just after dark, we saw a very dark cloud formati...
Wednesday, April 02, 2008

April 2nd, Wednesday at sea!

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The sun is up! We had a very comfortable night, sailing at 5-6 knots almost due south. The wind is holding now and we took a reef out and ...
Tuesday, April 01, 2008

Inter Tropical Convergence Zone!

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Well, we are into the thick of it now! Not really a planned event but two days ago the clouds and showers started to surround us and before...
Monday, March 31, 2008

Paying the piper!

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I guess all that trade wind sailing and fair breezes had to come at a price! Fortunately not too high a price, so far anyway. Last night w...
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Saturday, March 29, 2008

Adrenalin!

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We are both tired tonight! Linda did not respond to the wakeup call for her 11PM watch so I let her sleep. She needed it. And then she ca...
Friday, March 28, 2008

The motion

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It is one of the most fascinating aspects of blue water sailing. We are 1000 miles from shore with almost 2000 miles to go before we reach ...
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Only about 60,000 nautical miles under Toketie's keel...so far....but actively working to add to it! Six years in the S Pacific, living the dream as they say, and now back in beautiful British Columbia!!
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