After more than a month (where did that time fly by?!) on the Azores, some boat projects, a lot of visits and some rest it was time to head off for our final ocean passage, from the Azores to mainland Europe. We waited for a […]
Atlantic Ocean South to North
Originally our plan from Cape Town was to cross from South Africa and head east to the Caribbean before going back to Europe. This would have been easier as it would have let us sail with the trade winds, having downwind sailing and most often […]
Final Crossing of the Indian Ocean
We had a great time on Reunion which turned out to be a perfect stop for us to rest and recover after a tough crossing. While Puffin got a huge share of love after the latest crossing we also made sure to recover, rest and […]
The Wettest Crossing Yet
When we arrived at the Cocos Keeling Islands we were prepared for a 10 day stop, longer than usual to enjoy our final beachy tropical destination and to rest up for the Indian Ocean which is known to be a crossing that is more uncomfortable […]
First jump of the Indian Ocean
While everything we had read and studied showed that there was little to no wind for the first step of the crossing, you can’t help yourself but hope that the forecasts might be wrong anyway. We’ve had countless forecasts during this adventure that have shown […]
Cruising Australia – a mix of highs and lows and surprisingly remote
So after a short but sweet stop in Fiji, which turned out to be a cruising destination we very much would like to return to some day (preferably with a forward scanning depth sounder though), it was time for yet another two week crossing to […]
Halfway celebration!
Halfway celebrations are an important occasion on all passages onboard Puffin, they are sometimes slightly delayed due to weather and sleep deprivation but they are never to be ignored. Sometimes they include a few sips of champagne and other times they consist of sharing a […]
Landfall after more than a month at sea
After 33 days out at sea on the Pacific, our longest crossing yet and our first double handed ocean crossing, we found ourselves on Nuku Hiva, one of the Marquesas Islands belonging to French Polynesia. This is the westernmost part of French Polynesia and currently […]
Pacific Crossing
Once we exited the Panama Canal it was both a great relief that this milestone was reached but also a sense of “point of no return”. Up until the canal transit we had always had the option that if the circumnavigation didn’t feel like our […]
The Canal Transit
As we arrived in Colón after our Caribbean Sea crossing, we docked in Shelter Bay Marina. This was the first time in a marina since before the Atlantic crossing and we can honestly say that this felt like a huge luxury. We had shore power […]